Because of bad teaching in the church’s and the proliferation of name it and claim it charlatans who are making themselves rich at the expense of gullible and greedy Christians.
Power of Positive Thinking. Trump’s pastor.
One of my favorite pastors has used the “name it and claim” line more than a few times in sermons.
Pithy and oh so accurate.
I agree completely about the “prosperity gospel”, especially those who quote Luke 6:38 over and over again as a reason for giving to THEIR ministry.
However, I think that a case can be made that people who adopt basic moral principles (such as hard work, thrift, honesty abd moderation in personal habits) will tend to do better financially. Jesus’ parables and the book of Proverbs are replete with these themes.
There is a correlation between these habits and wealth, though not a perfect one. And I would also say that the correlation is stronger in more just societies, where honesty, hard work, and thrift are rewarded, such as the nation I was raised in. The correlation becomes much weaker in societies where wealth is allocated by capricious means such as lotteries, fame, weight loss through sandwich eating, or massive redistribution to favored groups by the government.
Regardless, the God I believe in loves the rich and the poor equally.