Comments on: The Biblical Prosperity debate

By: P31Woman

P31Woman — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:19:21 +0000

1 Corinthians 4

We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men. 10We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! 11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. 12We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children. 15Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

6Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

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By: Ella Moss

Ella Moss — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:47:16 +0000

Thank you for a beautiful article! Sometimes we need to be reminded that our security should always be in God and not in a job or a saving account!

By: bob

bob — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:36:54 +0000

@Joshua
I agree that it all is tied up in purpose. Personally, I think that prosperity is just a by-product of following after God with our whole heart – and as I have mentioned before, it really does have very little to do with money. Any mature human being will realize that the best things in life are NOT money.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:50:38 +0000

Personally, I think one of the hardest things to reconcile as a Christian, is this whole concept and definition of “prosperity.”

When we look at Joseph (OT), for example…would you consider being almost killed, sold as a slave, and all the other trials as prosperity? Yet, Joseph himself accords it all to God as a blessing…. because it had a purpose!

But what about Job? No matter how you look at it, Job lost his children, and even after God “restores” Job, he still never got back all of those children that he loved. But still we look at this as “prospering” in Job’s life….. because it had a purpose.

Truly, God’s messages about prosperity get short-circuited by our own greed. We miss half the message. We hear “prosper” but don’t read “purpose” or “cost” into it.

Good post – thanks for the reminder !

By: barely getting by

barely getting by — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:36:12 +0000

The purpose for our financial prosperity is to bless others!

So what’s the purpose of our financial poverty? (I’m blessing my landlord with over half my income!)

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:36:26 +0000

Yes, our treasure is definitely in Heaven. Great post!