Why The Prosperity Gospel Is Wrong! 

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes merry; but money answers everything.

Yes....that's what I pray for......not riches...but just enough!

How come no one is quoting the slavery passages?

Yes! Thank you.

John 6:35 NKJV - And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Alot of truth in that.

Nice nonsense

That's the truth, very few people are "good people" when they have money because of this.

Money gives you more options -- not all of them good.

Very true!

Nichole Pearson It was only after I went to FPU did I discover the concept of what being a good steward means.

Amen!

Have you read "the man in the mirror"? The author talks about this. I agree with your statement.

Amen!

If you view everything is from the Lord, you do not have good thinking skills 🙄

Many of those people have been taught the poverty gospel for years, so they may have great faith but they have a wrong understanding of what the Bible teaches along these lines. Until they get their thinking corrected their situation isn't going to change.

How come you didn't stay there and live then? Poverty is a curse. Maybe they don't know that they can prosper and have a better life.

@@thelasthourgetready where in the bible does it say poverty is a curse and what is this godly power would undo said curse

The ones that gain the most are the evangelists and preachers preaching this

Tell us how we can tell how much another person loves God, and know how much faith another has.

Wow... there must not be very many good people in this world then.

How about an inheritance of salvation...teaching and leaving the greatest blessing of all to your children

@@1kgsxrk7 thats personal. Not transferible

It doesn’t mean just money but it can be anything, house, car, items, etc.

@@Anto-kz5hk you're half right. Teaching salvation and how to come to God is transferable also an expectation.

@JD as someone who has money, this is what I always says about it. Power and money just amplify everything and beyond all barriers.

Money is a wonderful servant but a terrible master

How are you defining Prosperity Gospel?

The same as everyone else is.

The same with your poverty gospel

not for everyone. plenty of people make a huge effort and never get paid. God, life, fate, the universe... whatever it is, plays heavy favorites

@@sumobowler3790 huge efforts doing the wrong things will always lead to the wrong results tho. I havent seen sowing and reaping fail

You reap what you sow but there’s also a lot of sin in this fallen world. Sometimes bad things happen and it’s not a direct result of our disobedience.

Nope, not at all. How is it athiests prosper but Christians starve? 🙄

@@anthonynosike I am sure you have. You just use confirmation bias and ignore the misses

Excellent point!

Some people in other nations are legitimately oppressed by their government, so it'd be such a terrible thing to accuse them of being faithless when they're just a product of circumstance

Note: The people in poor countries are blessed without measures by natural resources but the western governments have been exploiting them to their detriment. America says.. that development of third world countries is a threat to America, so they do everything using their dollars, military, qnd international organizations and sometimes a bad leader in those countries to permanently keep them underdeveloped and poor. Check out American Economic Intelligence Report of 1974.

@@ramseyabsessien8990 , I came from a 3rd world country, life was difficult and I always wonder, why God let me be born there. When I became a believer in Jesus and read the Bible, my life changed. I know my purpose, God's will for me , His plans, His empowerment through the Holy Spirit, direction , wisdom etc. ( many perish for lack of knowledge, knowledge in Word of God). I became a successful businesswoman( no college and poor), with God nothing is impossible, not with govt.

Why does an powerful god need help?🙄

Yep

A sad life is sitting on RU-vid daily and commenting

That sound like a page taken out of one of Joel Osteen’s books

I dont understand this part, anyone can help me figure out whay this means?

@@lesterh9421 I understand it as: If you have everything except money, there's nothing that money could buy anyways. You have it already. So your life is the same as if you also had money, since your life isn't affected in any way by the amount of money you have.

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I love your comment, was thinking the same thing

It can also go the other way. I was close with a pastor who is now a megachurch pastor wearing $600 shoes. I am not sure if his mistress, at least back then, will ever expose him and their secret child.

@@strnglhld True.

