Your rebuttal MIGHT hold a little water if it had been MAN who pestered God and wheedled and whined until God relented and gave in and said, “Oh, okay! I’ll bless you a little bit, once in a while; but you must crawl on your hands and knees for 40 miles over broken glass to prove your sincerety before I’ll do it!”
NO! It was God’s idea! He brought it up! He gave us Psalms 68:19 “Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our Salvation.”
And Proverbs 10:22 “The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it.”
And Luke 6:38 “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
And 3rd John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Regarding Christ’s poverty; That apparently was part of the plan. And it was apparently FOR OUR SAKES!
2nd 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.
I know one thing for sure. I know that when I face my Creator, He will not scold me FOR BELIEVING HIS WORD TOO MUCH!
You either believe every promise in the Scriptures or you call God a liar! You either believe OR YOU DON’T.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Your choices of scripture reinforce my point.
Worldly treasures should not be our goal in serving Christ, "for where your treasure is there your heart will be also" Luke 12:34 and Matt 6:21.
Here is another promise for you, "In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33. How many of you will "name and claim" that one?