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Feb 2, 2009 · We can learn a great deal from the wealthy people recorded in the New Testament, about the dangers and the disciplines of money. Before faith, cheated citizens and abused the poor. After faith, repented and made restitution. (1) Ill gotten gain must be repaid. (2) God saves and changes us—all the way down to our pocketbooks.
- Matthew 6:24 ESV / 877 helpful votes. “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
- Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 814 helpful votes. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- James 5:1-6 ESV / 786 helpful votes. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
- Luke 12:33 ESV / 681 helpful votes. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Verse Concepts. and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; Genesis 30:43. Verse Concepts. So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys. Genesis 32:5.
Jul 17, 2024 · The very people the rich claim to care about and hold fundraisers and lobby the government to help, when in their backyard, they run them out. “Care for them somewhere else, we’ll send money.” And this is why Jesus was so savage with the rich. Wealth blinds you. But his truth opens your eyes and sets you free. Suffering is what sanctifies us.
Aug 1, 2012 · Lydia (Acts 16:14-15) Jason (Acts 17:5-9) Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2-3) Mnason of Cyprus (Acts 21:16) Philemon (Philemon 1) These believers lived faithful Christian lives in addition to enjoying wealth. It’s important to take note of the example they set. Art makes a point of saying these people “were wealthy and gave generously.”.
1 Timothy 6:8-10: “But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (TNIV, 1 Timothy 6:9-11, emphasis added)
