Making Merchandise of Christians - Prosperity Gospel Blight
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
merchandise of you: 2 Peter 2:3a. The Apostle Peter makes this
statement in his second epistle concerning those who will come
to rake and deceive the believers into giving up their wealth,
their goods and anything else they may possess. This warning is
available to Christians the world over in their own Bibles, so
why are so many of them still falling prey to the ravishes of
every charlatan and modern prosperity gospel preacher that pops
up on the circuit?
Anyone who has read their Bible would have to concede in
principle at least that it does say that God loves to bless his
children. It also does promise that if we are giving individuals
we should expect to have many wonderful blessings returned to us
as a result. These promises are unquestionable. Christ said that
if we gave that men would give to us good measure pressed down
and running over, Luke 6:38. The principle here is not in
question; it is the use, and or rather the misuse of this
principle that causes all the trouble. Anyone trying to prove
that the Bible does not promise God