But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
Seems like Paul considered those "blessings" to be, in fact, curses to him.
Oh my, no...
He says that they are garbage in comparison to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus. Which is the correct way of viewing “things”.
Come on, dude. Why are you trying to sell poverty to me as a blessing and provision from God as a curse?
You haven’t even admitted once that the MANY scriptures about blessing (financial and health) from God WAY outnumber the very few that you’ve picked out. And the ones you’ve picked don’t say what you try to make them say.
Can’t you just say something like, “I don’t understand why if God wants us well that we aren’t all well!”, or “I don’t understand why there is still want in Christians’ lives if God wants to provide for us!”
Those are reasonable and very good “wonderments”.
But denying that scripture has clearly delineated blessings and curses is fruitless and vain.
Within 10 minutes, I could post 50 or more scriptures stating clearly what God sees as blessings.
It’s vast and it’s clear.