Matthew 6:24, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
The love of money is in actuality the love of materialism, things,
pleasures, conveniences, security and all that money can buy. More money
equates to a more comfortable life. Consequently, nearly everyone
prioritizes comfort and security over ethical and moral values. It's called
covetousness, which the Bible teaches (amongst other sins) is IDOLATRY...
Colossians 3:1 and 5, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. ... Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
It is idolatry anytime we place anyone or anything as a higher priority in our life than God. America is an idolatrous nation in so many ways. The Supreme Court is supremely arrogant, legalizing abortion in 1973, ruling that a human being in the womb is not a person. What gives anyone the right to judge that a human being is not a life? It is idolatry.
The love of mammon causes many famous people to straddle-the-fence, afraid to identify them self with Christ for fear of rejection and persecution. A recent article in the news was titled, Clint Eastwood On The Fence About God (this is my response to the article). I love Clint Eastwood's acting, but he is an unsaved man and I fear for his eternal fate when he leaves this life. If Mr. Eastwood doesn't come to Jesus Christ, he won't go to Heaven. Jesus plainly warned that a person MUST (without exception) be born-again (John 3:7).
Celebrities are often asked about their faith and religious beliefs, and nearly all of them attempt to avoid the subject. A popular response is that religion is behind most wars and originally created only to control the masses. Granted, religion is the ultimate way to get people to do whatever you what them too ... don't drink the Kool-Aid!!! (remember the Jim Jones' cult?); however, the Word of God only mentions the word “religion” 6 times (the number of man). Did you know that the word “man” is the 6th word of the 6th Verse of the 6th Chapter of the 6th Book of the New Testament? It's true, read Romans 6:6, the 6th word is “man.” Coincidence?
James 1:27, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
Hollywood strips naked and perverts the world. They rationalize their sins and make all sorts of excuses, but the Bible speaks clearly on the issue of modesty (1st Timothy 2:9) and the sin of lust (Matthew 5:28). Many people today use religion as an excuse not to obey God. I've heard several Hollywood celebrities criticize organized religion and use that as an excuse not to seek after God. The truth is that they don't want God...
Romans 1:28, “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.”
Granted, religion is the worse thing that ever happened to this world; but that doesn't give anyone the right not to glorify their Creator and Savior. The Bible says that God commands all mankind to repent (Acts 17:30). It's not an option! I hear all types of suggested solutions from people how to save America and restore our once great country; however, I've only heard a few people tell the truth that America needs to repent toward God. That is the only remedy...
2nd Chronicles 7:14, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
God will not bless a nation of murdering abortionists, perverted homosexuals, lackadaisical compromisers, party-going boozers, hypocrite gossipers, hateful critics, divorcing feminists, greedy apostate ministers and filthy Bible-corrupters!!!
The average Christian believer today doesn't realize the extent to which criminals have infiltrated our federal government. Watch the following documentary film by Pastor Texe Marrs to find out about Rahm Immanuel, Chicago's new fascist New World Order mayor (straight from the Obama administration). Obama Rothschilds Choice - Full Movie (people have no idea what's going on in our nation). The stench of the evil has reached unto God in Heaven and His wrath is waiting to pout out upon the world during the Tribulation, when scorpion-like creatures will torture men with stings so painful that people will gnash their teeth and with for death (but won't be able to die, likely from paralysis). God will pour out His vengeance for all eternity upon all Christ-rejecters!!!
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” —Thomas Jefferson
There can be no restoration of liberty without a revival of obedience to God. It's not a coincidence what has happened to America today. For the past century there has been a conspiracy to overthrow our nation, beginning officially with the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 that permitted the criminal banking elite to borrow money in the name of American citizen's, plunging our nation into massive debt (which led to The Great Depression of the 1930's and the bankruptcy of the federal government in 1933. Truly the love of money is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:10). Now, almost 100-years later since the Federal Reserve Act was passed, our nation is in debt for tens-of-trillions of dollars, incapable of paying down our debt. That was the plan from the beginning. For more information, watch the video documentary America Destroyed By Design by syndicated radio talk show host, Alex Jones.
