THE DANGER OF LOVING MONEY

          It is very important issues for every individual to know what money is actually doing. In our day-to-day life, we need to fulfill most of our demand through exchange of money. Money is playing a very crucial role in the life of many people. Even the Bible also talks mostly about the issue of money its merits and demerits. In the Bible most of the time God blessed His servant with lots of material blessing including money and give them opportunities to be rich and wealthy.

However, the Bible also talks about the many failure, which occur through out the Old Testament and New Testament. The failure mostly derives because of loving money more than God and other things, which are more valuable than money.

            It is psychological effect of one individual how they looks on money and how they understand what money actually is. Most of the worldly people understand in wrong sense to fulfill their evil desire they are focusing on the money. 

            What are the nature of loving money and its lacking understanding? What are the consequences and effect of loving money, which, leads to sinful entrapment, harmful desires, eternal damnation, departing from the truth, and bring suffering many sorrows. 

1.1  The Wrong Affection for the Money

            The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. The Greek word translated “Love of Money” (Philarguria) means “affection for silver.” Apostle Paul is discussing an attitude about money, not money itself. There is nothing inherently wrong with money. Paul is talking about the sin of greed. He says that the love of money is the “root”- the source of all kinds of evil. Money is something important in human mind which set aside from the God which hindrance to serve God. Therefore in Matthew 6:24, Jesus compare Living God with non-living being money, “you cannot love and serve both God and money.”[1]  

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[1] John MacArthur, The Danger of Loving Money. (Panorama City: Grace to you, 1989), p10.

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