In this final article on Paul's Prosperity Plan I want to emphasize an illustration he employs in Philippians 4:17, "Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit" (ESV). Notice the word "fruit", [...]
Another passage relating to Paul's Prosperity Plan is found in I Timothy chapter 6. A friend recently asked me to comment on an online article opposed to the prosperity teaching of a popular TV evangelist, and under the heading of [...]
"An angel of the Lord stood by him... saying, Arise quickly!.. So he went out and followed him" (Acts 12:7,9). There are some who would gladly follow the Lord completely and who understand what it means to be entirely given [...]
I'm continuing my discussion of Philippians 4:10-19, one of the many passages containing Paul's Prosperity Plan. In the early verses we saw that God always taught that giving produces results. In other words, the incomings will always exceed the outgoings. [...]
"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation" (II Corinthians 5:17). The gospel proclaims a new creation: a new tree -- union with a new root -- being grafted on to a new stock. This is not to [...]
Another passage that contains Paul's Prosperity Plan is Philippians 4:10-19. I was reminded of this recently when I read in a book the Amplified Bible version of Philippians 4:15: "And you Philippians yourselves well know that in the early days [...]
Be sure to read the first part of this article! Let's go on to II Corinthians chapter 9. "But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given under pressure" (9:5 NLT; I've used the NLT as the [...]
The fact is, that as to ourselves, we but little realize the truth of God's presence with us and in us, and thus failing to walk with God, we are taken by surprise by many of the events which happen [...]
Many writers have pointed out that Jesus spoke more about money than He did about heaven. Paul was not too far behind, with two full chapters on giving plus significant statements in seven other epistles. With so much nonsense and [...]
There are a lot of people who still feel more comfortable in religious Christianity if they are told to do something. There is something within our inherent nature that we feel we must always do something, especially when an authority [...]