Tag: What the Bible says about material possessions

Bible Verse of The Day – 10-21-16

Matthew 6:19-20 (NKJV) 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Material things. Stuff. Possessions. There are lots of different names for what we own. What’s important is not what it’s called, but what place those things hold in our hearts.

There’s no doubt that we live in a materialistic world. It’s all around us, no matter where we look. And we’re constantly inundated with advertising that touts the latest and the greatest of products.

But as followers of Christ, we need to let the Holy Spirit help us discern when it comes to the things we buy and the things we spend our money on.

So many times we’re not satisfied unless we’re constantly getting bigger and better things. We buy homes that have more rooms than we know what to do with. Or we keep adding on and/or improving them so they feature the newest and best in amenities.

And the cars we drive get more and more expensive, sporting the newest in luxuries, the fastest engines or the latest and greatest in technology.

Are these wrong? Not necessarily. That’s between us and God. We need to seek Him any time we spend the money He has blessed us with. After all, it’s not really our money. He has simply entrusted us with it, to be good stewards of it.

But we all need to understand that living lives of excess isn’t good stewardship. We need to know when “enough is enough”. Again, knowing and understanding this is always between God and each individual.

There is no magic line that we cross that suddenly says “you have too much”. But as we grow and mature as believers, we will be able to see these things more easily and make wiser choices.

Where do our treasures lie?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-15-16

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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