Mdee F. Junior

By. Richard L. (Great Bible Study)





Just as many today are brainwashed concerning things such as divine healing and casting out demons, so also are many today believing unbiblical teachings concerning financial prosperity. Ministers such as Kenneth Copeland are degraded to "prosperity gospel" preachers. What I want to do here is show you a closer look at what God's Word has to say about prosperity, as it should be our final authority on things of this nature.
A really good teaching which compliments this one is The Will of God on Earth. I highly recommend reading both when you have a chance, as it will open your mind up to what God's Word really has to say about prosperity, and His will to bless His children right here on earth.
Dead religion appears to be right and good, but in reality, it denies the goodness of God. For example, religion says that it's wrong to have riches or financial blessings here on earth. But the goodness of God wants us to have an abundance so that we can not only know how much our Heavenly Father cares for us, but so we can also show His goodness to those around us!
Let's take a close look at scriptures concerning God's will for us to be blessed, and see what it really says about God's desire to bless us! Allow me to expose the dead religious mindset lurking behind the idea that God wants us poor and miserable here on earth. I like how either Gloria or Kenneth Copeland said that when folks claim God gave them a sickness, they are taking the Lord's name in vain. How? Because they are blaming His holy name for something that He had nothing to do with, but rather the devil! God's Word warns us never to call evil good or good evil.
To say that God wants us poor, when His Word says otherwise, is a serious sin in the eyes of God. Why is it so serious? Because it gives Him a terrible name that He does not deserve among men. It paints an ugly picture of Him being a cruel distant taskmaster, as opposed to a loving Father who desires to heal, bless and restore us. No earthly father would want his children poor and miserable, so why do we paint such an ugly picture of our Heavenly Father, who takes pleasure in giving us good things?
Perhaps one of the greatest lies that Satan has fed the church, is that God is not a good God, and that our lives here on earth are just going to be poor, miserable, sick, and defeated.

Money itself is not evil; the love of it is

The first misunderstanding is that money is the root of all evil. The Bible does not say that! If we look carefully, it is the LOVE of money is the root of all evil; not the money itself.
Money is not evil in itself, or God wouldn't have blessed His people over and over again with it. Abraham, who is our father through faith, was filthy rich. To say that money is evil, is to say that God gave Abraham much evil. The streets in heaven are lined with gold; so if gold was evil, then heaven's streets are lined with an evil substance!
If we look in Deuteronomy 28, the famous blessing and curses chapter, we learn that having an abundance of money is considered a BLESSING or a GOOD THING! It is in no way evil for a child of God to be financially blessed.
I like how Kenneth Hagin says that we must take the things of the world lightheartedly. I believe that we cannot have a tie with our money. Jesus proved that the rich man in the Bible had a tie to his money that was stronger than his tie with God, and as a result, Jesus said that it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for somebody who holds dear their money to enter the kingdom of God. That is HUGE! I wonder how many Christians today would fail the test if they were asked to sell all they had and give it unto the poor?
Do you see the importance of not having the love of money in your heart? Even your entrance into the kingdom of God is dependant upon not having the love of money rooted in your heart!

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

Let's get our priorities straight. If we want the blessings of God upon our lives, then we need to seek first His kingdom, and put His priorities above our own.
One of the keys to putting the kingdom of God first, is in our heart's attitudes and our obedience to what God commands of us. If God said to love those who hate you, and you hold bitterness in your heart, then you can forget about it. God's Word tells us that we need to be willing and obedient if we would like to eat of the good of the land:
Notice that in the above verse, both of those things are required. It's not enough to be obedient, but we must also be willing. Being willing pertains to our heart condition and attitude, and obedience pertains to our actions.

False humility versus true humility

The Bible tells us to be humble. Many believe that being humble, means driving a rust bucket and eating mac and cheese for dinner every night. They think that because they don't eat of the good of the land, that they are more spiritual than those who do. Poverty is poverty, and has nothing to do with humility! Some in the body of Christ are even proud of their poorness, and that is nothing more than religious pride. That is the exact opposite of true humility! Others look at some of God's wealthy ministers and scoff saying that they have too much money. I wonder how they would treat Abraham if he lived in this day and age? Perhaps Job, who was extremely wealthy? Or Solomon? Or Lot, who was told to leave the country because of his great wealth?
True humility is not being poor, but being thankful. You can be wealthy and thankful to God for those blessings, and that is true humility. You can also be poor and proud of it, and that is a terrible sin in the eyes of God. If we consider wealthy Christians whom God has blessed, as being less spiritual than ourselves, then religious pride is in our hearts, and we are not right before God.
It is very important for us to be humble and thankful for the blessings that God pours out upon us. God's Word tells us that when financial blessing was poured out, and the people refused to acknowledge Him for the blessing, it was not a good thing...
What we have to be really careful for, is what is called false humility, which is actually a form of religious pride. Pride is as simple as saying, "I know better than God." If God wants us rich, and we say that it's better for us to be poor, then we're calling Him a liar, and we've raised ourselves above Him.
True humility is a realization and appreciation for the provision (healing, deliverance, financial blessing, etc.) that Christ has made available to us (at a costly price!).

