My word for this week!

Here is something induced by this week's Word!


Many of today's preachers could be accused of preaching "Feel Good" messages and in many ways, giving the impression that our God has limited facets to His person. Many sermons talk only about God's blessings without correct emphasis on what we as Christians ought to do in order to "attain" these blessings, skimming over this by saying that "so long as you believe…"

I am not suggesting that these preachers are wrong but merely that we may be shortchanged if we do not look in Scripture for ourselves and depend solely on another person's interpretation. In the case of eternal life, this "so long as you believe.." mindset is accurate and true, but insofar as blessings such as material blessings, this may not be the case.

My illustration is this, Matthew 6:33 which says, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added onto you." It does say, seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God. Another illustration, Psalm 128:1-2, "Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours."

See other verses like:
Deut 28:1-3
Psalm 1: 1-3
Deut 29:9
Luke 12:30-31
2 Chronicles 20:20
Psalm 111:5
Isaiah 1:19

There are plenty of other verses that I could quote which makes blessings if you like "conditional". These conditions I view as good as it reminds me to thank my Maker for what I have and not forget and end up being ungrateful.