Love of money, which is the root of all evil.

AATHAVAN 🖋️ 631 ⛪ October 20, 2022 Thursday

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." ( 1 Timothy 6 : 10 )

There can only be two reasons behind all the injustices that happen in this world. They are the lust for money and another is the sin of adultery. The reason for desire for money is the desire to enjoy all the things in the world and the desire to be respected by everyone. That is why the apostle Paul wrote this to his disciple Timothy, warning him about this.

In the previous verse of today's verse, Paul writes:- "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition." ( 1 Timothy 6 : 9 )

Look at the news in daily newspapers - murders, rapes, thefts, violence, children killed by the mother or left and run away with another man, killing the mother by the son, to top it all in this scientific age, human sacrifice, eating human flesh...you can read in the news.

The root cause of most of these crimes is the desire for money. The arrested criminal has confessed that he gave the human sacrifice as an instant rich. Yes, dear ones, that is why the scriptures warn us that lust for money is a sin.

Apostle Paul narrates the reasons thus:-  "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient" ( Romans 1 : 28 ). That is, the reason for this is that there is no desire in the minds of people to know the true God.

Because they do not get the knowledge of knowing God, "being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers" ( Romans 1 : 29 ).

The scriptures do not say that earning money and working for it is wrong. Working for earning money is not wrong. Paul says that he who does not work should not eat. "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." ( 2 Thessalonians‍ 3 : 10 ) Lust for money is the obsession with accumulating more and more money and engaging in sinful activities for it.

"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." ( Hebrews 13 : 5 ) Yes, he who has the mindset that God will not leave us and protect us in any situation will hate the desire for money and live a righteous life.

Let us not cling to the love of money, which is the root of all evil. Only then can we maintain our faith without slipping away; Let us not pierce ourselves with many pains.

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