The "Gee-Whiz" Theology

Evangelist Junior Hill warns about the "Gee-Whiz" theology of our day. It goes like this:

"If you love God and trust Jesus and read your Bible and live in obedience, you'll always be happy, prosperous and successful. You will be healthy. Your wife will be beautiful. Your children will be obedient. Your house will be big, your car fast, and your money secure."

It's a lie.

Here is the theology of the apostle Paul:

2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Paul suffered frequent imprisonment, beatings, stonings, three shipwrecks, perils of robbers, weariness, pain, hunger, thirst, and being cold and naked. But he remained optimistic.

2 Corinthians 4:8,9 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed: we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 

Psalm 30:5 . . . weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.