The Christian and Money (5)

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The Christian and Money (5)
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The Sinful Use of
Money
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Examples

• Jesus was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
• Matt. 2614-15
• While Judas later regretted it, the damage was
  done. He hanged himself
• Sins of greed, bribery, complicity to murder and
  falsehood

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Examples

• Joseph sold into slavery for 20 shekels of silver
• Gen 3728
• The price of a slave
• Sins of greed, betrayal, lies, selfishness,
  hatred.

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Examples

• Balak bribed Balaam to curse Israel
• Num. 227
• Balaam, while forbidden to curse Israel (2218,
  2413) found a way around it (cf. Num. 25)
• Sins of greed, bribery, deception, duplicity.
  Balak also guilty of sin

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Examples

• Delilah was bribed to defeat Samson
• Judges 164-5, 18
• Philistines Bribed Delilah with HUGE sum of money
  to find Samsons strength
• Sins of greed, bribery, deception, duplicity
  cruelty. Philistines also guilty!

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Examples

• Haman offered to pay for the destruction of the
  Jews
• Esther 39-11, 47
• Haman convinces the king to annihilate the Jews
  for 10,000 talents of silver
• Sins of hatred, cruelty, blood money,
  arrogance.

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Examples

• Abimelech conspires to be king
• Judges 94
• Abimelech wanting to rule, hires worthless men to
  murder his 70 brothers.
• Sins of pride, cruelty, blood money, bribery,
  power-hungry

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Examples

• Elders charge usury
• Nehemiah 57
• In times of Nehemiah, the wealthy were taking
  advantage of brethren for personal profit
• Violated Lev. 2536-37, Deut. 2319-20
• Sins of greed, oppression, usury, law breaking,
  etc.

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• The Sinful Use of Money

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Sinful Use of Money

• Greed, Covetousness, love of
• Most common sinful attitude
• Greed the strong desire to attain wealth and
  hold onto it.
• 1 Tim. 69-10 the love of money Eccl. 510,
  James 51-5

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Sinful Use of Money

• Greed, Covetousness, love of
• Covetousness a strong desire to acquire more
  and more material possessions or to possess more
  things than other people have.
• Rom. 128, 1 Cor. 510-11, 610
• Eph. 53-5, Col. 35
• Heb. 135

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Sinful Use of Money

• Stealing
• Taking that which belongs to another
• Exodus 2015, Deut. 519
• Rom. 221, 139
• Eph. 428

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Sinful Use of Money

• Gambling
• Not merely taking a chance
• 2 or more parties wagering in a game of chance in
  hopes of winning what others wagered

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Sinful Use of Money

• Gambling
• Involves
• Covetousness
• Principles of labor Eph. 428, 2 Thess. 310
• Poor stewardship Rom. 121-2
• Associated with worldly and evil practices 2
  Cor. 617

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Sinful Use of Money

• Going into debt
• We live in a credit driven society
• Rom. 138
• Consider Prov. 227, 1 Cor. 723Is your debt
  hindering youIs your debt causing stress,
  problems, etc.Is it materialistic?
• NOT paying debts Psa.3721

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Sinful Use of Money

• Usury
• Charging high or excessive interest for a loan
• Was absolutely forbidden in Israel!
• Condemned Prov. 288, 2216
• Does this describe our credit industry?

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Sinful Use of Money

• Usury
• Charging high or excessive interest for a loan
• Was absolutely forbidden in Israel!
• Condemned Prov. 288, 2216
• Does this describe our credit industry?

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Sinful Use of Money

• Exploiting the poor
• Simply taking advantage of the disadvantage with
  your resources
• Condemned Mark 1240, Jas. 51-4, 25-7, etc.
• Clearly such is driven by greed and materialism

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Sinful Use of Money

• Trusting in riches
• Job 3124-28 if Job was trusting in silver he
  deserved Gods wrath (though he was wrong about
  the source)
• Luke 1220 the rich fool!
• Matt. 619, 1626

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Sinful Use of Money

• Materialism
• The pursuit of things
• Refusing to work, Laziness
• 2 Thess. 310 if anyone will not work, neither
  shall he eat
• Prov. 189, 2614-16

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Sinful Use of Money

• Pretending to be rich
• Prov. 137 living beyond ones means.
  Deceitful and worldly!
• Not paying taxes, cheating
• Rom. 131, 5-7, Matt. 2221 God demands it!

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• May we seek to be unspotted from the world, Jas.
  127