Jesus Will Make You Rich?

Joel Osteen and others who preach the “Jesus will make you rich" “gospel" teach that if you aren't getting rich, you aren't living right by Jesus.  What does the Bible say?

Matthew 17:27 King James Version (KJV)
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Hmm, that doesn't sound like someone who's rich.  Repeater in Jesus not living right by Jesus? Of course they were. Why weren't be rich enough to pay the temple tax then? It close that what the preachers were preaching was untrue.

These preachers also preach that if you're having problems in your life that you're not living right by Jesus.  What does the Bible say about that?

Matthew 5:45 King James Version (KJV)
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

And

2 Timothy 3:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

It sounds as if these teachers are teaching the exact opposite of what the Bible says.

Matthew 7:15 King James Version (KJV)
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Beware folks.  You may think that you are following a Christian preacher but they may be ravenous wolves.