THE PROBLEMS OF WEALTH: WEALTH'S POWER TO ENSLAVE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Problems Of Wealth
a) Everyone needs to know and understand Christ's attitude toward wealth.
b) Let's begin by noticing, from the Christian point of view, some problems associated with wealth.
c) Mammon is a word used in some translations instead of money or wealth. The word mammon is pejorative, and expresses wealth tainted with evil.
2. Wealth's Power To Enslave
a) Jesus said, "You cannot serve God and wealth" (Luke 16:13) Here wealth is seen as a master to be served. It is certainly a problem to know whether your wealth is serving you and God, or whether you are serving it. People can lose their souls because they become "...choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life" (Luke 8:14-15). Wealth can present this problem even to those who are not rich but want to be. "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare..." (1 Timothy 6:9,).
The End ...
1. The Problems Of Wealtha) Everyone needs to know and understand Christ's attitude toward wealth.
b) Let's begin by noticing, from the Christian point of view, some problems associated with wealth.
c) Mammon is a word used in some translations instead of money or wealth. The word mammon is pejorative, and expresses wealth tainted with evil.
2. Wealth's Power To Enslave
a) Jesus said, "You cannot serve God and wealth" (Luke 16:13) Here wealth is seen as a master to be served. It is certainly a problem to know whether your wealth is serving you and God, or whether you are serving it. People can lose their souls because they become "...choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life" (Luke 8:14-15). Wealth can present this problem even to those who are not rich but want to be. "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare..." (1 Timothy 6:9,).
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