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NASB | Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 4:19 And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. |
Subject: Authority to Ask God for One's Needs |
Bible Note: BBQ, I do agree that you can ask whatever you wish and it will be answered. My problem is that you seem to advocate that it will always be answered in the affirmative, which Scripture teaches us quite clearly, that it will not. That’s where you are mistaken. 1 John 5: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. God hears us because we ask according to His will. I think you look upon success and prosperity as being material gains as you make reference to how blessed Job was because of his possessions in post # 172018 inserted here: “It seems almost all of these people are folks who do not have or run a business of their own. I usually just smile and nod politely. I never take advice from someone unless they are far more successful than I am. Who would be more successful than God? Look how he blessed Job. Job 1:3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east” (sic) Success and prosperity do not equate to one being blessed. Many successful and prosperous people will end up in Hell. How is that blessed? I know a man who was rich beyond our wildest imaginations. He controlled everything, had heavenly creatures at is beck and call. He was successful, very successful. Then, by the will of His Father, and His own, He gave it all up. In humility He gave up everything a king was granted. He could have taken it all back in an instant by simply speaking it to be so. But He didn’t. Why? For you! He gave up everything, including His precious life, His blood, so that you could be free. So that through faith, you could live forever and prosper in His eternal presence. I wonder if the lowly preacher showed up in His tattered attire and overturned your money table if you would listen to him. Because according to your standard, it appears that He was not the type that was “way more successful than you”. Would you smile and nod politely at Christ and dismiss what it is He tells you? How about this? Would you give up your last cent, voluntarily? Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 14:11 For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. God holds not everything we desire in high esteem but rather quite the contrary. Much is detestable to Him and we just fail to realize it. WOS |