Wealth Creation and the Christian

A series on Money, Sex and Power

AARON YONG
Bandar Utama Chapel
19 August 2007

Sermon Outline
 What is Wealth Creation?
 What does the bible has to say about wealth creation?
 How should a Christian respond and approach wealth.
 Living the 5 Principles.
 Some practical ideas for BUC

What is Wealth Creation?
Creating wealth from nothing?
Start with what you already have and make more from it?
Return on investments or increasing your passive income?
Multiple sources of income?

If Wealth Creation is your focus,
If wealth is the centre of your life,
you choose friends because of their economic status or influence.
If wealth is the centre of your life,
your self worth is determined by your net financial worth.
If wealth is the centre of your life,
your family becomes a liability and an economic drain to you.

Quotes on Wealth
"Money has not made a man happy yet, nor will it.
The more a man has, the more he wants.”
- Benjamin Franklin

3 School of Thoughts about Wealth
 Wealth as an Offence to Faith
 Wealth as an Obstacle to Faith
 Wealth as an Outcome of Faith

A Relevant and Integrated Approach to Wealth Creation
 Taking Responsibility
 God is still the source of our wealth
 Show accountability
 Magnify God’s glory through all your wealth creation activities.
 But Godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

Principle # 1:
We were created in His image to be the care taker of the earth and that includes “wealth”.
Know your responsibility.

Principle # 2:
“Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these shall be given unto you as well.”
Matthew 6:33
Know God’s Will in your life.

Principle # 3:
Be a Cheerful Giver.
“Each man should give what he has decided in His heart to give, not reluctantly nor under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7

Principle # 4:
Be Accountable.
The hardest thing to do is to be in charge of wealth. We are accountable for the wealth that God has entrusted to us.

Principle # 5:
Be a Wealth Creator for Kingdom Business.
Create wealth to sustain those in ministry and use this as a platform for Kingdom business.