The document discusses the Christian perspective on money, emphasizing that it is God's and should be managed wisely, with a focus on one's heart rather than mere possessions. It highlights that true happiness doesn't come from wealth and warns against greed, while also stating that contentment is the ultimate goal. Overall, it underscores the importance of using money in ways that reflect one's faith and values, as well as the importance of recognizing one's spiritual riches in Christ.

1. Of Money

3. “Our perspective on money and possessions
and how we handle them lies at the very heart
of the Christian life. . . . What we do with
them will influence eternity.” Alcorn, xi

4. What should
we do with
God’s money?

5. Spend
It
Earn Give
It It
Understand What should Teach
It we do with It
God’s money?

6. “No one is ever saved by stewardship (wise use of God’s
money); all the charitable giving in the world does not
make one right with God if a person does not trust in Jesus
as Savior and Lord. On the other hand, someone who never
gives to the Lord’s work or cares for the poor in any way
demonstrates that nothing has ever happened in their lives
that could qualify as “regeneration.”

12. About money

13. 1. It’s YOUR money.

14. “The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all
who live in it" (Psalm 24:1).
"To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest
heavens, the earth and everything in it" (Deuteronomy 10:14).
"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory
and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and
earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as
head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the
ruler of all things" (1 Chronicles 29:11-12, NIV).

15. "Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under
heaven belongs to me" (Job 41:11, NIV).
"For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a
thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the
creatures of the field are mine. If I were hungry I would not tell
you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it" (Psalm 50:10-
12).

16. "Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the
ability to produce wealth" (Deuteronomy 8:18, NIV).
"The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts
up" (1 Samuel 2:7, NKJV).”

18. 2. Money will make
you happy.

19. “Those who love money will never have enough. How
meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
The more you have, the more people come to help you
spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to
watch it slip through your fingers! People who work hard
sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich
seldom get a good night’s sleep. “
Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 NLT

20. 3. Money is Evil

24. 4. God wants you to be rich.

27. “The NT repeats all of the broad principles that we
find in the OT with respect to poverty and wealth
with one notable exception. No Christian is ever
promised guaranteed material prosperity as a
result of adequate obedience to Christ!”
(Blomberg, 20)

28. 5. Money is the measure of
your life.

29. “Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your
guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life
does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.”
Luke 12:15

30. 1. It’s YOUR money.
2. Money will make you happy.
3. Money is evil.
4. God wants you to be rich.
5. Money is the measure of your
life

31. About money God wants you to Know

32. 1. God cares more about your
heart than your money.

33. The good man brings good things
out of the good stored up in his
heart, and the evil man brings evil
things out of the evil stored up in his
heart. For out of the overflow of his
heart his mouth speaks.
Luke 6:45
For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21

34. 2. Money points us to the
gospel.

36. 3. It is okay to want enough
money to live on, but remember
what you are living for.

37. Give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
-- Proverbs 30: 8-9

40. 4. The goal is contentment, not
wealth.

42. 5. You are rich.

43. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor, so that you through his
poverty might become rich.”
2 Corinthians 8:9

44. 1. God cares more about your
heart than you money.
2. Money points us to the gospel.
3. It is okay to want money to
live, just remember what you are
living for.
4. The goal is contentment, not
wealth.
5. You are rich.