Are You Living Out a Prosperity Gospel? 5 Questions to Ask Yourself

False teaching distorts the pure gospel and your view about God. It has been a problem for centuries, even in the early Church. But God has always raised up leaders and Bible teachers to shine a light upon the truth that sets people free from deception and the bonds of sin.

In 2018, the Church is in desperate need for such leadership. There is a false gospel that has been gaining momentum and causing great deception across the world for decades that was birthed right here in America – the “prosperity gospel.”

The prosperity gospel is a far cry from the gospel of Jesus because its roots are not grounded in the message of the Cross that gives new us new life in Christ. It originates from New Thought philosophy, which focuses on using your thoughts, declaration of specific words, and visualizations to attract what you want to happen in your life. The prosperity theology distorts the message of the finished work of the Cross by proclaiming that Jesus didn’t just die for the forgiveness of your sins and to give you new abundant life (John 10:10), but by using your faith, this new life in Him will bring about perfect health and abundant wealth in material possessions and relationships.

This message appeals to every (fallen) natural human desire and it is absolute heresy, my friends. When you add anything to the gospel, it becomes a false one.

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错误的教导扭曲了纯粹的福音和你对上帝的看法。几个世纪以来，即使在早期教堂，这也是个问题。但神总是提拔领袖和圣经教师，照亮真理，使人们从欺骗和罪的束缚中解脱出来。

2018，教会迫切需要这样的领导。有一个虚假的福音，几十年来，一直在世界各地获得动力，造成巨大的欺骗，而这个福音就是在美国这里诞生的——“繁荣福音”。

繁荣的福音与耶稣的福音相差甚远，因为它的根源不在于十字架的信息，十字架在基督里给我们新生命。它起源于新思想哲学，它着重于运用你的思想，具体文字的声明，以及形象化来吸引你生活中想发生的事情。繁荣的神学歪曲了十字架完成工作的信息，宣称耶稣不仅仅是为了赦免你的罪而死，并且给你新的丰盛的生命（约翰福音10：10），但是通过使用你的信仰，在他身上的这种新生命将带来完美的健康和丰盛的福祉。物质财富和关系。

我的朋友们，这条信息诉诸于每一个（堕落的）自然人类欲望，这是绝对的异端。当你在福音中添加任何东西时，它就变成了虚假的东西。