The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

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The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
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How NOT to make a million dollars -
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First Impression?

• RICH

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Worldview - Top Ten Richest Americans

• Forbes 400 Richest Americans List
• Bill Gates 57.0B Microsoft
• Warren Buffet 50.0B Berkshire Hathaway
• Lawrence Ellison 27.0B Oracle
• Jim Walton 23.4B Wal-Mart
• Robson Walton 23.3B Wal-Mart
• Alice Walton 23.2B Wal-Mart
• Walton Family 23.2B Wal-Mart
• M. Bloomberg 20.0B Bloomberg
• Charles Koch 19.0B Oil / Commodities
• David Koch 19.0B Oil / Commodities

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Pocket change?

• Pretend you are Bill Gates
• You are currently the richest person in the U.S.
  whose net worth is 57,000,000,000 (57 Billion)
  reported by "Forbes 400 List".
• 57 Billion _at_ 6 interest (annually)
  3,420,000,000 (3.42 Billion). 
• 3.42 Billion equates to approximately 9,500,000
  (9.5 Million) a day. 
• 9.5 Million a day equates to approximately
  400,000 an hour.
• 400,000 an hour equates to approximately 6,666
  a minute without ever touching the 57 Billion
  in principle.

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Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

• Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams

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Biltmore Estate and Gardens
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Biltmore Estate and Gardens

• Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-inspired
  chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by
  George Washington Vanderbilt between 1888 and
  1895. It is the largest privately owned home in
  the United States at 175,000 square feet (250
  rooms with 63 bedrooms and 43 bathrooms) and
  took between 300 500 employees to run the
  estate after its completion.
• The home had electric lights, telephones, indoor
  plumbing, indoor pool bowling alley, an
  elevator and central heat and air in a time when
  everyone else was going potty in the outhouse.
• No one knows exactly how much the Biltmore
  Estate cost to build, but it is believed to be
  around ten million dollars (which is 210,000,000
  dollars in 2008).

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The Founding Fathers Fortunes
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The Founding Fathers Fortunes

• "Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."
• The last paragraph of the Declaration contains a
  phrase that speaks volumes about those men who
  met in Philadelphia the summer of 1776 to set
  into motion the firestorm that would eventually
  mean liberty for us all.
• Remember, these were not wild-eyed
  revolutionaries. They were not firebrand
  radicals. These were men who were secure in their
  lives and property. They were wealthy
  Aristocrats. They risked everything and had only
  one thing to gain - their freedom.

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The Founding Fathers Fortunes

• With only a few exceptions, such as Samuel Adams
  of Massachusetts, these were men of substantial
  property. All but two had families, and were men
  of education and standing in their communities.
  They had economic security as few men had in the
  18th century.
• The last line says, "we mutually pledge to each
  other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred
  Honor." Each knew the full meaning of the
  magnificent last words of that paragraph. The
  names were kept secret for six months since that
  signature on the Declaration pledged his life,
  his fortune and his sacred honor. Fifty-six men
  placed their names beneath that pledge and they
  knew when they signed they were risking
  everything.

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Websters Dictionary

• Websters definition of rich
• 1 having abundant possessions and especially
  material wealth
• 2 having high value or quality well supplied or
  endowed
• 3 magnificently impressive
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What Does The Bible Say?

• Proverbs 1022 (NIV)
• The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he
  adds no trouble to it.
• Proverbs 215 (NLT)
• Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
  but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
• 1 Timothy 617 (NIV)
•   Command those who are rich in this present
  world not to be arrogant, or to put their hope in
  wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their
  hope in God, who richly provides us with
  everything for our enjoyment.

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Rich Word Study

• The word rich appears
• 163 times in the New International Version
• 161 times in the New American Standard Bible
• 131 times in the Message
• 172 times in the King James Version
• 186 times in the New King James Version
• 153 times in the Holman Christian Standard Bible
• 196 times in the New Living Translation

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From the beginning

• Genesis 132Abram was very rich in livestock,
  silver, and gold.
• Genesis 1422 - 23But Abram said to the king of
  Sodom, I have raised my hand in an oath to the
  LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
  that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or
  anything that belongs to you, so you can never
  say, I made Abram rich.
• Genesis 2435The LORD has greatly blessed my
  master, and he has become rich. He has given him
  sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and
  female slaves, and camels and donkeys.

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to the end

• Revelation 183For all the nations have drunk
  the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings
  of the earth committed adultery with her, and the
  merchants of the earth grew rich from her
  excessive luxuries.
• Revelation 1814They will say, The fruit you
  longed for is gone from you. All your riches and
  splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.
• Revelation 1819They will throw dust on their
  heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out
  "Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships
  on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one
  hour she has been brought to ruin!

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Self Reflection -

• What is your concept of
• rich or being rich?

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Self Reflection -

• Now what is your concept of
• rich or being rich?
• The word mansions does appear in John 142 in
  the KJV and NKJV and is taken from the Latin term
  mansio meaning a travelers resting place.

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Closing Thoughts

• Things to think about and always remember
• Dont think for a minute that we arent rich.
• Our possessions are luxuries that most of the
  people in the world dont have.
• Remember that Christ said to his disciples, "I
  tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to
  enter the kingdom of heaven.(Matthew1923)
• The question isnt, What can I get? but the
  best question is, What can I give?

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Closing Thoughts

• What is the next step for you, as you have been
  blessed?
• Who are you going to bless for the glory of God?

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Final Thought

• In the worlds eyes, we are The Jones.