My church, one of the first sermons I heard was how people are made for different things in the body of Christ, some will be the business owners that are blessed to bring money, if God wills it, some you won't be the business you might just serve in church, bring the energy etc. They talked about the history of our city, where many Christians were actually the owners of businesses that has become big global brands. They didn't promise we'd all be business owners though, they preached that Prosperity was a poison, and I believe the talking about business owners part was actually when they wanted to complete their trashing of the prosperity gospel by saying don't go towards poverty gospel either.

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well said

That's a good point. I never thought of it that way. Well said!

Amen.

It doesn't say he had a lot of it. That could of been all he had.

Yuck

I agree.

Amen

Money makes a good servant but a bad boss.

I have a lot of money and don’t believe in God. But I’m not evil. I hope you don’t assume that of others.

I’ll take the money you can have Jesus

Agreed, having wealth is a tool that can be used to finish the Great Commission that Jesus Christ commanded for believers to do.

The prosperity Gospel comes from pastors.....right? I don't see Dave Ramsey as a pastor, more like a financial advisor who is evangelical Christian.

I read it and without context sure... but with context I am not seeing it. Funny thing context is, it changes everything.

HeySmartGuy 98 They come from certain pastors who want to build mega churches and steal money. You can tell who their are because they use broad statements in the sermons and use the passion translation bible.

Yeah ... pretty sure that his catchline live like no one else today so you can live like no one else later, is referring to putting in a crazy amount of work and effort early on in your life ... most prosperity gospels push people to use God as a personal genie

Proverbs 22.7 means the rich rules over the poor and the borrower is a servant to the lender. If you don't want to be in this situation. Then Say No to borrowing money and work hard and save your money.

What source? A translation of a copy of a copy of a copy? Matthew, mark, Luke and John are not even the ones who wrote those books. It's anyomous they never signed their work 🙄

Abraham is thought to be one of the wealthiest people to ever walk the earth

Is that from one of Joel Osteens books?

TheGP that’s just what I believe

Shake your money maker girl!

3John 1:2 Beloved, I desire that you prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers. 2Thessalonians 3:10 If a man will not work let him also not eat. Deuteronomy 8:18 The LORD gives you power to get wealth to establish His covenant in the earth. Matthew 25:14-30 20 So, he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ 26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Simply put!!!! It’s true.

Wow Joshua! Interesting perspective

I don’t think most of them understand scripture enough to worship anything other than what their pastor tells them to do. That gospel has ruined so many lives because it teaches ppl to forsake Jesus by chasing whatever it is that will bring them riches instead of chasing Christ. If we seek the kingdom of God and its righteousness, all things will be given to us, ALL. I worked hard all my life and was married to someone who didn’t manage God’s resources well. We stayed in debt and stress. After my divorce I took control of my own finances and took financial peace university. But I lost everything in that marriage so had to start over at 43 yrs old. But I learned so much through Financial Peace University. I got it together but it took about 6 years to recover and even be able to buy another house. But I was fortunate to buy a home that was a foreclosure and repaired it. I got remarried 8 yrs after that marriage and we paid off that house I bought before we married after 4 yrs of marriage so it was paid off in 12 yrs total. We have no debt and we are working on building our 401k’s, our IRA’s and we already have a fully funded emergency account. We have the freedom to support 4 Christian organizations and 1 non Christian organization that do great work in saving lives of children. So money is needed but it should not become our God. Actually what we have ultimately belongs to God. If we could just keep the mindset that not any of what we have belongs to us, we wouldn’t chase the dollar, we would chase God and He would supply every need we have and then some. He does it for me everyday and I have cancer and He provides the resources for me to get the care that I need to continue on as He has me here to do His will. But I will say, being outta debt afforded me to be treated at the number one hospital in the world for the type of cancer I have. We could afford to live in another city on and off for 1 and 1/2 year and still maintain our home easily because we had an emergency fund and no debt. I wouldn’t have gotten the care I received if we had not been financially able to stay in another city to go through the treatments. I don’t like the prosperity gospel because there are holes in their messages but I do believe in being a good steward over everything God has blessed us with and that’s why we have been able to do the things God has us do. But let me tell you this too, my chemo meds are $17,000 plus a month and God supplies that too because the manufacturer gives us the meds for free. They work up something with this hospital to where their patients get the care they need no matter the cost. So for me I see God in everything I do because sometimes it’s not always through money, but not one of us can purchase favor, that a gift and God bestows His gifts on whomever He desires to give them to.

Insightful Businesses 👏👏

There are hundreds of scripture about slavery too 🙄 so why is he cherry picking verse's? How can the Bible be insightful

Jvolstad I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been to church in decades. Most importantly I'm praying you know Jesus and you have a relationship with him. Jesus loves you!!

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Using them for the Good*

In the U.S. I eat on $5 a day.

And God don’t love us more or less when we are rich or poor . So stop that !

Joshua Not all of us Joneses are rolling in it, believe me 🙄

@@szqsk8 haha good point 😂

Yep amen 🙏

Sin is a religious construct 🙄

A more accurate rendering is "all sorts of evil" or "all kinds of evil". Obviously, there is evil where there is no money, or wealth in general, and there is evil outside of love of money, but the point still stands, and must be learned.

for real today's church is currpt

I believe that would be taken out of context because Jesus explains that he, the one Jesus asked to do so isnt able to do it because of his love for his own possessions.

@@x.mike. Yeah it's taken out of context he meant to say buy a new sports car and bigger house.

@@x.mike. The context was that the world was ending soon so it wouldn't matter much. Missed by a millennium or two.

Edit: Formatting is garbage on youtube, it keeps changing this: Jesus continues his speech in Matthew 19:23-26 : 23Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” 26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Jesus did not say that it was impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, only that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. Then the disciples asked "Who then can be saved?" Jesus replies "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” It is ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE for a rich man to be saved. If God tells me, i'll sell everything I own, and do as he tells me. (I would not do this of my own, I can only do this with God's ability; The Holy Spirit.) Simple as that: Matthew 6:25-33 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[g] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Jesus never told Zaccheus to give all his riches to the poor, nor did He tell the rich Christians mentioned in 1Timothy 6 to give everything to the poor. He spoke to the young rich ruler and gave him instruction based upon the condition of his heart. It was not a word for everyone, though everyone, including other rich people, should be rich in doing good works as directed by the Holy Spirit, using a generous proportion of money He entrusts to them.

I've heard this before and don't mind the lesson it gives of humility but it is incorrect and not the meaning of that passage. Jesus is saying what he's saying as a ridiculous word picture to point out the impossibility of man to save himself. We know this by preceding context of the rich young ruler and the following verses. "Who then can be saved? With man this is impossible but with God all things are possible"

@@immaturechildofgod I can see your perspective! Nonetheless, there WAS indeed a gate with a small door for camels with their riches to go through at night in Jerusalem called "Eye of the Needle" and camels would go through there on their knees at night. Historical fact that certainly contemporaries of Jesus were familiar with :) Like much in the Bible, there are levels and layers of understanding

@@immaturechildofgod P.S.: there were many many Super rich- what we nowadays would call Billionaires amongst the men of the Bible: - just think of Abraham, Isaac and Josef all being massively rich as well as powerful rulers. The disciples knew this- sometimes what the disciples say in response to Jesus shows more of their disbelief or hard-headedness...:)

There’s no gate! That parable means exactly what Jesus said. Wealth doesn’t buy you into heaven. It doesn’t buy you hierarchy in heaven. It’s adequately clear in that verse. Poverty doesn’t buy you into heaven either. Tickets to heaven aren’t for sale so stop selling them.

bro Zimbabwe got bigger problems it doesn't need magical friends. Everyone needs to start working and stop killing each other over the few things there are.

Don’t listen to Josh, I’m sure he is just a low life. Your killing it Ashley! Keep it up.

Welcome to financial independence sis, in which most of our African people don't believe or consider it to be unrealistic.