(By Bert Farias) It was another eye-opener to me when in recent articles I shone a light on the gain-is-godliness-carnal-prosperity message and received comments from readers, even friends, accusing me of judging—with some even fighting for their right to be rich and have possessions. At times I’m not even sure these “addicted to prosperity” Christians have ever heard the real gospel or tasted the real salvation. They string a few obscure Scriptures together and make up a be-all, end-all gospel of riches.
To these people, it’s disrespectful to not want to become extremely wealthy, since Jesus died that we could all have wealth. They say Jesus was made poor so we could be rich—as if deliverance from poverty was the proof of our spiritual salvation. Is that really what the sum of the Scriptures teaches? This is the American gospel, my friends, and God has shown me that much of the excess and covetousness so common in the West today is rooted in this evil system. READ MORE
