How Should We Use Our Money?
Biblical Guidelines on the Personal Use of Money

Introduction:  Whether in marriage relationships or in political affairs, the use of money can be a source of great conflict and hardship.  The Bible offers a number of guidelines to help us determine how the Lord would have us to use our money.

I.  Priorities.

A.  We Cannot Serve God and Mammon.  (Matt. 6:24).

B.  The Love of Money is a Root of All Evil (1 Tim. 6:6-10).

II.  Giving.

A.  We Are Given the Skill to Work So That We Might Have to Give to Others  (Eph. 4:28).

1.  We Are to Do Good to All As We Have Opportunity (Gal. 6:10).

B.  Giving in the Church is to Be Offered as One Purposes in the Heart (2 Cor. 9:7-8).

1.  It Is Not The Size of the Gift That Concerns the Lord (Mark 12:41-44).

2.  We Will Reap As We Have Sown (2 Cor. 9:6).

III.  Stewardship.

A.  All that we are Given is a Trust from The Lord (Psa. 24:1).

B.  God Has Given Man Authority Over His Possessions (Acts 5:3-4).

1.  Excessive Debt is a Trap Christians Should Avoid (Prov. 22:26-27).

IV.  Leisure and Enjoyment.

A.  God Denies Lustful Aspirations (Jas. 4:1-3).

B.  It Is Fitting For God’s People to Enjoy the Fruits of their Labor (Ecc. 5:18-20).