Will You Prosper Financially?
I.
Seeing clearly from the
Word that it’s God’s will that you prosper in abundance the only question left
is, “Will you be a prosperous man?” (John 5:1-9) Be the man that God can work
through
A. God has a heart from
people living in lack and he’s looking for volunteers who he can abundantly
prosper and then work through to meet the needs of people.
1.
Leviticus 23:22-And when
ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the
corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt
thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor,
and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
2.
Job 5:15- But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from
the hand of the mighty.
3.
Job 36:15-He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
4.
Psalm 12:5-For the
oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
5.
Psalm 34:6-This poor man
called out, and the LORD heard him, and gave him victory in all his troubles.
6.
Psalm 35:10-All my bones
shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which rescues the poor from him that is
too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
7.
Psalm 68:10-Thy
congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy prosperity
for the poor.
8.
Psalm 72:4, 12-13- He
shall defend the poor of the people, he shall give victory to the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.12 For he shall rescue the
needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that
hath no helper. 13 He shall have compassion on the poor, and shall save the
souls of the needy.
9.
Ps 107:41 LB-He sets the
poor on high from affliction, and gives them many children and much prosperity
10.
Psalm 109:31-For he shall
stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his
soul.
11.
Psalm 113:7-He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
12.
Psalm 132:15-I will
abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy (stuffed, have in excess) her
poor with bread.
13.
Psalm 140:12-I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and the right of the poor.
14.
Proverbs 29:13-The poor
and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
15.
Isaiah 25:4- For thou
hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a
refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat
16.
John 13:29-Judas got up
from the table and they thought Jesus told him to go minister to the poor
B. Our relationship with the
poor
1.
Proverbs 14:21-He that
despises his neighbor sins: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
2.
Proverbs 14:31,17:5-Whoso
mocketh the poor reproacheth
his Maker:
3.
Proverbs 19:4-Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
4.
Prov 19:17-He that hath pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
5.
Proverbs 21:13-Whoso
stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not
be heard.
6.
Proverbs 22:9-He that
hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of
his bread to the poor.
7.
Proverbs 22:16-He that
oppresses the poor to increase his riches shall surely come to want.
8.
Proverbs 22:22-23-Rob
not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the
afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul
of those that spoiled them.
9.
Prov 28:8-He that by usury and unjust gain increases his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
10.
Prov 28:27- BBE He who gives to the poor will never be in
need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.
11.
Proverbs 29:7-The
righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not to know
it.
12.
Proverbs 29:14-The king
that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
13.
Proverbs 31:9-Open thy
mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy.
14.
Proverbs 31:20-She
stretches out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the
needy.
C. Rev 1:6, Rom 5:17, Prov 22:7-We are kings who reign in this life, but we can’t
be broke
1. Jeremiah 22:13-17-There’s
more to being a King and just being rich yourself
a. As a king you’re supposed
to use your prosperity, your power, your influence to help hurting people
b. To be the man who is
abundantly prosperous and then meeting the needs of others is to know God by
experience; This is the very heartbeat of who God is to get people living in
lack in abundance
D. John 10:31-35-gods-A
person exercising delegated power on behalf of a sovereign ruler; exercising
delegate power in the place of another; God’s representative
1. Psalm 82:1-6 (AMP)-We are
to defend the poor and the needy;We
are divine ones, rulers;Arise divine ones, rulers,
govern and rule the Earth
II. One thing that is a
pattern of God throughout the Bible, nearly every time there was somebody with
a need, there was a man somewhere who God used to meet the need
A. When Israel was in
trouble there was Moses, David, Gideon; When Egypt was in trouble there was
Joseph; When mankind was in trouble there was Jesus; When the Gentiles were in
trouble there was Paul; When Paul was in trouble there was Ananias;
1. Stop thinking of yourself
in terms of being the person who has the need and start seeing yourself as the
man God’s going to use to meet the need
2. I need to take the step
of faith, that step beyond human mental reasoning out into the faith world and
be the man who has the resources to meet the needs of people
B. God’s plan for his man
was to bless Him so that he could be a blessing
1. Blessed to be a blessing;
made rich to make rich
a. Gen 1:26-28 (AMP)-Use
this that I’ve blessed you with to serve Me and man
b. 1 Chronicles
22:14,29:2-3-He stored up and saved to give not to live
2. Galatians 3:6-9,28-29,
Rom 4:13-This is the gospel
a. Gen 12:3,18:18, 22:18,
26:4, 28:14-All families of the Earth will be made rich
b. I’m blessed and I’m here
to interrupt misfortune in people’s lives
c. God sent his man Joseph
to be the answer to the world’s problem
3. NT Believer-2 Corinthians
9:11 (AMP), 1 Timothy 6:17-18
a. 1 Corinthians 10:24
– Seek another’s wealth
b. 2 Corinthians 8:14-Your
abundance will supply somebody else’s want