MONEY MATTERS: GREED
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Money Matters
a) What does Matthew chapter 6 say about money matters?
2. Greed
Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
a) Some people want whatever their eyes see, rather than those few things which are needful. This lust of the eye plunges people, body and soul, into darkness. The enlightened person understands what few things are really needful for the body and for life, and takes the attitude, to "If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content" (1 Timothy 6:8-10).
1 Timothy 6:8-10
8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
b) There is, of course, nothing wrong in being fortunate to enjoy more than these. But grasping for more than these leads us away from the light of eternal life and our treasure in heaven.
The End ...
1. Money Mattersa) What does Matthew chapter 6 say about money matters?
2. Greed
Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
a) Some people want whatever their eyes see, rather than those few things which are needful. This lust of the eye plunges people, body and soul, into darkness. The enlightened person understands what few things are really needful for the body and for life, and takes the attitude, to "If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content" (1 Timothy 6:8-10).
1 Timothy 6:8-10
8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
b) There is, of course, nothing wrong in being fortunate to enjoy more than these. But grasping for more than these leads us away from the light of eternal life and our treasure in heaven.
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