Your character is more important than your financial status.

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Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.                                              --Proverbs 13:11 Most likely, I don’t have to tell you that there’s intense pressure to be successful in our world today. And as a result, there’s also incredible pressure to compromise our character in order to attain the world’s definition of success. This compromise shows itself through dishonesty, greed, and a wealth of other wrong attitudes regarding money. As a believer, the bottom line is that you must decide that your character is more important than your financial status. And the first financial firewall each of us must build around our families and homes is the firewall of honesty. This requires that we make honest financial decisions 100% of the time! This means you tell the truth at any cost. It means you always pay your debts. You put in a hard day’s work every day. You’re a fair employer. And you always pay your taxes. It means you’ll remember that money itself is here today and then gone…but the thing that will last is your character! Your character is more important than your financial status. The Importance of Knowing the Word by Dr. Paul Chappell “Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Matthew 22:29–32 The story goes that a new pastor was teaching a young boy’s Sunday school class and asking them some questions to test their knowledge. When he asked, “Who knocked down the walls of Jericho?” Of course, he wanted them to answer that it was Joshua from the Bible account in the book of Joshua. But none of them responded. Later when meeting some of the leaders of the church, he expressed his dismay at their lack of Bible knowledge. One of the elderly men said, “Pastor, I’ve known these boys all their lives, and if they say they didn’t knock down the walls, I believe them!” When the Sadducees tried to trap Jesus by posing what they thought was a challenging question, He pointed out that their question was wrong from the start because they did not base their belief and doctrine on what the Bible said. Because of the effects of sin our hearts and minds are darkened, unable to distinguish truth from error apart from the work of the Holy Spirit to illuminate the Scriptures and guide us rightly. “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come” (John 16:13). We have a great responsibility to learn the Bible, because the Holy Spirit cannot guide us through the Word unless we know the Word.   Today’s Growth Principle:  Only the inerrant Word of God has the ability to rightly guide us through a world filled with errors.