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🗓️ 15 June 2018
⏱️ 13 minutes
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0:00.0 | Well, the love of money is the root of every kind of evil. |
0:08.9 | So what kind of warning should be sounded to Christian entrepreneurs who have financially |
0:14.1 | embarked on a venture to raise a lot of cash for a new business? |
0:18.2 | It's a really good and sharp question from a listener named William. |
0:22.2 | Hello, Pastor John. |
0:23.2 | First Timothy is really an exhortation against false teachers and the problems in that church |
0:28.6 | because of them. |
0:30.4 | Saying that, chapter six deals with such. |
0:33.4 | I've always had a hard time fully understanding verse nine about desiring to be rich. |
0:39.0 | I am an entrepreneur and a business owner. |
0:42.1 | And with my business, I want to fund myself and my team in order to do missions together. |
0:47.5 | Therefore, I desire to raise a lot of money. |
0:52.4 | Does this contradict the Bible? |
0:54.6 | Is it in a context of greed or desiring money as ultimate? |
0:58.2 | What does it mean to be rich and to what level does this cover? |
1:02.6 | Is there a godly way to pursue a lot of funding? |
1:07.5 | Let's start with the words of Jesus and then make our way to the text he referred to, especially |
1:13.3 | for Timothy six. |
1:15.7 | Jesus said in Matthew 6, 19, do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where |
1:24.0 | moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures |
1:30.7 | in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal |
1:38.4 | for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. |
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