mellowmantate
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 9
Location: Right Behind You!
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My assessment of these movements is that they are bastardizations of the Word and the movements are trying to recruit more followers/money by enticing them with worldly goods and wealth. Their message looks like it's aimed mainly at the middle-class and above and implying that poverty is God's curse.
To me, God's message is clear:
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Everything else - wealth, health, etc., is just a bonus but not necessarily guaranteed.
Last edited by mellowmantate on Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:06 pm; edited 1 time in total
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