Wealth, in light of the Bible

Wealth, in light of the Bible It is a fact that money, goods and wealth of human primary objective in this life. In my opinion, to a certain extent this is healthy because it ensures a decent life for a person and his dependents. However, if the desire for wealth becomes an obsession, it can have negative effects on life. Let's see what the Bible says about it. "If I put my trust in gold or gold said:" You are my safety if I am pleased with my wealth, my hands are the wealth gained, will be (...) injustice to be judged because I was unfaithful to God on high. "(Job 31: 24-25, 28) In the above verses, we have a series of jobs in rhetorical questions, such as an oath of innocence in the face of God Lavoro, which was a very rich man, protests that was not guilty of greed, he denies that he looked forward to his great wealth or its security on its business. He concedes that greed is unfair to be judged, because it means that we have been unfaithful to God on high. Taking pride of wealth and a life of wealth is a form of idolatry. It 'hardens the heart of a person and away from God, which is the only source of true joy and lasting security. Although it is difficult for the man of wealth and did not put his hope and confidence. That is why Jesus said it was difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. " However, wealth in itself is not evil in itself, because God wants us to have life in abundance. He is the man in an attitude to what the wealth a blessing or a curse for some. "Do not be shocked when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house because of increase it will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor is not down with him. (...) A man who has riches without understanding is like the animals that perish. "(Psa. 49: 16-17, 20) Do not be surprised to see a man grow rich," said David. Unfortunately, in our culture, people tend to idolize the rich men and women, and they also worshiped. They consider the superstar of the rich, no matter if they have obtained their wealth through inheritance or by dishonest means. Today is the price first steps of a man is worth. TV, newspapers and magazines to check every day. David reminds us that when a person dies, he takes nothing in the tomb. All of its riches will be left behind and others who pass, usually short, to their detriment. We do not know all this? However, we tend to forget ... But a wise rich will never be a slave of his wealth. Instead, the money will be his servant - a benefit not only their family but also to others less fortunate. "Riches do not enjoy the day of wrath, but it offers justice death. "(Prov. 11: 4) When the day of" wrath "of origin, ie the day of trial and temptation that comes to every person, with little gain of wealth. In such cases, justice can be a danger, as they say. The wealth of the rich person can not ask whether, for example, faced with a so-called "incurable" disease. However, a man is more likely to be delivered from danger, from faith in God. " "One man gives freely, but is growing all the rich and another has unduly, but comes to poverty. "(Prov. 11: 24) Wealth must change hands. E 'as a seed. The more disperse the more. Being a generous man grow rich, but being greedy is likely to lead to poverty. "He who is greedy for unjust gain makes the pain of his family, but he who hates bribes will live. "(Prov. 15: 27) unjust gain, which is rapidly dishonest money, kickbacks and other financial secrets of the dark, sooner or later will bother his family. We are not able to feel at ease when we know we have the money gained by illegal or immoral. Our conscience, even if we try to silence, will constantly remind us of our acts of corruption. In this way, it will be difficult to appreciate the inner peace, even if our plans were never found. "Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but has justice death. "(Prov. 10: 2) Once again, King Solomon reminds us that the treasures acquired through methods are not evil advantage. Usually, these gains are followed by problems. In one way or another, their owner will be damaged. Only the justice and faith in God can make a mortal danger. "The wealth obtained through the vanity is not reduced, but he who gathers by labor increases it. "(Prov. 13:11) obtained through the riches all types of illegal schemes will be dispersed. How easily and quickly the data were collected as quickly as waste party. Conversely, those who gather little by little prosper through honest work. "What little that is right for the abundance of many wicked. "(Psa. 37: 16) A person can enjoy the little longer enjoy their bad abundance. A good person is primarily by the realization of his relationship with God and with a clear conscience. But the rich and evil people can not have true and lasting happiness of their own material wealth. "Better a little 'with the courts with income greater injustice. "(Prov. 16: 8) King Solomon, the father of repeated axiom that cited above. And 'better for people to have a small income by honest means to have a lot of revenue from fraud and oppression of others. The first, of course, if they are satisfied with their income and are not grudgers or envious of the wealthy, will enjoy the little they have more than the latter, who can not find peace in their hearts. "Woe to him who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes him his next serve for nothing, and not give him his salary. "(Jer 22, 13) It seems that the deal was rotten human" sports ", from time immemorial. Jeremiah is against such evils the people who need their neighbors work for nothing. The ruthless exploitation of people is against the law that God gave to Moses (Leviticus 19:13, Deut. 24: 14). Staff in dealing with others, we must respect the principles of faiess and economic justice, trying to promote these principles in society. If not, the misfortunes of those who suffer injustice and exploitation of their own, sooner or later, have negative effects on farmers and their families. "Like a partridge that hatches eggs not the man who gains riches by unjust means. If half of his past life, but the