The Most Important Thing Money Can't Buy

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

1Timothy 3:2-3

2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 6:7-10

7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Phil.4:11-13

11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.

12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

This world is driven by money and the things which it can buy! 

Money is a good thing when kept in its proper place!

But the love of money is evil! 

It will separate you from God! 

It will give you many things that will divert your attention from seeking God and His will.

These things can't bring you peace! 

When you close your eyes at night, not knowing if tomorrow will be granted you, will it be money that is your last thought?

Or will that thought be on the mercy of Christ on which you stand in all things? 

We need money to secure the necessities of life, those being food, clothes and shelter.

But do we really need the excess stuff we all collect? 

We need a car because most of us live far from our jobs, shops, churches etc.

Do we really need some of our other collections? 

Many types of electronics, too many shoes, over abundance of clothes, homes that several families could live in etc.

Are we taking these things with us into eternity?