In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. (1:1-5)
From Ralph Davis' The Word Became Fresh (page 25):
You can tally up the mathematics of trouble: one famine, three deaths, three widows, ten years, five verses. That is the opening block of the Book of Ruth. It is sudden and sobering and instructive. Is it not telling us that one's whole life can fall apart in five verses? That such stuff can actually happen to the people of God? Five tightly-packed verses ought to cure us of falling for the 'Prosperity Gospel.'
Thanks to Matt Adair for this post.
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An extra-biblical method of debunking the prosperity gospel. Do a member by member survey of the finances of each person in a 1000 member prosperity church and a 1000 member batist church.
What will you find?
You will find parity among the members. The one obvious disparity will be in the finances of the preachers. You do the math.
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