prosperity gospel

In our group we come from all the various denominations. We have wonderful meetings. We do need to remember what Paul says in Galations: But even if we or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Here is an article that a friend from Nigeria shared with me:

How to Help Friends Escape the Prosperity Gospel 

http://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-to-help-friends-escape-the-prosperity-gospel

Piper: “Christians in prosperity churches are often profoundly unprepared for what life under God’s providence is going to deal them — and that is a tragedy.”

This same friend wrote to me about the problem with false teachers:

Adeyemi Peter Agboola "Another problem though, with the sort of people you mentioned, is that they have been thoroughly brainwashed through a thousand twisted scripture passages. Now they are imprisoned by mere human sophistries calculated by the Devil to belittle the humble but far reaching meaning of scripture. It is easier to reach harlots than to turn the minds of men heavily brainwashed with lies from the teachers of deceit. It is hard for them to strip away their garments of self-love, and worship God in truth. They are told that worshiping God is the end of all lack, the end of all illness, the end of all disappointment, and the end to hunger and the end to growing old. They will now experience eternal youth because their bodies will no longer cooperate with any age deteriorations. They experience perfection even BEFORE the Kingdom of God comes with our Saviour Jesus Christ. We wait for perfection, they are told they already have perfection now. They are ruled and oppressed by greedy pocket-seeking false teachers!"

Another friend sent this from John MacArthur: http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/TM13-10/the-devilish-puppet-master-of-the-wordfaith-movement-justin-peters?Term=Word