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2.2 / Does God want me to be rich?
Season 2
Episode 2
Published 2 days, 4 hours ago
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If your household makes the median American income, you make more than 92% of the world. Do you feel rich? If not, where does your lack of sufficiency come from?
A stranger walked up to me at the gym and asked if I was a pastor or something. I told him I was more of an "or something." Then he found out where our church was."
Oh, you're one of those prosperity gospel churches."So I asked him what the prosperity gospel was. He couldn't tell me. So I asked him a few questions instead.
Do you believe in God? Do you want to make more money? Do you want to win in life? Do you think God wants that for you?"It sounds like you believe in the prosperity gospel."Everybody uses words they can't define. Before we can answer whether God wants you to be rich, we have to agree on what rich means. Not the culture's definition. God's.
In this episode, I go through the Hebrew and Greek words the Bible actually uses for prosperity, with the receipts so you can check my work. We look at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. I also talk about my two grandfathers, and why real inheritance is never money.
We land on two simple definitions.
Old Testament: The blessing of God to have and grow my assigned dominion for generations.
New Testament: I have everything I need, and I have enough to meet other people's needs.
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A stranger walked up to me at the gym and asked if I was a pastor or something. I told him I was more of an "or something." Then he found out where our church was."
Oh, you're one of those prosperity gospel churches."So I asked him what the prosperity gospel was. He couldn't tell me. So I asked him a few questions instead.
Do you believe in God? Do you want to make more money? Do you want to win in life? Do you think God wants that for you?"It sounds like you believe in the prosperity gospel."Everybody uses words they can't define. Before we can answer whether God wants you to be rich, we have to agree on what rich means. Not the culture's definition. God's.
In this episode, I go through the Hebrew and Greek words the Bible actually uses for prosperity, with the receipts so you can check my work. We look at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. I also talk about my two grandfathers, and why real inheritance is never money.
We land on two simple definitions.
Old Testament: The blessing of God to have and grow my assigned dominion for generations.
New Testament: I have everything I need, and I have enough to meet other people's needs.
Follow Joshua Craft on Instagram by clicking here
Follow Nick Surface on Instagram by clicking here
Get more information and get in touch at jkc.is