The Prosperity Gospel is NOT a Gospel

I will answer this very carefully, so that I am not seen as a lunatic lol. Ill first define heresyheresy-opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system.My Thesis is this: Prosperty Gospel is a non-Gospel, Accumulated wealth corrupts, and not only is it not God's plan for us to be materially Rich according to his word from what I have observed he is not all that concerned with it.

1) Prosperity Gospel is a non Gospel.

I have personally heard a few preachers say this (As I am sure you have) Jesus came to preach the kingdom, or to preach healing, but throughout scripture what is the big question that the bible seeks to solve? it is this one "If God is just, he cannot forgive you because men are wicked. Christ came to die for our sins, the healing and the teaching that he brought with him were all tied to this central idea "Men are sinful and Dead, they need a Savior, but rejoice one has come. The Apostle Paul taught a different Gospel from the one that has been preached by Copeland, Oral Roberts, and the like. And in Galatians 1 pronounces a curse on any other Gospel then the one he proclaimed. What did Jesus Preach? what did Paul Preach? Sin and repentance. If that is true what should we preach? Sin and repentance. The Prosperity Gospel will not get people to praise Jesus, it will get them to praise Prosperity. . . I'll follow Jesus if he gives me a car! (John Piper). If we preach a sermon and do not address the sin in people's lives then we are false teachers, and at variance with historical doctrine ie. heretic. There are people that will die and not know Jesus and will go to hell, there are also rebellious people that are in church that believe themselves to be saved that do not repent because no one will teach them repentance *cough* Joel Olsteen, and will end up under the wrath of God judgement. And many churches won't say that because it is hard. It is different from the health wealth and prosperity Gospel, but it is the only message that God promised to bless (Romans 1:16)

2) Accumulated Wealth corrupts.

Let's observe the Israelites in the old Testament and God was about to bring them into the Promised Land this is what God told Moses: Deuteronomy 31:19-20 "Now write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them. When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their forefathers, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant. Or in 2 Timothy 3:2-5 speaking of the Church People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. There is no one in Scripture who had amassed wealth for themselves,that were not harmed by it ex: David and Bathsheba, Solomon, Judas Iscariot The whole line of kings except for 3 (or 4) is wealth bad? no. we are.

3) God is not concerned with our Material Wealth.

The Worst thing that I have heard is the idea that the Gospel cannot be effective without money. That is wrong! Jesus sent his Disciples preaching depending on only God's influence on strangers, did they stay in the best places probably not but all one needs to spread the Gospel is the word of God the Spirit of God and a person to share it with. To do great big conferences where everyone goes to the altar but no one gets converted costs money, Jesus did not Commission us to do rallies. That is why they often fail, if you don't belive me see how many of those that came for prayer continue coming, and show any signs of Genuine repentance. God's only concern is that we Repent, Believe on the one he has sent, and go to all nations teaching them to repent as well, every thing else is garbage.In closing the World will never repent if we are preaching what the world already wants Wealth Health and Prosperity. We must Preach what the world doesn't want Jesus.I know this was Long sorry about that but I wanted to make sure you knew where I was coming from.