POVERTY, Reasons for
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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.]