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A Warning to the rich
A Warning to the rich
“Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 19
Cant serve God and Money
2350 bible verses about money
Are you rich?
Are you rich?
Do you own property?
Do you own a vehicle?
Do you own a cell phone?
In the past 30 days :
have you eaten at a restaurant?
have you eaten every day?
Do you know that you will be able to eat next week?
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
James
James is
You will see, however that James isn’t talking about all rich people, but the unrighteous rich.
4 indictments of the unrighteous rich person.
They were investing in the wrong place
They were investing in the wrong place
Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.
Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!
Garments were where wealth were stored. Jewels, gold and silver were sewn into the garment itself.
Jesus tells us in to store up treasures in heaven.
Investment:
Enron: 1995 America’s most Innovative Company
Chances are that in the late 90’s if you had an aggressive 401K, you had some Enron stock in it.
$10,000 in 1997 grew to over 25,000 in 1999.
December 2001 that 10,000 was worth about $74.00.
James is pointing out that there will soon come a time that all the earthly possessions will go bankrupt
Jesus tells us in to Store up our treasures in heaven.
Spend your time, talent and treasure wisely.
They were stealing from their workers to make themselves richer.
They were stealing from their workers to make themselves richer.
You steal from
James 5:
Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Our daughter use to be a waitress at Fat City. Sunday horror stories.
Customers coming from Church were rude, demanding, overly picky
Sundays are the worst website.
.....most of all, they were bad tippers.
I don’t like the practice of tipping. I would rather the restaurant pay the employees a fair wage, and I’ll pay for my food.
They lived like heaven on earth....but its the only one they will see.
They lived like heaven on earth....but its the only one they will see.
James
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The pig thinks the farmer is his friend.
Paul said, if there is no resurrection, then eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you shall die. But Jesus rose from the dead.
For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
They bent the rules and harmed others for their gain.
They bent the rules and harmed others for their gain.
You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.
James
In 2013 a Texas judge decided not to send a rich 16 year old to prison after he killed 4 people while driving drunk. The boy was said to suffer from affluenza.
If you mock the laws of God, then before long, you won’t follow anyone’s rules.
Because of our sin, we condemned a righteous man to death.