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| HOUSE OF SEALTHIEL - CONSTRUCTION October 23, 2019 |
"Thus will it be for the one
who stores up treasure for himself
but is not rich in what matters to God."
LUKE 12:21
This was the oath He swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship Him without fear, holy and righteous in His sight all the days our life. (Lk 1:73-75)
Jesus said, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions (Lk 12:15). You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?” (Lk 12:20)
The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts (1 Sm 2:7). Who shows no partiality to princes nor regards the rich above the poor, for they all are the work of His hands (Job 34:19). But they, in their own kingdom, with Your great goodness which You gave them, with the broad and rich land which You set before them, did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds. (Neh 9:35)
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished (Prv 28:20). Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is crooked though he be rich (Prv 28:6). The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding sees through him (Prv 28:11).
He has come to His people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through His holy prophets He promised of old that He would save us from our enemies, from the hand of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant. (Lk 1:68-72)
Abraham did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God and was fully convinced that what God had promised he was also able to do. That is why it was credited to him as righteousness. But it was not for him alone that it was written that it was credited to him; it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification. (Rom 4:20-25)
Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches" (Jer 9:23).