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Choices have to be made whether one looks to God with faith and trust for his blessings
or pursue the love of money that will in the end leave them penniless. It becomes a way
of life either way:
Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the
one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve [
both
] God and mammon (
Greek: wealth
).”
Coveting Motivated Judas Iscariot to Betray Jesus Christ
These Scriptures speaks powerfully of the treacherous act of Judas Iscariot, one of the 12
chosen disciples of Jesus Christ, who was
so obsessed with the pursuit of money he
betrayed Him to the Sanhedrin who was
determined to kill Him for 30 pieces of
silver:
Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the
twelve called Judas Iscariot, went to
the chief priests and said, “What are
you willing to give me if I deliver
Him to you?” And they counted out
thirty pieces of silver. So from that
time he sought opportunity to betray
Him.
Desire
vs
Coveting
Scripture makes known it is not wrong to want to get ahead in life – desiring a wife,
house/home, farm, ranch, business, employees, etc. But Scripture also makes known it
is wrong to desire/covet that which belongs to a neighbor.
The news media makes known on a daily basis that society is filled with people who are
injured and murdered by those who without compassion or mercy will do whatever they
feel is necessary to get what they covet from others.
Romans 1:28-30 “And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind to do those things which
are not fitting, being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
wickedness, COVETOUSNESS, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife,
deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers., backbiters, haters of God . .
.”
The Tenth Commandment then speaks of a neighbor’s precious and beloved wife that
belongs to him and no other:
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