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1Cor. 7:24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

Everything within the materialistic society of weed-Christian's is upward movement, promotion, wealth, and success stories, of being blessed with a prosperous Christian's life now. Moreover, those not being blessed this way are believed too be secretly sinning against God somehow, and/or lacking faith!

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

Here we find the one of the most effective tools ever used in deceiving Christian's into severing God for material blessings, denying the very power of godly devotion to which they were called into Christ Jesus own body.

Success for a Christian's is not measured by material wealth, or blessings, it is rather measured by faith by endurance in good works, one blessing is taking, while the other is giving freely. Let us remember it was the widow's mite that impressed our Lord, Christ Jesus, not the prosperous life of the rich man.

Mark 12:41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. 12:42 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.} 12:43 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, 12:44 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."

Here Paul does not write a book on the prosperous Christian life, but instead tells those in Christ Jesus too be content in whatever position they were called from into the Lord; “this is where you were called from, stop seeking a release, as though proof of God's favor in upward movement for material blessings”.

Rom.14:17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Does a finger seek the diamond ring to adorn itself over the rest of body members? Does the head seek a hat too outshine the neck? Does the foot seek a nicer shoe to look better than the other foot? Worldly weed Christian's seek glory upon on earth lusting too outshine other worldly Christian's, impressing them with power, success, and wealth, thus, somehow justifying their evil lust by a prosperous blessed life.

Who adorns Christ body members is the real question, and what does Christ Jesus adorn his own spiritual body members with those he feeds and cherishes? Will, don't you think it strange that Jesus Christ would speak of his own body as being sick, in prison, and hungry, and yet, and those of the sheep and goats did not know when they had did good or bad too Christ Jesus brothers? Moreover, not many of Christ Jesus body members were called from the high things of this system, but rather the lowly things, not many rich, or powerful?

So if they did not seek a prosperous life on earth as proof of God's blessing, and told by Paul to remained content in whatever position they had been called from, not trying to get of it, to be accepted by the world, who of us would know them, if we compared them by blessed prosperous Christian's life now?

Rom. 15:5 Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, 15:6 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:7 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you,{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} to the glory of God.

Those wheat Christian's that are true followers of Christ, where ever God leads them, have received the riches of Christ Jesus life in them as treasures in heaven. They are sealed with the promise of Christ Jesus glorified life, they seek the things above, forgetting the things behind, they endure in the suffering of the body of Christ Jesus happily enduring the torture sake for the spiritual blessing of God's Kingdom.
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