Just take a look at your checkbook ledger or bank statement it really reveals where your heart is at.ġ Timothy 6:17-19 “As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. If you sow your treasures into the things of God, you are storing up treasures in heaven. You can’t take it with you, but you can forward it ahead, so if we lay up treasures here on earth, what good is it? It’s all going to be burned up anyway as the Apostle Peter writes, “the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed” (2nd Pet 3:10).
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” That’s why “some have wandered away from the faith.” Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Mine mostly says, “Bye, bye.” But a love of money says a lot about a person and can lead to “all kinds of evils.” This isn’t saying that money is the root of all evil, as some translations say, but loving money can lead to evils types of evil, like thievery, embezzlement, money laundering, and phishing schemes, so it’s best not to love money because once a person owns a lot of money, their money actually owns them. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” Besides, God has promised He will never leave us or forsake us, so even if our money forsakes us, God never will.ġ Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
For the love of money free#
I see that the author of Hebrews links a love of money with discontentment as he says that we’re to keep our lives free from the love of money and just “be content with what you have,” meaning that if we keep our lives away from the evil of loving money, we’ll be more content. Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” We are property of the Master, having been purchased by the very blood of Jesus Christ (1st Cor 6:20). Only when Jesus speaks of Himself as being a servant it is the actual word, “servant” used, but for the Christ-follower, we are much more than servants we are His slaves, and as slaves, all that we own is His, so obviously we can’t serve money and serve God. The servant owns nothing and stays with the family…but then, over time, they become part of the family. There’s a huge difference between a slave and a servant. Most Bible translations describe us as servants of God, but in reality, the Greek word used for a servant in the New Testament is “doulos” which means, slave and not a servant.
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