KFLCC Kingdom Economics

Provision for All Blessings is Found in the Atonement

go back and do what I did when I had nothing to start with. I will start with my faith, and God will bless me again.” He did not say this in arrogance, he said this because deep inside he knows he has planted good seed that will eventually bring a harvest, and he knows that God helped him in the beginning and God will help him again. Believers must operate in wisdom and keep selfishness and greed from their lives to ensure the continual favor of the Lord in their situation. Years ago I was invited to one of the most beautiful homes I had ever been in, and had lunch with a man who once had one of the fastest growing businesses in America, with tens of thousands of workers around the nation. At one time, his company stock was the doing so well that people were clamoring to ride the tide of prosperity. This man, who was a shrewd and intelligent businessman, made several errors in judgment, thinking that these decisions were simply a wise move and no harm would be done. In reality, it was those decisions that eventually caused the stock to plummet and him to be removed as the CEO of the company. Many people’s jobs and lives were affected by his decisions, including some of my own close ministry friends and partners. The point is, the greater the blessing, the greater the responsibility and the more wisdom one needs to properly handle the wealth. I am convinced that in these last days, there will be a need for billions of dollars to complete the kingdom assignments of reaching people with the Gospel according to Matthew 24:14, and of caring for the poor around the world. This level of financial blessing must pass into the hands of those who are in covenant with God and who are already givers and will use their increase to benefit the kingdom. It will come into the hands of those whom God knows can be entrusted with such a measure of wealth. T HE A TONEMENT C OVERS E VERY N EED Each and every one of our spiritual blessings are found through Christ and the redemptive work He accomplished at the cross. Our healing was purchased as He took the stripes upon His back (Isa. 53:5; 1 Pet. 2:24). Our salvation was sealed by His death on the cross (Rom. 5:10- 12). Our emotional well being was secured because He carried our oppression, grief, sorrow and rejection (Isa. 53:7-10). After receiving His redemptive plan for our lives, the blessings that follow are spiritual, physical, emotional and material as we succeed with the works of our hands and as we follow and continue to obey

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