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Spiritual Blessings In The Heavenlies-Zac Poonen by TI1919(m): 2:17pm On Jul 26, 2016 |
Ephesians 1:3 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Notice there that all these blessings are spiritual, not material. Earthly blessings were what the Israelites were promised under the old covenant. We can read that in Deuteronomy 28. This is what distinguishes the grace that Christ brought, from the law that Moses brought. If there were a verse like this in the Old Testament, it would have read like this: “Blessed be God Almighty (not our Father) who has blessed us with every material blessing in earthly places in Moses.” So those believers who are seeking primarily for physical healing and material blessings are really going back to the old covenant. Such “believers” are actually Israelites and not Christians. They are followers of Moses, not of Christ. Does that mean that God does not bless believers materially today? He does – but in a different way. As they seek His kingdom and His righteousness first, all their earthly needs are provided for them. Under the old covenant, people sought only these earthly things and they got plenty of them – many children, much property, a lot of money, victory over enemies, honour and position on earth, etc. But under the new covenant, we seek for spiritual blessings – spiritual children, spiritual wealth, spiritual honour, spiritual victories (over Satan and the flesh, and not over the Philistines or human beings). Our earthly needs, like the health and money we need to do the will of God, are added to us. God will give us as much money as He knows will not ruin us. Under the old covenant, God may have made some people billionaires. But he does not do that for us today, because it might prevent us from seeking the things that are above – and thus destroy us. http://www.cfcindia.com for more books, articles 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Spiritual Blessings In The Heavenlies-Zac Poonen by coolhumble(m): 2:21pm On Jul 26, 2016 |
Amen |
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