PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WAYS TO EARN WEALTH

I. WHY MEN SHOULD WORK HERE ON EARTH? WHY GOD ALLOWED IT?

Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

THERE ARE PHYSICAL WAYS TO EARN WEALTH. BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL.

II. Now What are the legals ways to earn wealth?

A) Proverbs 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and  look well to thy herds.

B) Luke 12:18 And he said, This will I do:  I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

C) Luke 3:14 Be content with your wages.

D) 2nd Corinthians 8:15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

What are the illegal ways to earn wealth?

A) GAMBLING AND ROBBERY

Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Proverbs 1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

B) Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

C) Jeremiah 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

D) Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD:

E) Malachi 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

F) Acts 19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

Acts 19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. (SELLING GRAVEN IMAGES WHICH IS ABOMINATION TO GOD)

III. WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL WAY TO EARN WEALTH?

Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLES OF SPIRITUAL WAYS TO EARN WEALTH?

A) Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

B) Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings:

C) Proverbs 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Proverbs 24:25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

D) Proverbs 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack:

E) 2 Corinthians 9:7 very man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

F) Proverbs 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

G) Proverbs 11:18 To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.