The Christian and money!

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The Christian and money!
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The Gospel of Prosperity
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• Very popular today
• Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Creflo Dollar, Ken
  Copeland, Robert Tilton, Marilyn Hickey, Oral
  Roberts, Keneth Hagin, etc.

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• Organizations
• Trinity Broadcasting Network
• Sherwood pictures (Fireproof Courageous,
  Flywheel, etc.)

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• A movement that teaches it is Gods will that you
  materially prosper in this world.
• Prosperity theology, Health and wealth, Word
  of faith

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Typically advocates are wealthy and successful
• Name and claim it God wants you to prosper
  Expect a miracle Rebuking the spirit of
  poverty, etc.

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Word of faith many redefine faith to say if
  you want something you have to believe you will
  receive it and ACT on that belief.Word means
  you must verbally declare your wants

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Entitled, Empowerment, Visualization,
  Positive thinking, etc.

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Kenneth Copeland, 3 steps 1) Seeing what you
  need 2) Stake your claim 3) Speak it into
  existence

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Joel Osteen, God wants us to prosper
  financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill
  the destiny He has laid out for us

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• Why is it so successful?
• Large audiences, statistical probability
• Materialistic appeal
• Worldly principles that work

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What is the Gospel of Prosperity?

• A problem in Bible times
• Jobs friends
• John 92, Who sinned?
• Pharisees often demonstrated this mentality

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• IN summary, NONE!
• Gal. 313-14, the blessings of Abraham come upon
  the Gentiles.
• Proposed that God wants us to prosper materially
  like Abraham, etc.

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• Deut. 28, promise of blessings to Israel if they
  remained faithful, curse if they rejected God

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• Mal. 310, Bring tithes and see If I will not
  open for you the windows and heaven and pour out
  for you such blessing that there will not be
  enough room to receive it.

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• Answer Under a different law with different
  purpose.He wanted to show He could and would
  bless the righteous.
• Warnings about prosperity Deut. 87-18, Prov.
  308-9

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• Answer The wicked often prospered as wellPsa.
  21, 3735, Psa. 73, Eccl. 715
• The righteous often suffered as well.

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Biblical Basis of This Doctrine

• Answer Gal. 313-14, NOTE the context. Promise
  is spiritual blessings the blessing is actually
  mentioned!
• Also, under Old Law God promised material
  blessings, today He does NOT!

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• Continued next week

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• Where will you put your trust?