4. PROVERBS 22:7
The rich rule over the
poor, and the borrower is
servant to the lender.

5. `EBED
(eh'-bed)
a servant,
a slave,
in bondage

6. Sometimes, we don’t want to
talk about money in the church
because we think it’s unbiblical.

7. But, two-thirds of the parables
dealt with money and
possessions.

8. In Gospels, 1 of 10 verses deal
directly with money.

9. There are 2,300 verses in the
Bible; five times as many as
prayer and faith.

10. THE TEMPTATION OF
MONEY AND THINGS

11. I. WE ARE TEMPTED
TO SERVE MONEY.

12. MATTHEW 6:24
No one can serve two
masters. Either you will hate
the one and love the other,
or you will be devoted to the
one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God
and money.

13. II. WE ARE TEMPTED
TO LOVE MONEY.

14. 1 TIMOTHY 6:10
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.

15. ECCLESIASTES 5:10
Whoever loves money
never has enough;
whoever loves wealth
is never satisfied with
their income.
This too is meaningless.

16. 1 TIMOTHY 6:10
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.

17. A GODLY
PERSPECTIVE
ON MONEY

18. WE DON’T SERVE
MONEY -
WE SERVE GOD.

19. •MONEY SERVES US
AS WE SERVE GOD.

20. ROMANS 13:8
Let no debt remain
outstanding, except the
continuing debt to love
one another, for whoever
loves others has fulfilled
the law.

21. MATTHEW 6:19-21
19 Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on
earth, where moths and
vermin destroy, and
where thieves break in
and steal.

22. MATTHEW 6:19-21
20 But store up for
yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moths and
vermin do not destroy,
and where thieves do not
break in and steal.

23. MATTHEW 6:19-21
21 For where your
treasure is, there your
heart will be also.

24. LUKE 12:15
Then He said to them,
“Watch out! Be on your
guard against all kinds of
greed; a man’s life does not
consist in the abundance of
his possessions.

25. PROVERBS 12:9
Better to be a nobody and
yet have a servant than
pretend to be somebody
and have no food.

26. LUKE 16:10-11
10 “Whoever can be
trusted with very little can
also be trusted with much,
and whoever is dishonest
with very little will also be
dishonest with much.

27. LUKE 16:10-11
11 So if you have not been
trustworthy in handling
worldly wealth, who will
trust you with true
riches?”

28. PROVERBS 21:20
In the house of the wise
are stores of choice food
and oil, but a foolish man
devours all he has.

29. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
6 But godliness with
contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing
into the world, and we
can take nothing out of it.

30. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
8 But if we have food and
clothing, we will be content
with that. 9 People who want to
get rich fall into temptation and
a trap and into many foolish
and harmful desires that plunge
men into ruin and destruction.

31. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10
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.

32. MONEY PROMISES
WHAT ONLY GOD
CAN PROVIDE

33. MONEY PROMISES
US SECURITY.

34. MONEY PROMISES
US SIGNIFICANCE.