Did you know that if you become a Christian, you will live a long pain free life with plenty of prosperity? Just kidding!!! Some Christians do live a long pain free life with plenty of prosperity, but most people's lives don't change in that respect.
You wouldn't know that by listening to some televangelists.
"God wants you to be rich and debt-free."
What about Job the guy from the Bible who lost everything that he had and became poor? Jesus' parents were poor. What about in the Bible where Jesus said that we must carry our crosses?
"God will help you find a husband."
What if God wants you to stay single? What if you have tried all of the dating websites and you can't find anyone suitable?
"God will cure your disability."
God uses disabled people who bear their sufferings with joy to teach the non-disabled how to handle suffering and can help people look to God. Suffering people who praise God during their trials says more to the lost than a rich guy who has never had any sort of loss. After all, it is much easier to praise God when things are going well for you than when they are not.
The thing that is really terrible is that non-Christians will believe these evangelists and will lose their faith in God when they don't become rich or find a husband or are healed. Anyone trying to convert non-Christians needs to be honest with them. No, they won't become wealthy or find a husband or be healed of their disability by getting saved. Having God in their lives WILL help them deal with being poor, single, and their disability. God cares and Jesus can relate to our sufferings. Jesus was poor and single and He suffered pain and persecution. Evangelists should tell converts the truth about Christianity, so they can believe in something that is real rather than something that is false.
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