Financial Discipleship - the Bible on MultiplicationSample

Multiplication

Once we have our personal finances in order, we must push past stewardship and shift our focus to multiplying the growth of God’s kingdom. As disciples of Jesus, we are clearly and repeatedly instructed to multiply. Whether using money, time, talents, knowledge, or anything else God has entrusted to us, we are expected to use it to grow God’s kingdom.

In John 1:41, we read that the first thing Andrew did after meeting Jesus was to tell his brother Simon. The parable of the minas in Luke 19:11-27 teaches us that when the Master entrusts us with something, He expects it returned with growth. In the Matthew 13 parable of the sower, the only soil considered “good” was the one that multiplied.

The Great Commission, Jesus’ final instruction before ascending to heaven, is all about multiplication. “Go and make disciples . . . teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:18-20).

There has been a tremendous movement toward financial responsibility and stewardship in the Church over the past decade—and that is a good thing—but it doesn’t fulfill the calling of Christ. If we are to be true disciples of Jesus—going where He goes, doing what He does, and becoming like He is—it requires multiplication. Each step we take in our journeys of faith must be learned, applied, and multiplied for maximum kingdom impact.

(excerpt taken from Financial Discipleship for Families: Intentionally Raising Faithful Children, Brian C. Holtz, 2023)