Loosing One's Salvation Over Money

1 Timothy 6:10

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs."

 I have not written on this topic for awhile, but I truly believe that one's salvation can be lost.  Why?  Because there is the parable of the seeds, where some seeds seemed to take root for a time but then were choked out by the cares of this life etc.  Mt. 13, "The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful."

Also Jesus said, "If any branch in me does not bear fruit it is cut off and thrown into the fire." I don't know what else that can mean except that a person was saved and then they weren't. God cut them off because they did not bear fruit. As James says, "Faith without works is dead. Show me your faith without deeds and I will show you my faith by what I do." Also there is the verse "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling." This seems to imply that it can be lost and that is why we should have fear and trembling.    

So this verse in Timothy illuminates this occurrence a little better I think. Paul says to Timothy that the reason some wander away from the faith is because they start to love money. Jesus said you cannot serve two masters; you cannot love both God and money. Either we love God or we love money, bottom line. Some may start off in their faith truly just loving God, but over time, they start to love money. Then money becomes their god instead of God, and they can then loose their salvation. It's not that God turned their back on them; it's that they turned their back on God because they started to love money more than God.

Why is the love of money the root all kinds of evil?  Because it is selfish. The more we love money, the more selfish we are. Yes money is needed for life, but we are not to love it.

Also Peter said that we are not to love the world or anything in the world. We cannot love both the world and God. We have to always keep the perspective that everything in this world is temporal. As Paul said, "We fix our eyes NOT on what is seen but on what is unseen." Our focus needs to be on heaven and things related to heaven, not this earth or money or anything related to the world. We must always keep an eternal perspective regarding everything. Amen.

I saw this a lot in California, where I lived most of my life. So many people there love money. The main idol of California is definitely money. It's ironic that it's nickname is the Golden State. It began with the gold rush and people searching for money and that continues to be the main pursuit of most people there. So many think they love God when in actuality they love money and they are deceived. Their true God is money, not God.

When money is our god it is because we ourselves are our own god. Our own comfort or pleasure or happiness is what our god is. We place our happiness on the thrown and use money to serve ourselves in any way we can. This is what leads to us loving money.

Instead our goal in life should be to become better people, not just striving to be happy and comfortable. Our goal should be to serve others and God, not ourselves.

The more someone seeks to be happy, the less happy they are. Why? Because it comes from greed and greed only breeds more greed. Like any sin, sin builds upon sin until we are miserable and eaten alive by it essentially.

So learn to have self control in regards to money. Learn to see it as an inordinate object that can do you good, but don't let it become something that you love. Rick Warren says that we need to love people and use money, not use people and love money. Amen. May God increase all our wisdom regarding the proper use and mindset for money. God bless!

And check out this AMAZING sermon by Joyce Meyer about money.  I love it!  One of the best sermons I've ever heard!  :)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa_Fgtjl638