This incident is a sad testimony to how false theology can have catastrophic effects on the lives of those deceived by it. Among the infected were nine children who were a part of the church’s on-site day care center. Because of this movement’s belief that Jesus’ death purchased physical healing for all believers, many of the church members and their children were unvaccinated, and had therefore become contaminated by the virus. Last August, these questions were brought to the forefront when a measles outbreak in Texas was linked to Eagle Mountain International Church, a church led by the daughter of prosperity gospel televangelist Kenneth Copeland. Healing is part and parcel of our redemption!
Healing belongs to us just as salvation belongs to us.
As a result, most of you will go your entire life without meeting someone with measles.īut what if you believed in the teaching of Christian prosperity, health and wealth preachers? What if you believed that “by His stripes we are healed,” that physical healing is guaranteed for all believers, and so vaccinations are a sign of unbelief? As one of the giants of the prosperity gospel movement, Kenneth Hagin, put it:įriend, healing is one of the benefits of our redemption! According to the Word of God, Jesus not only died and rose again for our sins, but He died and rose again for our sicknesses and diseases too. Measles, a disease which used to kill up to 500 Americans a year, has been officially eradicated in the Western Hemisphere, thanks in large part to the vaccinations we receive as children. When was the last time you ran into someone with measles?