{"id":57580,"date":"2022-05-15T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=57580"},"modified":"2022-05-15T16:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T16:00:57","slug":"variants-of-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=57580","title":{"rendered":"Variants of prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE MATTER OF PROSPERITY <\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing generates impassioned debate in Christian circles like the matter of wealth and prosperity. There are those who believe it is a blessing, while others view it as a sin or even a curse<\/b>. Both sides have as many proponents as it has opponents. Both are simplistic and wrong.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Bible has much to say about wealth and prosperity. <\/i>And no where does it suggests any of the extreme positions<\/i><\/b> we see in the debate.<\/i>_<\/p>\n

First, <\/i>Biblical prosperity is not about one’s bank balances and property portfolio<\/i><\/b>. It is about\u00a0 a wholesome life of peace, joy and love that only God in Christ gives.<\/i><\/p>\n

“… I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly”<\/i><\/b>(John 10:10)<\/i><\/p>\n

The Bible also speaks of <\/i>different kinds of “prosperity”:<\/i><\/b> That of the <\/i>wicked<\/i><\/b>, The <\/i>fool<\/i><\/b> and The <\/i>righteous<\/i><\/b>. These we shall examine in the part second part of this discourse.<\/i><\/p>\n

“… Life is not measured by how much you own.\u201d<\/i><\/b> (Luke 12:15b, NLT)<\/i><\/p>\n

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The belief that wealth, health and ‘success’ are an evidence of God’s blessings and approval is as old as the days of Patriach Job and the\u00a0 Disciples of Jesus; what a fallacy. For “prosperity” comes in variants.<\/p>\n

\u00b6 The wicked do “prosper”, albeit momentarily, from their wickedness. David and prophet Jeremiah, in their days, had an issue with God\u00a0 on that (Ps.73: Jer. 12)<\/p>\n

\u00b6 Prosperity also comes to the “foolish”. They amass and selfishly flaunt it on vanities and\u00a0 conspicuous consumption (Luke 12:16-21)<\/p>\n

\u00b6 There is the prosperity of the righteous. These, by godly wisdom and diligence, make and channel wealth as a blessing to others (Psalms 1; 92:12 and 112)<\/p>\n

Godly prosperity therefore is not so much about what one owns as it is about who owns one; The Lord or your loads of mammon and materialism?<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Buti Sam KPUTU<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE MATTER OF PROSPERITY Nothing generates impassioned debate in Christian circles like the matter of wealth and prosperity. There are those who believe it is a blessing, while others view it as a sin or even a curse. Both sides have as many proponents as it has opponents. Both are simplistic and wrong. The Bible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}