Bible study: What is covetousness?

Bible study: Beware of covetousness

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Luke 12 vs 15

Luke 12:15 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. King James Version (KJV)

 

Bible study @ Telegram prayer group 12.30 GMT . Title: What is covetousness?

 

1. Jesus warned against covetousness, saying we should prefer spiritual richness to material richness
2. Another  word for covetousness is greed.
3. Covetousness is a compulsive desire to acquire materials or wealth by all means fair or foul.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition- 1 Timothy 6 vs 9

4. The watchword to avoid covetousness is need
5. The spirit of greed may be marital, materialistic, or financial
6. Polygamy for instance is fuelled by the spirit of covetousness. If one wife is not enough for you, 1000 will not be enough
7. Holy Spirit help me to have self-control in Jesus name
8. Marital covetousness involves lusting after your neighbour’s wife
9. Covetousness can lead to murder
10. David was guilty of covetousness in the Bible as he took over his soldiers wife, and murdered her husband
11. Covetousness gives birth to idolatry. King Solomon accumulated 700 wives and 300 concubines who led him astray from God
12. Accumulating anything you don’t need is greed. Either houses, cars, clothes, shoes etc
13. I know of a close relative, a woman who complained she does not have shoes, one day I visited her house and asked her to bring out all her shoes. I counted 13 pairs, yet she complained that the colours of shoes don’t match her clothes
14. Many of us have clothes and shoes that we have not worn for years, yet we are not willing to give it out to the less privilege
15. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in garden of Eden they were influenced by spirit of greed
16. To overcome covetousness, you have to realise there is no end chasing money, you can never have enough money, you can not beat technology or fashion, there is always a new invention, and you need to be contended with what you have.
17. Holy Spirit tell me when enough is enough in Jesus name

 

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