Counsels on Stewardship -- Study Guide

Chapter 43 — Trying to Serve God and Mammon

One of the most common juggling acts on earth is the attempt to serve God and mammon equally. It is never successful. One always dominates the other. Your exercise of the power of choice determines the outcome. Please read CS 217-222 or CSA 137-140. CS-SG 41.4

8. In the struggle between God and mammon:
A. Satan unsuccessfully uses worldliness and commercialism to crowd thoughts of God from the mind. True False CS 219:2 or CSA 137:3
B. Various enterprises and inventions are used by Satan to occupy people’s attention so they will forget God. True False CS 219:2 or CSA 137:3
C. Judas’ great hereditary and cultivated tendency to evil was covetousness. True False CS 219:4 or CSA 138:2
D. It is possible for some to become so cold and backslidden they do not realize they have transferred their affections from God to mammon. True False CS 220:4 or CSA 138:5; 139:1
E. In general, as God increases the possessions of those in poverty, their benevolence keeps pace with their accumulation. True False CS 221:5; 222:1 or CSA 139:4 CS-SG 41.5

F. With some, their benevolence is actually far less than in the days of their poverty. True False CS 222:1 or CSA 140:1 CS-SG 42.1

9. “Some, when in _______________________, are _______________________ are with their little; but as they acquire _______________________, they become _______________________. The reason they have so little _______________________, is because they do not keep moving forward as they _______________________, and _______________________ to to the cause of God even at a _______________________.” CS 222:2 or CSA 140:2 CS-SG 42.2