The second principle is that we do not gain God's favor by giving. God doesn't want us to give first of all of our material means. He wants us to give ourselves to Him. Again, the Corinthians were an example. Or rather an example is [...]

In this talk, I want to lay out five important principles of right giving, all of them based on Scripture. The first one is that what we as Christians do with our money is not a matter of law. It's not based on commandment. But, it is by grace [...]

And then in Luke 16, Jesus had more to say along this line. I'll begin at verse 9: And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail - or the alternative reading is, when it fails - they may receive you [...]

Jesus Himself had a lot to say about money. I want to just turn to a couple of passages in the gospels where He deals with this question of money. The first is in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:24: No one can serve two masters; for either he [...]

The next thing I want to say is brought out in a statement in the prophet Haggai, just before the prophet Zechariah, if you know where he lives. Haggai 2, just one or two verses. The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, says the LORD of hosts. [...]

This will be the first in a series of three short talks on the theme: The Christian and His Money. This particular first talk, the subtitle which I have given it, is: Money is Important. I think it's necessary to stress that because some [...]