Stewardship:
Money
Lesson VI
August 24,
2008
Matthew 6:24 – one cannot serve God
and money.
1.
Material gain is no
proof of godliness
·
1 Timothy 6:1-5 withdraw from such teachers
2.
If you have food and
clothing, learn to be content
·
1 Timothy 6: 6-8 great gain
·
Philippians 4:11 learn
·
Hebrews 13:5 be content
·
Colossians 3:5 covetousness is
idolatry
·
Psalm 37:16 to be righteous is
better than to be rich
·
Philippians 4:6 in everything give thanks
3.
There are dangers in
wanting to be rich
1 Timothy 6:9-11 three things:
·
Fall into temptations cf
Proverbs 11:28
·
Err – from the faith
·
Many sorrows
4.
The warnings against
greed
·
Proverbs 1:19 there are “ways” in
greed cf Ephesians 4:19 ways of
Gentiles
·
1 Timothy 3:3,8 Elders, deacons – not
greedy
·
Proverbs 15:27 greedy trouble their
house
·
Psalm 62:10 if riches increase –
set not your heart
5.
Jehoshaphat’s life is an
example of what greed may do
·
2 Chronicles 17:1-4 he began life well
·
2 Chronicles 17:5,13 he had abundance of
riches
·
2 Chronicles 18:1 made affinity with Ahab
(for gain)
·
2 Chronicles 20:35-37 affinity with Ahab’s
son (for gain) cf 1 Sam 12:1-3
·
2 Chronicles 21:1-6 his son marries Ahab
and Jezebel’s daughter
·
2 Chronicles 21:15,
18-20
son died a horrible death
6.
Conclude
These
are examples of the sorrows caused by wanting to make more money because of
greed.