WEALTH
WITHOUT COVETOUSNESS
Memorise:
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they
that have riches enter into the kingdom
of God! Luke 18:24
Read: Luke
18:18-25.
MESSAGE!
The truth of God’s word that you are exposed
to will determine the degree of freedom you experience. In the past, many of us
were held under one type of bondage or the other by the devil through our wrong
beliefs; but thank God for the truth we later received. Can you imagine we once
believed we needed to be poor in order to get to Heaven, because we had heard that
the love of money is the root of all evil? The devil knows and quotes the
scriptures, but he usually manipulates or misquotes it to confuse, deceive or
get you to offend God. God did not say that money is evil, but that the love of
money is the root of evil (1st Timothy
6:10). If we had no money, how would we have built some of the great
kingdom projects we have undertaken at the Redemption Camp? For example, we had
to use several tons of steel spanning several kilometres and several tons of
cement to build the auditorium where people come to receive salvation from God.
The truth is, neither wealth nor poverty can take you to Heaven; your saving
faith in Jesus Christ is what will take you there. The poorest man who does not
know the Lord will end up in Hell, just as the richest man who is born-again
will continue his life in Heaven.
God wants you to prosper in three main
dimensions: spiritually, in health, and in all that you lay your hands upon,
including your business and finance (3rd
John 2). However, when you love and crave money to the extent that you
are ready to sacrifice your salvation for it, you are in a precarious situation
when the rich young ruler came to ask Jesus how he could make it to Heaven, the
Lord put him to test, saying “Since you have kept all of the Law, do one more
thing: sell all you have, and give the proceeds to the poor, then come and
follow me.” The man failed the test because he loved money more then the
salvation of his soul. It seems he said in his heart, “Sir, you can keep your
salvation while I keep my money.” Some people who profess to know the Lord
still cannot place money where it belongs. They will do just about anything to
get money: steal, defraud, inflate cost of materials and so on. Such people are
in serious trouble, because no covetous, greedy or lying fellow will enter
Heaven. Nonetheless, God does not want you to die poor. The wealth He has for
you shall locate you this season in Jesus’ Name.
Key
Point
Wealth gotten through honest means is a blessing, but fraudulent wealth is a curse.
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