July 11, 2006

Post-New Creation CG

Some of my questions that arise from the teaching of prosperity by Ps Prince:

If Christ has redeemed us, but because we are still subjected to the natural laws, we still suffer. How does the gospel of prosperity fit into this picture?

If we are God’s responsibility, with what kind of boldness can we dare to enter into His presence and ask or even demand for our rights/ inheritance/ blessings?

Does the teaching of prosperity mainly mean wealth?

How do you separate this: it is not your faith that heals you but that it is Christ who does? Faith comes by hearing the word of God. We still need to believe in order to receive the healing no? We are not saved by the works of our faith but we still do need faith in order to claim God’s healing although we are taught that it is already done.

Pain causes us to search the meaning of life, and for answers we need. Is the teaching of prosperity too quick to refute the role pain play in our lives? If Jesus has become the curse and borne the pain on our behalf, where then does the pain and suffering in our lives come from? Why then we do still suffer? As a result of the fall of man from the first sin? If Jesus has already borne it all, and there is no more condenmation, shouldn’t we be experiencing heaven on earth, and suffer no more consequences?

If we suffer as a result of the curse, but we are already redeemed. So whyfore do we still suffer? Natural law aside, unless the healing refers to a healing in another dimension. Is the teaching of prosperity really able to explain away pain and suffering? Or is pain and suffering really just part of a broken word and here to stay until Christ comes back for us?

If our prosperity is based on what Christ has done for us, what then do we say of God turning evil around for good for character-building in faith-stretching? What place does it have in our lives as juxtapose with this teaching of prosperity?

Perhaps it’s a different slant of perspective. Christ in us, the hope of glory. It is not what we can do, but what Christ has already done.

I am still seeking answers. In my search for answers, I am really desiring to know more about God. Perhaps what I am really asking is, how does disciple-making fit into the teaching of prosperity?

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