What did Jesus say about Money?
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35
UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC
“For the love of money is a root of all
kinds of evil.” (1 Tim.6:10)
“Life does not consist in an abundance of
possessions.” (Lk.12:15)
UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC
“To become a real servant you are
going to have to settle the issue of
money in your life. Jesus said, “No
servant can serve two masters…
you cannot serve both God and
money.” …Money has the greatest
potential to replace God in your
life. More people are sidetracked
from serving by materialism than
by anything else.”
UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC
As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich people
putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He
also saw a poor widow put in two very small
copper coins. “I tell you the truth,” he said,
“this poor widow has put in more than all the
others. All these people gave their gifts out of
their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in
all she had to live on.
(Lk.21:1-4)
MONEY is an IDOL
ENVY
“Our entire advertising
industry is built on inciting
envy of colleagues and
neighbours, so that whatever
new electronic marvel or body
shape my neighbour has, I
want it too.”
MONEY is an IDOL
GREED is
“the economic engine of the
world [and it] depends on a
constant sense of discontent
that motivates each consumer
to desire ever more.”
MONEY is an IDOL
“Why do you worry about clothes? See
how the lilies of the field grow. They do not
labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendour was dressed
like one of these.”
(Mt.6:28,29)
MONEY is an IDOL
“Wealth builders continue to
amass wealth for themselves no
matter how much they make,
but Kingdom builders change
the rules of the game. They still
try to make as much money as
they can, but they do it in order
to give it away. They use the
wealth to fund God’s church and
its mission in the world.”
COLLECTORS or CHANNELS?
Philip Yancey
CHEERFUL (hilarious) GIVING
CHEERFUL GIVING
“For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.”
(Mt.6:21)
“When you understand what
Jesus has done for you, it
frees you. When you realize
that you are made righteous
by his grace and not by your
achievement, and that you
are loved in Jesus Christ, it
changes the way you look at
power, money, and status;
they don’t control you
anymore.”
What did Jesus say about Money?
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A widow who gave all she had
A farmer who was greedy for more, with no place for God
A woman who poured a year’s wages over Jesus’ feet
A family who were generous every Sunday to students
Shops and advertising together, seeking our worship at
their cash registers; be on our guard against this idolatry
We are to be channels not collectors; stewards not owners;
generous and not greedy.
What did Jesus say about Money?
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35