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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Today's BlessingsMichele, appreciated the wisdom in your post. In regard to those who feel Christians today should be blessed with wealth and perfect health, it's interesting what Jesus said about blessings which I think are what we can look forward to in this NT age of grace:In Matthew ch.5: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted... Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Not exactly what most people think of as "blessings" today, but that's what Jesus promises as blessings for his people on earth today. Am I satisfied? Do I count them as true blessing? Do I rejoice (as he said)??? I don't know anywhere where universal blessing of wealth is promised for NT believers (we may receive such a blessing, but I suspect it's only to those who have proved faithful in handling natural wealth). Whereas in the OT, I think God's blessing often manifested itself in material wealth - lots of cattle, herds, lands, flocks, wives! (had to throw that one in!) Good attitude that the disciples had in Acts (ch.5) when they suffered persecution "rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name." They recognised real blessing. Appreciated your encouraging comments about Joseph too. # posted by geoff @ 10:38 am 0 comments
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