Poverty or Prosperity: That is the Question?

I went to a Church that laughed at the Prosperity message, but most everyone was affluent. Then, I went to a Church who preached Prosperity, but all of those people to me appeared to be poor. What's up with that? 

If you're going to a Church that laughs at the Prosperity message, make sure that they are also teaching the importance of practicing personal giving to their poor brothers and sisters in Christ.  If your Church is ignoring the poor maybe a lot of your brothers and sisters in Christ may be going without. 

I suggest that you find a Church with integrity. Notice in these passages below there will be both affluent and poor Christians and if you attend a sound Church they will be preaching the importance of personal giving to the poor.

(NIV)Matthew 6:3 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing".

(NIV) James 3:14 "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead". 

(NIV) I John 3:17 "If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

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