Filthy Lucre

This portion of scripture goes hand in hand with what Paul states in Titus 1:7.

Now as I stated we are all familiar with that particular verse. However many of us hear it misquoted. People like to say, "Money is the root of all evil". However that is incorrect. It is incorrect for the following two reason.

First of all money is "a" root to all kinds of evil, not the one and only. There are many things, in fact just about anything can be a root evil. Money is just one of them, no worst then the others no better. It may be, and obviously is one of the most popular roots to evil but is certainly is not the only one.

Second, it is "a root to all KINDS of evil". Not all evil, but all kinds of evil. We cannot blame the love of money for all the worlds woes, sure it is one of the biggys, as is being power hungry, pride, and so on. But the love of money is not the only source of evil.

So let be sure that if we quote the Word of God, we quote in correctly, not having it say something it does not say.

Now just as he does in Titus 1:7 Paul here warns us about the love of money and some of its dangers. The word of God cautions us about the love money, and a consuming desire for money.

We need to realize that we all desire money. WE have to. That is how we eat, how we have a place to live, how we entertain ourselves, we can even desire money to serve God.

What I am speaking of is a desire for money where that is the most important thing in your life. To the point here you sacrifice you relationship with God, with your family and children. The desire for money that I am speaking of is one where that is the most important thing in your live. What I speaking of is an unhealthy desire for money, an ungodly desire, driven by a love of money.

Some points I wish to make from the Scripture. First of all the desire for money can lead to more evil. That is what our Paul states in 1 Tim 6:10, and because it will lead to more evil that person is disqualified from being a elder in the church.

Notice Paul states that money is not the root of all kinds of evil, but the LOVE of money. And ungodly obsession for money and more money.

I will say right now that you can have a lot of money and not love it. I know some people like that. On the other hand you can have very little money and love it and I know people like that as well. It is not the money that is the problem it is the obsession with it that some people have, both rich people and poor people.

The desire for money will cause people to do evil things, unethical things. In 1 Tim. 6:9 Paul writes, "But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." The love of money will lead many to fall into temptation.

The desire for money is never satisfied. Those who love money can never have enough no matter how much or how little they have. Listen to the word these words of wisdom found in Ecclesiastes 5:10-11, "He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes?"