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I used to think that way. It caused my life a LOT of problems. Money's not evil; craving it is.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answers all things. Ecclesiastes 10:19
I think there is a difference between having money and using it appropriately, and the Word Faith or Prosperity Gospel. She touched on it a bit in this video.
The Health and Wealth gospel makes the gospel about us. Our gospel has to be about Jesus Christ. The gospel is not a "get out of hell free" card. It is not an invitation to become rich.
The gospel is an invitation to serve the living God, to know Him and have a relationship with Him. I do believe that Jesus was telling us to cling to God, to love him first, and our neighbor as ourselves. When we make getting money the gospel, then it is "all about us."
Christ may give us money or give us nothing. That should not determine how we serve him. I was just reading about a Nigerian televangelist on another thread. Now that is the worst of the worst of health and wealth! Getting rich off the flock, when they are living in a country which has huge inequities and a large class of people living in poverty.
"Poverty in Nigeria remains significant despite high economic growth it first started sometime during the British empire. Nigeria has one of the world's highest economic growth rates (averaging 7.4%[SUP][1][/SUP] over the last decade), a well-developed economy, and plenty of natural resources such as oil. However, it retains a high level of poverty, with 63% living on below $1 daily," Wikipedia
And I don't have much money either, anyway! But a lot more than those poor Nigerians!
The Health and Wealth gospel makes the gospel about us. Our gospel has to be about Jesus Christ. The gospel is not a "get out of hell free" card. It is not an invitation to become rich.
The gospel is an invitation to serve the living God, to know Him and have a relationship with Him. I do believe that Jesus was telling us to cling to God, to love him first, and our neighbor as ourselves. When we make getting money the gospel, then it is "all about us."
Christ may give us money or give us nothing. That should not determine how we serve him. I was just reading about a Nigerian televangelist on another thread. Now that is the worst of the worst of health and wealth! Getting rich off the flock, when they are living in a country which has huge inequities and a large class of people living in poverty.
"Poverty in Nigeria remains significant despite high economic growth it first started sometime during the British empire. Nigeria has one of the world's highest economic growth rates (averaging 7.4%[SUP][1][/SUP] over the last decade), a well-developed economy, and plenty of natural resources such as oil. However, it retains a high level of poverty, with 63% living on below $1 daily," Wikipedia
And I don't have much money either, anyway! But a lot more than those poor Nigerians!
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I Love our Creator. He tells us the way to use money wisely, though many choose not to.
I don't hate money, or love it, I hate what it does to people.
A Protection
Ecclesiastes 7:12 says: "For wisdom is for a protection [the same as] money is for a protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom itself preserves alive its owners."
As a protection it pays for food, clothing and shelter and protects us against hardships associated with poverty. It allows us to help those in need. As Jesus use to say: "There is more happiness in giving than receiving." Acts 20:35
Beware the Love of Money
Look at what the love of money has done to many, especially big businesses. They have cut jobs, salaries and benefits to get a bigger bottom line. They make one work a job for two and put the one under constant threat of losing their job and putting their health in peril. They cannot get enough money. They justify their evils by saying: "It's just business" how sad.
IT IS GREED! Ecclesiastes 5:10 says "A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver, "Their appetite for money is insatiable.
Elderly and uneducated are particularly prone to individuals seeking to use their disadvantage to exploit them for money.
God will hold all accountable for their actions concerning money. The love of money earns God's disfavor.
I don't hate money, or love it, I hate what it does to people.
A Protection
Ecclesiastes 7:12 says: "For wisdom is for a protection [the same as] money is for a protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom itself preserves alive its owners."
As a protection it pays for food, clothing and shelter and protects us against hardships associated with poverty. It allows us to help those in need. As Jesus use to say: "There is more happiness in giving than receiving." Acts 20:35
Beware the Love of Money
Look at what the love of money has done to many, especially big businesses. They have cut jobs, salaries and benefits to get a bigger bottom line. They make one work a job for two and put the one under constant threat of losing their job and putting their health in peril. They cannot get enough money. They justify their evils by saying: "It's just business" how sad.
IT IS GREED! Ecclesiastes 5:10 says "A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver, "Their appetite for money is insatiable.
Elderly and uneducated are particularly prone to individuals seeking to use their disadvantage to exploit them for money.
God will hold all accountable for their actions concerning money. The love of money earns God's disfavor.