NotProsperity
Warning to heed
The Christian life is not about God being a magic genie who grants all your wishes and makes you rich and gives you your best life. That is NOT the reason you came to Him for Salvation, and that is NOT what the Bible teaches at all. Look at all the old testament prophets and the lives of all the Apostles and you will see it is about serving and living for Jesus and not about "you".
There are many many false preachers and teachers and false church doctrines that you will hear about in "Christianity" which are not Christian at all, but deceptive deceivers from Satan. stay far from them.
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We have listed a bunch of them on the False Teachers page, and I highly recommend you go to youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, etc...and "block/do not show this channel" to those channels immediately, so you are not sucked into them through their slick tactics, and the algyrithims presenting them. Use that list as a future reminder/reference, tho there's 100s more just like those charlatans. Know the essentials and important things so you are never decieved and see the red flags.
The decievers and charlatians prey on those who do not read and do not know the Scriptures.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. (James 4:3)
you ought to say, "If the Lord wills" (James 4:15)
Christianity has nothing to do with you getting temporary earthly things from God like money, cars, houses, jewelry etc... those are selfishness, greed and lusting after things that have nothing to do with living righteously and living Holy before God. Anyone who tries to deceive a believer into thinking God is about providing you material prosperity is preaching a teaching from Satan, known or unkowingly.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matt 6:33) “All these” is not even referring to prosperity. It is about focusing on doing God's will, not your own selfish desires. Aligning to God's will for God's purposes to be done through you for the gospels sake. Prosperity gospel twists Scripture and preaches, pride, narcissism, coveting, envy, greed, lies and the world. The biblical gospel preachrs humility, repentance, less of me and more and more of Jesus shinning through me into the world, contentment, reliance on God to care for me as he did those OT prophets and righteous ones, and the Apostles and believers in the NT who forsook all, sold all to help others, and lived to serve God, not themselves. Their focus is on the eternal not the temporary fading useless things on earth.
When people realize the things the false prosperity teaching offers what Satan offered Jesus... ☠😬
God blesses believers spiritually, and uses people to bring about His will.
Prayer is to align with God's Will. To ask "His Will be done", not ours.
We are just grateful he "saved a wretch like me". Totally undeserving, he saved me. We are "not good people" but Wretched sinners, who by God's Justice on the cross, by his Mercy and Grace has saved us and called us His own. And because He now loves us, (purchased & adopted us) as his children, he blesses us. But, Everything ultimately is for His will and Glory. And as a loving father he gives us many things but... We are given spiritual blessings in this life, and any other blessings are to be appreciative & thankful for, and good stewards of. But note, Scripture focuses on blessings being "spiritual" in nature. Not physical. In fact the Bible points us to everything being for/to eternity. Not life on this temporary earth.
It is good to ask the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you in daily reading, while you study/feed on the truth and true teachings of Scripture, daily- so you can then also spot the false preachers/teachers/teachings/messages once you are a mature believer. >>We have listed preachers and ministries (coming soon) you can trust, & follow online, and can be assured are Biblical.
One thing I wanted to note to you to help keep you from being deceived by false teachers including the slick word faith & prosperity and name it and claim it preachers of deception is:
1. If you are reading the Bible every day, every day of your life... you will be able to spot many of these false deceivers and avoid them. As a new believer it will be hard to discern who they are for the first 5 years or so. The preachers and ministries we've listed are quite sufficient for studying and learning from [for the next 50 years to be very honest (lol).]
2. Very Important to grasp this:
Salvation & Sin:
Sin, It's deeper and broader than we think.
Read Mark 8:31-38 for context. "The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life." (John 12:25)... is saying > you must hate your fallenness, your sinfulness, your pride, your self righteousness. Be So desperate to be delivered from sin and run to salvation.
This points also to Jesus talking to the rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-27). > Sell everything. You get rid of it all, be bankrupt. Come thirsty, shattered and in mourning over sin.
Same with the pearl parable.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (Matthew 13:45-46)
Get rid of sin and grab hold of salvation. That's what these are talking about. Count what you treasured as trash and grab hold of the offer of salvation, and the New life/eternal life in Christ.
3. Life in Christ is Not ME focused
We empty ourselves of "ME" when we come to Jesus, and he fills us with HIM. We are to become more and more like Christ, and he is the master of our life and walk, and we follow His path with Him at the lead.
When we look at sin and how much deeper the things of the Commandments go... we start to see sin in it's true light. Here's a note about 10 commandments on coveting, realized at that depth.
You might understand somewhat about contentment, but when looking at 10 commandments... in Exodus 20:17, focus for a minute on Coveting:
>>is about lack of contentment in what God provides.It is greed, it is at the bottom of all sin.
That's why coveting is also idolatry as #2 is. It is saying you are the one in control, that you are making yourself a god above God, saying you know better than him. Instead of focus on God & obeying Him & being content, you say "i want what I want", not what God wants.
It also violates 1st Commandment. It is putting yourself first. It is self worship instead of worship of & obedience to God (Matt 6:33)
*😱 therefore, coveting actually violates 3 of the 10 commandments.
4. Keep SHORT Sin accounts
✝️ Print this page, and put copies of these parts in each related Bible verse section of Scripture, in your Bible, so you look at it again whenever you read thru that part of Scripture. 👍📖
Note about peace:
Yes we have peace now, in knowing God has our best inteterests in mind. We can rest assured that He always has a plan even when we dont understand it or it doesnt appear to benefit us, it might be to benefit others. Our peace is resting in Christ, knowing God will always and only do "good". And whether alive or dead we are safe in His hands, and eternally saved in Jesus.
Peace and Joy are not the kind in this world. It is spiritual not physical. This world is stained by sin, corrupt and suffering abounds, but our peace and joy are spiritually in Christ.
Note about blessings:
Does God give us some physical blessings here? Sure, some. He doesnt have to. He does say he cares for us and will provide our clothes and food. And that those who give up family, friends, jobs, clients etc because of turning to Him, that the things of believers will be shared among each other and be cared about & for, as you get on your feet. But we are not to be focused on the temporary things of this world. Homes and cars and land and posessions are useless and rot, we are to store up treasures in Heaven. Where our heart is is whare we will focus. Either worldly or spiritually.
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