So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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… trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. And whoever has been dishonest with very little will be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth like Bitcoin, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with somebody else's property, who will give you property of your own? No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Then the Pharisees who love money heard all this and they were sneering at Jesus. And he said to them, you are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts and what people value is highly detestable in God's sight. I want to preach a message today, write down the title. It's called Stewardship, a Samaritan, and Self-Righteousness. Stewardship, a Samaritan, and Self-Righteousness. Come on, let's pray over the word of God today. Lord, we thank you that your word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. …
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much. And he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore, if you've not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust true riches? If you've not been faithful in what is another man's, who will give you what is your own? He then goes on to talk about not serving God and mammon. Mammon, it refers to money, but more specifically in this context, when he says you cannot serve God and mammon is referring to a spirit being that works to influence the economics of the nations of the world. Mammon is personified in this illustration. So if you don't know of a prevailing power or influence in a land, if you don't realize it's there, you won't live in opposite to it. If you don't live in opposite to it, you will fall prey to its influence. It doesn't mean it controls, just means there's influence. …
… If you go back and read Luke chapter 16. And then Jesus said in Luke 16 verse 11, And if you've not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? May I explain that to you? Friend, if you can't trust God with your finances, how is God going to trust you with true spiritual riches? Prove me, God says. Prove me. Put me to the test. God will renew our faith. And I'll tell you something else He'll do. He'll rebuke our foes. Look in verse 11. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sake, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground. Neither shall your vine cast their fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. These were farmers. Maybe you're not a farmer, but you still have foes, hospital bills, car repairs, your loss of job, recession, depression. All of these things, God says, I will come to your side. I'll rebuke these things that have been devouring your income. …