My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Prosperity Can Destroy

Mark 10:25, Children, how hard it is, for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

Matthew 19: 24, again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:25, For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

These three Gospels were written to different groups, but they all taught the same truth. Matthew is directed to the Jews, Mark to those in the Roman Empire unfamiliar with Jews history, and Luke to intellectuals such as the Greeks. They were looking for the perfect man, and Luke gave them Jesus.

When you look at the differences between these groups why do you suppose this message was given to all of them?

Matthew 6:24, No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

1 Timothy 6:10, For the Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many arrows.

Exodus 34: 14, for you shall worship no other God, for the Lord, whose name is jealous is a jealous God.

The one thing they all had in common was the love of money which for most of them was their God. We have one of two choices. One is good the other is evil. We decide by our actions which way we go. God or satan.

It is a fact that a person will behave in a group quite differently than he would on his own. It can be good or bad. We see from the verses that warnings are there for us. We cannot serve God and satan. satan deceives people with money and all kinds of stuff. He knows that the vast majority, of people will eventually get to the point that their appetites for money, pleasure, and anything you can name will be insatiable.  By now you probably figured out that one of the problems could be keeping up with the Joneses.

One thing to remember is something most of us don’t think about. When a person sins without Limits, he gets to the point where he does not recognize sin. He in effect becomes his own God, and praises everything he has done and lives according to his own rules. Success has a way of doing that to people

There are some very successful people who love and praise the one true God. They allowed God to lead and prosper them, following what God says rather than following satan and the world.

This subject deserves much more time, and space than we have here. If you pursue this, you will find more knowledgeable teachers, and far more facts. My goal is to point you in the right direction. God bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ, I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again in order to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen