STOCK MARKET 4: WISE STEWARD
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Investment
a) Should Christians invest in the Stock Market? Is there a conflict of interest if they do? What does the Bible say about investing?
1. Investmenta) Should Christians invest in the Stock Market? Is there a conflict of interest if they do? What does the Bible say about investing?
2. Wise Steward
a) Earning money honestly in the Stock Market and then using it for the Kingdom of Heaven is being a wise steward with what God has given us. Jesus tells us to “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you“ (Luke 6:38).
b) We can never out give God but when we give for God’s purposes, He will give back to us by the same measure with which we give and it will be “poured into your lap.” When what is then poured into your lap is then returned back to Him, He continues the cycle.
c) It is not so that you can be rich but you can reap eternal rewards in heaven while helping those who are in need today and to fund the costs of the gospel going into all the world.
d) Just remember, “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously” (2 Corinthians 9:6) because “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them” (Hebrews 6:10).
e) So we say to you, invest wisely and you will reap and whatever you reap you can sow back into the Kingdom and when you do, God will pour back into your lap what again can be sown for the Kingdom of Heaven…and for His glory. And His glory is what we are to be pursuing above all things.
The End ...
a) Earning money honestly in the Stock Market and then using it for the Kingdom of Heaven is being a wise steward with what God has given us. Jesus tells us to “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you“ (Luke 6:38).
b) We can never out give God but when we give for God’s purposes, He will give back to us by the same measure with which we give and it will be “poured into your lap.” When what is then poured into your lap is then returned back to Him, He continues the cycle.
c) It is not so that you can be rich but you can reap eternal rewards in heaven while helping those who are in need today and to fund the costs of the gospel going into all the world.
d) Just remember, “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously” (2 Corinthians 9:6) because “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them” (Hebrews 6:10).
e) So we say to you, invest wisely and you will reap and whatever you reap you can sow back into the Kingdom and when you do, God will pour back into your lap what again can be sown for the Kingdom of Heaven…and for His glory. And His glory is what we are to be pursuing above all things.
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