Money Is Necessary?

Money is necessary.  With it we buy things we need to live.  Many people don't have enough of it, are hungry and suffer the ravages of diseases.  Thus, poverty is a curse not a blessing.  On the other hand, many who are rich are often greedy and sometimes cause the suffering of the poor people.

But money itself does not cause the evil which often results from its use.  It is the love of money that is the root of all sorts of evil.  The danger isn't in having money, but in loving it.

Romans 6:16 says, "You are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death or of obedience resulting in righteousness" 

It isn't coincidental that people who love money fall into all sorts of evil.  When one loves money, he begins to obey the dictates of spiritual wickedness with his flesh.  This is why the love of money is the root of all sorts of evils.




Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng

Money And Our Relationship With God

Earthly Treasure Is Uncertain

Economic inflaction can erode its value and thieves can steal it, be the thief an individual or an agency.  Heavenly treasure is the only investment with a guarantee rate of return for all eternity.

Where Are Your Affection

How we spend our money shows us where our affection is.  If we spend all our money on ourselves, we love ourselves most of all.  If we invest 10 percent or more of our money to spread the gospel, we show we love God and the gospel.

You Cannot Serve God And Money

You cannot serve God and money at the same time.  "You cannot serve God and Mammon [money]".  Either Jesus is your Lord, or money is!  It's simple.  You cannot have it both ways.  The direction of your life and the form of your ministy will be determined either by Jesus or by your relationship with money - one or the other.

"But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

"For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang.  But free from these things, you man of God" (1 Tim 6:9-11)




Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng

Reject Covetousness

Money is more likely to cause the downfall of a spiritual leader than anything else.  Money is necessary to live.  It is a great blessing in the work of the Lord.  And yet it is responsible for more evil than any other single thing.  How can anything be so good and evil at the same time.

God is concerned about how you use the money He puts into your hands, no matter how much or how little.  To a very large extent, how you handle money will determine success or failure as a leader.

We must learn to be careful about the use of money because through it Satan destroys many leaders.

Money has great spiritual significance.  Jesus taught a great deal about money and how it affects a man's relationship to god.  Possibly the most familiar passage in this regard is, "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also....

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will hold to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and Mammon" (Matt 6:19-21;24).



Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng