Friday, July 13, 2007
Bumper sticker
I saw this bumper sticker at a Wal Mart parking lot that read, "If you obey, God will pay." I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. The thought behind this theology is that God is indebted to us in some fashion because we have earned something through our actions, namely our obedience. It makes me shiver out of disgust. He bieng Holy and untouchable in every way possible owes us something? Is that what the gospel means? Acting good and getting stuff? Sure, there's that propitiation thing and yes, forgiveness through the ransom paid by Jesus blood....but I want my stuff! I pray the driver of that car wil have thier eyes opened and that the maker of that horrible sticker would learn of his folly and repent for showcasing a false gospel....there's some pretty strong language for people who did that in the text.
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Ah, the prosperity gospel. Here's a quote from a recent Christianity today article on the "wealth gospel" in Africa: "In its 2006 survey, Pew asked participants if God would "grant material prosperity to all believers who have enough faith." Eighty-five percent of Kenyan Pentecostals, 90 percent of South African Pentecostals, and 95 percent of Nigerian Pentecostals said yes. Similarly, when Pew asked if religious faith was "very important to economic success," about 9 out of 10 Kenyan, Nigerian, and South African renewalists said it was."
Scary. Even scarier is this quote by a pastor, ""I preach prosperity and the message of salvation, too," says Joe Imakando, a former cessationist Baptist who now pastors the 6,500-person Bread of Life Church in Lusaka, Zambia."
Hmmm....
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