Who's financially SAVVY?

 

Proverbs 22:7

King James Version

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, 

and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Many glory in being financially savvy.

But who's really financially savvy?

A former president of a first world nation wrote that he won't play the slot machines.

He'd OWN the slot machines.

That's pretty much how the rich make their money.

Own EVERYTHING, on sight.

And keep the unsavvy enslaved forever.

Truly a diabolical world scheme.

Would you be party, to such a scheme?

It certainly is not of GOD.

Luke 16:15

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15 And he said unto them, 

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 

but God knoweth your hearts: 

for that which is highly esteemed among men 

is abomination in the sight of God.

But that's how the world makes money.

From the misfortune of others.

From the ignorance of others.

From the enslavement of others.

I cannot be party to such scheme.

I don't have the heart for it.

GOD made me born again.

We live by GOD's laws.

I only care to share with you what the Bible says.

Much of which are warnings, and prophecies.

It's time we listened to the HOLY SPIRIT.

Who taught me everything I needed to know.

The objective being:

1 Thessalonians 5:23

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23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; 

and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body 

be preserved blameless 

unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

JESUS alerted me to the RAPTURE in early 2020.

All I do now is alert you, too.

That JESUS can gather His faithful anytime.

What good is being financially savvy?

When our souls are at stake?

Matthew 16:26-27

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26 For what is a man profited, 

if he shall gain the whole world, 

and lose his own soul? 

or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come 

in the glory of his Father with his angels; 

and then he shall reward every man 

according to his works.

I only care we be with JESUS.

Never mind not being financially savvy.

It is of the world.

And JESUS would not have any part of it.

Isaiah 55:8-9

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8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 

neither are your ways my ways, 

saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 

so are my ways higher than your ways, 

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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In PLACE of money

 

Mark 10:23

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23 And Jesus looked round about, 

and saith unto his disciples, 

How hardly shall they that have riches 

enter into the kingdom of God!

Money comes; money goes.

Fame comes; fame goes.

Life comes; life goes.

Where to put your faith in?

Put your faith in that which lasts.

And which you can put your whole heart in.

GOD's WORD alone.

Isaiah 40:8

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8 The grass withereth, 

the flower fadeth: 

but the word of our God 

shall stand for ever.

Luke 21:33

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33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: 

but my words shall not pass away.

Trust JESUS alone.

Let Him be your SOURCE of strength, spirit, and salvation.

Everything was created for Him.

John 1:1-3

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1 In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; 

and without him was not any thing made 

that was made.

Colossians 1:16-20

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16 For by him were all things created, 

that are in heaven, and that are in earth, 

visible and invisible, 

whether they be thrones, or dominions, 

or principalities, or powers: 

all things were created by him, 

and for him:

17 And he is before all things, 

and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, 

the church: 

who is the beginning, 

the firstborn from the dead; 

that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father 

that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace 

through the blood of his cross, 

by him to reconcile all things unto himself; 

by him, I say, 

whether they be things in earth, 

or things in heaven.

Colossians 2:10

King James Version

10 And ye are complete in him,

 which is the head 

of all principality and power:

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The world is NOT financially savvy

 

Proverbs 16:18-19

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18 Pride goeth before destruction, 

and an haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, 

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

The everyday person is not expected to be financially savvy.

And that's very okay.

But shame on those who are supposed to be in the know.

The banks, economists, policy makers, world leaders.

They've messed up.

And they do mess up BIG time.

Not only do they lose their own money, worse still, they lose that of their investors' money.

They expect their citizens to pay up.

And they keep the lies going.

They, who are supposed to know, show they don't either.

Why feel bad about yourself, then, if you're not financially savvy?

No one is privy to finance.

At any moment, GOD can humble us all.

He can take away everything, in an instant.

Only GOD has control over everything.

Proverbs 19:21

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21 There are many devices in a man's heart; 

nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, 

that shall stand.

Proverbs 16:4

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4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: 

yea, even the wicked 

for the day of evil.

We've all looked to the wrong thing -- man.

We must start looking to the RIGHT thing -- GOD.

Psalm 118:8-9

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8 It is better to trust in the Lord 

than to put confidence in man.

9 It is better to trust in the Lord 

than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 146:3-5

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3 Put not your trust in princes, 

nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, 

he returneth to his earth; 

in that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 

whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Jeremiah 17:5-7

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5 Thus saith the Lord; 

Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 

and maketh flesh his arm, 

and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, 

and shall not see when good cometh; 

but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, 

in a salt land and not inhabited.

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 

and whose hope the Lord is.

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NO shame in being poor

 

Deuteronomy 15:11

King James Version

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: 

therefore I command thee, 

saying, 

Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, 

to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

There is no shame in being poor.

There is no shame in not knowing finance.

There is no shame in falling into debt.

Not knowing how you'll be able to pay.

If at all.

Know GOD's WORD instead.

Look to JESUS.

Look to the way He lived His life.

Look to the way He conducted Himself.

Did the Bible say He was garbed in rich threads?

Or lived in luxury?

Look what the Bible says:

Isaiah 53:1-10

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53 Who hath believed our report? 

and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, 

he was bruised for our iniquities: 

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 

and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; 

we have turned every one to his own way; 

and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, 

and he was afflicted, 

yet he opened not his mouth: 

he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 

and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, 

so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: 

and who shall declare his generation? 

for he was cut off out of the land of the living: 

for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, 

and with the rich in his death; 

because he had done no violence, 

neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; 

he hath put him to grief: 

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, 

he shall see his seed, 

he shall prolong his days, 

and the pleasure of the Lord 

shall prosper in his hand.

