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God is contemptuous of prosperity preachers. He says: “They give useless medicine for my people’s grievous wounds, for they assure them all is well when that isn’t so at all!” (Jeremiah 8:10-11).
The prosperity gospel maintains the redemption in Christ Jesus is also redemption from financial poverty. It says every Christian is called to be rich in dollars and cents. A favourite scripture in this regard comes from Paul, who says: “You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9).
Enticing words
This so-called gospel appeals to the rich because it tells them they will become richer. It appeals to the poor because it promises them they will become rich. It appeals to pastors because it has proved to be an effective way to grease money out of Christians by making them believe if they give to their churches, God would give them a hundredfold return.
Jesus says those who leave their house or land or brothers or sisters or father or mother for the sake of the gospel will receive a hundredfold return. (Matthew 10:29-30). He is clearly referring here to spiritual returns, for no man can have 100 physical mothers and fathers. However, his message has been distorted on the altar of the prosperity gospel.
Thus, Gloria Copeland says: “You give $1 for the gospel’s sake and $100 belongs to you. Give $10 and receive $1,000. Give $1,000 and receive $100,000. Give one house and receive one hundred houses or one house worth one hundred times as much. Give one airplane and receive one hundred times the value of the airplane. Give one car and the return would furnish you a lifetime of cars.”
Fleecing the flock
The prosperity gospel is convenient for justifying the wealth of pastors who have become rich at the expense of their congregation. Thus, Marcus Bishop says unapologetically: “Financial prosperity is just as much a part of the Gospel as anything else… I’m not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I’m not ashamed of prosperity. I’m not ashamed that Jesus bought and paid for me to be wealthy. Let me just tell you from the heart of God, preachers are supposed to be rich.”
Kenneth Copeland echoes him. He maintains: “You can draw on heaven like a magnet. We don’t have to wait until we get to heaven to get God’s blessings. Now’s when we need them.”
The prosperity gospel is also lucrative for selling books. The Christian book market is full of “get-rich-quick tipsters” and “one-minute-solution merchants.” For example, Joel Osteen’s “Your Best Life Now” sold millions of copies. It was number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Osteen tells Christians they can get their best life now; a far more marketable proposition than one saying: “Take up your cross and follow Jesus.
Tit for tat
The prosperity gospel says in order to receive from God; we first have to first give money to the church. But Peter said the exact opposite to Simon the sorcerer, who offered him money in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit: “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money!” (Acts 8:20).
God is no respecter of persons. He not only prospers the righteous, he also prospers sinners. Bad fortune is not an index of God’s judgement. Neither is prosperity an index of his favour. (Job 21:7-13). Many sinners, atheists and wicked people easily escape calamities, while many are the afflictions of the righteous. (Psalm 34:19).
Solomon says: “Exactly the same thing will finally happen to all of us, whether we live right and respect God or sin and don’t respect God. Yes, the same thing will happen if we offer sacrifices to God or if we don’t, if we keep our promises or break them.” (Ecclesiastes 9:1-3).
God allows the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Accordingly, he often gives great wealth to the wicked. This tendency baffled Jeremiah who queried God: “Why does the way of the wicked prosper?” (Jeremiah 12:1).
Prosperity of fools
For the unregenerate, riches can be a curse. If we inherit riches or if our plans succeed beyond our wildest expectations, it is time to pray for the grace to handle it, that it may not alienate us from God: “For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.” (Proverbs 1:32).
Solomon warns: “There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.” (Proverbs 13:7). This means there is a seeming wealth behind which lies deep spiritual poverty and wretchedness. Yet, there is a poverty that makes a man ripe for the kingdom of God.
Take another look at the special programs and outreaches organised in the churches and you will discover the emphasis is not on righteousness or the kingdom of God. Instead, banners, posters, handbills and radio jingles proclaim “Unceasing Showers of Blessing,” “Twenty-four Hour Miracles;” or “Stupendous Breakthroughs.” Hosea dismisses this tendency: “They assemble together for grain and new wine.” (Hosea 7:14)
Prosperity preachers mislead Christians. They hold up the candy of their gospel, saying “count the blessings.” But Jesus does the very opposite. He presents the gospel and says “count the cost.” (Luke 14:28-33). Jesus does not promise us a rose garden in this life. Instead he tells his disciples: “In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).
Encouraging the wicked
God says to Isaiah: “Cry aloud, spare not; lift up your voice like a trumpet; tell my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” (Isaiah 58:1). Prosperity preachers are averse to doing this for fear of alienating their congregation. Therefore, they fool the gullible, saying: “Get ready, get ready, God is about to give you a blessing that there will not be room enough to contain.”
Prosperity preachers strengthen the hand of evil-doers by promising them God’s blessings instead of reproving their sins. (Jeremiah 23:14). They give the wrong impression that God is satisfied with Christians, ensuring that we do not repent of sin. Indeed, as a rule, God does not send messages of prosperity. He is not in the habit of sending messages of peace and prosperity to a sinful world. On the contrary, he sends warnings of wars, famines and plagues. (Jeremiah 28:8-9).
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD. They continually say to those who despise me, ‘The LORD has said, ‘You shall have peace;’ and to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, ‘No evil shall come upon you.’” (Jeremiah 23:16-17).
God is contemptuous of prosperity preachers. He says: “All of them, great and small, prophet and priest, have one purpose in mind- to get what isn’t theirs. They give useless medicine for my people’s grievous wounds, for they assure them all is well when that isn’t so at all!” (Jeremiah 8:10-11).

