God's Purpose for Physical Blessings

This message is not a theological discussion.

This is only a loud thinking about a question we constantly face in our practical life.

The question is: what is God’s the purpose for physical blessings?

Let us start with another question: Does God blesses us physically?

The answer definitely is “yes”. God blesses us physically while we live in this world.

Physical blessings are a reality that we see around.

Do you have a shelter, food and clothes? If yes; you are physical blessed.

Our testimonies are mostly testimonies of physical blessings.

A major part of our prayer is request for physical blessings.

Jesus, the Promised Land

Here we intend to discuss how Jesus transplanted the Promised Land, its blessings and the rest in the land to Himelf.

The Promised Land was a rather small country, not particularly rich in minerals or oil, much of it lacking trees, and having a chronic shortage of water.

But it has tremendous historical and religious significance.

It also has symbolic meaning in the gospel, as the type of the "rest," or the eternal inheritance, of those who believe in Christ.

Free Slave

We are called the servants or the slaves of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In the New Testament, the Greek term “dulos” which means slave is used to speak of His servants.

For example in Ephesians 6: 6 , the Greek word “dulos” or slaves is used to denote the “servants of Christ”.

We all know that we are set free by Jesus Christ from all bondages of slavery.

If we all are free from slavery, what kind of slaves are we to Christ?

The intention of this discussion is to find our correct position as slaves of Christ.

Let us draw our attention to three passages: Deuteronomy 15: 12-18; Exodus 21: 1-11 and Leviticus 25.

The Jubilee Year

The prominent image in the Bible is Redemption from slavery.

The Old Testament narrates incidents of slavery and redemption.

The New Testament is all about the fulfillment of redemption from slavery.

The people of the Old Testament, the people of Jesus’ time and Apostles were familiar with slavery and redemption story.

Slavery was a reality of the time and so was redemption.

Even Israelites had to go under slavery more than once in their national history.

CHRISTIAN STEWARD

Who is a steward?

Steward is a person who managers another’s property or financial affairs.

He is a person who administers anything as the agent of another.

A steward doesn't own the household but manages it.

And stewards in the ancient world were trusted with everything from seeing that the floors were clean, to the finances

A business manager who oversees a company’s resources including money, machinery and personnel in order to materialize the company’s purpose and values is a stewardship.