The “prosperity gospel” (or prosperity theology) is a widely debated teaching that true faith in God inevitably leads to material, financial, and physical well-being. Its core theological errors stem from how it distorts foundational Christian principles.
Could the lives of the apostles or the early Christian community validate this erroneous theology? No, many were martyred for their faith and forced to live in catacombs. it is a demonic deception by the devil that makes for a religion for those hooked on the lottery system of theology.
Here’s a reality check:
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Hebrews 11
Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
My prayer is that you do prosper in the truth of God’s Word. Give it some thought.
Gary