Monday, April 27, 2009

MoneyWalk 446: You shall not commit adultery

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

The bible describes adultery as immoral and unconscionable. It is usually defined as a sexual relationship between a married person and another person who is not his/her spouse. We cannot have sexual relations with God. Yet, God described as adulterous toward Him some of the actions of His creation. So why would He use such a term to describe how some of us have acted.

At least part of the answer comes from the fact that He designed us to have intimacy with Him through praise, worship, prayer, bible reading, study, and fellowship with other humans that desire to have the same type of devotion to Him. We should not have intimacy with and devotion to any other spiritual being (Satan, angels (fallen or holy), celestial bodies, nor any other human) by worshipping it instead of God.

Scripture shows that it is acceptable to be intimate with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and that this is necessary because with Father God they are one. So, when you worship using either name your worship is simply to God and He knows how to deliver your mail so that it gets to whichever person in the Godhead needs to respond. The triune God reality is a mystery that we cannot fully understand on this side of heaven, yet it’s important to know that God’s word is true and that it tells you about the negative eternal and earthly consequences of committing adultery by giving your worship to any source other than God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

When you are in Christ, it shows in your life by the way in which you employ biblical principles to give glory to Him, become fruitful, and example His ways to other people around you. It doesn’t matter that other sources teach principles and methods for doing this or that. You are wholly committed to God’s ways knowing they are the absolute best that bring the absolute best results for you and all others.

Failure to follow His principles and use methods that comply with them is not something that your heart can tolerate. So, in the financial arena you employ His principles of:

1. Working diligently to serve, gain experience, and develop skill that produce income to care for yourself and your family and help provide for others in need.
2. Tithing and offering to honor God for His provision and help fund the gospel.
3. Budgeting to live within your means.
4. Eliminating debt and moving forward to live debt-free.
5. Eliminating cosigning and surety for other people’s debts.
6. Saving a reasonable portion of your income.
7. Investing a reasonable portion of your income to produce greater profit.

Following God’s principles in love toward Him and other people and refusing to listen to the voices in the world that would lead you to do otherwise ensure that you avoid adultery in your relationship with God. This assures you of success in God’s eyes and a deep and lasting relationship with Him.

Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Exodus 20:14, Proverbs 6:32, Isaiah 43:10, Matthew 15:19, 2Peter 2:13-14
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