"Suppose He put ten million dollars into your bank account every morning for the rest of your life, but He didn't save you? Suppose He gave you the most beautiful body and face of anyone who ever lived, a body that never aged for a thousand years, but then at death He shut you out of Heaven and into hell for eternity? What has God ever given anyone that could compare with the salvation He has given to you as a believer? Do you see that there is nothing God could ever do for you or give to you greater than the gift of Himself?" - Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, ch.7, pg.119
The funny thing is that the heretical and diabolical "prosperity gospel" promises the same "millions", the same "beauty", and the same DECEPTION, but with an added bonus: A FREE TICKET TO HEAVEN!
Yeah, the Word Faith lie: You get Heaven on earth and then when you get die you get...ah, well...Heaven.
ReplyDeleteIf the prosperity guys would just concentrate on the last sentence of Whitney's quote...
ReplyDeleteDo you see that there is nothing God could ever do for you or give to you greater than the gift of Himself?
...they would then hopefully see the obsurity of their doctrine.
Great quote/post!
Pastor Ken,
ReplyDeleteIt is just plain 'ole Humanism cloaked in Christianese garb.
Whereas Paul admonishes the Christian to be content with having his needs met (1 Tim 6:8), these "prosperity" panderers claim the world, to the destruction of their souls (Mt 16:26).
Hi, Erik,
ReplyDeletePerhaps they do not see precisely because they are still blind, devoid of the Spirit.
Thanks for the comment.