Matthew 6:24 (KJV) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
“ Mammon ”– translated from a word which means riches, wealth, money or treasure. It signifies what men consider valuable in this world. The so-called treasures of earth can become a terrible master, a dictator that makes men serve them. They compel men to lie, cheat, steal and lose their souls. There are only two masters possible – God, or Satan who uses the “treasures” of earth to enslave men. See Satan’s attempt to destroy Christ.
Matthew 4:8-9 (KJV) Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Any person, even one who thinks he is a Christian, who is serving money or worldly wealth of any kind, and says he is serving God, is either deceived or a liar. The service of God is utterly, eternally opposed to the service of anything else.
Matthew 4:10 (KJV) Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Various countries have various gods and idols, but money is the universal idol of the world, the thing that people everywhere love, bow down to, and serve. The believer in Christ must renounce this idol as they do every other idol.
Each of us desires financial security. We require income to insure a home, transportation, and other goods for ourselves and our family. Allowing the desire for material possessions to control us is detrimental to our spirit because we will choose to serve earthly possessions for future gain instead of our Lord and Savior. As Jesus explains, we cannot have two masters because we will devote our hearts to one and not the other. We choose God as our one and only master and submit our lives to His will for us.
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