7 lessons on giving I learned from Stanley Tam
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7 lessons on giving I learned from Stanley Tam
- 2. The “be rich” life of Stanley Tam
- 3. Text Stanley
- 4. Get rich versus be rich
- 5. Paul on get rich - I Timothy 6: 9 - 10 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
- 6. Jesus on get rich - Luke 12 You fool Rich towards Himself but not rich towards God
- 7. Paul on be rich - 2 Corinthians 9: 11 You will be made rich in every way SO THAT....
- 8. ......you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
- 9. The be rich core God raises our income not so that we can raise our standard of living. He raises our income so that we can raise our level of giving.
- 12. 7 characteristics of Stanley’s be rich life of generosity
- 13. viewed giving as both obligation and opportunity
- 14. Obligation “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12: 48 Luke 12: 48 Luke 12: 48 Luke 12: 48 Luke 12: 48
- 15. Opportunity “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 Acts 20:35 Acts 20:35 Acts 20:35 Acts 20:35
- 16. “ Our Lord is not a blind man with a tin cup. Giving to his cause is an investment, not charity. His word says it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.”
- 17. understood God’s grace
- 18. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8: 11
- 19. true freedom
- 20. No one can serve two masters....you will hate the one and love the other....you cannot serve both God and Money. Matthew 6: 24 Matthew 6: 24 Matthew 6: 24
- 21. “ I have made millions but they have brought me no happiness.” John D. Rockefeller “ Millionaires seldom smile.” Carnegie “ I was happier when doing a mechanic’s job.” Henry Ford
- 22. abounding joy
- 23. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 2 Corinthians 8: 2
- 24. Scrooge
- 26. This isn’t so others can take it easy while you sweat it out. No, you’re shoulder to shoulder with them all the way, your surplus matching their deficit, their surplus matching your deficit. In the end you come out even. 2 Corinthians 8: 13 - 14
- 27. eternal reward
- 28. Therefore do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth....but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. Matthew 6: 19 - 21
- 29. “ Christ here is teaching a most wonderful possibility - that of the transmutation of our earthly wealth into a store of higher and eternal values that will abide forever. What a staggering concept!”
- 30. life purpose
- 31. “ To me, making money is pointless unless one’s objective is to help others.”
- 32. 7 be rich characteristics opportunity and oblgiation grace joy freedom relationships eternal reward life purpose
- 33. Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment . Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasures for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, that they may take hold of life that is truly life . 2 Timothy 6: 17 - 19
- 37. “ I believe tenaciously in the possibility of a man linking his life to God. I believe this to be the only truly good life, the kind of life within the grasp of every man, if he will simply and honestly endeavor to meet God’s conditions.”