Next time a prosperity preacher wants you to believe you lack faith if you are afflicted, just quote God to them.
Psalm 119:71 "…70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law. 71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. 72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.…"
Psalm 94:12
"Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,"
Psalm 94:12
"Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,"
Psalm 119:67
"Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word."
Psalm 119:75
"I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me."
Those who think they are blessed by God because they have no trials ought to be worried.
Hebrews 12:8-9 "8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?…"
Those who think they are encouraging people by spouting false hope about promises of prosperity and perfect health are bringing a message against the gospel of Christ.
Far too many people have come to Christianity to have a better life, these people have not been born again, they came in the back door without a salvation experience to be born again.
John 10:1-2 "1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.…"
It is only through repentance, realizing our sinfulness that has no remedy that we can confess to Christ our helplessness to save ourselves while desiring to be cleaned of our sinfulness. The blood of Christ covers the sin left in our flesh while His Spirit continues the cleansing of our soul, making us more like Christ with each lesson.
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