Wisdom About Money

The Pursuit of Wisdom
Wisdom About Money

I. Introduction

A. “Wisdom is having competence in the complexities of life where the moral rules or laws don’t apply.” (Tim Keller)

II. Why Do We Need Wisdom About Money?

A. Because money vices are so

1. Money can corrupt .

a. Proverbs 11:1 (NAS) A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is His delight.

b. God is much more concerned with the kind of we are becoming than He is with specific acts of “goodness” we perform.

2. Money can distort our and .

a. Proverbs 11:4 (NAS) Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

3. Money can magnify at the expense of .

a. Proverbs 11:26 (NLT) People curse those who hoard their grain, but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

B. Because money can much of what we want

1. Proverbs 10:15 (NLT) The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

2. Matthew 6:24 (NAS) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

C. Because financial wisdom is at the heart of spiritual

1. You will never be spiritually mature until you begin doing your money !

2. Proverbs 30:8-9 (NAS) ⁸Keep deception and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion, ⁹that I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?” Or that I not be in want and steal, and profane the name of my God.

III. Thoughts to Consider About the Subject of Money

A. It’s not about the .

1. Money has created “ anxiety.”

2. Proverbs 14:30a (NAS) A tranquil heart is life to the body.

B. It about the money.

1. The “tithe” means giving God the first 10% of all the He brings our way!

2. Malachi 3:10 (NAS) “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”

3. Proverbs 3:9-10 (NAS) ⁹Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first of all your produce; ¹⁰so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine.

4. Proverbs 29:7 (NLT) The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don’t care at all.

5. Proverbs 28:27 (NLT) Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

IV. Conclusion