I am a southern Baptist because the Baptist beliefs, I feel follow the word of God more closely than other religions. Now I'm not knocking anyone religion. You can believe however you want to believe. There is only one way to get to heaven and doing good works, or helping people is not the way. Those are things you do need to do to be more Christlike, but that is not the way to get to heaven. Believing that Jesus is the son of God, born to a virgin, died and was resurrected, and that He did this for you, is the way to get to heaven. Now I know it is a little more than just those things, but that is the general gist.
I don't apologize for my beliefs. I don't believe that Jesus meant for everyone on this earth to be well all the time, or have riches beyond beliefs. I don't believe that all believers possess all the same spiritual gifts that the apostles had when they walked with Jesus. I do believe that Jesus has been with God since the beginning of the world. When the two angels appeared to Abraham, I believe that the third being was Jesus. The bible says that no man has seen the face of God, so it couldn't have been God that stood before Abraham.
I know that God has a plan for everyone. I use to think that God wanted me to be a missionary and minister to people in foreign lands, but I've not received a calling to do that for God. I do think that God has a plan for be to be involved with a church, or a religious entity. I'm not sure what that is yet, and I'm pretty sure that this title, is not the right one, but it is the one that came to mind.
There are a lot of people out there in the world who believe in the wealth and prosperity preachers, and that is okay, if that is how you want to believe. I can only stress that you should read the Word of God, and don't take the verses out of context. You need to read what is before and after the verse to get the true meaning of what God and Jesus are telling you.
Have a blessed and beautiful, Awesome God Filled Day!
Love,
L
The Prosperity Gospel is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ and should be denounced as such from every believer, both to warn unsuspecting sheep and to bring the works of darkness to light.
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