ANOINTED FOR BUSINESS STUDY GUIDE WEEK 6 REPORT

Answers to GOD LOVES BILL GATES, TOO

A. Study Guide

1. What are two common misperceptions that often prevent godly Christians from moving enthusiastically into the marketplace?
God despises rich people; success is something that Christians cannot handle well; making money is evil; profit is unjustifiable

2. Jesus was a friend of all sinners, wealthy and destitute alike. He loved and ministered to both.

3. Servants loyal to the returning King Jesus need to enter the marketplace and use whatever authority He has entrusted to them to gain success.

4. What was the reward for business success that came about as a result of obedience?
Authority over cities.

5. Jesus understands both the rich and the poor because He fully identified with each group.

6. Wealth has to be seen as a trust, and it has to be used liberally to bless others as a practical expression of our belief that God is the provider and the replenisher.

A. Reflection and Discussion
1. How does God really feel about the rich? Defend your answer with Scripture.

Read paragraph Jericho: A Case Study in Social Reconciliation

2. Describe your experience with the bias that ascribes virtue to poverty and innate evil to wealth (e.g., “it is better to be poor and godly than rich and worldly?)

Tall-Poppy Syndrome is particularly alive and well in the Australian church scene.

3. Re-read Luke 19:1-27. Discuss the misconceptions that Jesus wanted to correct by telling the parable of the 10 minas.
Trading and making profit is expected of God's faithful servants for all the resources He has entrusted them with. Resources can be in the form of money as well as people, assets, authority, inheritance, heritage, citizenship, etc.
Jesus wants to reward his most successful stewards by rewarding them with greater territorial coverage.

4. Is wealth a blessing or a curse? Read 1 Timothy 6:6-19 and discuss what Paul said is the problem and solution for those God has entrusted with riches (use pages 84-85 as a guide for the discussion if necessary).
The more He entrusted the person with the more He is expecting in return. A greater accountability is expected of those given much.