Matthew 6; Verse 24; The Love of Money

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(Matthew 6:24) "No man can serve two masters (what owns the person): 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."

A master = to what owns them, what their life revolves around (their Lord). What possesses them to make decisions, what they judge things by. If Christ saved you we ask what we can do for you? I've never seen anyone ask, "hey, money what I can for you." Not much of a relationship? Nope. But the master has the power of deciding your thoughts, thinking, and doing whatever it wants. Now we know Christ' promises in what He wants. Not left in the darkness there. Not so with the love of money it's only promise is it's a temporary fix to a physical problem at best just like a drug. The high comes and goes. It's a "rat race."

Many people have chased the carrot on the stick only to ask later, "what have I done." It meant nothing, meaningless! If I could do it all over again focus on what is real. Like the reality of Christianity.

(Ecclesiastes 1:14-15) "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."

(The love of money only increases. Their is no end to the lusts of the flesh when we don't cut if off).

Can one serve two tables at once? No. Too much of a load and your going to drop and waste the food, and the restaurants money down the tube. Would one think to ask for rewards/benefits from the owner then? But, they sure do with God don't they? Do it over and over are the other workers happy? We are to be faithful servants and stewards for and to Christ.

As we can see one working and serving two masters is twice the work and without reward in the end when Christ comes back. We are to serve Christ, not be self-serving.

(I Timothy 6:10) "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted (lusted) after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

Pierced with sorrows doing it to themselves. Not even knowing and understanding why. Then what? looking for the answers to happiness in the wrong places. The root is of course idolatry. Breaking the very first commandment. We shall love the Lord our God with all our soul, not exchange it for what He created.

(That is the root, and the root of the problem. To which the axe must be laid to the tree. Now another biggie is chasing and chasing that carrot, and when one gets it, they can change the World. Be some kind of savior. Another false mirage. satan promised that to Christ. To give the Kingdoms of the world before His second coming, and to be a breadwinner to the poor).

Do we get more happy or bitter as this endless chase continues the older we get?

(Ecclesiastes 12:1) "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them."

(A bitter grouch. This is what them piercings do).

Otherwise,

(Ecclesiastes 12:8) "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity."

(No purpose and no purpose found in this life. We have to give up gaining everything. In the process exchanging our soul).

Amen †