Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
What is mammon?
The Webster Dictionary explains it as material wealth or possessions, especially as having a debasing influence.
Debase means – to lower the value or reputation of (someone or something): to make (someone or something) less respected.
Does our wealth or possessions cause us to have a debasing influence on others? Do we think we are better than others because of our mammon, our wealth or our possessions? Do we look down on someone that has less than us?
Have we ever heard this phrase when someone tries to bless a person and buy them something, “your money is no good here, put it away”?
Many people laugh when someone says it, but really it is a slap in the face to the one that sincerely wants to do something nice for them and it is NOT received.
Pay attention to this kind of behavior, because this is the beginning of serving our mammon. In other words what we are thinking is that NOTHING is as good as our mammon.
Don’t ever let things, money or success cause us to look down at others or refuse the help or blessings of others, etc. in our lives. Receive them humbly and thankfully, no matter how much we have.
Galatians 3:28 (NKJV) 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
We are all one in Christ, no matter what we possess in this world. We are all equal in God’s eyes.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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