Finances

1. Who owns the world?

"The earth is the Lord’s" Psalm 24:1

2. What does God claim as His?

"Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills" Psalm 50:10

3. What about the world’s wealth?

"The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord" Haggai 2:8

4. The kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who did what?

"Called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods" Matthew 25:14

5. What happens to treasures laid up on earth?

"Moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal" Matthew 6:19

6. What are we to do with the treasures entrusted to us?

"Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven" Matthew 6:20

7. What do our investments show?

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" Matthew 6:21

8. If our heart is with the Lord, what question will we ask?

"What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me" Psalm 116:12

9. What will we bring when we come into His courts?

"Bring an offering, and come into his courts" Psalm 96:8

10. How much offering shall we give?

"Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord" Deuteronomy 16:17

11. What happens when we give?

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over" Luke 6:38

12. Wherein have some robbed God?

"In tithes and offerings" Malachi 3:8

13. What happens if I rob God?

"Ye are cursed with a curse" Malachi 3:9

14. To whom does the tithe belong?

"All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord" Leviticus 27:30

15. What are we to do with what belongs to God?

"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God’s" Matthew 22:21

16. Ought we to tithe as well as perform the weightier matters of the law?

"These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone" Matthew 23:23

17. How should we feel about anything we give to God?

"All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee" 1 Chronicles 29:14

18. What did Abraham give Melchizedek?

"Tithes of all" Genesis 14:20

19. How much is a tithe?

"A tenth part of all" Hebrews 7:1, 2

20. How much shall be holy unto the Lord?

"The tenth" Leviticus 27:32

21. What did Jacob vow to God?

"Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee" Genesis 28:22

22. Do we return God’s tithe after we have paid everything else, or do we return His tithe first?

"Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase" Proverbs 3:9

23. To whom were Israel’s tithes given?

"To the Levites" Numbers 18:24

24. What service did they perform which qualified them to receive tithes?

"The service of the tabernacle" Numbers 18:21

25. Even so hath the Lord ordained that who should live of the gospel?

"They which preach the gospel" 1 Corinthians 9:13, 14

26. Where are we to bring all the tithes?

"Into the storehouse" Malachi 3:10

27. That there may be meat where?

"In mine house" Malachi 3:10

"The house of God...is the church of the living God" 1 Timothy 3:15

28. If we faithfully return His tithe, what will God do?

"Open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruit of your ground" Malachi 3:10, 11

"So shall thy barns be filled with plenty" Proverbs 3:10

29. What is one way of laying up treasure in heaven?

"Give to the poor" Matthew 19:21

30. How does that kind of investment bring returns?

"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again" Proverbs 19:17

31. What should we remember about God?

"It is he that giveth thee power to get wealth" Deuteronomy 8:18

32. If we don’t have as much wealth as we would like, what should we do?

"Be content with such things as ye have" Hebrews 13:5

"Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith" Proverbs 15:16

"He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?" Ecclesiastes 5:10, 11

"But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness" 1 Timothy 6:6-11

33. What should we concentrate on? And what is promised?

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33