Topical Teaching #02
WEALTH
BY
TINA C. PORTER
MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S ONLINE THESAURUS
Entry Word: wealth
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 the total of one's money and property <her wealth increased to the point where she could afford several luxurious homes> Synonyms assets, capital, fortune, means, opulence, riches, substance, wherewithal Related Words belongings, chattels, effects, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, things; finances,
money; king's ransom, mint, wad; abundance, affluence, prosperity,
success; treasure, valuables; accession, acquisition, personalty,
property; nest egg, reserve, resources, savings, treasury; collateral; heap, pile, pot; bonanza, mine, treasure trove Near Antonyms debts, liabilities; indebtedness 2 a considerable amount <a wealth of advice from all quarters on how they should spend their lottery winnings> see lot 2
3 an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs <a wealth
of documentation to support her thesis> see plenty 1
We hear so much about wealth, both inside and outside of the church. Much of it is greed based. It's all around us. There are different forms of being wealthy, but I believe the Lord reveals to us His secrets if we are obedient. Yes, we have the use of, and should have money, to use wisely as good stewards. Although some people still barter services and supplies, money is our most used currency. Many people need to know, the living Word of God talks so much about wealth, He knows what we need.
I went to the Lord in prayer and He gave me these scriptures on wealth. I encourage you to pray and meditate in His word, asking the Lord to speak to you as you read. Study and ask Him to change any wrong mind sets that you may have from the world's views! Allow Him to encourage your faith through His word.
Blessings, Tina
PROVERBS 10:22)It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich and He adds no sorrow to it.
PROVERBS 11:25,26,31)--
The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will but y
himself be
watered. He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, but
blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. If the righteous will
be rewarded in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner.
HEBREWS 4:1-2)--
-Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, anyone of you should seem to come short of it.
For
indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the
word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith
in those who heard.
--When
we walk in His ways and put His kingdom first, God always has a plan
for our blessings and rewards, because He is so gracious and kind to
give us far more, and above all that we can ask or think!!
1 COR. 4:1-8)---Let
a man regard us in this manner,as servants of Christ, and stewards of
the mysteries of God, In this case, moreover, it is required of
stewards, that one be found trustworthy,But to me it is a very small
thingthat I should be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact,
I do not even examine myself. I am conscious of nothing against myself,
yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the
Lord.therefore, do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait
until the Lord comes who will both come to light the things hidden in
the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts;and then each
man's praise will come to him from God.Now these things, brethren, I
have figuratively applied to myself and Apollo for your sakes, that in
us you might learn not to exceed what is written, in order that no one
of you might become arrogant in behalf of one against the other. For
who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not
receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not
recieved it? You are already filled, you have already become rich, you
have become kings without us; and I would indeed that you become kings
so that we also might reign with you.
1 TIM.3:1-7)
It
is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of
overseer,it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be
above reproach, the husband of one wife,temperate, prudent,
respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or
pugnacious, but gentle, uncontentious, free from the love of money. He
must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children
under control with all dignity(but if a man does not know how to manage
his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?); and
not a new convert, lest he become conceited and fall into the
condemnation incurred by the devil. And he must have a good reputation
with those outside the church, so that he may not fall into reproach
and the snare of the devil.
JOB 42:10-17)--
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold.
Then
all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all who had known him
before, came to him and they ate bread with him in his house; and they
consoled him and comported him for all the evil that the Lord had
brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a
ring of gold. And
the
Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he
had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, and 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000
female donkeys. And he had seven sons and three daughters. And he named
the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third Kerren-happuch.
And in all the land no women were found so fair as Job's daughters: and
their father gave them inheiritance among their brothers. And after
this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his grandsons, four
generations. And Job died an old man and full of days.
--He
will always take us through the "fire", but it will always work out for
our good in the end, and His glory, when we have been proven faithful!!
1 KINGS 6:11-14)--Now
the word of the Lord came to Solomon saying, "Concerning this house
which you are building, if you will walk in MY statues, and execute MY
ordinances and keep all MY comandments by walking in them, then I will
carry out MY word with you which I spoke t
o David
your father, " And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not
forsake MY people Israel." So Solomon built the house and finished it.
LUKE 18:29-30)-And
He said to them," No one who has left house or wife or brothers or
children for the sake of the kingdom of God who shall not receive many
times as much at this time, and in the age to come, eternal life.
Colossians1:24-29) --
Now
I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share
on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is
lacking in Christ's afflictions. Of this church I was made a minister
according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit,
so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, that
is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and
generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God
willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We
proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all
wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. For this
purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily
works within me.
James 2:5)
-
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world
to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those
who love Him?
PROVERBS 22:4)- The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD
Are riches, honor and life.
--Our God is true to His promises, that is one thing that will not change!!
DUET 28:1-14) --Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the LORD your God, being
careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD
your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God:
"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
"Blessed
shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and
the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young
of your flock.
"Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
"Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
"The
LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated
before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before
you seven ways.
"The
LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that
you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD
your God gives you.
"The
LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to
you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His
ways.
"So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you.
"The
LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body
and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground,
in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
"The
LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain
to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations,
ou shall not borrow.
"The
LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be
above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the
commandments of the LORD your God, which I charge you today, to observe
them carefully,
and do
not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the
right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
DEUT 8:1-6)-
"All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers.
"You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
"He
humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did
not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand
that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
"Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
"Thus you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
"Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
DEUT 8:17-20)-
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'
"But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it
is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His
covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
"It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
"Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.
--I've heard people interpret this passage in different ways. Please read all of ch 45 and pray that God will give you the Holy Spirit's veiw!! Do your own research, and I think you will have a better understanding.
ISAIAH 45:3)-
"I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
2CHRONICLES 20:20)-
They rose early in the
morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went
out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed."
2CHRONICLES 18:1)-Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.
2CHRONICLES 16:9)-
"For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars."
1CHRONICLES 29:12)-"Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.
You can read more of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4.
1CHRONICLES 4:10)-
Now Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed
and enlarge my border, and that Your hand m
ight be with me, and that
You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!" And God granted
him what he requested.
