Christians & Covetousness: The Hidden Dangers of Materialism

Lesson Transcript

Yeah, unfortunately, Christians can fall in this just as much as the world. Juvenile rights: no God is held in such reverence among us as wealth. Wealth wasn't one of their gods. He's—this is a satire that he's saying—this that the Romans were so materialistic and everyone wanting more and coveting what their neighbor had. He says, "Try to produce for me in Rome a witness of blameless integrity." He's talking about in their courts, okay? He says the first question asked would be about his income.

The issue of his moral character would come last of all. They want to know how many slaves does he keep? How many acres of land does he occupy?