: ▁except ▁John , ▁all ▁eleven , ▁after ▁Jud as ▁Is c ari ot , ▁suffered ▁mart y rs ' ▁death s . ▁In ▁a ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁ser mon ▁entitled ▁" How ▁our ▁S uffer ing ▁Adv ances ▁the ▁G ospel ," ▁Pi per ▁stated ▁bl unt ly ▁that ▁" the ▁prosper ity ▁g ospel ▁will ▁not ▁make ▁anybody ▁pra ise ▁Jesus ; ▁it ▁will ▁make ▁people ▁pra ise ▁prosper ity ." ▁ ▁' L ittle ▁gods ' ▁controvers y ▁Many ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teachers ▁have ▁sought ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁full ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁bel ie ver ' s ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁of ▁God ▁( through ▁Christ ) ▁by ▁using ▁phr ases ▁such ▁as ▁" l ittle ▁gods " ▁to ▁describe ▁them , ▁a ▁practice ▁that ▁has ▁gar ner ed ▁some ▁criticism ▁from ▁some ▁other ▁segments ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁community . ▁Kenneth ▁H agin ▁wrote ▁that ▁God ▁" made ▁us ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁class ▁of ▁being ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁himself ," ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁bel ie ver ▁is ▁" called ▁Christ " ▁because ▁" that ' s ▁who ▁we ▁are , ▁we ' re ▁Christ !" ▁According ▁to ▁H agin , ▁by ▁being ▁" born ▁again ", ▁the ▁bel ie ver ▁becomes ▁" as ▁much ▁an ▁inc arn ation ▁as ▁Jesus ▁of ▁Naz are th ". ▁H agin ▁like ▁Ken y on ▁reasons ▁that ▁humans ▁are ▁made ▁in ▁God ' s ▁image . ▁Since ▁God ▁is ▁spirit , ▁then ▁humans ▁must ▁essentially ▁be ▁spirit ▁as ▁well