When JESUS SAYS YES,NOBODY CAN SAY NO. You can tell me what I can and cannot do....ONLY JESUS CAN ;) ! Luke 12:15-21 (Phi) ...Be on your guard against covetousness in any shape or form. For a mans real life in no way depends upon the number of his possessions... A rich mans farmland produced heavy crops. So he said to himself, What shall I do, for I have no room to store this harvest of mine? Then he said, I know what Ill do. Ill pull down my barns and build bigger ones where I can store all my grain and my goods and I can say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of good things stored up there for years to come. Relax! Eat, drink, and have a good time! But God said to him, You fool, this very night you will be asked for YOUR SOUL!... That is what happens to the man who hoards things for himself and is not rich in the eyes of God. Luke 16:19-31 (NIV) There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus... The beggar died and angels carried him to Abrahams side. The rich man also died... In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up... I am in agony in this fire. But Abraham replied, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony... Then I beg you... I have five brothers... warn them so that they will not come to this place of torment. They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them. Ps 49:16-19 (NIV) Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases; for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend with him. Though while he lived he counted himself blessed--and men praise you when you prosper--he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life. Ecc 5:10-15 (NIV) Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them? The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep. I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune... Naked a man comes from his mothers womb, and as he comes, so he departs... Prov 11:4,28 (NIV) Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death... Whoever trusts in his riches will fall... Money as An Insulation From God Christians hope in eternal security, and God would have us give up carnal security to get it. The flesh wants the security of money. It wants to be in control, to be master, to be god. So we dream of and cling to money because we dont want to be totally dependent on God... Job 31:24-25,28 (NIV) [Job:] If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, You are my security, if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained... then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:04:23 +0000
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