Breaking the spirit of Mammon

Luke 16:13 NKJV

“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

Matthew 6:24 NKJV

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

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3 Questions:

1. What is Mammon?

Syrian god of riches and wealth.

Don’t need God Almighty, if we have riches.

Mammon wants to rule our lives

Signs Mammon is controlling

Get mad at God because we don’t have enough money to do what we want.

Emotions

Give only so we can have more.

Security

Philippians 4:11 NKJV

Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:

Philippians 4:12 NKJV

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Philippians 4:13 NKJV

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Joshua Bell in Washington Subway

2. Is money evil?

1 Timothy 6:10 NKJV

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

There is a spirit that tries to rest on wealth.

Luke 16:9 TPT

It is important that you use the wealth of this world to demonstrate your friendship with God by winning friends and blessing others. Then, when this world fails and falls apart, your generosity will provide you with an eternal reward.

3. How do I protect myself?

Be a good steward!

Luke 16:10 NKJV

He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

Luke 16:11 NKJV

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

True riches=People

Haggai 1:5 NKJV

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Haggai 1:6 (NKJV)

“You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Haggai 1:7 NKJV

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!