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Some weak tea there, cap.

First, you don’t need to be insulting. I not only recognize the character of Jesus, I am believing in it and counting on it! I also believe His and the Father’s own words.

Second, of course we will have trouble and threats and attacks. Satan is the prince of this world, after all. But we are already victors over them and are meant to stand in that victory and “fight” back against the “perceptions” cast at us by Satan and his.

You talk about a millstone being created for my neck. That’s really something there, hoss. Did you really mean to make that statement? To another Christian?

As far as preaching things that are unbiblical, I can load you up with scriptures backing up what I say; that God sees provision and health as blessings and poverty and disease/sickness as cursings. You have not provided one that says the opposite.

You do not quote a single, solitary scripture where God or Jesus says that poverty or disease is a BLESSING. He does make the point that wealth can distract, be abused, be hard to handle, etc., but He never calls either wealth or disease a blessing. But then almost EVERY good thing can be turned into a sin through abuse. He does not withhold things from us just because we might abuse them later. We’d have almost nothing.

Being wealthy is not necessarily a sign of righteousness/blessing from God. Neither is robust health. Neither is having a family. Neither is having a job. So to say Bernie Madoff, or the Pharisees, or any other sinning individual or group has possessions or health is a sign that they are not blessings is just ridiculous. And you probably already know this.

Let’s go at this a different way: Instead of trying to attack what you THINK I believe and practice, why don’t you lay out what YOU believe about:

1. Righteousness, and a Christian’s state therein;
2. Sickness and disease, and what you believe about them (are they a curse, a natural state, a gift from God...what?)
3. Provision - including food, prosperity, favor with God and man, wealth - and what you believe about them (are they a curse, a natural state, a gift from God...what?

So, do you believe when you are sick that is God’s will? If you are poor, is that God’s desire for you? And do you believe that it is His will for you to fight against His will to recover from those situations? If your child or spouse is sick, is that still His will? Do you instantly try to get them “out” of His will so they feel better?

Lay it out so I understand your thinking/belief system better. Because, if you’re a Christian, I’m a little flummoxed by your inability to tell me what you believe His will actually IS.