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Jesus Became Poor So You Could Be Rich, Revised

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Reading Time: 12 minutes2 Corinthians 8:9 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.
This is my favorite prosperity scripture. Jesus became poor so that you through his poverty might be rich. What could be plainer than that? What could be gooder news to the poor than that? And yet most Christians, and some quite vehemently, deny its plain meaning.

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First Corinthians is a “Responsa”

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Reading Time: 5 minutesUnderstanding that First Corinthians is a “responsa” will help you better understand what Paul is saying. A “responsa” is, according to Merriam Websters Online Dictionary: “a written decision from a rabbinic authority in response to a submitted question or problem.” Remember Paul was a Jew who had studied under a very prominent Jewish teacher and was probably on track to become such a teacher, what we would call a rabbi, himself.
Philippians 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

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Answered Prayer…#2 Fly by your Believe-O-Meter and ignore your senses.

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Reading Time: 9 minutesIn part one we saw that Jesus guarantees the dependability, the reliability, the certainty of prayer. There are no stronger words Jesus could use to guarantee that we would receive what we ask for when we pray than, “…you shall have them…,” but at the same time he lets us know that we have a part to play.

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