3 John 1:2 (New American Standard Bible)
2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
A. God wants to prosper our needs.
b. God wants to prosper our total man.
c. Our financial health must be in keeping with our spiritual health.
5 Perspective of ownership
a. God owns all things freehold.
God is the rightful owner of everything. God is our creator, we are His sub-creator. Finally, God have the credit.
b. Each of us owns some things leasehold.
c. Eventually, everything goes back to God forever.
We are stewards of God’s wealth.
d. God’s ultimate desire is to co-own all things with believers.
We are joint-heirs in Christ.
e. In eternity, the medium of exchange, money will cease.
5 Characteristics of money
a. Money facilitates convenient ownership of wealth. (goods and possessions)
b. A currency is only valuable when people have confidence in it.
c. As currencies are no longer backed by gold but by unreliable imputations. Confidence has been eroding.
d. Many economies are anticipating, a collapse of the monetary system.
Revelation 13:16-18 (New American Standard Bible)
16And he causes all, (A)the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a (B)mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
17and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the (C)mark, either (D)the name of the beast or (E)the number of his name.
18(F)Here is wisdom Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that (G)of a man; and his number is [a]six hundred and sixty-six.
A cashless society is inevitable.
e. In a devastating global war, when food is very scarce, money and possession don’t worth much.
True value of things become stably obvious.
** 1st Lesson on Financial health
Financial health begins with Spiritual health.
Matthew 6:33
33"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and (A)all these things will be added to you.
Have responsibility to sow seeds along the way, be it words of encouragement, acts of kindness or a smile.
Psalm 37:3-5 (New American Standard Bible)
3(A)Trust in the LORD and do good;
(B)Dwell in the land and [a](C)cultivate faithfulness.
4(D)Delight yourself in the LORD;
And He will (E)give you the desires of your heart.
5(F)Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
Key action words are:
- Trust
- Delight
- Commit our ways unto the Lord. He will make our dream come true. It takes spiritual maturity to handle wealth.
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