God loves blessing His people

I think that we can all agree that God blessed America because it was founded on Godly principals and by Godly forefathers. America is known as THE Christian nation. Israel, though they are God's physical people, rejected Christ and to this day still rejects Him. Why do you think that God blessed America? Was it for the ungodly living in the land, so that they could build prosperous businesses and drive sports cars, all while pastors are out jump-starting their cars every Sunday morning so they can drive to church and deliver the Word of God to the bride of Christ? I find it ironic that it's acceptable to many Christians for an ungodly basketball star (whom they idolize) to be wealthy, but it's unacceptable for a pastor to be blessed financially!
God's Word tells us clearly that the wealth of this earth belongs to those who fear the Lord!
Did you know that God's Word tells us that it is Him who gives us the power to obtain WEALTH? God's Word actually speaks of making His people wealthy by multiplying their silver, gold and everything they had!
Don't tell me that they received spiritual wealth only, when it's speaking of silver, gold, flocks (their finances through their businesses) and everything they had. They are undeniable material and financial blessings that are talked about here. God gave His people the power to obtain financial wealth! Think about it: America didn't get wealthy without God's blessing. It was the blessing of God that made America a financially wealthy nation!
In the famous blessings and curses chapter in the Bible, we find that financial abundance and the ability to lend others money, is under the category of BLESSINGS, while financial lack is listed under the CURSES.
Some think that God no longer wants to have His children be abundantly provided for. Why not? Is not Jesus the same yesterday, today, and forever? Is not the new covenant based on BETTER promises? Since when did the new covenant do away with the idea that God wanted His children blessed? This is just the fruit of today's religious mindset and the teachings and doctrines of men.
There are numerous other verses in the Bible, which make the will of God very clear on this matter. Here are a few other examples:

By Senior Pastor Dr. A. Bernard.


Success is not an accident. It is the result of specific measurable actions. That is important because that only works once. Indeed, people get results; but they don't know what they did so that they can repeat it.

Mdee Junior

There is a specific set of actions you have taken to bring you the life that you have today, negative or positive. You have taken certain actions to bring you the life that you have today. In other words, the life that you have today is your thought and your lifestyle is simply the external expression of your internal experience.

Successful people simply discover in them the law that governs success. They discover the law and they simply use it. For instance, disciples came back excited about the authority they had just used and they said, ''Lord, even the demons were subject to us.'' Thus, they had just realized that they were operating in a law and it has to deal with the law of delegated authority. They were operating in a law.



They were successful with it and came back excited. But Jesus cautioned them.

Let us realize this: ''Saved, sinner or unbeliever, these laws work no matter who you are, if you are willing to work on them.'' For this reason, it is shame for Christians to get jealous and mad at sinners who are operating in Christian law and experiencing the benefits of it thereafter getting jealous and upset because God is blessing the sinners. Instead they should realize that God causes the sun to shine over the unjust; He causes His rain to rain on the crops of the just and the unjust. But they don't give God credit.

With this realization, we can understand why Jesus said, ''They are pressing in to the Kingdom while looking how to get its benefits.'' Then He said, ''if they don't come in through Him, they are thieves.''

Jesus cautioned His disciples saying, ''Don't rejoice in the fact that in My Name even demons are subject to you; but rejoice in the fact that your names are written in the Book of life. That is the most important thing.

But even though it is a reality that our names are written in the Book of life, we have got an experience to deal with. Therefore, the Bible says, ''He has given us the promises of the world to come and for the world that we want to deal with.''

Thus, we should realize that we live in the universe of laws governed by a system of order. The Bible is the revelation of those laws, that order and the God who created them. This will make you look at the Word of God differently.
Matthew 6:33 says, ''Spiritual renewal will always be followed by economic revitalization.. It says, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, that is spiritual renewal.

It is obvious that you cannot seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, without being renewed in your spirit and that will cause all things to be added to you, that is, the effect. Thoughts are causes; conditions are effects. So, you change your conditions by changing your thoughts. This is in line with the Bible says, ''You will change your conditions when you renew your thoughts'' {Romans 12:2}. Isn't that fine!
In this universe, there are laws at work whether we are aware of them or not. They are daily influencing our lives. So, something is influencing your life and you don't know what it is. It is real stupidity to realize that something is influencing your life on daily basis and you don't know what it is.

Thus, you are living daily at the mercy of it and you just cooperate with it to your own destruction instead of your success.

One of the laws that govern this universe is the law of productivity. Remember God wants us to be productive; for He said, ''Be fruitful and multiply'' and Jesus said, ''It is the desire of your heavenly Father that you bear much fruit.'' So, God wants fruitfulness in your life. He wants productivity because the ultimate objective of God that is synonymous with maturity is that each entity in existence in this creation reaches its maximum level of productivity. Whether it is human, animal, fish, fowl, plant or tree, God's objective is that it reaches its maximum productivity.

Ability means productivity. Deuteronomy 8:18 says, '' You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth (KJV). In the NIV, it says the ability produces wealth. God has given everyone ability. But it does not mean that everyone is productive because to have ability does not necessarily mean you are being productive with your ability.

So, you can have ability that God has given you; but it does not mean that you are productive with it. Ability is the power to act and you can have the power to act while not acting, in actual fact. Apostle James says that faith is meaningless unless it is backed up with works. If you really have what you are talking about, it should be evidenced by something you are productive in your life. For instance, if I come back and find you still being where you were seven years ago, something is wrong with you.

Let me share with you the laws that govern ability, the laws that govern the power to act. Let me explain what that means. Remember effectiveness demands a clear definition of terms. If you are clear in the terms you are using, those terms empower you to act. But if you are ambiguous, if you are unclear, then you will not act effectively.

Clarity is the first law of learning and that is why you have preachers who are unclear so that you cannot understand what they are preaching about. So, you get emotionally charged, but you have no idea about what they are talking about. That is preaching for reaction and not preaching for change. There are many preachers who preach for reaction and not for change.

So, let me expand this definition:
''Ability is the power, skills or resources to accomplish something.'' This is a very important definition because it is a crystal clear one. When you become crystal clear, you become focused.

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