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The Book of Galatians

I have given this some thought: Is God against prosperity preaching? I think when some Christians here preachers saying that God wants them to prosper, they react the same way the religious leaders of Jesus's times reacted. In Jesus's time, the pharisees were trying to put new wine and wineskins. If whatever Jesus taught didn't sound like what they grew up on, they would accuse Jesus of being a false teacher: Jesus let his disciples, pick grain on he Sabbath, Jesus didn't seem to insist his disciples wash their hands. and a bunch other things that didn't comply with the law.  People today also think that the reason why these preachers preach on prosperity is because they are greedy for gain. I would like to see proof on that. Did they started "sowing" money into these ministries because they were convinced they would get a hundredfold return? "Well, Ruthie!" You might say, "The preacher promised we would! Frankly I have seen him getting ri