Beware of Covetousness: Part 4
Covetousness starts out below the surface of our lives. If left unchecked, suddenly we find ourselves caught in its trap.
Covetousness starts out below the surface of our lives. If left unchecked, suddenly we find ourselves caught in its trap.
As believers, we need to make sure we don’t derive our identity or value from our paycheck or possessions — if we do, we will always be covetous for more!
God warns us against covetousness because of His great love for us. Covetousness causes us to seek after temporal things that only bring emptiness and death.
Culture pressures constantly with messages that we need more stuff. The hidden message is that our identity comes through our possessions and social status.
What does it mean to “be angry and sin not”? Is it even possible to get angry without sinning?
Instead of just reacting to conflict from our perspective, what if we asked God for His perspective? God is able to use even conflict among believers to form Christ in both the offended and the offender!
What hinders us from going to offenders? Maybe it's harboring bitterness? or maybe it's going to others who are not part of the problem or solution?
We often approach offenders with a motive of vindication — we go in anger or pride with a desire to expose them. But it’s critical that we approach straying brothers with the heart God has for them.