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In the Day of Prosperity
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Adversity Prosperity

• The Devil can use both adversity (Job) and
  prosperity (rich young ruler) to lead us away
  from God (Prov. 308-9)
• Americans are a prosperous people (AHI
  50,000) consider how much we really have
• The rich are in denial do the rich passages
  in the Bible apply to us? Consider the following
  five biblical admonitions concerning our
  prosperity

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In the Day of Prosperity

• Stay humble the tendency of the rich is to take
  credit for their prosperity and let it go to
  their head (Psa. 496 527 Prov. 2811
  1 Tim. 617 Rev. 317)
• Share it the tendency of the rich is to keep
  their prosperity for themselves (Mt. 2757 1
  Tim. 618-19 Heb. 1316)

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In the Day of Prosperity

• Dont idolize things the tendency of the rich
  is to focus on their prosperity, not on their
  soul (Psa. 6210 Prov. 1128 Esther 511 Mk.
  1023-24 Lk. 1216-21 1619ff
  1 Tim. 69,10, 17 Rev. 183)
• Be happy and content the tendency of the rich
  is to complain even in their prosperity (Psa.
  14412-15 Eccl. 519-20 714
  1 Tim. 66-8)

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In the Day of Prosperity

• Remember God the tendency of the rich is to
  forget about God
• Gods blessings (Deut. 49, 23 610-12 811-19)
• Gods work (Mk. 1241-42)
• Gods word (Mt. 1322)

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In the Day of Prosperity

• Abraham (Gen. 132), Joseph of Arimathaea (Mt.
  2757 Isa. 539), and Zacchaeus (Lk. 192) were
  rich, but they were also faithful to God
• We can be prosperous and faithful to God!