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"JESUS WANTS US TO PROSPER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

DAVID A. MCMILLEN » Blog » INSPIRATIONAL » "JESUS WANTS US TO PROSPER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

2019-06-21
By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

IN LUKE 9:56 IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS NOT HAVING A PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD. (And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.) I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES WERE POOR AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THAT WE SHOULD BE POOR TOO. DID YOU THINK THIS MEANT THAT JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES LIVED IN POVERTY? THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO JERUSALEM AND PASSING THROUGH SAMARIA, THE SAMARITANS, BECAUSE OF A RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE, REFUSED HIM HOSPITALITY AND WOULD NOT GIVE HIM A PLACE TO STAY THE NIGHT. I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO GET HIS DISCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE PERSECUTION IF THEY FOLLOWED HIM.

JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES HAD PLENTY OF MONEY AND EVEN GAVE MUCH TO THE POOR. THEY EVEN HAD A BANKER, JUDAS, AS THE BIBLE STATES THAT HE WAS THE KEEPER OF THE BAG. JOHN 12:4-6 ALSO SAYS THAT JUDAS WAS A THIEF, "Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what wasput therein." JUDAS WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN MARY WAS ANOINTING THE FEET OF JESUS.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS ACTUALLY HAD A PLACE TO LIVE. IN JOHN 1:34-40 IT SAYS " And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother." WHEN ANDREW LEFT JESUS PLACE HE WENT DIRECTLY TO PETER AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD FOUND THE MESSIAH. THIS WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF JESUS' MINISTRY.

HE LATER BECAME POOR FOR OUR SAKES. IN 2ND CORINTHIANS 8:9 IT TELLS US THIS. "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." SO, IF YOU ARE NOT PROSPERING IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT BECAUSE IT SAYS JESUS BECAME POOR SO WE COULD BE RICH. HE DOES NOT WANT US POOR BUT JUST REMEMBER WHAT HE DID WITH HIS WEALTH WHEN HE HAD IT. PRAY THAT YOU CAN BE A VESSEL HE CAN USE, THEN THE WEALTH YOU WILL HAVE WILL BE THE BLESSINGS OF HELPING OTHERS. I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS VERSE.... MATTHEW 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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