Originally posted by zamar
Sorry Hank Hannegraf is not a good source.
Yes I have heard Kenneth Copeland make statements like "God wants you rich" Can you provide scripture that contradicts that statement?
Will someone explain 3 John 2 to me please?
Z
Why not? He has shown to me to be very credible and I have heard with my own ears what they said also. If you want something from scripture what about the rich young ruler. He definitely shows that the love of possesions of this world is wrong. You can use them and enjoy them but are real riches are in heaven where "moth and rust can't destroy.
Mat 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Mat 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
Mat 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Mat 19:16 And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life ?"
Mat 19:17 And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good ? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the
commandments."
Mat 19:18 Then he said to Him, "Which ones ?" And Jesus said, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU
SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS;
Mat 19:19 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
Mat 19:20 The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking ?"
Mat 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property.
Mat 19:23 And Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:24 "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Also maybe the parable of the rich man and lazarus in Luk 16.
Now these do not state that God does not want you to be rich but I think that they do show that being rich in this world is not what God is about.
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