How would you like to become rich? If so, please allow me to be your
personal financial advisor for just a few moments today. If you are
willing to invest in the following plan, you will become rich beyond
comprehension, for we are talking today about “unsearchable riches!”
Now I realize that you have probably been offered “get-rich-quick”
propositions before which just turned out to be “spend-money-quick”
schemes. Or maybe a friend has offered to let you in on “the ground
floor" of some incredible new venture, only to leave you holding the bag
in the basement while only a chosen few ever got on the elevator. And
possibly you have even tried your luck at some form of gambling like the
lottery, only to discover the hard way that it is just a tax for people
who didn’t do well at math.
But my proposition is not another phony scam of man. We are talking
about an eternal plan devised before the foundation of the world from
Jehovah God, the Creator of every precious metal and stone in the
universe! He wants you and me to be truly rich in the way that really
counts!
Please read and consider what the Ruler of the universe has to say about
the dangers and flaws of earthly riches:
“Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly
make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” 1
“They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude
of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor
give to God a ransom for him:” 2
“For riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all
generations.” 3
“ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time
and chance happens to them all.” 4
“There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common
among men: a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honour, so
that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives
him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and
it is an evil disease.” 5
“People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into
many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and
destruction. For the love of money is the root of all of evil. Some
people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs." 6
“And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!” And the
disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and
said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to
enter into the kingdom of God!" 7
“Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that
is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your
clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify
against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the
last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your
fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have
reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury
and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of
slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, and they did
not oppose you.” 8
“Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains
riches by unjust means. When his life is half gone, they will desert him,
and in the end he will prove to be a fool.” 9
“The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: Lo,
this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the
abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.” 10
“Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.” 11
“He that trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall
flourish as a branch.” 12
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing
into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food
and clothing, we will be content with that. 13
“A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many
wicked.” 14
“ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from
death.” 15
“ If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been
faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is
your own?” 16
How we use earthly wealth is important to God, and if we want to be rich
forever, we need to keep money and possessions in proper perspective. But
the investor who has an eye on true wealth will never find it in the
corruptible commodities we see on earth. We must look at the unseen; the
eternal spiritual realm, and there we will find the truth about being
rich forever. Read carefully the following teachings concerning true
riches and their superiority to earthly gain:
“ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all
riches.” 17
“Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets
understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are
not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in
her left hand riches and honour.” 18
“Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than
choice silver.” 19
Wisdom that makes a person truly rich forever is found in the person of
Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, of whom the Apostle Paul spoke
when he desired this of the Colossian brethren; “That their hearts might
be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the
full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of
God, and of the Father, and of Christ; in whom are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge.” 20
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 21
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: .... In
whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;” 22
“That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his
grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” 23
Paul had a place in the eternal plan of God, and once he was sold on
Jesus, he spent the rest of his time on earth proclaiming the
“unsearchable riches of Christ” 24, and praying that all who were in
Christ would open their eyes and see by faith “the riches of the glory of
his inheritance in the saints.” 25
How about you, my friend? The odds are against you ever hitting the big
jackpot when it comes to money, even in America, most financially
prosperous country on earth.
But you can be truly rich in faith when you are “in Christ.” All the
dollars in the world won’t buy you an inch of heaven, or keep any part of
you out of hellfire; but faith is the spiritual currency God always
accepts! How is your faith account?
You don’t need to take your chances and be a contestant on a game show
to become rich. You just need to come to the Source of every good and
perfect gift.
You won’t be asked a whole list of questions either. The only question
you will be asked is, “Do you believe with all your heart that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God?”
Jesus became poor so you could become rich.25 Why not trust Him now,
confess your faith in Him, repent and be baptized for the remission of
your sins? You can be rich forever!
Bible References:
1)Proverbs 23: 5; 2)Psalms 49: 6; 3)Proverbs 27:24;
4)Ecclesiastes 9: 11; 5)Eccl. 6: 1,2; 6)I Tim 6:9-10;
7)Mark 10:23,24; 8)James 5: 1-6; 9)Jeremiah 17:11;
10)Psalm 52:6-7; 11)Psalms 62: 10; 12)Proverbs 11: 28;
13)I Tim.6:6-8; 14)Psalms 37: 16; 15)Proverbs 11:4;
16)Luke 16: 11,12; 17)Psa. 119:14; 18)Prov. 3:13-16;
19)Prov. 8:18,19; 20)Col. 2:2,3; 21)Rom. 11: 33;
22)Eph. 1: 3 & 7; 23)Ephesians 2: 7; 24)Eph. 3: 8;
25)Eph. 1:16-18. 25)II Corinthians. 8:9