Who will Trust you?

Pastor Bryan – QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED – WHO WILL TRUST YOU?

“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own?

Luke 16:10-12

MONEY TALKS (over promises and underdelivers)

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“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” – Billy Graham

“God judges what we give by what we keep.” – George Mueller

“What makes the Dead Sea dead? Because it is all the time receiving, never giving out anything. Why is it that many Christians are cold? Because they are all the time receiving, never giving out anything.” – D.L. Moody

“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael

BIG IDEA: How you use money is the universal of your with .

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Luke 16:13

“Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”

Luke 12:34

BIBLICAL MONEY TRUTHS TO LIVE BY (a case study on from the bible)

1. We are money not the .

“Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.”

Exodus 19:5

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.”

Psalm 24:1

“O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!”

I Chronicles 29:13-14

2. Debt is a GENEROSITY KILLER.

^“Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said. I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

Hebrews 13:5

“Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.”

Romans 13:8

“Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.”

Proverbs 22:7

3. Money is a powerful TOOL but a horrible MASTER.

“Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.”

I Timothy 6:18

“Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.”

II Corinthians 9:11

4. You can’t OUTGIVE GOD.

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”

Malachi 3:10-12

“Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.”

II Corinthians 9:6

“Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”

Proverbs 11:24-25