Four Myths About Money - The Blessed Life Part 4

To Adam he said… “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food… Genesis 3:17-19 NIV Myth #1 - Poverty Is Next To Godliness. “A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. Mark 2:1 NIV 23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.” John 19:23-24 NIV “Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.” Genesis 13:2 NKJV 3 “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction… 4 I am donating more than 112 tons of gold… and 262 tons of refined silver to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings. 1 Chron. 29:3-5 NLT 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. Romans 12:6-8 NIV Myth #2 - There is a relationship between money and happiness. 17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 1 Timothy 6:17 Myth #3 - To Be Wealthy Is A Sin. Myth #4 - Money Is The Root Of All Evil. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:10 NIV “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’ 25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained, 28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high. Job 31:24-25, 28 Those who trust in their riches will fall, Proverbs 11:28