QUEST FOR MIRACLES AND MONEY IN THE CHURCH: TRIVIALIZING THE WORD AND THE SACRAMENTS

Abstract

Never has there been a generation of Christians as conscious of miracles as ours. Our generation is a miracle generation. People desire breakthroughs in business, in education, in marriages, in family life, in work places, etc. It is 'because of this quest for miracle that the gospel message being preached in some of the largest Churches in the World has changed. Hence a new gospel message is being preached. The preachers of prosperity gospel deviate from the essential meaning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The rate at which these preachers preach prosperity leaves a fundamental question in the reflective mind. What is the objective of the gospel preached? Does performance of miracle signify holiness? Why do believers seem to jeopardize their faith by jumping from one miracle centre to another? This work therefore, is an attempt to address these. cravings for miracles and money, which make mockery of the Word of God and the sacraments in the Catholic Church. At the end, attempt shall be made at suggesting that the harbingers of the good news must endeavour to teach and live the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.