What Are All These Things That Will Be Added?

I was listening to a preacher who condemned as faithless those who did not believe that God has guaranteed us perfect health and the best of things. We can expect that God wants us to be the head not the tail and therefore we can expect the best car on the block. If God is truly a good God, doesn't God want to give us good things?

The preacher gave two texts to support this theology. We will look at both in this short series. The first of these is Matthew 6:33 that you have heard before.

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

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Good Is Not Good Enough!

One of my seminary professors preached a powerful sermon. In it he argued that the greatest temptation for most of us is not to do that which is wrong. Many of us have that temptation, but it is not the greatest one. The greatest temptation is to do that which is "good" rather than that which is "great."

Here the temptation is to attempt to accomplish good things rather than accomplishing your God given purpose which for you would be great.

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