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GodÆs Financial Blessings

There are numerous references to money, riches, and wealth in the Bible. In the New Testament, Jesus is concerned about wealth in two primary ways. The first is how money or wealth is acquired and the second is how that money or wealth is used. The Old Testament also demonstrates these concerns over money and wealth. In Proverbs 22:16 it expresses the ultimate condition of those who acquire and use money unjustly, ôHe who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the richùboth come to povertyö (Money 2003, 1). The Bible and Jesus do not condemn wealth for its own sake or equate being wealthy with being sinful. Rather, the life of Jesus and the Bible deem wealth that is unjustly acquired and unjustly used as being sinful and damning. Only when wealth is acquired in a just manner and only when wealth is used to show commitment to the values of Jesus Christ by aiding the needy are individuals using GodÆs financial blessings properly. As written in Psalm 41:1, ôHappy are those concerned for the poor; The Lord will help them when they are in troubleö (What 2004, 2). This analysis will examine the views on GodÆs financial blessings found in the Bible and the life of Jesus.

The Bible, God, and the life of Jesus demonstrate that money is neither good nor evil but neutral. For it is up to the individual to use money as a tool to affirm commitment to the values of the Kingdom of Heaven. Money becomes good or evil depending on how it is acquired and its use, ôFor the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faithful in their greedinessö (I Tim 6:10). However, despite there being many censures in the Bible of misuse of money and unjust acquisition of money, God wants human beings to live in abundance but he remains the ultimate giver. As He expresses to Abram in Genesis 17:8, ôAlso I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are ...

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