Money, Possessions, and Eternity (by Randy Alcorn) - What does the Bible really say about money? This completely revised and updated version of the classic best-seller provides a Christian perspective about money and material possessions based on the author's painstaking study of the Bible. Randy Alcorn uses the Scriptures to approach this often touchy subject head-on. Thought-provoking arguments challenge readers to rethink their attitudes and use their God-given resources in ways that will have an eternal impact. Alcorn deals straightforwardly with issues of materialism, stewardship, prosperity theology, debt, and more. An excellent choice for group study as well as individual financial guidance. Includes a study guide and appendix with additional resources.
The following is a commentary by a blog poster and has no affiliation with Randy Alcorn or the contents of his book.
All forms of currency. The worst innovation of the human race. Most sins stem from the consuming nature of money whether it be coins, paper or zipping by rapidly via a market stock ticker. Currency kills more than gun powder. Without currency one would not live excessively, beyond their material needs or to manufacturer, mass produce and purchase that gun powder.
Money is misconstrued. It is considered powerful and ultimate to most of the human race. It corrupts, it schemes, it buys and sells. It is considered the superficial and temporary happiness it is considered. Money betrothed the appetite for buying and selling. Sometimes this, without dramatizing, means the selling of one's soul. Trading one another. For financial gain, the means behind an inheritance that will lead to only the artificial, superficial and temporary. So, what do these types of humans truly gain? Is it ever enough? Money is never satisfied because it is only money. Money has no conscience, no emotions. Money is empty, period.
Some believe that greed consists of some made up 1%. "The billionaires are ripping us off." "It's their fault." What about you? Name the one item in your life you feel you are attached to. A material thing. An object. If it was taken away from you would you feel a void? Can you find yourself being without that thing? Do you seldom share with others that object or do you keep it near and dear to you? What if someone, for example, took your cell phone and placed it on the ground in front of you, poured a substantial helping of gasoline upon it, struck a match and dropped it upon your now, gas drenched, handheld device. Would that upset you? Would you instantly feel a void? Would you more than likely rush out to your nearest electronics retailer to purchase another phone?
Some people refer to items such as their cell phones as "my baby". Some people refer to their pets as "my baby" or their vehicles. Does this make you any different from the 1% who may not be greedy at all? Because you see a dollar amount do you honestly believe you are less fortunate? Do you believe you are less evil than someone you do not know and are only judging them by their income bracket? Greed is greed and there is no degree. Judging someone could very well be your misjudgment, your lack of understanding in the true realization-money and currency has taken the place of the majority of humans caring for one another genuinely, loving each other for who they each are; humans.
Take away the money and what are all humans left with? Could it be each other? Could it be whatever is left upon the land to live off of? Will the thirst that currency fuels ever be quenched? No. Am I a communist now? Am I naive now? If I gave you a $100 bill would you have appreciated my blog post more? What judgments are you already making about me? I have no money? I have a lot of money? I am in between? How does money apply to you and your life?
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