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“Spiritual Goals” – The Holiness Project – Day 3

August 9, 2021

With those two bold claims, we as a Christian fellowship should be able to take the gates of hell by storm. But alas, it is not so. Something else needs to be said. For some reason, a suspicious fear has arisen among the people of God that if they strive too hard for anything, they would offend God. We want to be super careful not to build our own kingdoms and end up defeated, living life in our fleshly selves without the anointing of God.

Actually, I have to agree.

“The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success” – The Holiness Project – Day 41

One of the things that I truly dislike (to not use a stronger word) is the whole prosperity theology thing. As if God is somehow here to give me wealth, health and happiness and help me to achieve my dreams. People who preach this kind of nonsense use verses like I quoted above, especially 3 John 1:2 which, they claim, proves that God wants us to be successful and prosper.

Actually, I do believe that.

What I take exception to is their, obviously, unbiblical definitions of success and prosperity. They claim that John just meant normal financial success in life and that we shouldn’t try to spiritualize it. Well, actually, I agree with that as well. Yes, John is talking about normal financial success (with all of the practical results that entails). No doubt. The question is WHY?

“The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success (continued)…” – The Holiness Project – Day 42

My apologies to those who just want to get on with talking about the 7 Spiritual Laws of Success. Upon reflection, I realized that I needed to give this whole idea a bit more of an introduction than just one post. So this post continues from the last one…..

In the last post, I tried to differentiate these 7 Laws of Spiritual Success from the whole Prosperity Gospel thing. Like most heresies, it is based on a half-truth. God DOES want to prosper us (even financially) but He prioritizes our Christ-like character first (including our stewardship) and defines prosperity and success in terms of eternal values and a higher purpose (saving mankind from their sin). This perspective is what we call “spiritual.”

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“Spiritual Goals” – The Holiness Project – Day 3

“The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success” – The Holiness Project – Day 41

“The 7 Laws of Spiritual Success (continued)…” – The Holiness Project – Day 42

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