- Worrying about the things of this world (Matthew 6:19-34)
- God versus wealth
- “not/but” construction (look at vs. 24)
- Exclusively one or the other?
- Saving is not excluded
- “Serve” is the key
- If it were exclusive
- We would have to eschew all wealth
- We could not provide for our families
- We could not provide for others
- What goes first and foremost?
- What should we count as treasure? Hebrews 11:24-26
- Which guides us: God or wealth?
- Wealth will fail us – God will not.
- Don’t obsess!
- Who is in ultimate control?
- Years of your life (NASB)
- Height of your stature (KJV)
- Idiomatic? Psalms 39:5
- Life span vs. stature Luke 12:26
- Why not leave it to Him?
- Who is in ultimate control?
- Is it wrong or evil to be wealthy?
- Who was the father of the faithful? Romans 4:11-16; Genesis 13:2
- God rewards diligence
- Daniel worked honestly and diligently
- Rose to the top
- Proverbs 10:4; 6:6-11; 13:22
- There were rich disciples of Jesus
- Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57)
- Zacheus also (rich publican) (Luke 19:1-10)
- Jesus sought the rich as well as the poor - “Seek and save the lost”
- Jesus knows the challenge of the rich
- And those who seek to be rich
- Difference between prospering and being rich
- Prosper – help on one’s journey
- Is it wrong to prosper? III John 1:2; I Corinthians 16:1-2
- Why prosper? Ephesians 4:28
- To dedicate one’s self to prosperity?
- To do the things which make for prosperity?
- To avoid the things which destroy prosperity?
- God versus wealth
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