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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson
The elder to the beloved Gaius whom I love in truth.
Beloved I pray that all may go well with you and that you might be in good health,as it goes well with your soul.3 John.1,2 ESV
We hear much in the church world especially from so-called word of faith people about prosperity.
Of course we know God can bless people with finances,and material goods and Praise God for that.
But what is true Biblical prosperity,and what are your thoughts on the matter ?
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Prosperity is a relative term and is determined by many factors, whether looking at the natural or biblical prosperity.
I live in California. Someone in Wyoming may think it is prosperous what a person in California might think is poverty simply because of the difference in cost of living.
From a biblical standpoint we are given based upon how we use what we have...the principle of stewardship.
Deut 8:18 establishes that God has given us the power to get wealth so that we can build His Kingdom. Paul establishes that we can have all sufficiency in all things that we may abound to every good work.
If you look at the tithing and giving threads you will find a whole mess of people talking about their creative ideas of giving and pointing to everything the Bible says about giving as "under the law." Of course, they all have their stories about how they could never pay their bills too....Hmmm, go figure maybe their concept of God's laws are connected to their struggles.
They more your life is focused on God's purposes the more prosperity you will walk in. Not that prosperity is the focus, but it is definitely a by-product of walking with God (Matt 6:33).
I live what most people would call a prosperous life, however I don't view it that way because I don't own anything. Everything I have is God's therefore He can require it at anytime. But what I have found is that God is faithful and everything He has, I have access to. It's a really cool system when you get past your carnality.