“Think of us in this way, as servants of
Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards
that they be found trustworthy.” (1
Corinthians 4:1-2 NRSV)
[Money] is an excellent gift of God,
answering the noblest ends. In the hands of His children, it is food for the
hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked: It gives to the traveler
and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of an
husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense
for the oppressed, a means of health to the sick, of ease to them that are in
pain; it may be as eyes to the blind, as feet to the lame; yea, a lifter up
from the gates of death!
It is therefore of the highest concern
that all who [revere] God know how to employ this valuable talent; that they be
instructed how it may answer these glorious ends, and in the highest degree.
And, perhaps, all the instructions which are necessary for this may be reduced
to three plain rules, by the exact observance whereof we may approve ourselves
faithful stewards… Gain all you can... Save all you can… Give all you can.
-- John Wesley in his sermon "Serving God with Mammon"
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