Our Help Is Not in Worldly Riches
“The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side” and “the rich man also died and was buried” (Luke 16:22). The poor man Lazarus, who knew man bad things on earth, began to be comforted forever, whereas the rich man, after a lifetime of good things, began to be “in anguish” (Luke 16:25). Therefore, “woe to those who are at ease in Zion” (Amos 6:1), for “the revelry of those who stretch themselves our shall pass away” (Amos 6:1). The wealthy are urged “not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,” but “to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share” (I Timothy 6:17-18). Covetous desire for what God has not given is idolatry and “a root of all kinds of evils” (I Timothy 6:10). Contentment belongs to faith, by which the Christian has “great gain” in godliness (I Timothy 6:6).
Amos 6:1-7; I Timothy 3:1-13/6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31
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