Teaching by Tag: Wealth
Living Faith, Part 13: Possessions and Priorities
We are called to love God and use resources—not the other way around. Everything we have is from the Lord and belongs to the Lord.
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To avoid the sin of partiality, we do not seek out others for personal gain, we give to others who are unlikely to give back to us, and we build relationship with people who are not like us.
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The Mission of God
God blesses His people to reach all peoples.
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Wisdom for Living, Part 7: Proper Perspective on Possessions
Who we are as people is more important to God than how much we have. We are called to trust in Him more than our riches and to honor Him with our generosity.
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Parables, Part 2: The Rich Man and Lazarus
Being a member of God’s family does not mean receiving the blessing of the material world, it means being a blessing to the world from what we have been given. Because we know the humble and generous love of the gospel, it will exude from us and bear fruit.
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Livin’ the Dream
“Living the dream” will always be a dream because we live in a world where sin abounds. Jesus showed that dying to ourselves is the way to life.
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In the Beginning, Part 14: Abraham’s Faith Restored
When you tighten your grip on possessions, they will tighten their grip on you. But when you loosen your grip on possessions, they will loosen their grip on you.
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James: Living Out Our Faith, Part 18
The love of stuff is the seed of greed. Money always abandons us in the time of our greatest need.
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Under the Sun, Part 5: Commencement
Think your generation will be the one to change the world? Think again. In the final part of our series on Ecclesiates, “Koheleth” – who has gained complete worldly wisdom, accumulated masses of wealth and experienced more sensual pleasures than any other man – gives a modern-day commencement address. This unique perspective from “The Teacher” shows the futility of life under the sun and reinforces the need to live “above the sun” in Christ Jesus.
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