201 B Greed

Market place facts: Greed .. Rationalisation … CompromiseMarket place facts: Greed .. Rationalisation … Compromise

MARKETPLACE FACTS

Module 201 BGREED...RATIONALISATION...

COMPROMISE Mario Denton

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Overall purpose of this series on Marketplace

To understand and learn from various marketplace facts so that you can: • Be more effective and anointed wherever you are in the marketplace.

• Adapt and benchmark your marketplace practices and principles discussed in this series.

• Use these material to facilitate the work of evangelism.



GREED...RATIONALIsATION...COMPROMISE

Is insider trading wrong?





GREED... RATIONALISATION... COMPROMISE

• Job 27:3 - 6: “As long as I have life within me…my tongue will utter no deceit...Till I die, I will not deny my integrity...




• Job 27:3 - 6: “...My conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.”




How is it that people still ask whether ‘insider trading' is

wrong?”



The answer lies in the fact

• That many believers who are committed to, and immersed in the cutthroat climate of the business environment have developed an amazing ability to rationalise and side-step the Bible’s high standard of integrity.




• They are able to do this simply by living in the two worlds of the spiritual and the secular as did the Old Testament Jews:




• “While these people were worshipping the Lord, they were serving their idols.” (II King. 17:41)



AT THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM

• LIES OUR STUBBORN REFUSAL TO ALLOW CHRIST TO BE THE LORD OF OUR WORK

• WE FEAR THAT IF WE ABANDONOURSELVES TO A BIBLICAL ETHIC two things will happen



Two things will happen

• (1) Our business will collapse under the competition, or




(2) God won’t provide for us at the standard to which we have

become accustomed.




• (1) Our business will collapse under the competition

• The first fear centres on a carnal lack of faith.




• (2) God won’t provide for us at the standard to which we have become accustomed.

• The second fear centres on greed. BOTH ARE SIN.




Where do you stand on this matter?



Prayer Focus• Father, In the name of Jesus, I

surrender myself to walk in the Word in the marketplace. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world.

• The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me.

• I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen



Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25

• “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

• Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do

what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

• But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)



Learning, application and commitment

• One of the principles that I have learned from this lesson was …

• I intend to apply this principle in my market place by: …..

• With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately.



Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!



Let's keep the good marketplace vibes alive. Let's network.

Become a member of the Crown Companies Marketplace Coaching Forum.

Tel (w) + 27(0) 82 88 29903. e-mail address:[email protected]

Website: www.crown.org.za

Blessings from Dr Mario Denton as the Africa: Continental Programme Director - Marketplace



Sources and acknowledgementCHRIST@ WORK NEWSLETTER

• Copyright Notice• © 2005 FCCI- Limited permission to copy without altering text or

profiteering is granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice. Copy is limited to member and/or FCCI small group use.

• The “Facts of the Matter” is also available through the Internet: www.factsofthematter.org. 2003 R. Dwight Hill.

• Slides compiled by Mario Denton. • Please commit yourself to inform us of the results regarding the

effectiveness thereof should you wish to use this material.






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