1 Timothy 6:9-10 says: But people who are trying to get rich fall into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful passions that plunge people into ruin and destruction. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some have wandered away from the faith and have impaled themselves with a lot of pain because they made money their goal. Matthew 6:19-21 says: Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. Instead, collect treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust dont eat them and where thieves dont break in and steal them. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Mark 10:23-25 says: Looking around, Jesus said to his disciples, It will be very hard for the wealthy to enter Gods kingdom! His words startled the disciples, so Jesus told them again, Children, its difficult to enter Gods kingdom! Its easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter Gods kingdom. Greed is one way to define the love of money. There is something in our human nature that always has us wanting more. It can consume us. It can make us unwilling to part with what we have, which renders us unable to minister to those in need. And often, in the nonstop pursuit of more, we can only gain if somebody else loses. Greed is inconsistent with Jesus command to love our neighbors. Another way to define love of money is putting our faith in the things we have instead of in God. Its true that sometimes people only turn to God in times of need. What about people who dont really need because of they have wealth and live pretty comfortable lives? Its easy and dangerous for us to think that we can make it on our own, forgetting that all we have truly comes from God. While todays verses talk a lot about money, the concepts apply to all worldly things, including possessions and popularity. The things of this world are temporary, but God and Heaven are eternal.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:15:05 +0000
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