• Jesus does not advocate poverty as a means to spirituality. Acts 2:44-45
Acts is a book of the bible, categorized as a "___" book.
• The Bible recognizes the right to material possessions that are acquired honestly.
…Descriptive vs. Prescriptive
• God expects us to enjoy the blessing that He give, including the material blessings. 1 Tim 6:17
• Material possessions are not, in and of themselves, evil … unless they become idols in your life.
Matt 25:27
Proverbs 6:6-8 > Go to the ant, you slacker!
Proverbs 14: 23 (a verse for the modern politician)
• The Bible gives considerable counsel for __ and following good ___ .
• It is not the government's job to __ of us.
Your Finances - According to Jesus 1) We have some problems with our man-made investment plan (v19)
• It tends to focus upon us… upon "self"
• It most often has material possession as the primary goal.
• These material possessions are not permanent … they will all decay.
• Your possessions may also be taken away from you.
2) Jesus commands us to invest in heaven! (v20)• You are investing in eternal things.
• You are investing in people.
• Those treasures will last forever.
• God's ___ on this investment, the __ of the ___, can never be ____ !
3) The location of your investments reveals the condition of your heart. (v21)
Getting into God's "Market"
"God's Purpose In the Pain" (Genesis 32)
"Jacob's Exodus from Laban" (Genesis 31)
"Multiplying Sons and Multiplying Flocks" (Genesis 29:31-30:34)
"Jacob Gets Jacobed" (Genesis 29:1-30)
God's Grace to a Work In Progress (Genesis 28:1-22)
Family Fued (Genesis 26:34-27:46)
Like Father, Like Son (Genesis 26)
Grace Makes All The Difference (Genesis 25)
The Bachelor: Genesis Edition (Genesis 24)
The Death of Sarah (Genesis 22:20-23:20)
Jehovah Jireh (Genesis 22:1-19)
Two Natures, One Roof (Genesis 21)
Same Song, Different Verse (Genesis 20:1-18)
Lot and His Daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)
Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1-29)
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (Genesis 18:22-33)
Human Wisdom Vs. God’s Word (Genesis 16)
The Covenant With Abraham (Genesis 15)
A Whole Lot of Trouble (Genesis 14)
A Whole Lot of Trouble (Genesis 13:1-18)
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