DO WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THIS SCRIPTURE;

 

2 Corinthians 8:9 [NIV] 

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich."

DID CHRIST BECOME POOR SO THAT WE BECOME RICH AND WEALTHY HERE ON EARTH...I SAY UTTER FALSE. 

So whats the truth of the matter... 🤗

I've heard people who ought to know better, try to support the Prosperity Teaching using this verse. The prosperity gospel is neither a small nor isolated error. The fixation with money and material riches pervades the theology of its adherents, corrupting every aspect of their faith and doctrine. It is a comprehensive lie — one that skews the very nature of the gospel itself, distorting even the Person and work of Christ. 

Jesus' parents were so poor that Jesus was born in a stable. They had to offer the poor man's sacrifice of two pigeons when Jesus was dedicated in the Temple at 40 days of age (Luke 2:22-24; Leviticus 12:8). For Joseph was known in Nazareth as a carpenter (that is, a working craftsman, Matthew 13:55), not as a wealthy man who didn't have to work. As a carpenter himself (Mark 6:3), Jesus probably made a little more income than a subsistence farmer, but he was by no means rich. During his ministry, he was probably supported by a group of wealthy women (Luke 8:1-3) and received the hospitality of people in towns and villages, but of his own wealth, he said, "The Son of Man has no place to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20).

So what does Paul mean when he says "though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor" (8:9)? Paul is talking about spiritual things, not material things!

This verse is not a commentary on Jesus’ economic status or the material circumstances of His life. . . . The Lord’s true impoverishment did not consist in the lowly circumstances in which He lived but in the reality that “although He existed in the form of God, [He] did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond servant, and being made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:6–7). [3]

Christ was not a wealthy man, but He wasn’t especially poor, either. The poverty He endured was in contrast to the vast heavenly riches He willingly set aside during His incarnation:

Though as God, Jesus owns everything in heaven and on earth (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 10:14; Job 41:11; Psalm 24:1; 50:12; 1 Corinthians 10:26), His riches do not consist primarily of what is material. The riches in view here are those of Christ’s supernatural glory, His position as God the Son, and His eternal attributes. . . . As the eternal second person of the Trinity, Jesus is as rich as God the Father. To the Colossians Paul wrote, “For in Him [Jesus] all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9), and “[Jesus] is the radiance of [God’s] glory and the exact representation of His nature” (Hebrews 1:3). Arguments for Christ’s eternity and deity are inseparable. Since the Scriptures reveal Him to be eternal, and only God can be eternal, Jesus must be God. Therefore, He owns the universe and everything in it, possesses all power and authority (Matthew 28:18), and is to be glorified and honored (John 5:23; Philippians 2:9–11). [4]

Therefore, the riches Christ offers us surpass anything this world can offer. Material blessings don’t merely pale in comparison they fade into oblivion when contrasted with the vast spiritual riches the Lord supplies. Justification, reconciliation, sanctification, and, eventually, glorification the eternal benefits of salvation are beyond our comprehension. Peter described them as “an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for [believers]” (1 Peter 1:4).

Sinners desperately need the riches of Christ because they are spiritually destitute. They are the “poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3), beggars with nothing to commend themselves. But through salvation, believers are made “heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ” (Romans 8:17), sharing His riches because they are made “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). The ultimate goal of their salvation is to be made like Him (1 John 3:2), to reflect His glory in heaven, “so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:7). [5]

Paul anticipated the lies of the prosperity gospel. In his letter to the Philippians, he described its promoters as “enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things” (Philippians 3:18-19). He charged the church to avoid such worldly distractions. Instead, Christians must fix their hearts on the eternal riches only Christ can provide.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. (Philippians 3:20–21)

So such is the corruption and greed of men, that no subject is off limits in their quest to fantasize and sanctify their perverse love of money. At best, they minimize the forgiveness of sin and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness at the expense of physical health and material wealth. At worst, they do away with the spiritual components of Christ’s atoning work altogether.

Let the truth set us free...we are not of this world if we believe and follow Christ Jesus... And Christ did not become poor so we be rich on earth...rather some Men are twisting scripture to seem so for self gain and continue having excuse for exploitation in disguise...