What did Jesus say about Money? “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35

UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” (1 Tim.6:10) “Life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” (Lk.12:15)

UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC “To become a real servant you are going to have to settle the issue of money in your life. Jesus said, “No servant can serve two masters… you cannot serve both God and money.” …Money has the greatest potential to replace God in your life. More people are sidetracked from serving by materialism than by anything else.”

UPSIDE-DOWN LOGIC As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on. (Lk.21:1-4)

MONEY is an IDOL ENVY “Our entire advertising industry is built on inciting envy of colleagues and neighbours, so that whatever new electronic marvel or body shape my neighbour has, I want it too.”

MONEY is an IDOL GREED is “the economic engine of the world [and it] depends on a constant sense of discontent that motivates each consumer to desire ever more.”

MONEY is an IDOL “Why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.” (Mt.6:28,29)

MONEY is an IDOL “Wealth builders continue to amass wealth for themselves no matter how much they make, but Kingdom builders change the rules of the game. They still try to make as much money as they can, but they do it in order to give it away. They use the wealth to fund God’s church and its mission in the world.”

COLLECTORS or CHANNELS?

Philip Yancey

CHEERFUL (hilarious) GIVING

CHEERFUL GIVING “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Mt.6:21)

“When you understand what Jesus has done for you, it frees you. When you realize that you are made righteous by his grace and not by your achievement, and that you are loved in Jesus Christ, it changes the way you look at power, money, and status; they don’t control you anymore.”

What did Jesus say about Money? A widow who gave all she had A farmer who was greedy for more, with no place for God A woman who poured a year’s wages over Jesus’ feet A family who were generous every Sunday to students Shops and advertising together, seeking our worship at their cash registers; be on our guard against this idolatry We are to be channels not collectors; stewards not owners; generous and not greedy.

What did Jesus say about Money? “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35