Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content (2)
1 Timothy 6.6-8
The Bible warns us in verses 9-10, “But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a
snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in
destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows”. Now we should not misunderstand the Lord; to be
rich or have the desire to be rich is not necessarily or fundamentally wrong,
after all, most of God’s positive characters in the Bible were rich, and it is
possible to be rich from God’s legitimate blessings.
However,
there is a serious danger in desiring to be rich; if one is not careful, it is
usually accompanied by temptations and snares. Many desires for riches are a
product of (harmful) lusts; you want to be like the other person, without
knowing the source or foundation of their wealth. We have heard of too many
cases of people lured into drug pushing, forgeries, stealing, blackmail, bribery,
disloyalty, dishonesty and even fetish activities simply because of their
strong desires to become rich. Governments all over the world have been brought
down so that people could have access to state money.
The root of
all these, the reason behind all these is the love of money. People misquote
the scripture by saying, “Money is the root of all evil”; they are wrong; the
right quotation and what the Bible says in 1
Timothy 6.10 is, “The
LOVE of money is the root of
all evil”. Money
itself is not bad and can be very useful, but when people develop a lustful
attachment to it, then they are not too far from evil and destruction.
Back to our
original discourse. Sadly, even the church is no longer exempted from these
things. Tomorrow we will see how the church and Christians have become involved
in this inordinate desire to make money and become rich at all costs, and the
implication on the faith. God bless your day.
‘Lolu Akinwunmi
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