Do you mean to say the Word of faith movement to which I belong, doesn't accept God's word which speaks about His eternal plan & purpose?
Not accepting that even in the slightest. I've seen your posts in the Calvinistic thread and you tried that claim there that you're ignorant of Calvinsitic claims. And yet you also have a Tulip as your avatar. Sorry I wasn't born yesterday and if you don't know what that colloquial expression means you can look it up.
Are you sure it's a tulip and not a red rose? Do you need to attend a course in botany?
Are you finding it difficult to believe God's faithfulness extends back to His eternal plan & purpose and not exists only in time?
Does it appear as "some truth" & not whole truth only because it's just a little hard to find sometimes?
Hi....yeah I'd like to believe we all could and I am friends with Calvinists. It's just that I've talked to some in forums more in line with that theme and in other web sites and I was hoping coming here I'd see discussions of what the forum is about.
Because they had not heard Kenneth Copeland's preaching!
Prosperity theology was unknown in the early church of the First Century.
I don't know. You will have to ask them. My crystal ball got broken
I believe in seed faith, but the harvest comes from the particular type of seed sown. If I sow seeds of kindness and gentleness, then I will reap a harvest of kindness and gentleness from others. If I sow a seed of helping a neighbour, then I will reap assistance from neighbours when I need it. In the same way, when the Holy Spirit asks me to give a financial donation, then when I need financial help, then it will come to me. That is in accordance with the Scripture that says that we reap what we sow.
Do you want the questioner to grow in faith or to tell others about faith?
I believe in seed faith, but the harvest comes from the particular type of seed sown. If I sow seeds of kindness and gentleness, then I will reap a harvest of kindness and gentleness from others. If I sow a seed of helping a neighbour, then I will reap assistance from neighbours when I need it. In the same way, when the Holy Spirit asks me to give a financial donation, then when I need financial help, then it will come to me. That is in accordance with the Scripture that says that we reap what we sow.
I am a Presbyterian. That means that I have to keep a careful watch on my wallet to ensure that the moth doesn't fly out!
But in a conference, the Holy Spirit asked me to contribute my lunch money to the offering. It was only $10, but it was my lunch money, and so I gave, but wondered how I was going to have any lunch. I would probably have to get all spiritual and fast!
What happened was that I was offered two lunches. When I got to work I found that my salary had increased $12,000 per year, and a month later, as a speaker in another conference, my share of the love offering for speakers was around $300! So, I sowed $10, and reaped pressed down and running over!
But I don't believe a preacher manipulating people into giving to his ministry and his personal wealth by promising prosperity through it. The principle that Jesus taught was that we give generously for sure, but not to expect any kind of repayment. Actually it is more blessed to give to someone who can never pay us back. But if God decides to reward us by allowing us to reap what we sowed, then that is from His sovereign will, rather than God being a pokey machine in which we put in our dollars and expecting a jackpot later on! The trouble with prosperity preachers who manipulate good people out of their money with the promise of prosperity, they are the only ones who receive the jackpot!! Just like the guys at the top of the pyramid of pyramid marketing, while the ones down at the bottom get nothing for their investment.
Where in the New Testament does it say that God promises automatic material prosperity for every believer? Also, where in the book of Acts does it show any examples of the Apostles using the money given through their ministry for their own increase in wealth? Paul gathered money from the Gentle believers, but it was for the support of the believers in Jerusalem who were suffering financial loss because of their faith and a famine that was happening at the time.