desert, and going to be an idiot. "(Jer 17:11) Those who use unfair means to become rich thrive in the month of May for the success of the past. But later, halfway through their lives, the law "for their injustice will be delivered to them, and have proven to be stupid. The unwritten law of compensation is always at work and is not one to respect people. "A fortune to be a lie is a language and a steam trap of instant death. "(Prov. 21:6) The richness of these, in order to make a fortune, bearing false witness, the signature of fraudulent contracts, among others, will be as soon as the smoke disappears immediately. This wealth will be a death trap for them, their peace and health. "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and no pain to it. "(Prov. 10: 22) This is a way of saying very encouraging. The blessing of the Lord bring wealth to those who gather little by little through honest work! The person will have the opportunity to enjoy its wealth of spirit, without anger, using it wisely, so that he might be able to help others in need. "Do not look to become rich, have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and that left (...)" (Prov. 23: 4-5). King Solomon was people against overload exhausted by then that the pursuit of wealth. May lust hard, and tormenting himself. You must have the wisdom to recognize its limits and to exercise restraint. Moreover, wealth is very uncertain things. Sometimes they disappear in an instant. "Riches do not last forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations. "(Prov. 27: 24), nor riches, nor fame is permanent. Even if you manage to make life, we leave behind the days of his death. "Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I am too in May and deny you and say, 'Who is Lord? "Or in May to become poor and steal and so dishonor the name of my God." "(Prov. 30: 8b-9) We should be happy to ea our daily bread, so that in May we dishonor the name of God, through the use of the flight. At the same time we should not desire wealth, because the cause and the vanity of vanities, to alienate a part of God. " The two extremes, namely poverty and abundance, are obstacles to spiritual growth, and that should be the priority in life. "Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." "(Mt 19, 24) and 'extremely difficult for a rich man to enter the spiritual kingdom of God, who is inside. The wealth of the individual mind and heart are firmly fixed to one of wealth, which obstructs the truth and the light of God to reach his soul and fills my heart with joy and true peace. "Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, who eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man, do not let him sleep. "(Ecc 5: 12) An employee with a clear conscience, whether with full or half full, the stomach, has a gentle and peaceful sleep. In contrast, the abundance of rich people will lose their sleep. The fear of robbers, singers, kidnappers and maybe as a bad conscience, usually full of many people who torture. "Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This is also vanity. "(Ecc 5: 10) According to Ecclesiastes, if we set our hearts on money and goods, that will never be convinced, as it will never be a feeling that we have enough. "Do not store up treasures for you on earth, where thieves break in and steal, but for you to store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume and where thieves do not break down and not steal. For your treasure is, there your heart will be also. "(Matthew 6, 19-20) Earlier, Jesus urged his followers not to leave material wealth, but to collect the treasures spiritual place. These are the treasures which neither moth nor rust can consume, while the thieves will not touch them. "And he said:" Attention, attention, and all greed, for the life of a man does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. "And he told them a parable, saying:" The land of a rich man, by abundance, and the same thought: "What should I do because I have nothing of my shop culture? "And he said," I'll do: I tear bas and build my greatest, and I will store all my grain and my goods. And I say to my soul, the soul, you have enough to stop the goods for many years, take your ease, eat, drink and be merry. "But God said to him:" Fool! This night your soul is required of you and the things you have prepared, which is it? "Then he sets for himself treasures, and is not rich toward God." "(Lk 12, 15-21) This is one of the great parables of Jesus. This implies that the greedy little man thinks of death! "For us, nothing in the world, and it is certain that we can not take anything out of it. And if there are food and clothing, with these products, we are happy. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, into a trap, in many senseless and painful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evil, it is through this desire that some have fled from the faith and pierced the heart of much suffering. "(1 Tim.6: 7-10) After the food and clothes in May will not be enough for the average person of contemporary culture. However, the thirst for wealth is a trap that diverts a person of faith in one God and immerses destruction. The passion for money is the root of all evil and causes much suffering to humans. "Now listen, you rich, weep and lament because of the misery that comes to you. (...) You have accumulated wealth for the last day. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed the fields, which will be retained by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened you as the day of slaughter. (...)" (Jam. 5: 1-6) James is very difficult to the rich, the prediction that poverty has on them. Evidently he believes that every rich person has eaed their riches with the injustice and exploitation of the poor! It 'true, however, that the cries of the workers to fly to reach the heart of God and the operators will have to "pay" for their injustice, sooner or later. The Bible contains many accounts of wealth and riches, but I think that what I mentioned here is enough to give us an idea about the possible impact on the wealth of spiritual growth.