How To Handle Money

How To Handle Money

“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish but understand what the Lord’s will is.”
(Ephesians 5:15-17)

A. The Biblical View of Money

1. God .

2. Therefore, everything I have is .

(Deut. 10:14; Lev. 25:23; 1 Chron. 28:11-12; Job 41:11; Ps. 24:1-2; 50:10-12; Hag. 2:8)

3. It is my role to these finances in a God-honoring way. 

The false view of money: “It is ”

B. How Do I Combat a False View of Money?

“A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD;  it is holy to the LORD…  Every tithe of the herd and flock – every tenth animal  that passes under the shepherd’s rod – will be holy to the LORD.”  (Leviticus 27:30-32)

1. The Old Testament system: Begin by giving God the of everything. (Exodus 13:12; Exodus 23:19a)

2. The Broadway Church system: Follow the principle.

i. The of our finances are given to God.

ii. The of our finances are given to our .

iii. The remaining of our finances is what we .

C. What is Biblical Generosity?

a. New Testament, Biblical generosity doesn’t have a because it is a matter of the .

i. The widow’s offering…

“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.

They gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything – all she had to live on.'”

(Mark 12:41-44)

ii. The Early Church…

“All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet,  and it was distributed to anyone who had need.” (Acts 4:32-35)

Today’s “Big Idea”…

Be in your and in your .

“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7)