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- What Are the Historical Origins of the Prosperity Gospel?
The prosperity gospel did not emerge from Scripture — it appeared in the twentieth century from American spiritual movements blending Christian theology with New Thought philosophy, which teaches that the mind shapes material reality. But the apostle Paul wrote: 'I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content' (Philippians 4:11) — he did not learn to demand abundance as a divine right. Tracing the history shows where this idea came from — and that it does not trace back to the apostles.
Read more → - Does God Want All Believers to Be Rich?
Prosperity preachers insist material wealth is God's will for every believer. But the Lord Jesus Christ revealed this will in His own life: 'The Son of man hath not where to lay his head' (Matthew 8:20). And the apostle Paul lived in 'hunger and thirst...in cold and nakedness' (2 Corinthians 11:27). If prosperity is the believer's right, Paul was a believer who failed to claim his right — or, more accurately, this is simply not what Scripture promises.
Read more → - Are Believers Little Gods?
The Word of Faith movement teaches that believers through the new birth become little gods with the nature and creative power of God. This doctrine is not new — it is the first word Satan ever spoke: 'Ye shall be as gods' (Genesis 3:5). Scripture teaches that the believer through the new birth becomes 'his workmanship' (Ephesians 2:10) — a new creation, but still a creation, not a creator. The difference between a being made in God's image and God Himself is essential and cannot be erased.
Read more → - Is Physical Healing Guaranteed in the Atonement?
Healing believers cite 'by his stripes we are healed' (Isaiah 53:5) to prove every believer has an immediate right to physical healing. But the full context points to spiritual healing from sin, confirmed by the apostle Peter: 'Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree' (1 Peter 2:24). God does indeed heal — but complete physical healing is promised at the resurrection, not as a right to be demanded in every illness.
Read more → - What Is Seed Faith? Is Giving a Financial Investment with God?
Give a sum and receive it back multiplied a hundred times — this is not biblical teaching, it is prosperity commerce. Scripture teaches generous and cheerful giving: 'Every man according as he purposeth in his heart' (2 Corinthians 9:7) — not as a financial investment with a guaranteed return. The apostle Paul never presented himself as an intermediary guaranteeing personal returns for every gift. Biblical generosity gives without calculation and without commerce.
Read more → - Is Poverty a Curse and Sickness Proof of Weak Faith?
When a suffering sick person is told their illness is proof of weak faith, wound is added to wound. Job suffered innocently, and the apostle Paul lived with a thorn in the flesh despite praying three times — the answer was not healing but grace in weakness: 'My grace is sufficient for thee' (2 Corinthians 12:9). God did not conclude Paul's faith was weak — He worked in his weakness. Poverty and sickness are not evidence of little faith.
Read more → - Do Our Words Have Creative Power?
Positive confession teaches the tongue activates spiritual forces making whatever you say reality — effectively making the human tongue creative like God's. But when God said 'Let there be light, and there was light' — and when humans say the same, the lights stay out. Scripture teaches people are to 'speak the truth in love' (Ephesians 4:15) — not to create reality with speech. The difference is not insufficient faith — it is the nature of God versus the nature of humanity.
Read more → - Have the Sign Gifts Ceased?
Have the sign gifts ceased with the completion of Scripture? Hebrews 2:3-4 gives the answer: 'God also bearing them witness' — those who heard Christ directly. The signs were a temporary witness to the apostolic message, not a permanent standard for every generation. Just as the foundation is laid once (Ephesians 2:20), the signs laid the foundation for the completed Scripture. Today Scripture is completely sufficient — 'All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable' (2 Timothy 3:16).
Read more → - Is Speaking in Tongues the Mandatory Evidence of Spirit Baptism?
The Pentecostal movement teaches that speaking in tongues is the mandatory evidence of Spirit baptism. But the apostle Paul asks rhetorically: 'Do all speak with tongues?' (1 Corinthians 12:30) — the implied answer is no. Scripture teaches that every true believer has the Holy Ghost from the moment of faith (Romans 8:9) — not through a subsequent experience with a tongues condition that divides believers.
Read more → - Is Spirit Baptism a Separate Second Experience After Salvation?
The Pentecostal movement teaches that after salvation the believer needs a separate second experience of Spirit baptism. But the apostle Paul teaches that every person who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ receives the Holy Ghost at that same moment: 'Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his' (Romans 8:9). Whoever has Christ has His Spirit — and there is no mandatory separate second experience for the believer to await.
Read more → - God Told Me — Continuing Revelation vs. the Sufficiency of Scripture
God told me, the Lord said to me, I had a vision — these phrases fill charismatic circles. The biblical question is not whether God speaks, but whether this speech adds to what He sealed by inspiration. Scripture says the faith was 'once delivered unto the saints' (Jude 1:3) — a closed deposit. The Holy Ghost does not contradict what He inspired and does not add to a book that declared its own completion.
Read more → - Are There Apostles and Prophets Today? The New Apostolic Reformation Examined
The New Apostolic Reformation claims apostles and prophets today with authority equal to New Testament apostles. But Scripture teaches the church is 'built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets' (Ephesians 2:20) — a foundation not re-laid. An apostle was one who had seen the risen Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 9:1). No one today meets this qualification — and whoever claims to does so without biblical warrant.
