Post on 25-Jun-2015
PROVERBS 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
`EBED (eh'-bed)
a servant, a slave,
in bondage
Sometimes, we don’t want to talk about money in the church because we think
it’s unbiblical.
But, two-thirds of the parables dealt with money
and possessions.
In Gospels, 1 of 10 verses deal directly with money.
There are 2,300 verses in the Bible; five times as
many as prayer and faith.
THE TEMPTATION OF MONEY AND THINGS
WE ARE TEMPTED TO SERVE MONEY.
No one can serve two masters. Either you will
hate the one and love the other, or you will be
devoted to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both God and money.
MATTHEW 6:24
WE ARE TEMPTED TO LOVE MONEY.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered
from the faith and pierced themselves with many
griefs.
1 TIMOTHY 6:10
Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with
their income. This too is meaningless.
ECCLESIASTES 5:10
Our problem is not an income problem – but it is a lifestyle problem – and it is a spiritual problem. WE NEED JESUS IN OUR LIFE.
A GODLY PERSPECTIVE
ON MONEY
WE DON’T SERVE MONEY - WE SERVE GOD.
MONEY SERVES US AS WE SERVE GOD.
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love
one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
ROMANS 13:8
19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and
vermin destroy, and where thieves break in
and steal.
MATTHEW 6:19-21
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths
and vermin do not destroy, and where
thieves do not break in and steal.
MATTHEW 6:19-21
21 For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.
MATTHEW 6:19-21
Then He said to them, “Watch out! Be on your
guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does
not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.
LUKE 12:15
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody
and have no food.
PROVERBS 12:9
10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little
can also be trusted with much, and whoever is
dishonest with very little will also be dishonest
with much.
LUKE 16:10-11
11 So if you have not been trustworthy in
handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with
true riches?”
LUKE 16:10-11
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food
and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.
PROVERBS 21:20
6 But godliness with contentment is great
gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world,
and we can take nothing out of it.
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content
with that. 9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation
and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires
that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil. Some people, eager for money, have
wandered from the faith and pierced themselves
with many griefs.
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
MONEY PROMISES WHAT ONLY GOD
CAN PROVIDE
MONEY PROMISES US SECURITY.
MONEY PROMISES US SIGNIFICANCE.