The Promise of Material Prosperity

In Deuteronomy, God had promised material prosperity for obedience. But unlike Old Testament Israel, we do not have the same promise given to us. So when a so-called Christian teacher quotes these verses in Malachi to say that if you give to His or Her ministry, God will bless you financially, they are lying to you. They are telling you to cash a check that God didn't sign and grab a bungee cord that doesn't exist.