Read more → - How Are Tongues and Prophecy Practiced Biblically? 1 Corinthians 14
If tongues and prophecy are genuine today as charismatics claim, they must be exercised by the Holy Ghost's precise rules in 1 Corinthians 14: no more than three per meeting, taking turns not simultaneously, with mandatory interpretation, otherwise silence. Prophecy must be examined, not blindly accepted (verse 29). Compare these precise rules with charismatic meetings where all speak simultaneously — and the contrast speaks for itself.
Read more → - Slain in the Spirit Holy Laughter and Animal Sounds — Are They Biblical?
Falling under the power of the Spirit, uncontrollable holy laughter, and animal sounds fill charismatic church recordings. When we search Scripture for a pattern for these, we find nothing. What we do find is that God's presence in Scripture produces reverence, silence, and conscious worship. The Holy Ghost is not a spirit of confusion: 'God is not the author of confusion, but of peace' (1 Corinthians 14:33). What has no basis in Scripture is not from the Holy Ghost.
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An Invitation to Receive Divine Salvation — Accept The Lord Jesus Christ as Your Personal Saviour
Dear reader — if these words have touched your heart and you have recognised that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, know that God is calling you to Himself in this very moment. You do not need a priest, or a human mediator, or a holy place, or rituals or works. The Lord Jesus Christ paid the full price on the cross, and the promise of God is certain and clear:
What saves you is not the words of this prayer — but the faith in your heart that the Lord Jesus Christ died for you and rose from the dead. But if you want to express your faith in sincere words, read this prayer with a humble heart as though you are speaking to the living God:
The Prayer of Salvation
"O Great, Holy, and Loving True God,
I come to You now with complete humility, confessing that I am a sinner. I have broken Your commandments many times in my thoughts, in my words, and in my deeds. I know that my sin deserves eternal death and eternal separation from You. I have no good work I can offer that is able to redeem my soul, and no righteousness of my own to cover my nakedness before Your holiness.
But I believe with all my heart in the testimony of Your Word that Your only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins — bearing in my place the punishment I deserved. I believe that He was buried, and that He rose from the dead on the third day, alive and victorious over death and the grave, and that He is alive now unto the ages of ages.
In this blessed moment, I receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. I trust in Him alone — not in my works, not in my religion, not in rituals or any person or angel or saint. On the Lord Jesus Christ alone, and on His precious blood shed on the cross, I build the hope of my eternal salvation.
I thank You, my Father, that You have now received me in the Lord Jesus Christ, and have forgiven all my sins, and have given me eternal life as a free gift by Your grace. I thank You that You have sent Your Holy Ghost to dwell in my heart, bearing witness to me that I have become Your child. Give me grace to know You more day by day, and to live the rest of my life for Your glory alone.
I pray all this in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen."
After You Have Prayed — What Now?
If you prayed this prayer from a truly believing heart, the greatest miracle in all your history has happened in this moment: you have passed from death to life, from darkness to light, from the kingdom of sin into the kingdom of the beloved Son of God. You have become a child of the living God, and God's own promise guarantees this to you in His trustworthy Word:
Notice the power of this promise: "gave he power" — a settled right, guaranteed, not a wish or a possibility. And notice "them that believe on his name" — not "those who performed great deeds," not "those who completed rituals," but simply "them that believe." You are now one of them — with absolute certainty.
Here are five simple steps to establish you in your new life with the Lord Jesus Christ:
First — Read the King James Bible every day. Begin with the Gospel of John, then continue through the rest of the New Testament, then the Psalms and Proverbs. God speaks to you through His Word as a father speaks with his son. Do not read quickly — read with meditation and prayer. "The holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation" (2 Timothy 3:15).
Second — Pray every day. Speak to God as a loving Father — not with memorised words, but with words from your heart. Share with Him your joys and sorrows and questions and fears. Prayer is the breathing of the Christian life. "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
Third — Join a Bible-believing church. Do not walk this road alone. Faith grows in the fellowship of believers, where the Word is preached faithfully and baptism and the Lord's Supper are practised according to the King James Bible. "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" (Hebrews 10:25).
Fourth — Be baptised according to the King James Bible. Baptism is not a condition for salvation, but it is the first step of obedience after faith. It is a public declaration that you died with the Lord Jesus Christ and were buried with Him and rose with Him to a new life. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16) — faith first, then baptism as its natural fruit.
Fifth — Witness to others about the Lord Jesus Christ. What you have experienced of salvation and love cannot remain hidden. Begin with your family and friends. Tell them simply and honestly how the Lord Jesus Christ changed your life. "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you" (1 John 1:3).
And finally, remember always that your salvation is not built on your feelings or on any work you perform — but on the unchanging promise of God:
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life."
— 1 John 5:13
Notice: "that ye may know" — not "that ye may hope," not "that ye may wish," not "that ye may wait in anxious fear." But that ye may know with complete, unshakeable certainty that you have eternal life. This is the difference between all the world's religions and the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: religions say "work and perhaps you will be saved" — and the Word of God alone says: "believe and know that you are saved."
✉ Share Your Testimony of Salvation
"Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." — Luke 15:10