Wealth is Dangerous

By Richard

Luke 16 is another one of the Gospel passages where Jesus talks a lot about money. We need to take note because He does so way more often than many of us in the material saturated west like to hear. I think that these are some of the things that Jesus says about material wealth in the chapter (not in order).

Wealth is dangerous because it can take away our focus from God (13)

Wealth is dangerous because it can make us think too much of, and about, ourselves (14, 15)

Wealth is dangerous because it can isolate us from others (inverse of 9)

Everything we have belongs to God. We are managers of God’s wealth, not owners of our wealth (1-9)

How we use wealth during our lifetime will determine what God entrusts us with in eternity (10-12)

We need to repent of misusing wealth (30)

We need to use our wealth to look after the poor and needy (19-26)

We need to use our wealth to build relationships with others (9)

Idea for Mountainview: How about using some of your income to specifically build bridges with those who do not yet have faith. Treat them to a coffee, buy them lunch, have them over and cook them a nice meal.