BLAMELESS SUCCESS

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Success

a) What does the Bible say about success? Are there biblical principles about how we can be successful?  

b) Definition of Success: The World Versus The Word

i) As the world sees success, it is the achievement of a social status, completing a goal, reaching an objective or the achievement of an action in a specified set of time. 

ii) The way God defines success is so much different than the way the world does. Success to those in the world means achieving something that is useful in this life on earth. Success as God sees it is something that is achieved that is of infinite, eternal value in this life and in the life to come. That is a huge difference indeed. The Bible describes success in a much different way than the world does.

2. Blameless Success 
  
a) Notice that success and walking blamelessly are tied together. James said that we cannot be near to God in prayer unless we have clean hands and a pure heart (James 4:8). This is why success comes to those who are blameless. Keep short accounts with the Lord by confessing your sins daily. 

Proverbs 2:7 
“He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.”

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