1st Timothy 6: 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
If the problem isn’t addressed and corrected, it could cost families their homes as the gambler may seek to take equity out, or worse yet, might ravage your rainy-day savings or other funds in the process, just to feed the addiction. Another deleterious effect of gambling is that when the addiction ripens into sheer desperation, persons will often turn to their credit cards to fund the habit, and as a result some people have become entangled in one of satan’s favorite snares.
Yielding to the craving for riches is used by the adversary of souls by which he seeks to drown individuals in irretrievable debt. This is why The Lord stipulates in His word, that the desire to get rich quickly is a sin and is to be avoided like the plague, for the spin offs, and consequences often wreak havoc on the individual, on marriages, families, communities and governments…. Ecclesiastes 5: 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Very sorry to say that currently, we have persons in high and low places, in positions of great influence, who are never satisfied with gold. There now seems to be a gold rush of sorts, whereby individuals seek to rake in all they can, whilst they can, and thus, in the process the resources of nations are being bled down to a point of no return…. 1st Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1st Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!