WEALTH OF THE NATIONS

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THE MINISTERS CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON


THEME:  WEALTH OF THE NATIONS

MAIN TEXT: But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.  Isaiah 61:6
INTRODUCTION: Silver and Gold belongs to God and to whomever He wills, He’ll give them to (Prov. 8:18). God has given the gentiles (unbelievers) the means to gain wealth for the righteous. Today, we shall be studying how wealth is made and transferred to the children of the kingdom.
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
1.    WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF WEALTH CREATION: GOD is the respecter of principles and whoever obeys the principle will be rewarded with the results. The principles of wealth are.
(a)  Diligence: whoever wants to make wealth must be diligent; he mustn’t be lazy but must have a mind of accomplishing thing every moment of the day. (Prov. 12:24, Prov. 13:4)
(b) Sowing: wealth is created through the sowing of seeds and investing in good ideas that creates values to the society; raring of cattle and livestock. (Gen 26:12) and also the sowing of spiritual seeds like tithes and giving of offerings (Luke 6:38)

2.    WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST, THE PURSUIT OF WEALTH OR THE ENLARGMENT OF GOD’S KINGDOM: Jesus Christ clearly answered what we should engage ourselves into and that is the pursuit of the growth of God’s kingdom in the heart of men (Matt. 6:33). 
3.    WHATS THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT SEEKING WEALTH FIRST?
You’ll be regarded as a gentile because gentiles seeks wealth first (Matt. 6:32) and things that happens to the wealth of the gentiles would happen to yours (see Isaiah 61:6, Eccle. 2:26). Those who seek wealth first are gathering up for the righteous because God shall transfer the wealth of all sinners to faithful men who put Him first. The best way to earn wealth is to put the church first, put evangelism first and put partnering with the spread of God’s word first.
CONCLUSION: God is has the sovereign right to delegate how riches and wealth should be apportioned among His creation and He has clearly started how it will go. Those who pursue wealth will get wealth only to lose it to those who pursue God and the spread of God’s word first. It’s our duty to align ourselves with those who seek God first if we’ve not been. It’s not wrong to engage in great business ideas or invest in ideals that will produce values to the society, but we must put God first

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