Dinheiro
O dinheiro é ferramenta que pode ser usada para o bem ou para o mal. A Bíblia nos ensina a administrar recursos com sabedoria, generosidade e temor ao Senhor.
Perspectiva bíblica
Guardai-vos da avareza. A vida não consiste na abundância de bens. O dinheiro é servo, nunca senhor.
He then told them, "Watch out and be on guardagainst all greed,because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions."
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
because you know better, stop!
The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Administrar com sabedoria
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. O sábio administra seus recursos com prudência e visão de eternidade.
Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
The Lord’s blessing enriches,
and he adds no painful effort to it. ,
Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.
Get wisdom —
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding —
it is preferable to silver.
A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.
What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;
better to be a poor person than a liar.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
Perigos e armadilhas
Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação. Fuja do amor ao dinheiro e busque contentamento no Senhor.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.,
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.
The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
Tudo vem de Deus
De ti vem tudo, e das tuas mãos to damos. Os tributos são devidos — dai a César o que é de César e a Deus o que é de Deus.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.
The little that the righteous person has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord supports the righteous.
I rejoice in the way revealed by your decrees
as much as in all riches.