Using Wealth to Spread the Gospel

Wealth is an extremely powerful tool, which can be used either for good or evil. Godly people will use their wealth to spread the Gospel and bless others. Unrighteous people will use money as a tool for sin and self-gratification.

In 1990 when Inspiration Ministries was born, we took a great step of faith to launch a ministry dedicated to impacting the lost through media. Today, hundreds of millions of people around the world have access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our life-giving outreaches. In fact, every six seconds, we are hearing of someone, somewhere in the world making Jesus Christ their Lord through this ministry’s efforts!

Of course, none of this would have been possible if it hadn’t been for the sacrificial giving of our partners. While salvation is a gift from God, it takes LOTS of money to reach the world with the Gospel.

But whenever you think of the large cost of sending the Good News to the ends of the earth today, remember the interesting story that took place after Jesus’ resurrection:

Some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.” So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day (Matthew 28:11–15 NKJV).

You see, the opponents of the Gospel were willing to pay “a large sum of money” to spread lies discrediting Jesus’ resurrection. And the same is true today; powerful financiers invest enormous sums of money to create movies, TV programs, and books to spread lust, obscenity, and lies that propagate evil or ridicule the cause of Christ. As God’s people, shouldn’t we, in return, be willing to spend large sums to spread the TRUTH?

We live in sobering times. Now more than ever, the body of Christ needs to rise up and finance the endtime harvest of souls. We need to sow sacrificial financial seeds to send the light of the Gospel to the nations while it’s still day—because the night is coming when no one can work (John 9:4).

This is just another example of how money can be a powerful tool to impact souls for our Father God. You can invest your money for fruitless endeavors and follow your desires, OR you can expand the Kingdom by sharing the power of the Gospel. The choice is yours.

As the old saying goes, when you get involved with what concerns God, HE gets involved with what concerns you.

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