What Thomas Manton Would Say To The Prosperity Gospel

“Let us prepare ourselves to entertain poverty; and if it be already come upon us, and God hath reduced us to a mean inferior life, let us have our hearts reconciled and suited to a low estate, so it may be a help to heaven, so we may have the true riches, and may learn to live by faith, though God feedeth us from hand to mouth; so we may imitate Christ and follow him into glory, it is enough for us.“

- Thomas Manton

The Prosperity Gospel Not So Profitable

John Piper does a great job here at concisely exposing the so called “Prosperity Gospel” for what it really is. Insomuch that he shows that it is in fact another gospel, a false gospel. I love how he shows that it depends too much on a realized eschatology. In other words, the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ tries to claim the benefits of what life will be like in the new heaven and new earth now instead of when all the prophecies are fulfilled at the end of the book of Revelation. Listen (and watch):