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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know what, saying things like "god will multiply your income if you tithe" to me, defeats the purpose of tithing.  You don't tithe or do good works so that you get earthly rewards, at least in Christianity you don't.  You could very well tithe and lose everything tomorrow and it wouldn't mean that God is punishing you or whatnot.  This prosperity gospel bull has nothing to do with Christianity and irritates the heck out of me.[/quote]''

You're missing the point.

We don't tithe to get it back in blessings. We tithe because we want to give back part of what God has given us. The part "he will provide" is just to make it easier to believe that we won't miss anything giving it back.

I remember when I was a kid that my mom had the exact money to tithe that month and I wanted a costume for a recital. The amount was exactly the same. She apologized to me and explained it to me and we prayed together for God to do what was best for us and she gave back her tithe. Guess what? I got my costume for free. One mom from our dance class told the teacher she wanted to pay for another child's costume and the teacher mentioned I was not participating because I could not pay for it so her donation went for my costume. How cool is that for a 10 year old girl? God has never failed me![/quote]

I'm not trying to undercut your faith or your larger point, which I understand.  I'm just saying that the language of the prosperity gospel is invasive and it manages to appear in a lot of conversations and sometimes I feel like screaming as a result.  I feel like the attitude I hear from a lot of Christians is that God is some sort of adult version of Santa Claus and it bothers me.  People who are not Christians seem to see it a lot more clearly than non-Christians, hence the snark earlier on this thread.  Sometimes you will not get what you want, even if you are Christian.  Sometimes you will not even get what you need (at least what you think you need).  Bad things do indeed happen to good people, and sometimes they happen a lot, and Christianity doesn't deny this, in fact we should accept it and thank God for what we do have.  Sorry this is purely my own pet peeve and is totally a tangent.  I just needed to get it out.[/quote]

And I completely agree. These types of Christians forget that Jesus never promised fame or richness to anybody. He promise to console those who suffer. [/quote]
But also came that we would have life and life more abundantly...
Word also says He would supply all our needs ...
Does not mean that we will all drive Bentleys...but that we should not worry and that God is the source of our supply...
While I think people twist this so-called prosperity Gospel...it's just as bad for people to promote that God wants us all to be broke and busted and there is some kind of extra virtue in that...
It is just not scriptural and just incorrect
that does  not mean we are all driving Bentleys..[/quote]

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