We can do so many things with money! “Money answereth all things” (Ecclesiastes 10:19). But money can also be very harmful. The Bible says, “Labor not to be rich” (Proverbs 23:4), and those who love money pierce “themselves through with many sorrows” (1 Timothy 6:10).
Although so much can be bought with money, the best things are freely given to us by God. “Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? And your labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness” (Isaiah 55:12). Salvation is offered to us as God’s gift. Who paid the price? The Lord Jesus did at Calvary when He died for our sins. Now God can offer the gift of eternal life to those who have no money. To have great riches and not salvation would be great poverty. The Bible tells us that riches are very “uncertain” (1 Timothy 6:17) and tend to “fly away” (Proverbs 23:5), but the riches that God gives are “reserved in heaven” (1 Peter 1:4).
1. What did the Apostle Peter tell Simon about his money because he thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money? Acts 8:___
2. What did the Lord Jesus say that shows that a man’s soul is of more value than the whole world? Mark 8:___
3. A certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, fared sumptuously every day. With all this wealth, was he able to buy a place in heaven?
Luke 16:___
4. Who was exceedingly rich, yet became poor? 2 Corinthians 8:___
5. When Jesus told the young man how to have treasure in heaven, he went away sorrowful. Why? Matthew 19:___