Weekly Sermons

The Believer’s Treasure                     James 5:1-6

 

Sam Houston

 

“The fellow that has no money is poor, the fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.”                                       -Billy Sunday

 

James warns those who have hoarded God’s treasure                               V. 1

 

What the Bible condemns is when people forget that 100% of their treasure belongs to God, and we are just Stewards of what God has entrusted to us for a season- and HE can take it away as fast as He gave it

 

1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19                    

 

One day our use of God’s treasure will testify for or against us                 V. 2-6  

 

Much of what the Bible says are “if the shoe fits, wears it” type words! 

 

 “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul?”                                                                            -Jesus in Matthew 16:26

 

I Corinthians 3:10-15

 

Verses 2-3 lead to a sobering question: will your treasure be a witness for you or against you on judgment day? 

 

In the age to come, The Lord will have the last word about all matters that were not resolved in earth’s past ages.

 

James 2:5-7

 

 “Earthly goods are given to used, not to be collected…hoarding is idolatry.”                                                         -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

Deuteronomy 8:17-18            Ecclesiastes 2:26         Luke 12:16-21             Matthew 6:19-21           

 

If your subsistence in Heaven depended on what you have sent ahead, how well would you be living up there?

 

Henry Crowell and D.L. Moody

 

“The world has yet to see what God can do through a man fully dedicated to Him.”  -D.L. Moody