Publisher's Synopsis
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich." (NIV)
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
Your purpose as a Christian is to be blessed and therefore to be a blessing.
There is some "undoing" to do in the minds of Christians: we must unlearn the notion that in order to be good Christians, we must be poor; that if we love God, we must commit to a life of poverty; that wealth and a heart for Jesus cannot co-exist. Biblical Economics 101: Living Under God's Financial Blessing instructs readers step by step, how to surrender their finances to God by first surrendering their lives and their every possession to His purpose.
In this compelling argument of the Christian faith, Stuart R. Watkins, Ph.D relies on scripture to paint a new picture of Jesus and a new picture of how to use wealth for His good.
The purpose of money is to build the Kingdom of God (Deut. 8:18). The world needs Christian wealth, Christian influence, and Christian change. Only by embracing the biblical logic that God wants us to be wealthy and wants us to use our wealth for His good, can this be possible....
