Keeping the Victory Archive

D. GIVING: A SOURCE OF GOD’S BLESSING 1 of 4 Giving is a matter of faith, not a matter of what we have. As an example, here is a spiritual principle you will disagree with unless you have faith. After you have given one dollar in tithe out of your ten dollar income, the nine dollars left – with God’s blessing on it – will go farther toward meeting your needs than the ten dollars without God’s blessing. (Go back and read it once more). No mathematics teacher in...

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C. BEWARE THE LOVE OF MONEY – Part 5 of 5 8. Three Weaknesses To Watch Three weaknesses usually let us know if  we have a problem with the love of money: l  selfishness, l  bad stewardship, and l  not giving to God. a. Selfishness. There are ministers who use the Lord’s money to buy expensive motorcycles and houses. “We’ll use them for the Lord’s service, “they rationalize. It can be exactly the same immature self-centered thinking as the fellows in the boot camp dormitory. Buying a one hundred...

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C. BEWARE THE LOVE OF MONEY – Part 4 of 5 7. Possession Can Be Dangerous Possessing money can arouse areas of sin and weakness we have failed to deal within our lives. a. Sin And Weaknesses Aroused, Paul says of the righteous law of God, “I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet. ‘But sin taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind…” (Rom 7:7). “But sin used this law against evil desires by reminding...

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C. BEWARE THE LOVE OF MONEY – Part 3 of 5 5. Money Can Be a Blessing God blesses His people with money, often giving them abundant wealth to accomplish His purpose in the earth. When the Children of Israel came out of Egypt, they took most of the silver and gold with them. After ten plagues, the Egyptians were so anxious to see them go, they gave them “jewels of silver, and jewels of gold and raiment” (Exo 12:35). “He brought them forth also with silver and gold..”...

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C. BEWARE THE LOVE OF MONEY – Part 2 of 5 3. You Cannot Love God And Money No wonder true spiritual power and great wealth often seem so incompatible Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:23). “It had happened that a certain young ruler of the Jewish people had come to Jesus and asked, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ and Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No...

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C. BEWARE THE LOVE OF MONEY – Part 1 of 5 Money is necessary. With it we buy things we need to live. Many people, because they don’t have enough of it, are hungry, ill-clad and suffer from the ravages of disease. Thus, poverty is a curse, not a blessing. On the other hand, others who have more than they need are often greedy and sometimes cause the suffering of poor people. But money itself doesn’t cause the evil which often results from its use. It is the love...

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B. MONEY: A SNARE OF SATAN Money can have a hook in it! If you don’t relate to it rightly, you’ll be snared by your love for it. Satan, who is the prince of the power of the air, uses money as one of his most effective snares 1. Mammon: A Pagan God. In Matthew 6:24, Jesus taught about two masters (lords) to choose between: God and Mammon. Mammon was the name of the pagan god of wealth and prosperity. Using the name the way He did, Jesus was...

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