Sermon No. 8

Sermon 8

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.

1Timothy 6:10

          The love of money is an egregious thing. Not only is it the root of all evil, it is a demon of hell that will destroy not only your faith, but your love of family, of friends, but most importantly your love of God Almighty.

          You will find that those who have more money than anybody else will only want more money. THAT is the love of money. These are people who lead lives of sin while debasing themselves and others. But make no mistake, this is not a place that angels fear to tread, but they simply are not welcome.

          The Devil may reign over Hell, but only Jesus can command the demons. And that is because they fear Him, his power, just not for the reasons you think. Jesus is the candle that illuminates not just every darkness in Hell.

But Jesus becomes the candle that illuminates the good in each and every one of us so we might become the best version of ourselves. It is said God helps those who help themselves. But when we help others we become the candle in their darkness.

          Yet the love of money is a bottomless pit that is shrouded in darkness because there is no light to guide them to safety. But sometimes, it is not God’s light they need. Sometimes our own light is bright enough to guide them. It is our light that acts as a beacon to the angels in Heaven.

Our beacon to the angels in Heaven is a signal that we have helped this person as much as we can. That now they must guide the Soul to salvation and back to God’s love.

We can only guide them to the door. We can only prepare them to open the door. We must rely on them to make the right choice when presented with the door. But at no point are we to push them through the door. THAT is not God’s way.