1. How we hold and use our money, reveals much about our spiritual life and character

2. Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

3. James the Just Proverbs30:9; 1Timothy 6:10

4. Non-payment of wages 4 Influence in the courts 6a Merciless persecution 6a

5. They stored it up 3 They lived a totally selfish lifestyle 3,5 They lived in luxury 2

6. Their riches will vanish 2-3a Their misused riches will corrupt character 3 Their riches will mean ruin and not blessing 3 Certainty of judgement 3,5

7. A transformed life and transformed money We are not our own, neither is our wealth Our faith actions and money actions