Satan knows that most Christians choose their jobs and their place of residence, etc., based on their passion for Mammon (property and money) rather than on any desire for the promotion of God's kingdom.
They also have enough to buy whatever they like, whenever they like. When Satan comes against you, does he have power over you, because he finds the love of Mammon in you?
Satan is happy to be hidden out of sight, because he knows that he can deceive people better that way.
To become a wealthy man in such a world, one would have to follow Satan's principles in some area or the other, and disobey the principles of God's Word. What must the Lord think of the Christian "church" and its leaders today, who have pursued after Mammon, become tolerant of sin, and thus made themselves powerless in the battle against Satan.
This is the direct application.
The Lord Who made Job, Abraham and David rich could easily have made His apostles rich too.
And when Satan came against them, it was essential that Satan should find "no love for Mammon in them"? He is actually working on Satan's side, without knowing it.
Jesus however urged people to choose between God and Mammon.
WEB: "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.You can't serve both God and Mammon. But most of the other cars were cheap ones! Mammon / ˈ m æ m ən / in the New Testament of the Bible is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. It was to save His apostles from such temptations, that Jesus left them poor in the world.
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Satan's wrath has never hindered the work of God at any time.
I told him I was walking there every day!] It will be very difficult for a disciple of Jesus, if he is totally honest and wholehearted, to become rich through his business in a world that is under the dominion of Satan. The battle against Satan is not fought on earth, but in "the heavenlies" (Eph.6:12).
Our fasting and praying cannot accomplish God's purposes, if we love Mammon and are earthly-minded. Mt 6:24 No man can serve two masters. He concluded that the "prosperity gospel" did work -
He found that the cars parked in the spots reserved for the "Pastor" and "Assistant Pastors" were expensive cars!! So they hunted up Old Testament promises that God had given to Israel and began to proclaim those promises as the unfailing mark of God's blessing today.
Otherwise the Lord's purposes could never have been fulfilled through them.
It was because Jonah had plenty of extra money that he could afford to buy a ticket to go to Tarshish - in plain disobedience to the Lord's command.
He knows very well that when a believer is influenced by the love of mammon in his decisions, he is actually serving the prince of Mammon, even if he imagines that he is serving God!! Why?
But when the choice is between God and Mammon, Satan knows that even believers will find it difficult to make a decisive choice. "Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction."
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 6:24. Copyright - Zac Poonen. When Jesus spoke of two masters whom men could serve, He said that the two were God and Mammon (Luke 16:13).
It is only the prayer of "a righteous man" - one who has been freed from attachment to earthly things, like Elijah - whose prayers are effective before God (James 5:16, 17). Money is a fraught subject for many religious and educational leaders, but for the sake of religious institutions, for the sake of the spiritual and moral lives of those entrusted to their care, the anxious silence surrounding the subject of money ought not continue. Read full chapter
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Heaven has been prepared for those who have learnt to put gold under their feet even on earth.
He cannot follow two callings successfully.
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