1 Timothy 6:6-10  "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

How can this passage ever fit into the teachings of people like Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn and Bishop Eddie Long?

Take a minute and look at this quote from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

"We're not just a church, we're an international corporation, " Long said. "We're not just a bumbling bunch of preachers who can't talk and all we're doing is baptizing babies. I deal with the White House. I deal with Tony Blair. I deal with presidents around this world. I pastor a multimillion-dollar congregation.

"You've got to put me on a different scale than the little black preacher sitting over there that's supposed to be just getting by because the people are suffering."

Now read back over what Paul said to Timothy.  Do you see any qualifiers in there?  Does it say that if you are someone who deals with the White House you deserve to make more money than the preacher who is faithfully giving out God's word every day, going to the hospital to pray with the sick members of his congregation, rolling up his sleeves and working to clear debris, side by side with those who have lost everything in a tornado?

And in this one quote, you can already see that Long is not biblical in his beliefs (baptizing babies).  And when we compare his statements to the passage in 1 Timothy and look at the lifestyle this man is living, we can see that it doesn't line up to God's truth.

What ever happened to contentment?  To people being content with what they have and not constantly grabbing for more, more money, more things?

These preachers that are claiming that God wants everyone rich have obviously not read this passage.  Well, they probably have and have twisted it around in their own minds and the minds of their followers so it says what they want it to say instead of what it actually does.

Isn't it time to put aside this false teaching of the prosperity gospel and look at the truth of God's word?