👉 Just Think About This:
Modern Society’s Approach to Materialism
( Trends):   ↓
Modern society defines success primarily by financial accumulation, consumer goods, and lifestyle, encouraging constant acquisition and often leading to debt. Celebrity culture frequently links wealth with virtue or divine favor.
The Church’s Adaptation
(Examples & Theological Stances):   ↓
 Prosperity Gospel churches teach that God desires all believers to be financially prosperous and physically healthy. They emphasize “seed faith” giving, positive confession, and the idea that donations will result in material blessings from God. They often focus on miraculous healing and wealth as signs of God’s favor, sometimes implying that poverty or illness are due to a lack of faith.
The Biblical Mandate
(Scriptural Guidance & Traditional Interpretation):
 The Bible warns against the love of money as a root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10) and teaches contentment with what one has (Philippians 4:11-13; Hebrews 13:5). It emphasizes storing up treasures in heaven rather than on earth (Matthew 6:19-21) and calls for generosity and caring for the poor, warning against the deceptive nature of riches (Luke 12:15; James 5:1-6). Material blessings are seen as secondary to spiritual riches and the Kingdom of God.
