Tim Tebow Doesn't Play For The Prosperity Gospel.

RealClearReligion ^ | 02/03/2012 | Bill Flax

[billflax]

Tim Tebow is back in the news after cancelling an appearance with a group of pastors spouting the Prosperity Gospel. Apparently, Mr. Tebow agreed to speak before he realized whom he was supporting.

The Prosperity Gospel reflects a new variant on an ancient apostasy presuming our material standing proportionate to our moral stature. Many of America's fastest growing churches feature this errant blending of theology with materialism.

Megachurches espousing this feel good nonsense litter the landscape while televangelists have been catapulted into the public face of Christianity. It's compelling and easily misleads because it's intuitive. Those who serve God best should be rewarded most. The vilest sinners ought to incur the harshest wrath.

True.

However, rewards earned in this life are mainly meted in the next. Jesus specifically spurred us to burnish treasures in Heaven, not earthly riches susceptible to moths, rust or presumably gyrating markets. For those thinking fortunes their prize, it might just mean they found their reward in full. Eternal peace may forever elude them.

Preachers grown wealthy peddling a watered down gospel often extol this "health and wealth" farce for the same extenuating rationale Pharisees did in Christ's day. It exonerates them and tickles congregants' ears (2 Timothy 4:3), but Jesus repeatedly denounced pharisaical hypocrisy for espousing such self-serving dogma. If God were prone to the foibles which befall man materialistic theology could ring true. Worldly rulers reward those serving them well while punishing those who won't. The Prosperity Gospel errs because it conflates God's character with human failings.

[Gamecock]

Kudos to ItsOurTimeNow for alerting me to this!

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[exPBRrat]

Those preaching ‘the prosperity gospel’ are the ...’wolves in sheep’s clothing’... Jesus and Paul warned us about.

[Above My Pay Grade]

The more I learn about Tim Tebow, the more impressed I am, and the less guilty I feel for rooting for him and the Broncos to beat my Jets.

[Coldwater Creek]

What was he supposed to drive, an old beat up whooptie.?

[Hot Tabasco]

What was he supposed to drive, an old beat up whooptie.?

That's what I drive so maybe that's why I'm a little envious of his Vette........

[bibletruth]

These false doctrine pastors who preach prosperity gospel are those whom Christ Jesus and our Apostle Paul for the Gentiles, warning that many shall come in the later days preaching as ...’wolves in sheep’s clothing’... for such God has reserved Hell and the Lake of Fire for false doctrines as these - today we are Ambassadors for Christ and our ministry is the ministry of reconciliation, not health and wealth - that kind of false doctrine teaching only helps the god of this world to make the earth a healthy and clean and wealthly world system...

By the way... Satan is the god of this world system...Search the Scriptures for this proof, it's there. The worst is Rick Warren who cuts off the grace of God for a man-made, man-oriented, man-focused, works-oriented system of false teaching, and ensures this form of false doctrine propagates successfully by awarding 'churches' the good house-keeping Rick Warren seal of approval, ensuring that these 'works oriented churches' continue in false Bible doctrines from the master of deception - Satan.

[jan in Colorado]

Good for Tebow. He’s wise for someone so young!

[Salvation]

**I cringe for souls every time I see the Osteen posts. He’s a deceiver.**

That makes three — me too.