But he was pierced for our transgressions he was crushed for our iniquities upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." “Surely he has born our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. ![]() Read the larger context of Isaiah 53:4-5: ![]() Yet this is a theology of the cross based upon two texts taken completely out of context. I am entirely free from sickness and disease…my faith has made me whole” (J. By His stripes I was healed, I’m not trying to get healing I’ve already got healing, because by His stripes I was healed.”įor Joyce Meyer, faith becomes a magic wand to appropriate this healing which is available through the cross of Christ: “My faith puts that power in active operation in my body…that power is flowing in me and I am whole. I was healed two thousand years ago by the stripes that Jesus bore. Joyce Meyer says this about the cross: “By his stripes I was healed. Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, TD Jakes, Joel Osteen are fond of scriptures like Isaiah 53:5 (“by his stripes you are healed”) and 1 Peter 2:24 (“by his wounds you have been healed”). Yet biblical faith has one sure and solid object: Christ is always the object of our faith. Faith becomes weaponized to secure whatever you set your heart and mind upon. ![]() In the Prosperity Gospel movement, faith is twisted into “faith in my faith”. I have the abundant life.” And they will tell you to claim it by faith. Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen and their tribe will encourage you to say, “I am blessed. For the prosperity gospel movement, faith becomes a sort of magic wand that is waved over our lives to secure our heart’s greatest desires in life (health, wealth, victory, feel good-ism, etc.). Whenever the object of faith does not squarely rest on Christ, we can begin to talk about a sub-biblical form of Christianity. (1) A Faulty Notion of the Object of Faith Prosperity Gospel preachers like Joel Olsteen (“Your destiny is calling out to you it’s time to start living large”), Kenneth Copeland (“I declare you debt free, saith the Lord”), Benny Hinn (“It’s as easy to get healed as it is to get forgiven”) and others pedal a substitute gospel that is really no gospel at all.Īmerican Gospel: Christ Alone goes into greater detail, but let me briefly mention three serious errors with the Prosperity Gospel: ![]() That 17% of all Christians surveyed identified themselves with the prosperity gospel or the name and claim it movement.Ī Pew Survey found that 3 out of 4 latinos across all denominations agreed with the statement: “God will grant financial success and good health to all believers who have enough faith.” (Statistics from Kate Bowler, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, Oxford University Press, 2013.) That 31% agreed that God increases the riches of those who give. That 2/3 agreed that God wants people to prosper. That 43% of all Christians agreed that the faithful receive health and wealth. Not so today.Ī Times magazine article in 2006 surveyed Christians and found: Thirty years ago, prosperity gospel preachers represented a small fringe element on the outskirts of Christianity. Here’s why: the prosperity gospel (aka: “the name & claim it” movement) is spreading like wildfire in American Christianity. I’m convinced every American Christian should watch this film: American Gospel: Christ Alone.
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