Thursday 16 April 2020

Where do you stand?

Where do you stand?
The writer of Ecclesiastes writes,
“Whoever loves money never has enough;
 whoever loves wealth 
is never satisfied with their income 
this too is meaningless.” 
                                             Ecclesiastes 5:10.
The apostle Paul writes,
“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
Now there is nothing wrong with having a lot of money. The problem arises when you put the wrong emphasis on money. When you love it. As the writer of Ecclesiastes states,
“Whoever loves money never has enough”
The apostle Paul telling us,
“Some people, eager for money have wandered from their faith
and pierced themselves with many griefs”
Money can buy you nice things in this world. Enough money can buy you anything material thing your heart desires. Money however cannot buy you true peace of mind or a place in heaven.
Jesus told this parable,
"Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." 
And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.  
He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' 
"Then he said, ‘This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  
And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." ' 
"But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 
"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God." Luke 12:15-21.
Matthew’s gospel records Jesus saying something we should all consider. Jesus said,
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, 
yet forfeit his soul?” 
                            Matthew 8:36.
Jesus speaking of himself said,
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
      For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  
     Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son". John 3:16-18
So where do you stand?
Are you certain of where you will spend eternity?
Please think about it.

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