Southpointe Community Church Sermons

Luke 18:18-30 MONEY: 1. How it’s dangerous 2. Why we want it 3. How to master it 1. How it’s dangerous “How difficult it is for the rich to enter kingdom of God. It is easier for camel to go through the eye of a needle then for rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” v. 25 Proverbs 11:4 “Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.” Proverbs 30:8-9: "Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, Who is the LORD?" 2. Why we want it 3. How to master it v. 24 “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.” a. ASSUME you’re in denial b. Follow the "Rich Young Ruler" = Jesus "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich." 2 Corinthians 8:9 c. Have a plan "You will very rarely meet a Christian family that gives faithfully that is not obviously being blessed for it: ei