Affluence

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Literally, “flowing” with prosperity. Wealth is not condemned in Scripture but is seen as a good gift of God. However, affluence has its dangers.

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Godly affluence
Exodus 3:8 NIV
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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Examples of affluence

Eden; Abraham; Isaac; Jacob; Job

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Hezekiah; Joseph of Arimathea

The dangers of affluence

Pride

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Reliance upon riches

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Over-attachment to riches

Matthew 19:22 NIV
When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Greed for more riches

Ecclesiastes 5:10 NIV
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

Temptation

1 Timothy 6:9–10 NIV
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Cares and anxieties

Matthew 13:22 NIV
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.

Spiritual complacency

Revelation 3:17 NIV
You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

Contempt for God

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Contempt for the poor or unfortunate

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Affluence is temporary

It is for this life only

1 Timothy 6:7 NIV
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
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It is often lost

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Spiritual affluence

The riches of God

Philippians 4:19 NIV
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
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Spiritual wealth

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The shared wealth of the church

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The wealth of heaven

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