Women in America are a disgrace to the rest of the world—known for disobeying and publicly humiliating their husbands, divorcing, stripping naked for Hollywood, wearing halter-tops and miniskirts, immodestly wearing pants, having impudent looking faces, arrogance, aborting their babies, spoiled brats, feminists, critical of all male authority (including the masculine authoritative God of the Bible, authoritative preachers and authoritative husbands).
It is said by the American newsmedia that Japanese women are victims of abuse and lack women's rights; but the truth is that Japan's women are more honorable and still respect the authority of their husbands, fathers, elders and authority. This is true of the Asian culture in general. That's why America's feminist rebels are critical of Asian cultures toward women; but Asian culture is respectful toward male authority as God intended it. Without exception, when male authority is persecuted and women rise to power in a culture, every form of wickedness also flourishes, especially false religion, idolatry, women preachers, lesbianism and all manner of sexual sins. The Bible equates the sins of rebellion with witchcraft, and stubbornness with idolatry...
1st Samuel 15:23, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”
There is nothing worse than a professed Christian who continually makes an issue of money. I feel sorry for covetous people who are so greedy that they never offer to pay for a meal, are stingy to give a generous tip, only have spare pocket change for the poor, covet what belongs to others, and their mind is consumed with making more money instead of being consumed with winning souls to Jesus Christ. This life will soon be over for all of us. None of this will matter then! I want to live my life for the Lord, serving God by helping others in the precious name of Jesus Christ...
“Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him” (2nd Corinthians 5:9).
What a difference in the mindset of a soul-hungry Christian verses a carnally-minded greedy person who's always thinking about making money. God pity the shameful Christian believer whose mind is stayed on fame, fortune and the pleasures of this temporal world. What will all your amassed wealth, homes and secure retirement matter 100-years from now when we're all dead and in eternity?
No wonder Jesus said in Matthew 6:20 to “lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven” instead of here on earth where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal from us. The biggest thieves of all sit behind desks and are Federal Reserve bankers (Banksters!).
The Bible teaches that no one can serve two masters. You're either going to serve God or something or someone else. Catholics worship Mary and serve the Devil through idolatry and religious formalism. Many lawyers and judges these days are serving mammon, perverting law and justice for the wages of unrighteousness. Our nation is a land of liars, oath breakers and deceivers.
People promise to remain married until death; but then divorce when troubles arise, quitting and breaking their vows, headed for greener pastures. It is wickedness (Jeremiah 3:20). There were no disclaimers in your marriage vows. Those who divorce are liars and promise-breakers. If you need to leave, then do so, but never divorce! The government provides temporary financial support (with the help of the legal system) to women, but only if they sign the divorce papers. Men are mercilessly and unfairly crucified in U.S. courts, often forced to financially support a disobedient wife. There's not one law in America that requires a wife to obey her husband as the Bible teaches. This is what happens when feminism infects a society, which is demonic rebellion against masculine authority (feminists call God a 'control freak').
Women are indoctrinated with bogus abuse statistics and told that a new life awaits them if they eat the forbidden fruit, disobey God and quit their marriage. Such lying deceptions rarely pan out to be true. In most cases, women who divorce spend the rest of their lives angry, bitter and critical of the husband they hurt by cutting his throat in court. Such evil and agendacized tactics are the reason why women in the U.S. file for divorce at more than TWICE the rate of men. American women have been engineered by Rockefeller-funded Communist organizations to kill, steal and destroy (just as Satan, John 10:10).
America is a highly covetous society, just as were the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. But do you know what nobody ever mentions? The Bible teaches that Jerusalem was much more wicked than Sodom and other wicked cities...
Ezekiel 16:48-49, “As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
America today is far more wicked than Sodom, Gomorrah, Jerusalem, Capernaum or other wicked cities throughout history. Over 51,000,000 people have been murdered in the womb. Tragically, apostate theologians like Peter Ruckman actually teach that abortion is acceptable and not murder. That's insane! Our nation's pastors and Bible teachers have lost their minds. Other pastors are blinded by Satan concerning the Scriptures, being misled to accept the New International Version (NIV), which is of the Devil. The NIV perverts the Scriptures, changing Scriptures which teach that people worshipped Jesus.
I'll tell you, heresy plagues America's churches. You need to be so careful what you take to heart, because there's people out there who will cause you to want to go commit suicide because they are so malicious, hateful and filled with religious idiocy and hypocritical bigotry. Very few people are truly “Christian” these days. If you take stand for God, you will be persecuted, attacked and even prosecuted (2nd Timothy 3:12). Keep your eyes on Jesus! (John 16:33).
