THE CURSE OF RICHES
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But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
THE CURSE OF RICHES
THE CURSE OF RICHES
I once heard a farmer say that if you have money problems you do not have any problems. He said that to show how little money is able to do for you.
Wealth is not the solution nor the remedy of life. It can be a great curse as it was in this young men’s life of our text.
First—The Pace of Wealth “Young man.”
First—The Pace of Wealth “Young man.”
You do not have to be an old man with the name of Rockefeller in order to be infected by the curse of wealth.
It can grip you when you are young. You may get your inheritance early in life but it may curse you more than bless you.
It doesn’t take long for the desire and love of money to grip your entire being. It is a disease that will take away your desire to hear the Word proclaimed as this man evidences.
Learn early to give your wealth to the Lord so you don’t end up in hell clinging to your wealth as the monkey refusing to let go of the honey in the jar.
I like the story of the man who insisted he take some of his gold to heaven only to be told that heaven was so wonderful that gold was used to pave the streets of heaven.
Second—The Path of Wealth “He went away.”
Second—The Path of Wealth “He went away.”
He left Jesus and went to hell. He left the place where the truth was proclaimed and went to hell.
Wealth is not a good leader. Many wealthy men have committed suicide because wealth did not lead them well.
Wealth does not keep good company. Look around at who are the wealthy and you will see that it is the undesirables that have accumulated money.
The Kennedys had money but made it off the cursed booze. No one would want to change places with the Kennedys.
Events that have been cited as evidence of the family's misfortunes include:
1941 — Rosemary Kennedy was often believed to have been intellectually disabled, and due to her severe mood swings and the worry that she would damage the Kennedy reputation,[12] her father,
Joseph Sr., arranged in secret for her to undergo a lobotomy. The lobotomy instead left her unable to walk or speak well, and as a result,
oseph Sr., arranged in secret for her to undergo a lobotomy. The lobotomy instead left her unable to walk or speak well, and as a result, Rosemary remained institutionalized until her death in 2005.[4][5][6][13][14] Rosemary's condition may have inspired her sister, Eunice, to initiate the Special Olympics in 1962.August 12, 1944 — Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. died when his plane exploded over East Suffolk, England, as part of Project Anvil during World War II.May 13, 1948 — Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington died in a plane crash in France.[4][5][6][14]August 9, 1963 — Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died of infant respiratory distress syndrome two days after his premature birth (which itself occurred on the 20th anniversary of his father's World War II rescue). Jackie missed the funeral because she was still recovering from the C-section at Otis Air Force Base.[4][6][13][15]November 22, 1963 — U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was shot dead by Jack Ruby two days later before he could stand trial. In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. In 1979, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded that the assassination was the result of a conspiracy and that Oswald did not act alone.[16]June 19, 1964 — U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was involved in a plane crash in which one of his aides and the pilot were killed. Ted was pulled from the wreckage by fellow senator Birch Bayh and spent weeks in a hospital recovering from a broken back, a punctured lung, broken ribs, and internal bleeding.[4][5][14][17]June 5, 1968 — U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles immediately following his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan pleaded guilty to Robert's murder and is serving a life sentence at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.[4][5][6][14]July 18, 1969 — In the Chappaquiddick incident, Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, which fatally trapped his 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, inside.[4][5][6][7][14] Ted pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of the accident causing personal injury.[18] In his televised statement a week later, Ted stated that on the night of the incident he wondered "whether some awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedys."[9][19][20]August 13, 1973 — Joseph P. Kennedy II was the driver of a Jeep that crashed and left his passenger, Pam Kelley, paralyzed.[4][6][13]April 25, 1984 — David A. Kennedy died of a cocaine and pethidine overdose in a Palm Beach, Florida hotel room.[4][5][6][13][14]April 1, 1991 — William Kennedy Smith was arrested and charged with the rape of a young woman at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The subsequent trial attracted extensive media coverage.[21] Smith was acquitted.[1][3][4][13]December 31, 1997 — Michael LeMoyne Kennedy died in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado.[1][4][5][6][13][14]July 16, 1999 — John F. Kennedy Jr. died when his plane he was piloting, a Piper Saratoga, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard due to pilot error and spatial disorientation. His wife and sister-in-law were also on board and died.[4][5][6][14]September 16, 2011 — Kara Kennedy died of a heart attack while exercising in a Washington, D.C. health club at age 51. Kara had reportedly suffered from lung cancer nine years earlier, but she had recovered after the removal of part of her right lung.[22][23]May 16, 2012 — Mary Richardson Kennedy committed suicide on the grounds of her home in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.[14][24]September 4, 2018 — Christopher Kennedy Lawford died of a heart attack while doing hot yoga at a yoga studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was 63.
