There is a great debate among Christians — and criticism by non-believers — about the “Prosperity Gospel.”

Scoffers rightfully point to mega-church pastors with their elaborate salaries, huge mansions, and expensive clothes while Christians also condemn the “sow a seed” approach used by these and other ministers proclaiming that their financial faithfulness will promise ‘prosperity’ as a reward to all that “sow into my ministry.”

On the other hand, ardent advocates of this teaching recite the verse above and other scriptures to “Proclaim it and Name It” with the expectation that “whatsoever ye desire” will be given to you (because) all you have to do is “speak unto that mountain and not doubt and it will happen.”

So is the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ true or false? The answer is both YES and NO…but it depends on the WAY and PURPOSE to which it is applied.

God is not an ATM machine, Santa Claus, or unlimited Amazon gift card. Used this way, the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ is an erroneous, misleading, and false teaching. However, the Prosperity Gospel when applied correctly IS true IF…

You have to ASK
According to GOD’S WILL,
Not your own will.

When we are truly walking in God, we want to do what God wants to do. In other words, his will becomes our will…and not the other way around!!

In James 4:3 it says “Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,” so when we pray, our prayers are answered when “speaking unto that mountain” as we ask in faith, but only if it is the Lord’s will. The best instruction to applying the Prosperity Gospel is here:

“And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing according to his will,
he heareth us:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions
that we desired of him.”
1 John 5:14–15

So YES, the “Prosperity Gospel” is TRUE, and we shall “have what ye say” but ONLY if it is in accordance to God’s Will. God deems ‘prosperity’ in a variety of ways… (and that doesn’t necessarily mean financially) so pray accurately. Ask according to the desire of God’s heart and his Word, and his will will be done and “Thou Shalt Have Great Success” (Joshua 1:8)

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