One, you need to read the book of Job to see examples of a godly, righteous, faithful man suffering.
Two, God does give "good things" to his children. This is called providence. But, it extends beyond providence to conforming him to the image of Christ through suffering. I have outlined how suffering works to expose the person's evil intentions. Through illness and want, the real desires of our heart are exposed, for good or for bad. Job's wife would be an example of this...she apparently was cursing God through the same trials that caused Job to praise him still.
Additionally, it proved to the world and the angelic host that Job didn't follow God just because of his material blessings, but because he had a relationship with God, and God was the true desire of his heart. Seeing a suffering saint who continues to praise God provides a brilliant example of this sort of faithfulness.
Three, those who hold the health, wealth and prosperity gospel live in denial. Their bodies continue to decay and be subject to the Curse in a physical way, yet they will deny it with their dying breath. Their hair gets grey, their eyes grow dim, their hearing grows fainter, and their teeth wear away. Yet, they will deny that the curse still affects them in a physical sense.
It's pretty funny to see, by the way...those health, wealth, prosperity people will even deny that they are sick because they are superstitious and believe that their affirmation of this will cause their situation to become reality.
Two, God does give "good things" to his children. This is called providence. But, it extends beyond providence to conforming him to the image of Christ through suffering. I have outlined how suffering works to expose the person's evil intentions. Through illness and want, the real desires of our heart are exposed, for good or for bad. Job's wife would be an example of this...she apparently was cursing God through the same trials that caused Job to praise him still.
Additionally, it proved to the world and the angelic host that Job didn't follow God just because of his material blessings, but because he had a relationship with God, and God was the true desire of his heart. Seeing a suffering saint who continues to praise God provides a brilliant example of this sort of faithfulness.
Three, those who hold the health, wealth and prosperity gospel live in denial. Their bodies continue to decay and be subject to the Curse in a physical way, yet they will deny it with their dying breath. Their hair gets grey, their eyes grow dim, their hearing grows fainter, and their teeth wear away. Yet, they will deny that the curse still affects them in a physical sense.
It's pretty funny to see, by the way...those health, wealth, prosperity people will even deny that they are sick because they are superstitious and believe that their affirmation of this will cause their situation to become reality.
We just focus our belief on biblical truth that our spirit is healed. Truth > facts