Christ Came to Heal the Leper of Leprosy and the Pauper of Poverty
Channel: Alpha the Alphiliate
Date: 2017-04-28

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Some people have a problem with the prosperity gospel. I guess I would have a problem with it too, if by “prosperity gospel” you mean the idea that if you believe in Jesus, you will be a millionaire, a billionaire, and you’ll never have a down time in life. If that’s what you mean by the prosperity gospel, then yes, I would have a problem with that, too. 

# “Prosperity gospel” and “poverty gospel”: two sides of a coin 
But some people have a problem with the “prosperity gospel” simply because it says that you can be rich and you can be healthy and you can be happy. Some people have a problem with the prosperity gospel simply because the so-called prosperity gospel preachers tell you that God wants you to be healthy and happy and wealthy. Just because of that, some people dismiss the “prosperity gospel.” 

But on the other side of the fallacy is the “poverty gospel.” The idea that if you are a true believer in God, you’ll be miserable and poor and suffering. 

The fact is, the gospel of Jesus Christ may not be the “Prosperity Gospel” with capital letters, but the gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of prosperity. Christ himself announced his ministry by saying that he had come to bring sight to the blind, to bring freedom to the captives; that the lame would walk again, and that the good news would be preached to the poor. So, if you’re blind, you’ll see. If you’re deaf, you’ll hear. If you’re lame, you’ll walk. But if you’re poor, you’ll – learn to be happy with your poverty? 

That is inconsistent with the rest of this scripture that Christ quoted. 

If you’re blind, you’ll see. If you’re lame, you’ll walk. If you’re deaf, you’ll hear. And if you’re poor, you’ll be the opposite of poor. 

# Salvation is complete – including financial salvation 
The gospel of “salvation” – the Greek word is sozo – that word is akin to the Hebrew word shalom. It means that you have a whole, full life. Wholeness, wellness. It’s not just about dying and going to heaven. It’s about being happy. It’s about being healthy. It’s about being generous. It’s about being selfless. It’s about being giving. It’s about all of that. 

Can you say that God would want to make you happy and full of joy and love and kindness and gentleness and faith and goodness? Yes, of course. Every Sunday School kid knows that. After all, Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Those are the words of Jesus. But what does that mean? 

The meaning of “abundance” means “more than enough.” It means “overflowing.” It means you have a 1-litre bottle and you have two litres of olive oil, so you need to get another bottle. That’s abundance. It means if your expenses are a thousand bucks, you get 2,000 bucks. That’s abundance. To have less than your expenses? That’s not abundance. It’s not an abundant life. That’s not the life that Christ came to give. 

# No death without resurrection, no poverty without abundance 
There is the time of suffering. As Paul the Apostle himself said, “I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.” Because we are followers of Christ, there is a time when we embrace the cross. That is Good Friday. But Good Friday is always followed by – a kind of quiet Saturday – and then Easter Sunday, when there is resurrection and death is conquered. There’s victory over death. Good Friday is always followed by Easter Sunday, if the Spirit of Christ lives in you. Because it is the Spirit who resurrected Christ. 

So, if we truly live in the gospel of Jesus Christ, there can be no poverty without a resulting abundance. You’ve got to be honest with the Scriptures. If there’s only poverty and it’s not followed by abundance, then where’s the Holy Spirit? That would be like Good Friday with no Easter Sunday. 

There are times when we choose to suffer financially because we have chosen to take up the cross and give “too much.” That’s like Good Friday. But taking up the cross is always followed by the resurrection, Easter Sunday. If we have chosen to partake in poverty, then there must come a time of abundance, if indeed the Holy Spirit lives in us. Good Friday, Easter Sunday. If you have a week of nothing but Good Fridays, that’s not the gospel of Jesus Christ, that’s a poverty gospel... 

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Alpha Lim 
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