By Femi Aribisala

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You have a point. But therein in his desire to feature again lies a bigger burden on him to give his all, firstly to justify his recall and by extension to resuscitate his "dying career" as he put it. I hope he gets called anyway.
...and by the way, not a fan of Mikelis

rottennaija:
If this story is true, then it means he is calling to serve his personal interest "his career", not the interest of the country. If this is true, his reasons for needing the National team is enough to shut him out

Op, I agree with u. Same thoughts here. While most of them fugees r genuine & in need of succour no doubt, im sure a few jihadists may slip thru, deliberately or otherwise at d behest of these evil renegade terrorist bandits.

Went past a filling station & I saw this price. The new govt. needs to come clean on a policy on kerosene for the people to kno what really is goin on. Even without subsidy, it shouldnt be this high. I thought CHANGE was supposed to be all-encompassing.

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JUSTCHEAPDATA:
Evening

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Segadem:
op do u know the meaning of cheap?

Lol, Help us ask d man biko....

Segadem:
op do u know the meaning of cheap?

Lol, Help us ask d man biko....

Funny people. I seem to have forgotten what their hero said on this particular issue not too long ago. Can someone pls remind me....

Bro, why dont u hear her out first. Aswir, she intends telling u she got preggie eating a combination of apples & carrots, thats a lethal combination these days for fertility treatment. I just raised d bar of ur confusion. Confused indeed!

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E don cast for Daar Comms. ni? Dem no get money to employ make up artist again? No wonder workers dey protest for their stations up & down.....smh

Id.iot person. And does ur so called stoopid legislators offer d same kind of deal, legislation u find in any of both countries? Why not compare them with India, or Peru, or any other country we hav a semblance of development with. Bas.tards! Need to stop here before I start hitting my head against d walls..... Nonsense!

Moral of epistle?....Yoruba is part of Edo or Edo is part of Yoruba. Seen!

Thanks bro. BH issue is even no more under any veil. D world already knows its a crafted script by different interests that cuts across national & foreign divides. It will b interesting to kno d real intrigues & intricasies surrounding its manifestations though. We look forwad to that time.....

ugomma2000:
you will make a good poet.
The world is really a make-believe.

Soon the issue of this boko haram will be out and it will amaze even a new born.

D world is actually goin bonkers. Nobody knows what to believe anymore. We all rise up each day faced with perils we can scarcely imagine. Spin doctors & conspiracy theories everywher. Indeed, life itself has remained a deadly conspiracy. God, come take back your world.

Seems u r within d precinct. I learnt Badagry & Ajara r bein fed with d 11kva transmission which is grossly insufficient while d surroundin areas r havin d 33kva. Attempts hav been made by individuals & ASCoN to rectify it but too many corrupt interests within d defunct NEPA. D foolish politicians ther who r supposed to interface with d power holders r another pathetic lot that should cover their faces in shame.

Tintinnoty:
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atlwireles:
His lies are no more needed, APC has done the needful with him.

Some places r still grossly under-served. My area is one, though its due to factors bordering on corrupt practices, ineptitude & aloofness by d EKODisco id.iots providing services here in Badagry. D service is pathetic to say d least....

Again, wher d bleep is Capt. Koli?......or was it all a farce?

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Hows it fake? Didnt you see the link to the story?

Shekau1:
I'm a Northerner, God knows I will never be happy with Buhari appointments so far, if I was from south.

This news is fake sha

We all know how high in esteem President Buhari holds Tunde Bakare & he actually tried engaging the fiery Pastor but he declined on this grounds.....

nigeriantimes.ng/news/exclusive-bakare-rejects-buharis-apppointment-as-chief-of-staff-gives-reason/

It could only then follow that no one but a northerner will nick that post based on this premise....

Words out actually had it Buhari wanted Tunde Bakare as d CoS but he declined.

fulanimafia:
There is no way to ascertain if they were offered positions and their responses.