Real life Week 9 “Lifestyles of the Rich and Godly”
Lifestyles of the Rich and Godly
Your _____________ determines your _________________.
For the follower of Jesus, “behavior modification” is intended to be ______________, not _______________.
If James is going to talk about “real life”, then he obviously has to talk about _______________.
James’ primary audience is those whose _______________ with their _________ indicates a problem in their ____________ in their __________.
All of us in this room are financially ________________.
The Bible speaks more about the _______________ one does with his wealth than the ________________ of one’s wealth.
Wealth tends to _______________ one from their genuine sense of _______________. Matthew 19:23-24
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
The potential problems with money do not involve the _____________; but they involve the _____________ and ___________.
James 5:1-6
Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a] 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
- The godly rich realize the _____________ of judgment. (vs 1) Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
We tend to associate wealth with ______________ of judgment.
In God’s economy, sin is paid for by His _____________, not our _______________.
Money doesn’t _______________ bad behavior, rather money increases the ________________ of good behavior.
- The godly rich realize the __________ “treasure”. (vs 2-3) 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
The ________________ state of riches indicates a lack of perspective on the ______________ state of riches.
It is better to give ____________ to receive. 1 Timothy 6:17-19
17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
The real treasure of real life is wealth used to do ___________, to be _____________ and to bring about God’s _______________.
- The godly rich realize their ________________ to the poor. (vs 4) Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
The materially and spiritually poor have always been at the _____________ of God’s activity.
Wealth by itself, doesn’t lead to a culture of __________.