You can't serve both God and money- There is spiritual danger in Mammon worship

 

                                                                

                             BE NOT DECEIVED BY GREED- JESUS IS OUR ONLY SALVATION             

Shalom! to all of you, my precious blog followers, many or few. I hope your week has been blessed with many good memories, and that your weekend will be blessed also. The sun has been shining a lot in Stockholm these days, and it has been wonderful to work on that tan a little, and combining that with some prayer. The world is filled with so many people in need, I don't understand how any christian can spend hours in front of facebook/instagram but not spend even one hour in prayer. I hope they are not that many, because I know it grieves God. At least one hour all christians should spend in prayer and worship! everyday, or they might not be ready for what is coming our way. And of course, it is equally important to read the Bible. So many deceptive teachings are out there, the only way we can know what is the truth is to read our Bibles and compare that to the teachings we hear. If they don't match, its not from Jesus.

I hope and pray those of you who havent received Jesus/Yeshua in your hearts as Lord and Savior, will do that soon. He is the only hope we have! the only salvation! there is no other way. There is no other truth. There is no other eternal life.

He is the only one who has carried our sins on the cross so we can be forgiven and spend eternity with him and the loved ones he has taken to heaven before us, and who will together with us come back to the earth to rule with him at his return. And he will never leave you! if you just let him in to your heart. He  can give you deep purpose! even when surrounded by pestilences and wars. Because he created you and has a special plan for you. Just go to him! I have not regretted my decision to do so, despite the persecutions I have faced. I still believe he will take care of the judgement.

Tonight I felt God wanted me to write about the spiritual danger in Mammon Worship/ loving money.

Everywhere we go in the world, we are being told through social media that when you get rich and famous, when you win at the lottery, then your life will be perfect.  You can have everything money can buy and then you don't need anything else. Celebrities even love to brag about their huge mansions and many bathrooms and cars they own, and many people are like : Wow!

Some people are so bound to the greed of money, they do almost anything to get it. As much of it as possible.

 Some people, like Planned Parenthood, even kill to earn money. Abortion industry is made a money making industry like many others. They get rich when we pay them for killing the unborn. And in God's eyes, they are equally much murderers as the well known terrorists in middle east, or maffia people who kill when they get payed. And they need to repent and turn to Jesus for forgiveness, or they are lost with blood on their hands, forever. The same with women and men who perform abortions in hospitals and clinics. Its not a "God will understand" situation. And it never will be.

But no matter how much money you own on this earth, it can never save your soul so you are righ with God when your life here on earth ends. You can't take it with you. You can use money to serve God, like donating to the salvation army or send money to organisations that buy and send bibles to unreached nations where they need to hear about Jesus. Or support Alyah organisations that send jews home to Israel, from poor countries, so the return of Jesus comes even closer. 

But money itself, can't and will not save you. Only Jesus can do that.

And in the last days, the devil will use materialism to steal people even from Jesus.

When the mark of the beast comes, it will look like the perfect solution to humanity. Nobody can just steal it, like with  wallets and cars, since it is inplanted in your body. You simply put your hand on a scanner/blip maschine and then you have payed for what you want to buy.  But it is connected to a world leader, the Antichrist, and it will show loyalty to him. And if you take it, your soul is lost, it doesn't matter what your name is and how long you have been working in what church. You take the mark, your soul is lost.

Therefore, people who have love of money in their hearts, are in the riskzone of being tempted to  take the mark. It will not be called the mark of the beast in ordinary social media platforms. Like with anti vaccin info, it probably will have notes on it that " don't trust that information, its false" or " its only a belief by christian extremists" when you see something about it on facebook or instagram.

There is nothing wrong with being wealthy, or have big houses or cars. Or have a well payed job. But if all you think about all day is money, and how to make more money, and how to not loose money, its a sign of bondage to mammon. If money is your Lord, if money is everything for you,  then you have chosen the wrong lord, and he will dump you as soon as you leave this earth. Jesus can set you free from bondage to money, and help you and guide you so you can on the earth use your material possessions to help others, do what he wants you to do with the money and wealth he blessed you with. You would not own anything, if God had not created you and blessed you with what you have.

Every breath you take, is because God allows it and has a purpose for you.

When the mark of the beast comes, you can bet Antichrist and all of his friends will try to trick some of you to take the mark, with material benefits as a carrot.

