The Church is becoming increasingly commercialised in the
modern world. This is because Mammon has swept through the Church, and it is
increasing its grip on the Church. Many churchgoers are money slaves who treat
their job and anything else first, anything about God. This should be of great
concern to Christians who truly serve God. The Bible commands us to serve God, not money
(Mammon), and that one cannot serve both masters. However, many Christians
ignore this teaching and serve Mammon instead.
The whole global financial system runs on charging interest on loans, a
manifestation of capitalism. Capitalism is ideology that whoever has capital
can use it to make as much gain as one wants by using the demands of others for
what one has. It is not the free market itself. Capitalism is based on human
materialism and possessiveness ā that humans not God, own what they have. This
is against Biblical teaching that everything on Earth is owned by God. It has
encouraged people to worship money and serve money. The whole system is evil. People
make money by charging interest on loans. Money in the modern world has become
a means of enslaving other people.
The answer is NOT Marxism. Mammon is a spirit. Distributing
wealth will not eliminate or change this spirit. Those who think that
Christians should be economically āleft wingā are gravely mistaken. The āleftā side of politics is not concerned
with caring for the poor at all. It is merely angry at others who have more
than them out of pure envy. This is not to say the economic ārightā is better
or good. The left āright dichotomy is a psychological tool used to label people
who oppose oneās view as dangerous or not to be trusted. What is purported to
part of the left wing and right wing of politics respectively, are not necessarily
consistent with each other. Therefore, there is no reason why people should be
one side of politics in order to uphold moral law.
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