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Sermon: Pursuing the Dream God Has For You - I Kings 3:1-15

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This entry was posted on 10/28/2006 7:00 PM and is filed under Sermon.

Hi fellow Wintonbury dreamers! Andre here! As I mentioned on Sunday, a recent Time magazine cover story asked, "Does God want you to be rich?" Among the verses that as listed as encouragements toward the pursuit of wealth and prosperity are Deuteronomy 8:17-18, Ecclesiastes 5:18-19, Malachi 3:10, Luke 6:38, and John 10:10. Verses listed against the pursuit of wealth and prosperity are Psalm 49:16-20, Matthew 6:19-21, Mark 10:24-26, Luke 12:33, and James 5:1-3. What do you think? Are these verse being fairly matched against one another or misinterpreted?

Among the interesting quotes in the article are the following: "God wants you to own land. The entire Old Testament is all about land. Land represents that God is with you and God has blessed you. It is unscriptural not to own land." (mega-church pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell) "This idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy? Baloney. It's creating a false idol. You don't measure your self-worth by your net worth." (mega-church pastor Rick Warren) "Who would want something where you're miserable, broke and ugly and you have to muddle through until you get to heaven?" (noted author Joyce Meyer) "They have neglected the texts about the danger of riches. Prosperity Gospel Lite is one of the most powerful forms of neglect of the poor." (social activist Ron Sider) "I preach that anybody can improve their lives. I think God wants us to be prosperous. I think he wants us to be happy. To me, you need to have money to pay your bills. I think God wants us to send our kids to college. I think he wants us to be a blessing to other people. But I don't think I'd say God wants us to be rich. It's all relative, isn't it?" (mega-church pastor Joel Osteen) What are your thoughts about these quotes? Does God want us to be rich? Is that even the right question? I'll give my thoughts on it at the end of the week...for now, I'd like you all to get us started. Looking forward to it!

 

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