will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” – Matthew 6:24. Yes, it’s true! We cannot serve two things at once and we must choose only one of them. But in choosing we must know what is right. They say “money makes the world go round.” But I say that God makes the world go rounder. It’s not only on the money our life revolving but it’s on our fidelity to God. Yes, we all need money and being rich with it can let us feel contented because we can buy new
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Wayne Grudem’s Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business analyzes a myriad of misconstrued facets of business and how these facets are rather intended and are able to be implemented as acts that glorify God. Primarily, these various components of business carry negative connotations, because, it seems, more often than not that businesses fall into corruption and scandal due to greed and lust. Grudem does an exceptional job in explaining that it is not the
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Whose money is it? What is money? We all use a piece of paper which`s called “money”, but, what is really money? Why are we dependent on money? Is money one of the vital things in our life? Can we get full happiness from money? So many questions come to my mind when I think about money. However I have not get into the power of money and only have an abstract understanding of it, one thing which really concerns me is how I can handle money wisely. Basically, money is the store of value, which indicates
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Luke 16:1-16:18 How Much Can God Trust You? Luke 16:1-18 INTRODUCTION After spending the past few weeks studying the Parable of the Loving Father (sometimes called the Prodigal Son), we arrive at chapter 16 to find one of the most unusual parables Jesus ever uttered. Some Bible teachers merely skip over it or ignore it. I call it the parable of the Crooked Manager. It’s a story about an employee who “cooked the books” for his employer. He used dishonest methods to give an accounting of
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book Business for the Glory of God is a great resource on business and each chapter starts with a phrase. The book has many opportunities for glorifying God but also many temptations to sin and what it can do to you and your business. The writer Grudem concisely lays out his reasons why business is good and very briefly raising some of the dangers of greed, envy and materialism. The weakest arguments by far are his argument that inequality of possessions is the way God intended things to be, that
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Bible to find out. God expects us to be good stewards of the money and other items of wealth that He has given to us. He emphasizes this so much that Jesus even used the parable of the talent in the Book of Matthew in the New Testament to illustrate the fact that He expects us to do something with the money God has entrusted to us. The parable makes it obvious that God doesn’t expect us to be stupid about how we use our money. Technically, it is not even our money. It is His money. Therefore, we should
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The Bible mentions money over 800 times 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. Let’s break this down for a minute first of all give means to 2 Cor. 9-7 dotes; a giver, bestower. Gives means: to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow The Bible mentions money over 800 times, I know people get squeamish when you mention money in the church because they see so many that are
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The Glory of God Can Be In the Business World I know that before I read Wayne Grudem’s book, I felt as if I didn’t really want to be in the business world because of all the negative aspects that I’ve heard. Our society today idolizes money and success and if you don’t rely on God then you will easily fall into the snares of the devil. “God created us in such a way that we would want to imitate his character. He created us in such a way that we would take spontaneous delight in seeing reflections
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times, the word mammon derives from the Greek word mammonas, a term used to describe greed for money. Mammon collaborates with materialistic craving, unlawful gain, and the over valuing money to the point of idolatry. In fact, those under the spell of mammon inwardly think “I don’t need God, I’ve got money.” Personified as a false a god in the New Testament, those who love mammon are guilty of valuing money to the point of idolatry. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth
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I have been changed into a new person when I allowed God to transform me to become the person He wanted me to be for His glory. Therefore, I emphasized well to the hearing of the church that it is not what the people do for God that can change them and please God, but it is what God is doing in our lives that we are changed. …… Take up your cross and follow me, God said. 2. We worked as entertainers in the past for a noble purpose. Why would God not honor our godly intention? Tainted wealth has no
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