Christ Is Our True Treasure

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Many people have heard of the prosperity gospel, but this week Joshua West joins the Gary Wilkerson podcast to talk about how this mentality can creep into most Christians' mentality without them realizing it. How do we recognize this tendency in ourselves and reorient toward a better understanding of God's plan for our lives?

Key Points from the Podcast

  • Paul often warns against and calls out false teachings in the New Testament epistles.

  • Much of today’s false teaching is man-centered, promising wealth and success, and correlating godliness with financial gain.

  • We need money, and it is not a sin to be rich, but the pursuit of wealth cannot be what motivates our hearts.

  • When Proverbs tells us that the power for life and death is in the tongue, it does not mean we can speak a new car or house into existence for ourselves. Only God has the power to speak things into existence.

  • The antidote to false teaching is knowing the truth. Gary Wilkerson and Joshua West encourage listeners to be students of God’s Word.

  • Christians, just as Paul did, must learn to be content whether they have a lot or a little. The true treasure of Christianity is Christ himself.

  • The blessing of Abraham is not money but the seed of the woman who will crush the head of the serpent, and that seed is Christ.

Bible Verses Referenced in the Podcast

1 Timothy 6:2–10; Matthew 5:3; Philippians 4:12–13, 19; Matthew 6:11, 19–24; Proverbs 18:21; 1 Timothy 4:1–2, 6; Jeremiah 23:25; 1 John 2:16; Genesis 3:15; Titus 2:1–8; James 3:1–12; Matthew 7:7–11; Hebrews 10:34

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

About Joshua West

Joshua West serves as the Church Leadership Network Director at World Challenge helping equip and empower pastors all over the world. Joshua’s desire is to raise up ministers who will correctly and boldly preach the word with passion and integrity. The point of all his work and writings is to preach the gospel, glorify God and to teach sound doctrine.

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About Gary Wilkerson

Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the Founding Pastor of The Springs Church, which he launched in 2009 with a handful of people. He has traveled nationally and internationally at conferences and conducted mission ventures such as church planting, starting orphanages, clinics, feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth. Gary and his wife Kelly have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO.

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