Saying: If you take the mark/the chip, you can have the political position you only have dreamed about before! you can have a big house, a amazing pool, and attend the most desirable parties with celebrities. Don't listen to the christian fanatics, they are nuts!

Or with promises of a safe future, with words like: All you need to do is to take the chip, then you can keep on working like you always have, and support your society and your family, just like before. As you know this is the new currency, the next step in high tech society. If you dont take it you will not be able to buy or sell. How can you survive? take it and you can keep on living like before. 

Or they might come with threaths; If you don't take the mark( the chip on your hand or forehead) we will kill you/your mother/father/child/spouse. And you are to blame!

Whatever you do, don't let anyone convince you that money can save you. Even after the mark of the beast is here, Jesus can and will take care of his own so they don't have to starve. They just need to trust him. If money would solve all problems, rich people would not be depressed and kill themselves. They need Jesus. They need the one thing that money cant buy, and its their salvation. Jesus payed the price by carrying the sins of humanity on his shoulders. You can only receive it, by faith. 

Your family, your spouse and your kids, are sent by God to you, as gifts. Jesus need to matter more than they do, or you also might be risking your soul.  God can also protect them, so none of them die before time. Whatever you do, don't take the chip! Jesus can help you and protect you, if you choose him instead.

Money can give you and easier and healthier life, you can afford health foods that poor people can't buy equally much off, as salmon and other kinds of healthy seafoods. Absolutely, like I said its not bad to be rich, but you can also be spiritually rich by using money to serve God. So you can be wealthy in heaven too. Just make sure money is not your Lord. Because you will be held accountable in front of God one day, who blessed you with that much money, and he will ask you: In what way did you serve me with it? he will talk about what he wanted you to do with the money, and if you have served him and I am sure he will be happy to tell you how many souls have been saved when you used the money to serve God. But if you don't use it to serve him, you will hear about the souls that could have been helped and saved if you would have asked God what he wanted you to do with your life, your time and your money and obeyed.

When you leave this earth, your time is up. And your money will not follow you.

God will one day bless me financially too, he has promised me he will. But  one of the reasons I long for it, is so I can afford to give my future kids a safe childhood, so I can give them a christian upbringing, not be dumped to kindergarden at age 1 or 2. And they will bring the healing and love of Jesus to other less fortunate children and young adults. Of course, whatever God wants me to do with the money, but that, will be in his hands with the rest of my life.

There is someone out there, who needed to see this. I am not sure who. But know that Jesus loves you! and nobody can ever love you as much as he does.  And all the wealth in the world, can not be compared to the importance of your eternal soul, that can be redeemed only by the blood of Jesus. 

I will end with some Bible quotes about his issue:

In Matthew 6:24 Jesus said:

Noone can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 12: 32-34: Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where  moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves will not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

1th Timothy 6:9-10:

Those who want to be rich, however , fall in to temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

This is good news, what pleases God we do with our money:

Hebrews 13: 16: Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Matthew 25:31-46:

The Final Judgement.

When the son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels wih him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on his left.  Then the King will say to those on his right: Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations of the world. 

For I was hungry, and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me , I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. 

Then the righteous will answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you? or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? And the King will answer them:

Truly I say to you, as you did to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Then he will say to those on his left, : Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry ,and you gave me no food. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and did not visit you. Then they also will answer saying: Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?

Then he will answer them saying: Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. And these will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.

Jesus wants us to share what we have to the needy, but in his name, to glorify his name. He has a special purpose for each and one of us. I belive its not just physical food or drink he is speaking about, but also the spiritual food and drink that comes from giving people Bibles or sharing Bibles with them, and pray for them so they get filled with the holy spirit which can be a symbol of water. 

There is spiritual hunger after the love of Jesus, also in our children, who are struggling with depression and fear. They need Jesus just as much as adults!

And there are also many people in spiritual prisons, who need to hear that Jesus can set them free. People who are in bondage to different sins. Like gay people, or people who are bound to pornography, bound by money greediness, addicted to drugs and alcohol and food. 

I also know Jesus wants all jews to come home, and is very happy when christians/messianic jews help the jews still "inprisoned" in gentile countries supporting Alyah organizations like operation exodus that help them get home. 

Thats all I have to share this night, take care, God bless& Shalom! / Tanja