Warning Sign #2: A Fixation on “Abundance”
April 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm | Posted in When Good Preachers Go Bad | 5 CommentsTags: abundance, Abundant life, abundant living, Biblical abundance, charismania, Charismatic abuses, charismatic movement, charismatic theology, charismatics, eternal life, God the Father, good preachers go bad, Jesus Christ, John 10, live in increase, prosperity Gospel, prosperity teaching, TBN, Word Faith movement, Word of Faith
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
For many preachers the word “abundantly” in the Verse above is a good “shoutin’ word.” However, beware the real cause for the shouting. This Verse speaks of abundant life, not abundant material possessions. As a child of God, you have an inheritance of eternal life with God the Father through Jesus Christ. You have absolutely no right, however, to a big screen television, the latest high tech gadgets, a trendy motorcycle, or a fancy state-of-the art modernized church auditorium. When a Good Preacher Going Bad starts fixating on “abundance” as the world defines abundance, he is only a short step from telling you that if you want to “live in increase” you had better start giving more money.
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