The best thing is to listen to God in the Scriptures and not people! Hebrews 1:2 teaches that God speaks to us in these last Days through His Son, the Word of God (John 1:1-3, 14; Revelation 19:13). Even the best man of God will make doctrinal mistakes at times if he preaches for decades. That's why I tell people not to believe anything I teach unless you verify it with the Word of God. Check resources! That's why I try to resource everything I say. Anybody can anything about anyone or anything, but a wise man will do his own homework. With the resources that I provide to my web visitors it's easy to verify the truths I preach. That's what makes this ministry (website) for the Lord so different than other websites, that is, I'm a preacher and most websites merely teach. God called me to preach His Word and that is my heart's desire.
There are millions of people today who claim to worship God through thrashing heavy metal Rock music, screaming vocals, screeching guitars and such; but anyone who loves God knows that heavy metal is of the Devil. It's the music itself. I admire Dave Mustang of the heavy-metal band MEGADETH, for announcing that he has become a born-again Christian. I believe him and no one has a right not to. If a person professes faith in Christ, who are we to say they are insincere? In May of 2005, Mustang refused to perform with two other blasphemous bands, ROTTING CHRIST and DISSECTION due to the band's anti-Christian beliefs. Albeit, Mustang is still performing the Devil's music.
Colossians 3:1-2 tells us to think about Heaven, since that is where our Lord Jesus Christ has risen and sits on the right-hand of the Father. Sadly, most professed Christians are only thinking about the moment, here and now, with little or no thought for eternity and the salvation of others. When's the last time you witnessed to someone concerning Jesus Christ? Do you pray for the salvation of your lost neighbor, lost landlord, lost family member, lost doctor, lost friend? Time is running out, death is just around the corner for all of us. God knows exactly how many hairs are on your head (mine are easy to count because they're just a few), and God knows exactly how many heart beats remain in your heart and mine until we are placed into the morgue.
Oh listen my friend, you absolutely CANNOT serve God and mammon (wealth). They are diametrically opposed to each other, and if you think otherwise, you are living in utter denial. The love of money is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:10). It is sickening that women are more than willing in Hollywood to take their clothes off for a camera in exchange for fame and fortune.
Legendary actress, Faye Dunaway she was said to be “modest” (what a joke) and felt funny taking her clothes off to lay in bed with Paul Newman in The Towering Inferno movie (1974) for all the world to see on film; but she did it anyway in typical fashion of a Hollywood whore. Newman stripped naked all but his underwear and wore spiked cowboy boots in bed to help Dunaway feel more comfortable, saying, “Is this kinky enough for you?” Hollywood actors and actresses try to convince the public that they still have moral values in order to live with the guilt of the wickedness of their deeds. At least that was back 40-years ago. Today, women take it all off without apology nor excuse...anything goes for money and fame!!! God hates that kind of evil wickedness!!!
If you buy a Hollywood movie, you had better read carefully about the film before watching it, because there are some VERY EVIL things in Hollywood movies. An American Story with
Covetousness is without a doubt the biggest sin in the world today. Carefully notice that Colossians 3:5 calls covetousness IDOLATRY. Anything that takes higher priority in your life than OBEYING the Bible (i.e., God's holy Word) is idolatry. There are many forms of idolatry in the world. We don't hear much preaching against covetousness because it is such a commonplace sin that it almost seems futile to spend time preaching against it; but a true man of God is expected to preach THE TRUTH, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
The truth is that covetousness is the root of all evil. That why people LOVE MONEY, which 1st Timothy 6:10 condemns as the ROOT OF ALL EVIL. That's what MONEY brings... temporary things, temporary pleasures, temporary comforts, temporary conveniences, temporary security, temporary toys and artificial happiness. But as 1st Timothy 6:7 says, you can't take any of it with you... not one red cent! 1st Timothy 6:7, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
Covetousness is doing wrong to get money, a promotion, or fame. So many people today are willing to do evil to get money. This is why God called the love of money the root of all evil.
When a woman takes her clothes off to make money, it is sin. The Bible in 1st Timothy 2:9 commands women to dress in modest apparel. That means properly clothed, not exposing one's breast cleavage, thighs or wearing see-through clothing.
