TSK · Matthew 13:22

Achan told Joshua,“It is true. I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel in this way:

“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments,“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

“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.

The Rich Young Man Now someone came up to him and said,“Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.

When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

The Judgment on Ananias and Sapphira Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,