What does the Bible say about wealth?
Here's the answer:
Wealth can be a good thing, but we are never to love money more than God.
Many people think wealth is a bad thing. This is not true, as God blessed many of His servants with wealth (Deuteronomy 28:1–8). Abraham, Jacob, and Solomon were all blessed with wealth by the hand of God. However, just because someone isn’t wealthy does not mean they are not blessed by God. Some Christians are rich, and others struggle with poverty.
Being wealthy is not inherently evil. The apostle Paul tells us that the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10). Being wealthy is not the same as loving money. As long as we are using our wealth wisely, and we are not obsessed with money, then there is nothing wrong with being wealthy. In the New Testament, we see many wealthy individuals who were able to help in the cause of Christ, such as Matthew, Joanna, Joseph of Arimathea, Zacchaeus, and Lydia.
In addition to being cautious about loving money, we also don’t need to make money into an idol (Psalm 62:10). Wealth can cause us to stop growing closer to God because we think we don’t need Him anymore. This is dangerous and can lead us away from God. Rather than loving money or making it an idol, we need to use it for the glory of God. Wealth is a blessing from God, and we need to worship Him, not His blessings.
Bible Truth
"But remember the Lord your God. He gives you the ability to produce wealth. That shows he stands by the terms of the covenant he made with you. He promised it to your people of long ago. And he’s still faithful to his covenant today" (Deuteronomy 8:18).
"No one can serve two masters at the same time. Either you will hate one of them and love the other. Or you will be faithful to one and dislike the other. You can’t serve God and money at the same time" (Luke 16:13).
