Sermon
What Do My Finances Say About My Faith?
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
November 23, 2025 · 47 min
Summary
Acts 4:32–5:11 teaches that experiencing God's grace transforms believers into generous people who view themselves as stewards rather than owners. Barnabas exemplifies this gracious generosity, while Ananias and Sapphira represent the danger of hypocrisy—attempting to gain spiritual credit without true sacrifice—which grieves the Holy Spirit and invites judgment.
Highlights
Generosity is an aspect of discipleship just like Bible reading, prayer, or evangelism.
When you experience the grace of God, it turns you into a generous person.
If you're not generous now, it's very unlikely you will be generous then. Because generosity is a muscle that you have to strengthen.