Health, wealth, prosperity and the Spirit of Jesus

I penned this to fill a gap in our Kenyan magazine - a gap which turned out not to exist.....

How rich was Jesus?

Have “health, wealth and prosperity” teachers read their Bibles? Jesus...

• Had no home of his own (Luke 9:57-58)

• Had no Jewish money to pay the temple tax with (Matthew 17:25)

• Had no Roman coins to show anyone (Mark 12:15-16)

• Handled no money at all as part of his ministry, but gave that task to Judas (John 12:4-6)

• Borrowed the donkey he rode into Jerusalem on (Mark 11:1-6)

• Had nothing to give to anyone when he died, except his clothes and his mother (John 19:23-27)

• Sent out his own preachers with no bread, no bag and no money (Mark 6:8)

• Taught his people to pray for their bread each day, not to spend time worrying about food or clothes, but to leave such things to pagans (6:11, 26-34)

• Taught the apostle Paul how to suffer hunger and need, and how to often be tired, in pain, thirsty, cold and naked – and with all that to be content and strong in Christ always (2 Corinthians 11:27, Philippians 4:11-12).

• Was betrayed by Judas for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-16)

Do preachers in Kenya today really follow Jesus, or are they betraying him too?