Women who strip naked for women's catalogs are sinning. Men look at those catalogs left around the house. I have always been against women's lingerie catalogs, because they are soft porn catalogs in reality. It is evil.
We read in Philippians 3:18-19, “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.”
Most people today have become their own god, living for their BELLY . . .
Philippians 3:18-19, “(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”
America in particular has been spoiled rotten, to where people have no gratitude whatsoever anymore. Jesus healed the 10 lepers, but only one returned to say thank you (Luke 17:15-17). Woe unto America and Europe! Americans DON'T trust in God--we trust in greed and goods! The sin of covetousness is overtaking us. We have become a land of lust. The love of money has led to every evil imaginable in America--pornography, gambling, prostitution, police corruption, crooked politicians, bad business, Christian rock, thievery, abortion, lasciviousness, etc. 1st Timothy 6:10 warns, "For the love of money is the root of all evil..."
Ezekiel 33:31-32, “And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.”
Covetousness is the Love of Things and Pleasure
Most
people nowadays will do just about anything to get money. This is
exactly what God is saying in 1st Timothy 6:10. It's the "love" of
money that is so evil. What is the "love of money"?
Money is just paper with ink on it, so we know that money in itself isn't evil. Rather, it's what money can do--it buys us things and pleasure! So the Word of God is actually warning that the love of THINGS AND PLEASURE is the root of all evil. This is covetousness.
We read in 2nd Thessalonians 212, "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." We are commanded in the Word of God NOT to love this world ... "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
God has blessed mankind with the privilege of enjoying the pleasures and things of this world; BUT, He sets divine limits and establishes moral Laws for us to obey. Greed and covetousness are the sins which causes us to cross those moral lines. It is a constant battle in a land as plenteous as America not to become covetous. As Christians, we are commanded NOT to be covetous of this world, "Let your conversation be without covetousness..." (Hebrews 13:5).
It's a disturbing paradox! ... Covetousness is the ROOT of all other sins; yet, it is not recognized for the villain it is, and few preachers preach against it.
The Ten Commandments forbids coveting in Exodus 20:17, "Thou shalt not covet..." Most people today don't think they are covetous. Very few people recognize what covetousness is. Balaam became covetous, and led Israel into fornication and idolatry because of it. Jude 1:11 states, "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core." In Numbers 22-25, we read about the false prophet Balaam. The Israelites had just defeated the Amorites in Numbers 22, and now Moab was scared they were next. The king of Moab (Balak) had sent his princes to make Balaam an offer.
If Balaam the prophet would curse the Israelites, the king of Moab promised Balaam fame and ANYTHING he wanted (Numbers 22:17). Wow! Anything he wanted—gourmet foods, fame, women, fortune, et cetera. Balaam stood his ground in refusing to curse the Israelites; BUT, at the same time devised a mischievous plan to where he could have the best of BOTH world's. Balaam wanted the good life that the king of Moab had promised, as made evident in 2nd Peter 2:14-15...
"Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness."
Balaam knew that he dare not curse the
Israelites, and I don't think he really wanted to either; BUT, he was sinfully
covetous, like many people today. They want that money! Balaam
"loved the wages of unrighteousness." What does that mean? It
means that Balaam was willing to compromise his integrity and disobey God to
get rich. The entire pornography industry would evaporate overnight if
they stopped making money. Women are selling their souls to Satan to
make money, to buy things. So they sacrifice their virtue on the alter
of covetousness, greed, and immorality. This is idolatry! Pornography
is a horrible sin rooted in covetousness.
This is why right-wing
conservative preacher, Jerry Falwell, was willing to accept $3,000,000 from
sex-pervert cult
leader,
Sun
Myung Moon for his struggling school. Moon actually
convinces women to
have sex with him as a purification process. Why would Jerry Falwell
yoke up with such a God-hater? Falwell has also
endorsed the demonic
ministry of Benny Hinn. Oh how men and women love the wages of
unrighteousness. The entire Christian rock industry is rooted in greed
and covetousness. I triple-dog dare you to show me even one mainstream
so-called "Christian" rock group that presents the Biblical Gospel on their
website. They are a bunch of sell-outs, sold out to Satan!
