Over a century ago, speaking to the then-largest congregation in all Christendom, Charles Spurgeon said,
I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live with the object of accumulating wealth. You will say, “Are we not to strive all we can to get all the money we can?” You may do so. I cannot doubt but what, in so doing, you may do service to the cause of God. But what I said was that to live with the object of accumulating wealth is anti-Christian.1
Over the years, however, the message being preached in some of the largest churches in the world has changed—indeed, a new gospel is being taught to many congregations today. This gospel has been ascribed many names, such as the “name it and claim it” gospel, the “blab it and grab it” gospel, the “health and wealth” gospel, the “prosperity gospel,” and “positive confession theology.”
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Author: David W. Jones
Keywords: Prosperity Gospel, Prosperity, prosperity preacher, prosperity preachers, name it claim it, wealth, riches, wealth and riches, money
Bible reference(s): Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 22:17-18, Deuteronomy 28:8, Mark 10:30, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Galatians 3:14, James 4:2-3, Hebrews 6:14
Source: “Errors of the Prosperity Gospel,” 9Marks, January 15, 2014.
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