Two Dangers of Wealth

Wealth as idolatry

Deuteronomy 6:10-15—When the children of Israel receive the wealth of the land they did not earn themselves, they should not forget the Lord and go to worship other gods.

Matthew 6:24—You can either serve God or mammon

Matthew 6:19-21—Do not store treasures on earth, for where your treasure is, your heart will follow.

Ephesians 5:3—Greed must not be named among the saints

Colossians 3:5—Greed is idolatry.

I Timothy 6::17—Tell the rich not to set their hope on uncertain riches, but on God.

James 4:3-5—Those who use what God gives them for their own pleasures are adulterers, whom God yearns for earnestly

Those who use wealth for pleasure being judged

Amos 6:4-7—Those who please themselves with their wealth will be the first who go into exile

Ezekiel 7:19-20—Their riches they will throw into the street when they are punished for their sin—using what God gave for their idols.