Heb 13:5,6 Be Content
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Heb 13:5,6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
A person who loves money is a person who is discontent. Learn contentment. Paul says, "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Php 4:11:b "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 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." 1Tim 6:6-10
Discontentment can lead to all kinds of sin, like greed and covetousness, resulting in theft, lying and murder. Thus John the Baptist advised the soldiers, "Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely— be content with your pay." Lk 3:14 And though we may living in a consumer oriented society, consider that all those advertisements that say that you can save 50% by buying their product fail to mention that you can save 100% by not buying it at all. The more you have, the more you have to invest in maintenance. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Mt 6:19-21
Heb 13:5,6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
A person who loves money is a person who is discontent. Learn contentment. Paul says, "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Php 4:11:b "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 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." 1Tim 6:6-10
Discontentment can lead to all kinds of sin, like greed and covetousness, resulting in theft, lying and murder. Thus John the Baptist advised the soldiers, "Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely— be content with your pay." Lk 3:14 And though we may living in a consumer oriented society, consider that all those advertisements that say that you can save 50% by buying their product fail to mention that you can save 100% by not buying it at all. The more you have, the more you have to invest in maintenance. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Mt 6:19-21
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