The apostle Paul, in his first letter to his young follower, Timothy, had this to state: "For the love of money is a foundation of a wide range of malevolence. A few people, excited for momey, have meandered from the confidence and penetrated themselves with numerous griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10). Presently this verse is regularly misquoted as saying, "money is the base of all malicious." Notice how "money" is substituted for "adoration for money" and "the base of all detestable" is substituted for "a foundation of a wide range of underhandedness.
" These progressions, while inconspicuous, enormously affect the significance of the verse.
.jpg)
The misquoted variant ("money is the base of every underhanded") profit and riches the source (or root) of all malevolence on the planet. This is plainly false.
The Bible makes it very evident that transgression is the foundation of all insidiousness on the planet (Matthew 15:19; Romans 5:12; James 1:15). In any case, when we think about the right reference of this verse, we see that it is simply the affection for money , not money, that is a wellspring of every single diverse sort of inconvenience and insidiousness. Riches is ethically nonpartisan; there is nothing amiss with money, all by itself, or the ownership of money.
Nonetheless, when money starts to control us, that is when inconvenience begins.
All things considered, we should think about the inquiry before us: Why is the affection for money a base of a wide range of malevolence? To enable us to answer this, we should take a gander at the entry in its more prominent setting. Close to the finish of the letter (1 Timothy 6:2– 10), Paul is urging Timothy with respect to the need to "instruct and ask these things" to his assembly, "these things" alluding back to prior material in the epistle. Paul at that point cautions Timothy about false instructors who will try to twist and sick person the substance of sound convention for their own particular covetous pick up (verses 3– 5). Presently see what the witness says toward the finish of verse 5: "Envisioning that piety is a methods for pick up." These false instructors do what they improve the situation the distinction and reputation they accomplish, alongside the monetary prizes it brings.
Paul needs to guide Timothy far from that trap. In doing as such, he reveals to him the genuine wellspring of "incredible pick up;" in particular, purity with genuine satisfaction (verse 6). Happiness, in a scriptural sense, is the acknowledgment that we appear on the scene with nothing and that all that we have is a blessing from God's hands (verses 7– 8). However the individuals who want to be rich (i.e., the individuals who have the "affection for money") are the ones who are driven into enticement and fall into a catch (verse 9). Paul finishes up the entry by disclosing to Timothy that the adoration for money prompts a wide range of wrongdoing and shrewdness.
Basic reflection on this standard will affirm that it is valid. Eagerness makes individuals do a wide range of things they wouldn't ordinarily do. Watch any number of TV court shows, and the wrongdoing under thought is typically spurred by envy or voracity, or both. The affection for money is the thing that rouses individuals to lie, take, cheat, bet, steal, and much murder. Individuals who have an adoration for money do not have the piety and happiness that is genuine pick up in God's eyes.
Yet, the Bible puts forth a significantly more grounded expression about the adoration for money. What we have talked about up to this point basically depicts the flat level of the affection for money. As it were, we have just specified how the adoration for money can lead one to submit more noteworthy sins against his kindred man. Be that as it may, the Bible makes very certain that all wrongdoing is eventually against God's sacred character (Psalm 51:5). We have to think about the vertical measurement to the affection for money.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus stated, "Nobody can serve two masters, for it is possible that he will loathe the one and love the other, or he will be committed to the one and disdain the other. You can't serve God and money" (Matthew 6:24). This verse comes toward the finish of an entry in which Jesus instructs us to "lay up treasures in paradise" (v. 19). Here, Jesus compares an "adoration for money" to excessive admiration. He alludes to money as an "ace" we serve to the detriment of serving God. We are directed by God to have "no different divine beings" previously the main genuine and living God (Exodus 20:3; the primary instruction). Anything that takes ahead of everyone else in our lives other than our Creator God is a symbol and makes us blameworthy of breaking the principal decree.
Jesus had much to say in regards to riches. His most paramount discussion about momey is His experience with the rich youthful ruler (Matthew 19:16– 30). The young fellow asks Jesus what he should do to get everlasting life, and Jesus instructs him to take after the precepts. At the point when the man discloses to Jesus that he has done all that, Jesus tests his capacity to comply with the primary decree and instructs him to offer every one of his belonging and offer it to poor people and to tail Him. The young fellow couldn't do this; his riches had turned into an icon—it was his lord!
