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Originally Posted by tv1a
I'm beginning to think some of the posters have been to the Dan Rather School of Sound Bites. The prosperity doctrine I and many others adhere to does not in anyway represent the misrepresentation characterized in this thread.
There are more scriptures which talk about finances than talk about health. Care to discuss the substances?
It is breathtaking something like man-made standards, which have NO scriptures to support is accepted much easier than scriptures dealing with finanncial success. I would rather deal with scriptural evidence than ancedotal evidence. There is more scripture supporting a prosperity doctrine than supporting a subjective dress code.
Prosperity comes from following established principles. The Bible has principles how to accumulate wealth. John said he wished the saints would prosper and be in good health, as they prospered and maintained a healthy spiritual life. Jesus promised blessings beyond imagination when he said give and it shall be given back to you to the point it would be running over.
God used the prophet to tell God's people to "test" God and see if God would pour out blessings they couldn't contain.
Proverbs is full of principles and when applied will lead to a prosperous life.
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I don't believe that anyone was saying they don't believe in prosperity. The point really is that sometimes God takes you through a time of suffering to build character in you.
What we are instructed, as way of example, in
Philippians 4:12-13:
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"I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
We are not always going to be prosperous, but we can always be faithful.
The prosperity doctrine leads people to believe that they will never suffer and I think that is the conflict in the teaching, IMO. It reminds me of the Lottery.
