Does 2 Corinthians 8:9 Teach the "Prosperity Gospel?"

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Costi Hinn

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🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Prosperity preachers confuse a great deal of people by twisting 2 Corinthians 8:9 to mean that Jesus became poor so we could become financially rich. At first glance, this passage may even appear to be the slam-dunk verse for affirming the prosperity gospel. In this episode, Costi Hinn unpacks the context and interpretation of this crucial passage so we can apply it faithfully.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Further Gospel podcast. My name is Kosti Han and I have the pleasure of
0:14.6	being your host. Further Gospel is all about providing sound doctrine for everyday people
0:19.2	and before we dig in on this episode, I have a huge announcement for the Gospel is hosting
0:24.2	its first ever conference. That's right. We're hosting our first ever conference. We're
0:28.8	covering dating and courtship. It's geared towards college aged and young adult aged individuals.
0:36.2	And all of the information is on forthegospel.org. Our website just click conferences and the registration
0:42.5	information and location information is all there. We're going to have at least four sessions
0:46.7	of preaching, a live Q&A panel with special guests, food trucks, a band leading us in worship,
0:52.6	all conference long including an extended worship night to open the conference and a very
0:57.8	special surprise music related. I'll give that away. That will debut on opening night. I'm fired
1:04.8	up about it. Our team is excited as well. It's September 24th and 25th in the beautiful Southern
1:11.5	California hosted by our dear friends at Mission Bible Church in Costa Mesa. So our speakers,
1:18.1	myself, our entire team can't wait to meet you there. And the conference is college pricing.
1:24.2	It's 30 bucks and you'll get way more than your money's worth. So go to forthegospel.org,
1:29.0	click conferences and register. We'll see you there. On this episode, I want to deal with a
1:34.2	particular passage that we get asked about a ton. Sometimes people send us messages and tell us
1:40.2	we're wrong or tell us that the prosperity gospel is biblical. Other times people send us messages
1:46.9	asking what do I say or how do I deal with this passage that seems to back up the prosperity gospel.
1:55.8	The passage in question is 2 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 9 in which Paul basically says something
2:05.8	that if you don't take a good look at you may end up thinking he's teaching the prosperity gospel.
2:11.4	He says, for you know the grace of God through our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich
2:19.0	yet for your sake, he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. So basically,
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