Fake Promises — 

If we were to listen to those televangelists who offer a pain-free life without trials or troubles, we might be shocked and dismayed when difficulties come. But, if we listen to Jesus, we will not be surprised at all. In John 16:1-4 Jesus told his original disciples to prepare for rough times. They would be thrown out of meetings. Some would be killed by people thinking they were doing God a favor. Why? Were the original disciples disobedient and cursed by God? No, they were told that their troubles were caused because others never really knew Jesus or the Father. Jesus told them these things so that when the time came they would remember his warning. Perhaps the preachers of health and wealth have not remembered Jesus' warning. Perhaps they do not get very much of their teachings from Jesus.