POVERTY, Reasons for

POVERTY, REASONS FOR

1.                  To Help Us Appreciate what God Has Given Us (Hymn:  Amazing Grace; Proverbs 30:8-9; Revelation 3:17)

2.                  To Magnify His Sovereignty (1 Samuel 2:7-8; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31)

3.                  To Prove the Power of God’s Grace in Our Lives (Habakkuk 3:17-19)

4.                  To Plague the Devil (Job)

5.                  To Appreciate the Life of Christ (Luke 9:58; 2 Corinthians 8:9)

6.                  To Give Saints the Opportunity to Demonstrate the Love of Christ (1 John 3:17)

[Spurgeon, MTP, Vol. 2, p. 587-ff.]