Is it wrong for TV preachers to drive fancy cars or live in luxuriousmansions?
This earth is evil and has been since the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden. That is, the present world system is on a course directed by Satan, not by God. It is a rebellious place. Jesus said that where a man’s treasure is, there also is his heart (his deepest love and desires). Jesus said also that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to see the kingdom of God. This is because, as Scripture says, the love of money is the root of all evil. The apostles lived modest lives as they traveled with Jesus, and as they spread the Gospel after His death, burial and resurrection. The great Paul was a humble tent maker, and worked for a living so that he wouldn’t take away from his witness for Christ. Jesus is the supreme example. All creation could have been at His fingertips had he chosen to live that way on earth while in the flesh. Instead, He chose a humble lifestyle–in part, no doubt, so that His soul-saving message, not His lavish lifestyle,
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