After this experience, Jesus swings to His devotees and says, "Genuinely, I say to you, just with trouble will a rich individual enter the kingdom of paradise. Again I let you know, it is less demanding for a camel to experience the opening of a needle than for a rich individual to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:23– 24). This is a hard saying, particularly for 21st-century individuals living in North America. Jesus is stating that riches is one of the greatest obstructions to coming to confidence in Christ. The reason is self-evident: riches turns into a slave ace in our lives and drives us to do a wide range of things that push us further and encourage far from God. Fortunately what is outlandish for man, going into the Kingdom of God, is conceivable with God (Matthew 19:26).
.jpg)
We are glad to have stumbled on this post. We missed it during the weekends.
We like the research work you did, it's usually fun to read a research work. We would expect to see more interesting articles from you. I think it is also vital we see the responses of our parishioners.
Upvoted & Resteemed
J8.
Thanks @steemchurch for noticing me and for the resteem, I will also like to thank @sirknight, @owoblowsteemit @j8 for their transparency towards fellow steemians, God bless you all.
Paul's counsel to Timothy is a very vital one, still important to Christians of today.
Beautiful analysis I must say. There's usually a contradiction between people's understanding of that scripture. I agree with you, it is the love of money that is the root of evil and not money itself.
While trying to get money many persons stab themselves with many sorts of injurious things.
Thanks for sharing this with us @daniho. Jesus is saying that wealth is one of the biggest obstacles to coming to faith in Christ. The reason is obvious: wealth becomes a slave master in our lives and drives us to do all sorts of things that drive us further and further away from God. The good news is that what is impossible for man, entering into the Kingdom of God, is possible with God (Matthew 19:26).
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils, which some, stretching after, have been seduced away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Our love for money may act as a stumbling block in our pursuit of faith.
As a Christian when God bless us with money, we must learn how to control it and not rather been controlled by the money. If that thing happens it gives us some lust which later on leads us into sin
Your post is well put together and like apostle jaff8 says well researched, the love of money maketh men to go astray like in the case of of our society today.
Yes I agree, the pursuit of money and vain glory made ananaia and sapphira to do evil things and lie in the precense of the holy spirit,
as much as we all need money to survive doing everything possible to get it is bad, sometimes the desperation of wanting to have it so badly makes you do things that are not pleasing to God.
Amazing, I love this.
But the Bible makes an even stronger statement about the love of money. What we have discussed thus far simply describes the horizontal level of the love of money. In other words, we have only mentioned how the love of money can lead one to commit greater sins against his fellow man. But the Bible makes quite clear that all sin is ultimately against God’s holy character (Psalm 51:5). We need to consider the vertical dimension to the love of money.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money” (Matthew 6:24). This verse comes at the end of a passage in which Jesus tells us to “lay up treasures in heaven” (v. 19). Here, Jesus likens a “love of money” to idolatry. He refers to money as a “master” we serve at the expense of serving God. We are commanded by God to have “no other gods” before the only true and living God (Exodus 20:3; the first commandment). Anything that takes first place in our lives other than our Creator God is an idol and makes us guilty of breaking the first commandment.
Jesus had much to say about wealth. His most memorable conversation about money is His encounter with the rich young ruler (Matthew 19:16–30). The young man asks Jesus what he must do to obtain eternal life, and Jesus tells him to follow the commandments. When the man tells Jesus that he has done all that, Jesus tests his ability to obey the first commandment and tells him to sell all his possessions and give it to the poor and to follow Him. The young man couldn’t do this; his wealth had become an idol—it was his master!
I couldn't agree less that money is the root of all evil but in another since I think not of money to be the root rather the value which we accord to the legal tender but what caused the first evil is greediness and the quest to know more so i can conclude that is rather not money but greed
Do you think that money us everything? No , God we he created gave us body ,spirit and soul but the most important of all is the spirit and soul .
This is the major reason why we should not thing that money is every thing .
We only realize that the love of money is the root of evil when we've been hurt in the end. We should surrender all yo God. Knowing that all is vanity let us not dwell in it for it is what will bring about damage to us.
The love of money is the root of ALL evil...
Never love money. Love God!