1 Where Is Your Treasure? March 20, 2011 – Chinese Grace Bible Church Rev. Jim Jessup Director of Church Relations & Alumni William Jessup University

2 Where is your Treasure? Matthew 13:44 “The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”

3 Where is your Treasure?

4 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager.

5 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”

6 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. Haggai 2:8 “The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

7 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “ 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”

8 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. Mark 12:43-44 “ 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

9 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. Luke 12:16 “And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.” “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.”

10 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures:

11 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money.

12 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money.

13 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

14 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. Matthew 19:24 “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.?”

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16 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism.

17 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism.

18 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Ecclesiastes 5:10 “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.”

19 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,  'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'

20 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Matthew 6:19-20 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures:

22 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. God owns everything; therefore I am his money manager. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. My heart always goes where I put God’s money. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

23 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

24 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. Deuteronomy 8:18 “But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.”

25 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. 2 Corinthians 9:11 “You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”

26 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. Matthew 19:21 “Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

27 Four Key Principles in Storing up Treasures: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. Matthew 19:29 “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.”

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29 Where is your Treasure?

30 Where is your Treasure? “Money can be a tool or a treasure, and your heart will always follow the things that you treasure!”