Secret Church 18 – Session 7: What Does the Prosperity Gospel Teach?
- Preacher
- David Platt
- Tradition
- Baptist — Southern
- Published
- Length
- 49:14
About this sermon
In this session of Secret Church 18, Pastor David Platt offers an overview of the prosperity gospel, a theology that asserts that God’s aim is to make believers healthy and wealthy in this life. This is a broad category, as individuals and churches often fall somewhere along a spectrum of prosperity teaching. The prosperity gospel, which is a counterfeit gospel, teaches a distorted view of God, a distorted view of man, a distorted focus on health and wealth, a distorted understanding of salvation, and it relies on distorted interpretations of Scripture. David Platt answers three main questions: (1) What is the prosperity gospel? (2) Why is the prosperity gospel so dangerous? (3) How should we respond to the prosperity gospel? In response to the prosperity gospel, followers of Christ should interpret and apply God’s Word rightly. Following Jesus requires enduring difficulties and trusting God in the midst of suffering. Our ultimate hope is not health and wealth in this life but rather enjoying Christ forever in a new heaven and a new earth. For more information visit https://radical.net/?session=session-7-the-prosperity-gospel Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:44 - What Is the Prosperity Gospel? 3:45 - What Does the Prosperity Gospel Teach? 6:48 - What Does the Prosperity Gospel Teach about Scripture? 16:12 - Prosperity Gospel Teaches about Making Money 20:17 - Why Is the Prosperity Gospel So Dangerous? 21:53 - Prosperity Gospel Minimizes the Danger of Wealth 22:42 - The Prosperity Gospel Ignores the Shift in Scripture 24:49 - The Prosperity Gospel Teaches Selfish Luxury Over Generosity 25:56 - The Prosperity Gospel Teaches People to Focus on Things 28:57 - The Prosperity Gospel Overlooks the Design of Suffering 31:34 - How Should We Respond to the Prosperity Gospel? 37:05 - How do We Defend our Lives from Prosperity Gospel? 39:45 - Do You Believe the True Gospel? 41:00 - Trust God in the Middle of Suffering 47:39 - Let’s Pray
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