Christian rap, or hip hop, is just as sinful.
Covetousness and Pornography
Covetousness is why professed Christian and country singer, Faith Hill, has already posed twice in Playboy magazine ... anything for the wages of unrighteousness! We are living in perilous times when people are willing to strip naked, pervert the Word of God, corrupt their morals, defile themselves, and compromise nearly all standards to make money! The root issue is COVETOUSNESS. If I don't want anything, then the Devil can't tempt me. If we want something bad enough, Satan will ALWAYS provide a way for us to get it. Those young punks, with their Girls Gone Wild videos, really think they're smart. They're making billions of dollars!
Can you imagine how hot their Hell is going to be for corrupting the minds of millions of people? I wonder how many little girls are going to be molested and raped because of those Hellish videos? America has become the land of lust. It's called lasciviousness ... unhealthy sexual desire. Society today is filled with pedophiles and pederasts, many of whom are homosexuals. As America continues to spit in God's face, reject the Bible, and laugh at those of us who preach morality—sexual sins are running rampant. Lust is rooted in covetousness, and the creeps making those sicko videos are in serious trouble with God! Victoria's Secret is NO longer a secret, and we can't even take our children into shopping malls anymore because of the nudity and sensuality being publicly displayed.
Covetousness and Debt
It's
no secret that bankers are some of the biggest crooks on the planet, and
they do it all legally. Sit down sometime and calculate the ACTUAL
interest you're paying on your credit cards and you'll agree. Credit
card companies are so malicious that they want you to be stuck in debt for
life, which is why they continually send out those blank checks to their
customers (or should I say "victims"). It is evil to deliberately
entice people to go into debt so you can make a profit.
Credit card companies are very unethical and rotten to do this. No wonder so many Americans are in massive debt! For issuing banks to blame the consumer is like blaming a child for playing with a loaded gun which was deliberately handed to him. The average consumer knows as much about the dangers of credit cards as does a child about a loaded gun. There's a lot of gimmicks and traps that the banks will NEVER tell you about. They're crooks!
There's something nowadays called "Interest Only Payments" and it's a trap. In reality, they're telling you that you CAN'T afford it. Folks, if you only pay the interest on a loan, then you're NOT paying off the loan. This is another deceptive practice of the godless bankers who work relentlessly to keep us in financial bondage. No one should buy a home on a a 40-year mortgage. That's crazy! The amount of compounded interest that the bank is collecting is staggering. And might I add—the chances of you defaulting on making those payments over 40-years, and the chances of the bank foreclosing on your home, is greatly increased. Don't be a fool.
The exception is if you plan to pay the loan off early, and there are no prepayment penalties. I recently searched the MLS home listings in the Kansas City area, and found over 200 homes for sale under $25,000. Now that's a home that most people can afford, and you can pay it off in 10-15 years. I would still go with a 30-year mortgage, so you have the extra time to pay down the loan if hard times come. As I mentioned, just make sure that there are no "pre-payment penalties," so that you can pay it down as soon as possible WITHOUT paying any penalties. Interest Only Payments are extremely foolish.
It is good advice nowadays to owe no man
anything, as we read in Romans 13:8 ... "Owe no man any thing, but to
love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." This Scripture is teaching us that we should be financially honest, and not
make people wait to receive money we owe them. The BEST policy is
not to go into debt in the first place if we can avoid it. Pay off
your bills because the borrower is servant to the lender, as we read in
Proverb 22:7, "The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant
to the lender."
Conclusion
Covetousness is the root of all
sin, and we are warned in the Word of God to be CONTENT with food and
raiment, "And having food and raiment let us be therewith content"
(1st Timothy 6:8). Can you imagine ... an American being happy with
just food and clothes to wear? What about the TV and the DVD player?
What about the new car and the deluxe automatic dishwasher? I realize what I am preaching here is about as popular as leprosy; but it is Biblical. We are so spoiled rotten in America that we haven't a clue as to just how wicked we have become as a people.
So many people are mad at God because they can't keep up with the American lifestyle; but the Word of God says you are fortunate to have food to eat, and clothes to keep you warm. Let us be diligent to guard against unholy desires, and selfish appetites, which lead to temptation and sin. Covetousness is a war against the Spirit of Christ within us.
Always remember, the greatest things in life are not things.
