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Money & Jesus
My learnings on building financial foundations on the Word of God.
False Piety
“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. - John 12:5-6 ESV
Canceled Debt
“A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” - Luke 7:41-42 ESV
Building Materials
So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia. - Ezra 3:7 NLT
Get Up and Walk
But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” - Acts 3:6 ESV
Everything in Common
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. - Acts 4:32 ESV
Burn Their idols
“You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. - Deuteronomy 7:25 NLT
Enjoy Prosperity
Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life. - Ecclesiastes 7:14 NLT
Open Your Mouth
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. - Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV
Ok To Judge
It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. - 1 Corinthians 5:12 NLT
Special Offering
The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. - Exodus 25:1-2 ESV
Evil Towards Poor
There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. - Proverbs 30:14 ESV
Marriage Decision
And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich. - Ruth 3:10 ESV
Poor and Rich
Better a poor man who lives with integrity than a rich man who distorts right and wrong. - Proverbs 28:6 HCSB
Give to Poor
The one who gives to the poor will not be in need, but one who turns his eyes away will receive many curses. - Proverbs 28:27 HCSB
Stray Donkey
If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him. - Exodus 23:4 HCSB
No Favoritism
“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice. Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit. - Exodus 23:2-3 HCBS