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Discussion

Materialism. Possessions. Earthly wealth.

The other day I tried to show that we are not to seek after these things by quoting Jesus Christ to someone that insisted that we can and should be able to seek after these things.

Time and again the person kept referencing people from the OT. Like Job, Abraham and others. He insisted that God does not change, which is true. Yet the covenant has changed. It is due to this change that most don’t understand. They don’t understand that the showing of God’s blessing is no longer something earthly, but eternal.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV – Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Just because God gives us richly of all things to enjoy does not mean we are to do so or should. Which is why we have the next sentence.

“Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share.”

This is the true lesson of these verses. Use earthly wealth to do good works not to keep and horde for your own earthly comforts.

I live a “needs only” lifestyle. What this means is that if it is required to make it through this day it is needed. If you have a family, and you require a house big enough for them, it is needed. Once they grow up and move out it is not needed. So, you get rid of the big house. Most refuse to do this. This means they are storing up for themselves earthly possessions.

Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV – “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Anything that is not needed to survive today is God’s. Which is why this is said in three different gospels:

Mark 10:17-21 NKJV – Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,’ ‘DO NOT MURDER,’ ‘DO NOT STEAL,’ ‘DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.'” And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

“One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross and follow Me.”

When Christ taught the message of salvation to all the need to show rewards in a material sense ended. This is why Christ says we are to look for our rewards in the eternal. It is made clear that we are to be content with just what is required to make it to the next day.

1 Timothy 6:6-8 NKJV – Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

People need to stop arguing with God.

Yes, you heard that correctly. When people insist that the way they see things makes them right, yet it goes against what is found within the Bible. It shows they are arguing with God Himself. Even if they are hearing this from another person. That why we are told to test spirit.

1 John 4:1 NKJV – Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

When it comes to testing a spirit we are going to do that right now.

1 John 2:16 KJV – For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:16 NLT – For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

1 John 2:16 AMP – For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]–these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].

Of life – G979 – bios – manner of life; livelihood, the present state of existence.

Note how it is worded in the NLT and the AMP: “Pride in achievements and possessions.” “Assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things.”

Possessions. Stability of earthly things. Materialism. Which comes from the world, not from the Father otherwise known as God.

And who is in charge of the world?

2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT – Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

“Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe.”

Believing God rewards people with possession, materialism shows that those that do so have been blinded. For if they did believe the Word of God they would be downsizing as quickly as possible. However, most refuse to do so. Saying that “God has blessed them.”

The Bible also says this:

Luke 4:6 NKJV – And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

“For this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.”

Therefore, objects, possessions, materialism is given by Satan to those that chose to follow him and not Jesus Christ.

So, we have tested the spirit and found that materialism is of Satan. That those that chose to follow Christ are to downsize and to live a “needs only” existence. This has been proven by the Word of God.

Repent! Downsize. Follow the teachings of the Word of God and the command given to the young rich man for it applies to all that say they are followers of Christ.

“One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

This spirit has been verified and proven true.

This is why it is so important that each person not just read, but STUDY, the Bible for themselves. That way when it comes time to test a spirit they will be well informed and be able to discern the true spirit. That way people don’t end up arguing with God. When they do this what does this turn them into?

James 4:4 NKJV – Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

By embracing materialism, they become friends with the world. When they argue with God, they become His enemy. Which again verifies they follow and worship Satan not God through Jesus Christ.

By telling people that God rewards with possessions and materialism. That is a false teaching. A false gospel. As supported by 1 John 4:1.

Again: REPENT!

Understand that salvation can be lost.

2 Peter 2:20-22 NKJV – For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

They become entangled by embracing materialism. By not downsizing. By seeking after money.

Luke 16:13-15 NKJV – “No servant 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 money.” Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him. And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Materialism is highly esteemed among men. Materialism is seen as an abomination in the sight of God.

Once again: Repent!

God Bless