Real Poverty is Lack of the Knowledge of Word of God
In scriptural terms, prosperity of the soul is measured by the level at which your life readily yields fruit for the kingdom of God. In other words, the level at which your life impacts positively on others to the glory of God. Here are relevant scriptures:
- He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done (Prov 19:17)
- One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty (Prov 11:24)
- Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. (Jas 5:1-3)
- As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.”I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” (Lk 21:1-4)
And Jesus sums it up with this verse taken from Mt 16:25
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? This means even if you have the whole world and yet unsaved you have a raw deal. You have made a loss.
Are you saved?
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