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The devil, on the other hand, always works against this permanent truth through his false teachings that human beings would seek and use other alternate means and standards respectively to approach God and examine faith and practice.\r\nAs the teaching and practices of the Prosperity Gospel that undermines the primacy of the Word of God and the importance of the Holy Sacraments are spreading in the working areas of the EECMY-IBS, the researcher conducted this study to give awareness about the danger coming into our congregations with this false teaching.\r\nTo conduct the study, the researcher used questionnaires, which were completed by thirty-nine participants that were recruited from six congregations of the synod to gather viable data. Further, he involved three notetakers who assisted him in taking notes during and after the presentations offered to the participants and the sermons delivered in two congregations. The participants and the notetakers have also participated in analyzing and interpreting data.\r\nThe believers of the area theoretically believe in the authority and primacy of the Word of God and the importance of the Sacraments. 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