The following from Proverbs (1:10-19) may enlighten you:
10 My
son, if sinners entice you,
do not
give in to them.
11 If
they say, "Come along with us;
let's lie
in wait for someone's blood,
let's
waylay some harmless soul;
12 let's
swallow them alive, like the grave,
and whole,
like those who go down to the pit;
13 we
will get all sorts of valuable things
and fill
our houses with plunder;
14 throw
in your lot with us,
and we
will share a common purse"-
15 my
son, do not go along with them,
do not
set foot on their paths;
16 for
their feet rush into sin,
they are
swift to shed blood.
17 How
useless to spread a net
in full
view of all the birds!
18 These
men lie in wait for their own blood;
they
waylay only themselves!
19 Such
is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
it takes
away the lives of those who get it.
The
second most powerful god is money, which is controlled by Satan, or rather by
our own greed. Money is even more powerful than Satan himself. Here are a two
scriptures regarding "money-lust":
"For
the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money,
have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." (1 Timothy 6:10.)
"You
shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in
the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters
below." ( Exodus 3,4.)
We all need money, and we cannot do without money. This reality may make money become a god if you have a lust for
money. EVERYTHING you buy with money is only with you while you are on this
earth; once you die, you cannot take these "things" into heaven. So, why
would you want to worship money? "Things" only last for as long as
you live on this earth. On the other hand, everything you'll ever need is waiting for you in
heaven if you choose to worship the One and Only God. Do not worship money, and
beware of money!Buddha, too, said: "Craving is the root cause of all human miseries." So, just beware of money.
Stephen Lau
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