Money & Stewardship

The True Aim of Preaching

Acts 13:38

… The wealth that Christ can bring you will not induce you to bow the knee to Him, for already you think yourselves to be rich and increased in …

The Consecration of Priests

Exodus 29:1

… Has He given us wealth? Let us give without grudging, devising liberal things. Never neglect weekly storing and weekly offering—these are fit parts of Sunday worship. Have …

Jesus Declining the Legions

Matthew 26:53

… present moment I could take this Church and endow it with all the wealth of the Establishment and gather into its midst all the wisdom and talent and …

Nothing But Leaves

Mark 11:13

… What was his reply? “When I pay my seat rent, I have done all I intend to do.” A man of wealth and means! After a little time …

Burden-bearing

Galatians 6:2

… Trade produces wealth and the inter-trading of Christians, exchanging their good things, one with the other, would tend to the spiritual enrichment of the entire body. God …

Communion With Christ And His People

… His was the joy of finding the sheep, and taking the piece of money out of the dust. His work was His joy: such joy that, for its …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… for those who fold their arms, and toss upon the bed of indolence. Wealth lies in the field of the wakeful, but the lover of ease shall have …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… Their names may be enrolled in the peerage, all they may possess countless wealth, but the wrath of God abideth on them. They may be habitual in their …

The Beginning of Months

Exodus 12:1

… learning, or attained to a position in society, or arrived at a larger wealth—all these were but dim, cloudy, foggy days compared with this "morning without clouds …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… occasional opportunities by which even idle men may become wealthy, but such spiritual wealth I have never heard of. I find that wherever the Spirit of God comes …

A Suitable Watchword

Psalm 12:1

… He does not ask wealth, health, long life—he needs help. He has come to a dead lift and he cannot lift his burden, so he cries, "Help …

Untitled Sermon

Psalm 119:144

… experience of its supporting power! You do not so much need health, or wealth, or freedom from trouble, as more understanding of the Lord's mind and will …

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… If God gives you your wealth, you shall be truly rich—otherwise you shall be one of those poor rich people who enjoy nothing. If God gives you …

All-Sufficiency Magnified

Philippians 4:13

… I have seen that man acquire wealth and I have marked that he was more stingy; that he was, in fact, more straitened than he was before! He …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… It is the power of wealth which comes to them. I admire that prayer of Mr. Whitfield's for a young man who had come into possession of …

The First Setting Up of the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:4-9

… sum in the bank, instead, and plenty of the cares and snares of wealth! And is it so that you are no longer content with the old Gospel …

Our Thoughts About God's Thoughts

Psalm 139:17

… He is always aiming at that which will promote our best health, our truest wealth and our ultimate perfection. At times, clouds come between our souls and our …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… He can use the words of our hymn— "Wealth and honor I disdain, Earthly comforts all are vain— These can never satisfy— Give me Christ, or else I …

A Basket of Summer Fruit

Amos 8:1-2

… He is not now grasping after this world's wealth, he seeks to fill a treasury into which the moth cannot enter, and where thieves cannot break through …

The Final Perseverance of the Saints

Job 17:9

… the strength of inward corruption, the fury of Satanic temptations, the seductions of wealth and the pride of life, the world and the fashions thereof—all these things …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… if I can, for I am distracted by the thought of my guilt. Wealth cannot satisfy me. I have abundance of this world's goods, yet I am …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… nor to be a millionaire, nor to be a philosopher; for power, and wealth, and knowledge bring with them sorrow and travail; but I would choose to have …

God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion

Psalm 102:16

… front, words to this effect, "This house was built entirely by the skill, wealth and industry of its inhabitants." It struck me as not being a very modest …

"They Were Tempted"

Hebrews 11:37

… more deadly to the Church have been the blandishments of the world's wealth than all the raging of her cruelty. Her stakes, her racks, her gallows have …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… torments, but refusing to deny his Lord; to behold him offered life and wealth if he will recant, but to hear him say, 'I cannot and I will …

Bit and Bridle—How To Escape Them

Psalm 32:8

… purse-proud, so forgetful of God, that it was necessary to take his wealth away from him! And it has been done—and now he is devout and …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… I am almost afraid to mention the subject, lest people should charge me with giving it undue prominence; if they will do so, the? must. I can bear …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… There may come a day when you would count out all your wealth to have another invitation to Christ, but it will be denied you, for you must …

Sin Condemned And Executed By Christ Jesus

Romans 8:3

… if I might now have my choice, it should not be to possess wealth, or even health, nor fame, nor any of those things which dazzle human eyes …

Great Changes

Luke 13:30

… O London! London! London! You fair metropolis of merchandize and wealth! How are you exalted to Heaven by your privileges! Christ is now preached in the corner of …

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… Inexhaustible, Divine wealth is yours, therefore cease not to work it out! Observe what God works in us—He works in us to will—the desire after holiness …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… There is one whom God favored with great wealth and to whom a friend said, "What a paradise this lovely garden is!" "Yes," he replied, "and I bless …

Concentration and Diffusion

John 12:3

… him and Mary, in her own sweet and gracious way, pouring out the wealth of her affection in honor of the Master. 4-6. Then said one of …

For Whom Did Christ Die?

Romans 5:6

… for, if she could find a substitute for him, though she gave all her wealth, she would lavish it freely to spare her darling. If she were certain …

The Lamb—The Light

Revelation 21:23

… Why there have been men reduced to all but beggary who have rejoiced far more in their poverty than others in their wealth—we have seen some of …

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… You will say to yourself, "They may have all their wealth and all their cleverness, but I have the Son of God!" In having Christ, you have more …

The Lamentations of Jesus

Luke 19:41

… Here we have much in little—a wealth of meaning in two words. The second occasion we have before us and we will make it the theme of …

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple

Revelation 1:17-18

… Herein is wealth of comfort, and, therefore, did the Lord instruct his servant, John, therein, he did as much as say, 'John, thou needest no ear, for I …

Choice Food for Pilgrims to Canaan

Exodus 33:14

… Our Lord's Presence is life and light, health and wealth, strength and song to us! Our prayer is—If Your Presence go not with me, carry me …

The Death of Christ for His People

1 John 3:16

… Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. Whatever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: for the …