Jesus said: "'No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money (sic).'" Matthew 6:24 (NRSV)
Many Christians rationalize their love of money by practising what Dietrich Bonhoeffer called "Cheap Grace".
That is accepting the blessings of God and Jesus but not making any changes to their behavior.
They merely behave as everyone around them behaves - and that is to accumulate money and possessions.
This is their security; not the security of trust in the Love of God.
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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