"NOTES ON PROSPERITY THEOLOGY"

 

     Prosperity

Gen. 1:28    "Be fruitful ..."

Deut. 14:23   "You  shall eat it ..."  (the Tithe); 14:28   "every third year...";  29:9   "Keep ... covenant ... prosper ..."

Mal. 3:10   " ... windows of Heaven ..." ;  " ... whole tithe into the storehouse ...food in My House."                                        

Prov. 3:9,10   " ... barns and vats filled ..."

11:25   " ... A generous man will be prosperous ..."

Ps. 1:3   " ... He prospers ..."

Job 36:11  " ... end their days in prosperity and pleasure ..."

42:10 on:  Job is doubly blessed.

Jn. 10:10   " ... abundant life ..."

Mt. 12:35   " ... good man ... good treasure ... good things ..."

Lk. 5:1-9   " ... let down your nets for a catch ..."

Rom. 10:12   " ... Lord of all, abounding in riches ..."

Eph. 1:7   " ... riches of Grace ..."

Rom. 2:4   " ... riches of kindness ..."

Phil. 4:19   " ... your needs according to His riches ..."

Josh. 1:8   " ... your way prosperous ... success ..."

Is. 45:3   " ... Treasures and hidden wealth ... "

            AND YET ...

                           "WOE!"

Lk.  6:24   " ... Woe! ..."

Prov. 30:8   " ... neither poverty nor riches ..."

Mk. 10:25   " ... camel ... eye of  a needle ..."

James 2:5   " ... God choose[s] the poor ..."

Heb. 13:5   " ... Be content with such ... as you have. "

11:36, 37   " ... others ... destitute and afflicted ..."

2Cor. 8:9   " ... He became poor ..."

Deut. 28:29   (disobedient)  " ... shall not prosper. "

2Chron. 24:20   " ... Transgressors do not prosper ..."                                            

Ps. 73:12   " ... The wicked ...at ease ... increase their wealth ... "  [but ...] :16   " ... When I pondered ... this, it was troublesome ..." :17   " ... Then, I perceived their end! ..." :18, 19, 20   "Destruction!"

1Tim.  6:5, 6   " ... Godliness [as] a means of gain [?]"

Prov. 3:13   " ... Wisdom ... more precious than rubies ..." 28:13   "He that covers ... sins, shall not prosper!"