IFCA Article Wealth/Idolatry

he unbridled pursuit Money Represents

A desire for Power, autonomy, self-reliance

What is sacrificed to the idol of wealth?

Idols are nothing 1 Cor 10.19 “What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?”

Signs of a wealth idol

Cold lifeless relationship with the Lord and His Gospel

A desire to talk about money with whoever will listen

A grief at the idea of being separated from it

Upon receiving it wanting more and hating the prospect of being separated from it

Wealth will be the cause of future rebellion

Rev 9.20 “And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.”