Mark 6:4-6

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4 But Jesus, said unto them, 

A prophet is not without honour, 

but in his own country, 

and among his own kin, 

and in his own house.

5 And he could there do no mighty work, 

save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, 

and healed them.

6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. 

And he went round about the villages, 

teaching.

Luke 9:58

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58 And Jesus said unto him, 

Foxes have holes, 

and birds of the air have nests; 

but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Philippians 2:5-8

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5 Let this mind be in you, 

which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, 

being in the form of God, 

thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, 

and took upon him the form of a servant, 

and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, 

he humbled himself, 

and became obedient unto death, 

even the death of the cross.

The true born again looks to the LORD JESUS.

For strength.

For supply.

For support.

For SPIRIT.

For salvation.

Only the LORD can make us truly wealthy.

For we shall be with Him during the RAPTURE.

And we shall have eternal life.

That, for us, is true wealth.

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TRAPS against CHRIST

 

On scribes and Pharisees:

Matthew 23:4

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4 For they bind heavy burdens 

and grievous to be borne, 

and lay them on men's shoulders; 

but they themselves will not move them 

with one of their fingers.

JESUS sought the lost.

And the sinful.

He was here for them.

He plucked Matthew from his old job.

Matthew 9:9

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9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, 

he saw a man, named Matthew, 

sitting at the receipt of custom: 

and he saith unto him, 

Follow me. 

And he arose, 

and followed him.

JESUS was a natural magnet for everyday folks.

Matthew 9:10

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10 And it came to pass, 

as Jesus sat at meat in the house, 

behold, 

many publicans and sinners came 

and sat down with him and his disciples.

Of course, his enemies disapproved of all that.

Matthew 9:11

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11 And when the Pharisees saw it, 

they said unto his disciples, 

Why eateth your Master with publicans 

and sinners?

JESUS overheard, and replied:

Matthew 9:12-13

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12 But when Jesus heard that, 

he said unto them, 

They that be whole need not a physician, 

but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, 

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: 

for I am not come to call the righteous, 

but sinners to repentance.

At another time, they trap Him again.

Matthew 22:15-17

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15 Then went the Pharisees, 

and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

16 And they sent out unto him 

their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 

Master, we know that thou art true, 

and teachest the way of God in truth, 

neither carest thou for any man: 

for thou regardest not the person of men.

17 Tell us therefore, 

What thinkest thou? 

Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, 

or not?

JESUS had a ready answer:

Matthew 22:18-22

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18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, 

and said, 

Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

19 Shew me the tribute money. 

And they brought unto him a penny.

20 And he saith unto them, 

Whose is this image and superscription?

21 They say unto him, Caesar's. 

Then saith he unto them, 

Render therefore unto Caesar 

the things which are Caesar's; 

and unto God the things that are God's.

22 When they had heard these words, 

they marvelled, and left him, 

and went their way.

Another trap set before the LORD, came from the devil himself.

Matthew 4:8-9

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8 Again, 

the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, 

and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, 

and the glory of them;

9 And saith unto him, 

All these things will I give thee, 

if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

In answer, JESUS put the devil in his place.

Matthew 4:10

King James Version

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, 

Get thee hence, Satan: 

for it is written, 

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 

and him only shalt thou serve.

Now, you know what JESUS thinks of money.

You know what He thinks of worldly power.

You also know who owns the world.

Is it any wonder the world is the way it is?

Who do you follow?

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JESUS and money

 

JESUS declared:

Matthew 6:24

King James Version

24 No man can serve two masters: 

for either he will hate the one, and love the other; 

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. 

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

What did JESUS think of money?

Did He think about finance?

How to support His ministry, and all?

As a child, I do know He was mighty mad one time.

John 2:13-16

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13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, 

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 And found in the temple 

those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, 

and the changers of money sitting:

15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, 

he drove them all out of the temple, 

and the sheep, and the oxen; 

and poured out the changers' money, 

and overthrew the tables;

16 And said unto them that sold doves, 

Take these things hence; 

make not my Father's house 

an house of merchandise.

He could create money -- if He wanted to.

Matthew 17:24-27

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24 And when they were come to Capernaum, 

they that received tribute money came to Peter, 

and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

25 He saith, Yes. 

And when he was come into the house, 

Jesus prevented him, saying, 

What thinkest thou, Simon? 

of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? 

of their own children, or of strangers?

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. 

Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

27 Notwithstanding, 

lest we should offend them, 

go thou to the sea, 

and cast an hook, 

and take up the fish that first cometh up; 

and when thou hast opened his mouth, 

thou shalt find a piece of money: 

that take, 

and give unto them 

for me and thee.

JESUS also called Matthew, a tax collector, to be His disciple.

Matthew 9:9

King James Version

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, 

he saw a man, named Matthew, 

sitting at the receipt of custom: 

and he saith unto him, 

Follow me. 

And he arose, 

and followed him.

JESUS is my example for how to look at finance.

He is the BEST example of living by GOD's laws.

As such, the world tested Him a lot.

Hoping they'd trap Him.

As you shall see in the next post.

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