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Sunday 9-12-10 Pastor Alex sermon:
Money Matters Matt 25:15-30

1) God Owns It All:
America did not …..DID NOT invent money!! God made money and has money enough for everything. God created economy, money etc. He said its hard for rich people to get into Heaven because of their love of money. The love of money is the root of all evil.
Money brings out pride, greed, lusts etc. If people love money more than God then they will not get into Heaven. If the rich man has to choose between God and the dollar bill,
He will choose the dollar bill. God owns it ALL and its not ours! Whether we are poor or rich, the money is STILL God’s! In the parable of the talents, God wanted the people to be RESPONDSIBLE with the money they were given. We want to NOT be bound by our financial situation.

2) Christians Are Subject to the Economy Just Like Everybody Else:
We need to STOP thinking that because we are God’s children, the world economy won’t affect us. We are subject to the economic conditions of this world also. We need to be like Joseph in Genesis and do what he did. He prepared for the seven year famine, seven years before it came, by laying up food in storehouses. He was ready and prepared when the famine finally came. We need to do like Joseph and prepare, save up, lay up and do things to BE prepared before the next crisis.

** STOP RESISTING GOD !!
A) Seek Wisdom with our finances!
B) Have Integrity in our dealings!
C) Don’t Go into Debt! We are slaves to the debtor. Do you want to be a slave?
Be careful, pursue God to get info on how to handle our money. Cry out to God and
He will show us mighty things. God will help us prepare for future dealings in the economy.

3) Tithing Is A Reminder From God:
Tithing reminds us that God owns ALL the MONEY. Tithing reminds us that we ARE subject to the world economy. God is trying to get our attention thru the tithes.

***Tithing is NOT an Old Testament law. Jesus said for us to pay tithes and taxes:
Render to God the things that are His and render to Caesar the things that are his.

***The Church is NOT always talking about money. We need to be about the Kingdom business and it takes money to reach people with the gospel. So give your 10% tithe and move on with God’s plan for your life.
****Be Kingdom Minded With Our Money!!!
****We are going to face Jesus one day and our reward is going to be based on how we did what He asked us to do!!
****We just need to manage our money the way God wants us to!!
****We need to ask ourselves are we doing it God’s way to be economically success?

Amen

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