MONEY Is necessary.With it we buy things we need to live.Many people ,because they don't have enough of it,are hungry,ill-clad and suffering from the ravages of disease.Thus,poverty is a curse, not a blessing.On the other hand ,others who have more than they have are often greedy and sometimes cause the suffering of poor people.
But money itself doesn't cause the devil which often result from its use.It is the love of money that is the root of all sorts of evil.The danger isn't in having money,but in loving it.
What We Love, We Will Obey
Jesus said we will obey whatever we love (John 14:15).If we love Him,we will keep His commandments;if we love ourselves,we will obey our fleshly desires and use money for ourselves.It is the well-being and good of whatever we love that determines our decisions.
Romans 6:16 says "You are slaves of the one whom you obey ,either of sin resulting in death or of obedience resulting in righteousness".This moves us a step further :Not only do we obey whom we love,we are slaves of whatever ,or whomever ,we consistently obey.
Money Is Controlled By Mammon
Let's look at what all this means .Money in the realm of this present evil age is under the of the wicked principality, whom Jesus called Mammon.If we love money, we will consistently obey what our love of money dictates to us.If we consistently obey what our love of money says ,we will becomes enslaved to it and come under the control of spiritual wickedness.
It isn't just coincidental that people who love money fall into all sort of evil.When one loves money he begins to obey the dictates of spiritual wickedness with his flesh.This is why the love of money is the ROOTof all sort of evil.
You Cannot Love God And Money
No wonder true spiritual power and great wealth often seem so incompatible.Jesus said ,"How hard it's for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God"(Mark 10:23)
In Luke 18 :18-22 There is this young man who comes to Jesus and ask of how to inherit eternal life?The young ma had already kept all the command from His youth but Jesus said you still lack one thing ,sell all your possession and distribute to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven ;and come follow me!
When the young man heard this ,He became sorrowful because He was very wealthy. Possible he had struggle all his life to become rich .Being rich was the thing which most obsessed Him.He presumed he could love Jesus and love his money .He found he couldn't have it both ways.
Loving God and loving money is never possible we always left to chose one ,but will be better if you chose the love of God for He has the power to give riches.
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