Nehemiah 5
Intro
Message
The Problem
Do you think beyond yourself when you think about how you deal with your money and how you go about accumulating money? Do you ever ask whether what you do with your money harms other Christians or keeps them from being able to devote themselves to the work of the church?
The Solution
W. E. Sangster used to pose the searching question: ‘Are some people outside the Church of Jesus Christ because I am inside?’
The Example
Our need is to balance all of the Bible’s teaching on the subject of money. Our need is to see that even if we sell what we have and give it away, we haven’t necessarily done what would please God. We also need to see that indulging ourselves at the expense of others does not please God. Our need is to know how to steward what we have for the glory of Christ, the good of others, and the advance of the gospel.