I have talked to people who have been lead astray by the "name it and claim it" and "health and wealth" gospel. They site scriptures like Psalms 37:1-4 and Matthew 7:7-11 that talk about being given the desires of your heart and getting whatever you ask. These scriptures are taught completlely out of context. When studying God's word, context is very important. It doesn't hurt to study what the culture was like at the time and what was happening politically in that time. For example, Psalms 37:1-4 starts with not worrying about the evildoers. We can see over in Psalms 73, Asaph said his feet almost slipped because evildoers were prospering. But God showed him what was coming to them. In Psalms 37 King David understood they wouldn't prosper for long.
Anyway, I always think that the name it and claim it people are arrogant. Like they are somehow deserving of riches and luxury. If the Apostles were poor and suffered (Acts 5:12-40 and 2 Corinthians 11:16-28), and even Christ Himself suffered and did not demand the honor He was due (Philippians 2:5-8) why would they believe themselves to be worthy of just the opposite?
Even the Elders on the 24 thrones in Heaven did not consider themselvew worthy of their crowns. They threw them to the feet of the only One who is worthy.
We are all, every one of us humans, wholly unworthy of God's favor in any way. It is only in Christ Jesus that we find favor with God (Ephesians 2:8-9) and it is by Christ alone that we are able to stand in the presence of God's glory (Jude 1:24).
God is AWESOME!
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Yep His redemption, His blood is what God sees thus making His promises ours.
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