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Subject: Yes Sandy

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Hillbilly

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Date Posted: 15:24:02 04/30/10 Fri
In reply to: Sandy 's message, "Hillbilly" on 23:31:49 04/28/10 Wed

What you describe is also something I have experienced. We call this type of teaching and preaching "prosperity religion" and it cannot be found in the Bible as it is taught and preached by so many today.

It goes along these lines. "God does not want you to be poor". "He wants you to be prosperous but He wants you to prove that you trust Him". "You must claim by faith these blessings and He will give them to you." Usually this message will be coupled with the directive that you must prove God by giving and you can't out give God. Almost always you will be directed to send your hard earned to the one delivering the message. He will pray for your prosperity and for God to open His storehouse and pour out these blessings of wealth.

The above message may take on variations but essentially they will follow close to the scenario.

What amazes me in all this is how God told the rich young ruler to sell what he had and give it to the poor. Then he was to follow Jesus.

Prosperity religion is based on greed and the desires of the flesh. It is an anti biblical teaching and you know who is moving the one who is doing the preaching and it is not God.

Thank you so much for your input and like you say; we may not know when our time to leave is but the important thing is to be ready. One can be killed in a car wreck while waiting for Jesus to come back and take His Saints home. Many have been or died of disease or just old age.

God bless,

Dwight

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