It is so disconcerting how the clear words of Our Lord have been twisted over the ages to fit a desired agenda, and the prosperity Gospel is no small heresy. It diminishes the idea Jesus conveyed when he spoke, “lay not up treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt.” Though the Old Testament often tied rewards to obedience, the New Testament does not. Under the Old Testament dispensation the Jews lived under the Mosaic laws, but New Testament believers do not. Never once did Jesus say prosperity would come to believers as a result of obedience or works. Why must we still have to fight these debunked heresies over and over again? I suppose these ideas do not die, simply because false or misguided people keep resurrecting them.