This is unironically the type of preaching that megachurch pastors use to incentivize people to donate. It’s called prosperity gospel. Basically, it’s the belief that God rewards his most devout followers with material wealth. So if you’re not rich, it’s because you’re not a good enough follower and need to keep donating. It’s what pastors like Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland use, to get their followers to buy them new private jets.
Note that this completely contrary to everything Jesus said. He spoke of rewards in the afterlife, that the poor would be rewarded and the rich would not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.
The “Prosperity Gospel” is a blatant heresy, and far worse so than most of the alleged heresies of the past 2000 years.
I know I’m technically a Calvinist, or at least the branch of protestantism I’m from is, but there’s a lot he said many modern Christians would disagree with, and is frankly nit biblical.
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This is unironically the type of preaching that megachurch pastors use to incentivize people to donate. It’s called prosperity gospel. Basically, it’s the belief that God rewards his most devout followers with material wealth. So if you’re not rich, it’s because you’re not a good enough follower and need to keep donating. It’s what pastors like Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland use, to get their followers to buy them new private jets.
Note that this completely contrary to everything Jesus said. He spoke of rewards in the afterlife, that the poor would be rewarded and the rich would not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.
The “Prosperity Gospel” is a blatant heresy, and far worse so than most of the alleged heresies of the past 2000 years.
You can thank the twisted madman John Calvin for that heresy.
I know I’m technically a Calvinist, or at least the branch of protestantism I’m from is, but there’s a lot he said many modern Christians would disagree with, and is frankly nit biblical.