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NASB | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. |
Subject: Is God's will prosperity/healing always? |
Bible Note: First, I'd like to get a few misconceptions out of the way. I didn't mean to imply that all of the money that Jesus spent during His earthly ministry was all there in one lump sum. It may have been, but I don't think so and I don't believe that the Bible specifies that. Actually, with money constantly going in and out Judas would have a much easier time embezzeling. (by the way I found the reference for when Judas embezzeled it's John 12:6) I only said that it was Judas' only job because I haven't seen anywhere else in the scriptures where Judas was handling any other task, but that's really a minor detail. Second, when did Jesus become poor? Couldn't be at birth because as Matthew 2:11 says, He was given gold, frankinsence and myrrh, which were expensive gifts. You're right Jesus BECAME poor, but that wasn't until the cross when everything was taken everything from Him and the sins of the entire world were placed on Him. Also, think about Jesus' vesture. In three gospels, it says that the Roman soldiers cast lots for His vesture. Now, if the Roman's did not believe there to be anything special about Jesus, why would they want His vesture? The only logical conclusion that I come to is that it was a pretty nice article of clothing. With that in mind, where would a poor man get the money to buy nice clothes? Would Jesus have lived in poverity and spent the money it would have taken to have nice clothes? Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say that Jesus wore the Armani of His time. Somewhere it says that there would be nothing about His appearance that would attract us to Him, so they probably weren't lavish garments. However, they were probably well made garments that looked nice, not the rags of a pauper. Matthew 8:20 doesn't say that Jesus was homeless, it means that the ministry of Jesus was on the move. If it said that He was homeless then it would contradict the list of scriptures and translations following this that say He, in fact, did have a house. Matthew 4:12-13 (NIV) He lived in Capernaum. Matthew 9:1 (NIV) Jesus came to His own town. How do you have a home town if you don't have a home? Mark 2:1(NIV) Jesus came home. Again, how do you come home if you dont' have a home? The Williams and Wuest translations of these three verses also support the fact that Jesus did have a home. You're exactly right, we don't deserve anything but eternal damnation. But what about Psalm 103:10? It says that God doesn't give us what we deserve, that's mercy. Then you have to ask yourself, what's grace? Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve (ie salvation, healing, the means to supply our needs). I'm not saying that Jesus lived an extravagant lifestyle, but I am saying that His needs and the needs of those around Him were met. Jesified |