The prosperity gospel

I have as of late really grown disenchanted with filthy rich main line churches that preach a prosperity gospel rather then the true gospel of God. The thing is that one can preach a gospel of prosperity and not actually be talking about money. Here is how it subtly works and is preached: Someone gets healed and they share their testimony with the congregation. Now they tell of how each person’s family and friends and everybody was there to help them out. Basically their hand was held the entire time and their nose was wiped the entire time. Now everybody on staff there is fat or over weight, everybody who attends that church is wealthy financially fit and prosperous. Nobody really suffers in that church and the so small little hardship that they go through which is always just in their emotions is exacerbated heavily and made out to be something that it is not. No one is hurting really and all have successful careers.

I never really picked up on this subtly preached gospel until I had a friend in need that only needed some things and a main line filthy rich church couldn’t even help out with that. They have loads of money that they can spend on a video projector but on someone who is unfamiliar to their assembly they cannot. And yet allegedly they helped a family in need when that family’s house burned down. I personally do not understand that. But it makes perfect sense. That person was a familiar of theirs. Basically they help based on their feelings and not Christ. It is sad for me to write these perfectly true things but I am venting them out of me. Plus the internet is filled with people who aren’t afraid to be honest. I just really hate it when the church is supposed to be able to help and this church has nothing keeping them back from helping but they don’t help. And yet they spends thousands of dollars for people to go to Ireland for a missions trip. Its like Jesus said about the Pharisees, where they spend and do all of this to reach one person and in turn make that person a bigger child of the devil. I ma just sick and tired of it. This is the sate of main line churches and main line alleged Christians no a days.

Where are the real actually living out Christ Christians who give even when they might not have, who are not successful, who posses humility and brokenness of heart before God. Who have been forsaken by main line churches and have been all alone and have had nothing but God and have prevailed. Who embrace worship first and at the very last filling their bellies. Who can fast and aren’t obese. Who ACTUALLY suffer and it isn’t just that they are in a bad mood that they say that they have it bad. That they actually have it bad. That they are not filthy rich but still help pothers and suffer and see others through Christ’s eyes and choose to suffer with them. WHO CAN ACTUALLY LIVE OUT CHRIST ON A DIALY BASIS AND NOT WHEN THE MOMENT IS PUMPED, OR WHEN THEY ARE EMOTIONAL, knowing that their tears and feelings will not bring a pleasant aroma to God’s nostrils, that brokenness, humility, meekness, that those are what God seeks and can use.

Lord forgive us of this blatant sin and man made gospel which we have created and openly and lovingly embrace.