21.Jesus' Attitude To Money - Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenAugust 17, 201725mWatch on YouTube

Part ofFundamental Biblical Truths18 of 25

Visit our website for more information: www.cfcindia.com Fundamental Biblical Truths 1.God's Purpose For Man 2.God's Provision For Man 3.Satan's Tactics 4.The Fall Of Man 5.Two Types Of Sins 6.Free Will And The Conscience 7.Grace And Faith 8.True Repentance 9.Repentance From All Sins 10.God's Two Fold Provision 11.God Is A God Of Love 12.The Power Of God's Word 13.How Satan Became Satan 14.Salvation From Sin 15.Jesus Is Our Forerunner 16.Why Satan Was Not Destroyed 17.Transformation 18.The Humanity Of Jesus 19.Likeness To Christ 20.Holiness Of Jesus 21.Jesus' Attitude To Money 22.Examples Of Humility 23.Satan Has Been Defeated 24.Faith Results In Praise 25.The New Covenant 26.Escaping Deception 27.The Right Way To Pray 28.God Centred Prayer

Summary

Jesus' earthly life demonstrated that all of God's commands are possible for humanity to obey through grace, proving Satan's lie that God's law is too difficult. Specifically regarding money, Jesus taught that one cannot serve two masters, identifying them as God and Mammon. Therefore, a person's attachment to earthly wealth inherently shows a lack of devotion to God.

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Jesus as our example in overcoming temptationGod sent Jesus to earth not only to die for our sins but to demonstrate how to live through humility and by overcoming every human temptation.

Resisting the downward pull of the bodyJust like humans who have pulls downward and upward, Jesus felt bodily and material temptations but never yielded to them.

Keeping bodily passions under controlPaul explains in Corinthians that believers must treat their bodies as slaves and exercise self-control, or risk being disqualified.

You cannot serve God and MammonJesus taught that our holiness is tested by our attitude toward money, stating that loving money means despising God.Luke 16:13

Jesus working as a carpenterJesus worked to support his family until age thirty, earning a living honestly, avoiding debt, and keeping his expenses within his earnings.

Avoiding debt and paying taxesBelievers are instructed not to remain in debt and to render to Caesar what belongs to the government.Romans 13:8

Financial support in full-time ministryIn full-time work, Jesus relied on financial contributions from supporters like certain women who gave out of their private means.

The New Testament way of trusting God for needsJesus never solicited a salary, advertised his needs, or asked people for support, trusting his Heavenly Father entirely.

Buying what we need without judging othersThe disciples assumed Judas was using the money box to buy feast needs or give to the poor, showing we should buy what we need without judging others' standards of living.

Giving to the poor and maintaining detachmentThough poor himself, Jesus gave to those even poorer and remained detached from money even when Judas stole from the funds.John 7:53

Forsaking possessive attitudes toward material thingsDiscipleship requires us to be careful in our use of material things while completely forsaking a possessive attitude toward them.

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