Sep 22, 2024
The notion of being "blessed" is often misunderstood and misused
in faith spaces. It plays naturally into prosperity theology, and
the idea that if I obey God, I will be "blessed." It also becomes a
way of making God a means to an end, rather than the end in
himself. We worship God because of what he can do for us, not who
God is.
But the answer isn't to neglect this language that is so prevalent
in scripture, but to clarify what Scripture has to say. The book of
Ephesians gives us a clearer picture of what it means that "we are
blessed" and why. In this sermon, Pastor Ike Miller helps us
understand that we were blessed for a bigger purpose than
ourselves.