Ted:
Ted quoted:
24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."[Matthew 6: 24 ESV]
The question, IMO, is who serves whom? Does money serve you...or are you the servant of money? Do you attempt to aquire money so that you can do the things that God would have you to do to further His ends...or do you aquire money so that you can have a new Lexus...Cadillac....BMW... get a new
Gateway 825GM computer with ¼ Terabyte Hard Drive (my downfall).... whatever..?..to lavish it upon yourself. Maybe...build a bigger barn to hold all the stuff. (Luke 12:15ff) “Beware of covetousness”.
You remember the rich young ruler...whom Jesus said to sell what he had and give to the poor....he was a slave to money! He was definitely only going to serve one master...and it wasn’t Jesus. He had deified money! It was his master. (Luke 18:18ff)
If you ever stop by TBN, (God forbid)..you will see religious folks one after the other that seem to have only one thing on their mind.....MONEY. They’ve become slaves to money. It really appears to be an addiction with some.
I wonder if I should really blame them for their greediness or the biblically illiterate that send them their money.
Bottom line...(literally) money is supposed to be just another
tool for the child of God to use to bring glory to Him.
Dave
