Introduction
Treasures
• What you prize
• What you are willing to work for
• What you are willing to suffer for
• What you are willing to prioritize your life for
Are you uncomfortable with the topic of money?
What is your attitude toward money?
What have you been taught regarding money - by your family, your friends, culture, the church?
• Money is evil
• Money is god
• Money is a tool
Biblical Financial Principles
GOD - Give Generously
• Proverbs 3:9 - Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce
Government - Pay your taxes
• Romans 13:7 - Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed
Expenses - Cost of living
Savings - Prepare for the day of trouble
• Proverbs 30:25 - the ants are a people not strong but they provide their food in the summer.
• Proverbs 13:11 - Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
Investment - Save for the future and for a generation yet to come.
• Proverbs 13:22 - A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children…
• Proverbs 27:23-24 - Know well the condition of your flocks and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever…
1. Two Rival Treasuries
Matthew 6:19-21
a. Temporal - fleeting - earthly
b. Eternal - lasting - heavenly
• Matthew 6:19-21
• Matthew 10:42
• Luke 12:33-34
• Luke 16:9
• Ephesians 2:10
• Hebrews 6:10
• Revelation 22:12
Whose idea was the reward for generosity and good works?
What do we get to do with those rewards? (Revelation 4:9-10)
2. A Rival Vision
Matthew 6:22-23
• A healthy eye affects the whole body and its course.
• A healthy heart affects the whole person and their direction.
3. A Rival god
Matthew 6:24
Mammon is not just wealth - it is wealth that has become your god.
• Control
• Enslavement
• Sacrifice
• Greed - Power/Position - show
• Lust - Pleasures/Things - spend
• Fear - Security - hoard
Application
• Matthew 22:36-40 LOVE GOD AND LOVE PEOPLE
• Use your money to glorify God and love people!
• You cannot take it with you, but you can send it ahead!
CG Questions
• Are you uncomfortable with the topic of money? Explain why or why not.
• What is your attitude toward money? (Good, evil, or god?)
• What have you been taught regarding money (by your family, your friends, the culture, or the church)?
• What are your takeaways from the sermon?