I came across the topic about Being Materialistic. I thought about it for a moment. And I don't feel good about it so i ask God about it. This is what i got.
In Christian songs and Christian magazines we have made the idea that a sincere Christian cannot be a materialist into a sort of cliche. Call a believer materialistic and you will meet with vocal protest. No one wants to be a materialist. And no one believes that he is a materialist.
Almost any Christian can repeat 1 Timothy 6:10a, "the love of money is the root of all evil."
The more that material things and their acquisition, preservation, and disposal occupy our lives (and consequently, our hearts), the less room there is for God's spirit to work in us and the more our joy as Christians is stolen by the world. Christ's description, in the parable of the sower(Luke 8), says that the cares of the world are like weeds that "choke" the word of God.
Societies have become secular and humanistic in nature. Humanism denies any spiritual nature of mankind. Man/Woman has set himself/herself and his/her material desires (his/her idols) above all else, including God.
Materialism is sin and its effects are sin!
Here's 1 Bible Verse to help,
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.
Signing off! :)
