Is the prosperity gospel biblical?
Jeroboam sets up two golden calves, from the Bible Historiale. Den Haag, MMW, 10 B 23 165r (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Someone mentioned that the prosperity gospel is simply ancient pagan fertility religion (namely Ba’al worship) in a modern garb…which got me thinking. In thinking about the Biblical classification of the Prosperity Gospel , I would have to suggest that it is a system of very old false religion, but not necessarily Ba’al worship. Now, it’s fairly easy to see that the “gospel” of the prosperity gospel isn’t the biblical gospel, regardless of how some try to soft pedal it. The “good news” isn’t the death/resurrection/ascension of Christ resulting in restoration with God , it’s the death/resurrection of Christ resulting in the restoration of your credit rating. It’s also fairly easy to get the whole “Balaam” and materialism connection (2 Peter 2:15-16; Jude 1:11), and it’s easy to recognize that those who push the prosperity gospel are false teachers since those w