“Have I Got an Investment for You!” Matthew 6:19-24

It meant at the end of the war, Confederate money was going to be worthless. Now, if you were wise, you would have cashed in your Confederate money for U.S. currency…

Present day currency will someday be worthless when we die or Christ comes back… With this knowledge our investment strategy should be radically affected…

Lockhart Cadillac: “If you can find a better deal, then get it.”

to reaffirm our need to invest in the eternal Purpose: to reaffirm our need to invest in the eternal

“He who provides for this life but takes no care for eternity is wise for the moment but a fool forever.” John Tillotson

I Invest in Those Who Need A. The Bible Makes Provision for the Needy

Deuteronomy 15:7-8 “If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.”

“He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord…” Proverbs 19:17 “He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord…”

Matthew 25:37-40 “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did wee see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ The King

Matthew 25:37-40 will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for Me.’”

Acts 4:34-35 “There was no needy person among them… and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.”

1 John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?”

I Invest in Those Who Need A. The Bible Makes Provision for the Needy B. The Bible Makes it Most Clear

1 John 4:1 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

Four Great Questions to Ask: 1. Is this person/organization genuinely in need? 2. Is this person willing to work? 3. Will money be used to meet the intended need? 4. Is the cause worthy of support?

II Invest in Your Kids A. It Truly Benefits Them at this Time

II Invest in Your Kids A. It Truly Benefits Them at this Time B. It Can be Enjoyed Together

II Invest in Your Kids A. It Truly Benefits Them at this Time B. It Can be Enjoyed Together C. It Has Solid Tax Benefits

Matthew 22:21 “…render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

II Invest in Your Kids A. It Truly Benefits Them at this Time B. It Can be Enjoyed Together C. It Has Solid Tax Benefits D. It is a Great Tool by Which to Teach

Deuteronomy 11:18-19 “Fix these words of Mine in your hearts and mind… Teach them to your children.”

III Invest in the Local Church A. The Best Investment You Can Make

What is your “cash cow?” In other words, what is your best investment?

III Invest in the Local Church A. The Best Investment You Can Make B. How Much Should You Give?

9/10 + God’s blessings = more than 10/10 – God’s blessings…

Malachi 3:8-10 “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse – the whole nation of you – because you are robbing Me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test Me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not

Malachi 3:8-10 throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.”

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 “…he who sows sparingly, reaps sparingly, but he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”

Benny and Hope in car together at a toll booth Benny and Hope in car together at a toll booth. Hope asked Benny for a dollar. Benny reluctantly handed him a 20 saying, “I don’t have any ones!” Hope handed the 20 to the operator and said, “Keep the change!” Benny and Hope

“Son, throw your heart over the bar and the rest of you will follow.”

Conclusion and Summary Story told of a wealthy man who begged God to let him take money with him when he died. The Lord finally agreed but clarified it by saying he could bring only one sack. The man immediately liquidated his assets to gold…