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On 18 September 2006 edition of Time magazine publish an article titled "Does God want you to be rich"I read not this article but a comment by someone else on the Internet and I am very puzzled by the comment based on this article. This guy, I name John la, he was not in favour of the term "Prosperity" gospel and I know he is not from a Charismatic evangelical church. John begin to share the following thing....
Prosperity
- Positive confession/new thoughts
- Originated in 20th century America
- Never taught in Christendom before
- Has always been about money
Definition of "Prosperity"a. Completeness (in number) b. safety, soundness (in body) c. Welfare, health, prosperity d. peace, quiet, tranquility contentment e. peace, friendship (of human relationship, with god in covenant relationship)
So he claim that the word "prosperity" in the Bible is never to be meant wealth in riches. He was stating that he got his source from a bible study tools.
Translated words
KJV version (236)
Peace - 135 times, Prosperity - 4 times, Health - 3 times
"It doesn't bring God glory to be non-prosperous" - John said that people like us charismatic always quote this phrase.
- Where is that in the Scripture
- What about those in Hebrew 11 who had "shalom" in spite of their poverty, hunger and persecution
His conclusion...
- Jesus WAS NOT reach
- Sowing/reaping is for eternal life, not money
- Teaching don't work
- Purpose of tithe fulfilled in Christ (WTF!!!)
It was so funny lor. I think he is either gullible or naive. Haha how can he distort the truth? Haha anyway I am not going to make any comments on his posting. I just want to share about there will be such people around the world who don't believe God will bless them in riches.