Rosemary remained institutionalized until her death in 2005.[4][5][6][13][14] Rosemary's condition may have inspired her sister, Eunice, to initiate the Special Olympics in 1962.August 12, 1944 —
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. died when his plane exploded over East Suffolk, England, as part of Project Anvil during World War II.May 13, 1948 —
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington died in a plane crash in France.[4][5][6][14]August 9, 1963 —
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died of infant respiratory distress syndrome two days after his premature birth (which itself occurred on the 20th anniversary of his father's World War II rescue). Jackie missed the funeral because she was still recovering from the C-section at Otis Air Force Base.[4][6][13][15]November 22, 1963 —
U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was shot dead by Jack Ruby two days later before he could stand trial. In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. In 1979, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) concluded that the assassination was the result of a conspiracy and that Oswald did not act alone.[16]June 19, 1964 —
U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was involved in a plane crash in which one of his aides and the pilot were killed. Ted was pulled from the wreckage by fellow senator Birch Bayh and spent weeks in a hospital recovering from a broken back, a punctured lung, broken ribs, and internal bleeding.[4][5][14][17]June 5, 1968 —
U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles immediately following his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan pleaded guilty to Robert's murder and is serving a life sentence at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.[4][5][6][14]July 18, 1969 —
In the Chappaquiddick incident, Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, which fatally trapped his 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, inside.[4][5][6][7][14] Ted pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of the accident causing personal injury.[18] In his televised statement a week later, Ted stated that on the night of the incident he wondered "whether some awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedys."[9][19][20]August 13, 1973 —
Joseph P. Kennedy II was the driver of a Jeep that crashed and left his passenger, Pam Kelley, paralyzed.[4][6][13]April 25, 1984 — David A. Kennedy died of a cocaine and pethidine overdose in a Palm Beach, Florida hotel room.[4][5][6][13][14]April 1, 1991 —
William Kennedy Smith was arrested and charged with the rape of a young woman at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The subsequent trial attracted extensive media coverage.[21] Smith was acquitted.[1][3][4][13]December 31, 1997 —
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy died in a skiing accident in Aspen, Colorado.[1][4][5][6][13][14]July 16, 1999 —
John F. Kennedy Jr. died when his plane he was piloting, a Piper Saratoga, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard due to pilot error and spatial disorientation. His wife and sister-in-law were also on board and died.[4][5][6][14]September 16, 2011 —
Kara Kennedy died of a heart attack while exercising in a Washington, D.C. health club at age 51. Kara had reportedly suffered from lung cancer nine years earlier, but she had recovered after the removal of part of her right lung.[22][23]May 16, 2012 —
Mary Richardson Kennedy committed suicide on the grounds of her home in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.[14][24]September 4, 2018 —
Christopher Kennedy Lawford died of a heart attack while doing hot yoga at a yoga studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was 63.
The path of wealth is strewn with shipwrecks of life, not with success stories. Success is not becoming wealthy. Many evil men have become wealthy but they are far from being successful. You do not need wealth to be successful. The Apostle Paul was eminently successful but he was not wealthy. Such is the case of many successful men.
Third—The Pain of Wealth “Sorrowful.”
Third—The Pain of Wealth “Sorrowful.”
The great pain of wealth is sorrow. Sometimes the pain is so great that people commit suicide rather than give their wealth away.
Our text says wealth cannot buy happiness. Holiness can but wealth cannot.
Yet, men think that if they were wealthy it would bring them happiness.
We have a casino in town. We have been told that there are no happy people getting on the chartered buses after a day trying to become wealthy at the casino. Even the effort to become wealthy is cursed with the pain of sorrow.
There is much sorrow in this world but wealth will not remedy the sorrow. Learn to give away your wealth. It will give you happiness that wealthy cannot give. Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.