Few are going to like the sound of this...
The use of money, knowing that it is the root of all evil, is the mark of the beast, and it's been around for thousands of years.
Everyone has or has had it.
The goal should be to get victory over it, which is to never spend or take a penny if it causes any inconvenience to another person, or results an any perceived unfair social status.
Buying unnecessarily on credit is the mark.
Driving a car that shows off is the mark. Even thinking your mediocre car is "nicer" than someone else's.
Buying abercrombie is the mark.
Buying a new cell phone every 6 months is the mark.
Watching pay per view is the mark.
Etc. etc.
Jesus got ultimate victory over the mark by having no possessions except clothes, and not wanting money for himself at all.
His disciples, except Judas, had victory over the mark, even though they collected money they gave to the poor and presumably fed themselves.
Judas might even have gotten victory over the mark when he turned the money back in to the pharisees.
How we spend our money is whether or not we have the mark. It is a direct material reflection of what's in our heart.
It's really about something much deeper than money.
The rich young ruler didn't get victory the mark.
wow your real close to figuring it out...
buying abercrombie is,Coventry
a new cell phone every 6 months is Coventry
satellite t,v, is Coventry,,,,ect,ect,ect
connect the dots and open your wallet and see if you have a pin-number in your forehead,to support the Coventry.,,,when you see it try to get rid of it,no more tax refund without that sweat little pin number in our foreheads. no more social security,no more snap,,,cut it up!!,,,jobs wont hire you without a pay card,,poor credit pay higher rates your a risk.
its in the Americas its in Europe,its in Africa and after the rumors of wars,,well weather Afghanistan,Iraq,,,with all their refusal to bank like us,,,well "middle easterners,get your pin number in your forehead here!!!",,,Egypt,Libya,Ethiopia,,,ye are at the gates,,,
hmmm,maybe I'm incorrect,,, here ill preach the sermon the other way,,,,"all you fathers and mothers ,the lord wants you to have all these nice things,he wants you to have a nice car,and a good job, the lord wants you to have lots of money,he wants you to be in the air-conditioner,he wants you to forget how to farm. he wants you to genetically modafy seeds that grow in pestacide.
the lord wants you to sit back in your easy-chair and have a remote controll in your hand,he wants you to change the channel when you see the starving children.,,,don't cut up your debit cards,don't stop using usury,look at what would happen you would loose your job,then your car and your house. you, if you cut up your card will be in a lot of trouble,,you they will say are not a good parent,they will send c.p.s. and take your children away,,,,,
choose the Coventry!,,keep the pin- number in your fore-head,,,god wants you to have it.,,,what a silly thing i have for years stood before you the flock here in our church and told you this,,god wants you to have it. what will i say then if i am incorrect i have cast you children into the fire of Moloch ?,,,god wants you to have this pin number in your fore head,he wants you to covet these things,,,,,"