You need to guard yourself or it will destroy you. You’re under attack from greed and covetousness. The word that’s translated beware literally means to guard yourself.Life is not measured by how much you own. Luke 12:15 Beware! Guard against every kind of greed.Jesus calls people foolish who store up earthly wealth but lack a rich relationship with God. Here’s where the rub comes in: who gets to decide how much I need? Do I decide that? Is there a formula for it somewhere? Greed is a false pathway to enjoying life, built on the lie that this life is all there is. It’s a sin that paradoxically leaves us with less of what we really need. Let’s start off with a definition: Greed is a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed. In fact, some of you probably reacted by thinking, “I don’t have enough excess to be greedy.” We say things like, “I worked hard for that money and I deserve to spend it how I want” or “Everyone else has a new Iphone so I deserve a new Iphone” or “I don’t know what the future holds, so I had better hoard more away.” We’re not saying that having a new iPhone makes you greedy or that savings make you greedy, but almost all of us are affected by greed. I bet most of us would put the line where greed begins somewhere farther out than our level of greed. Greed is one of those sins that I think always brings to mind someone else. Today, we’re talking about the sin of greed.
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