Covetousness

Daily Meditation from the Bible - The Word of God

18. COVETOUSNESS

"Beware of Covetousness" - (Luke 12:15)

By Patriarch John Williams (President of IICM)

EMAIL: iicm.vv@gmail.com (or) iicm@aol.com

1. WHAT IS COVETOUSNESS?

It is an evil spirit
It is a characteristic of Satan
It is having a desire to posses what somebody else has, at any cost
It is falling in love with something that some body else has
It is a feeling that someone develops when they see something that others
have, which is attractive to them
It is an influence of an evil spirit which will cause a person who covets
something someone else has, at any cost, and if necessary even steal or
kill that person to get it
It is something which will never give satisfaction no matter how much of
what they have
It is closely related to other sins such as pride and discontentment
It is allowing the spirit of covetousness to influence us initially and then literally
have a strong control over us, in acting as described above
It is not being satisfied or contented with what we have
It is a sin according to the Bible
It is Worldliness and Materialism
It is the one of the Ten Commandments of God (Tenth Commandment)
It is being Greedy and Avaricious

2. WHY DO PEOPLE COVET?

Because of the influence of the Spirit of Covetousness
Because people are not Content with what they have
Because people are Greedy
Because the spirit of Worldliness and Materialism which is so rampant and
wide spread in this world
Because Satan is trying his best to influence them through the Glamour of this
world
Because people are jealous of other people who have more than what they have
Because the Spirit of Pride is operating in the lives of people which prompts
them to exalt themselves above where God has put them
Because of the Ignorance of the serious consequences of sin
Because of Lack of Adequate Teaching and Warning about this sin
Because the Benefits of Covetousness will outweigh the dire consequences
of covetousness

3. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF COVETOUSNESS?

Because it will lead to destruction
Because it will be considered as a Sin for which they have pay a heavy price
or a penalty
Because those who covet will be in a bondage to this sin of Covetousness
Because those who covet will become a Slave to this sin
Because what they get through Covetousness and Greed, will not give them
added real values in their lives
Because it is just Vanity and not Real when they grab or get something
through Greed or Covetousness
Because it will lead to all kinds of Crimes such as murder, theft, war, enmity,
jealousy, pride etc.

4. HOW CAN WE GET OVER COVETOUSNESS?

By having a full Revelation Knowledge about Covetousness which are
given above
By knowing the serious and dire consequences of covetousness
By knowing the fact that the Price that they have to pay for getting more, is
much more than the Benefits they will derive
By knowing that it is a Serious Sin and by trying to Avoid committing this sin
By Examining ourselves daily to ensure that we do not covet anything as
described above
By being Content with what God has blessed us with and believe that God will
abundantly supply all our needs if we only believe and ask
By pursuing all legal and moral avenues to get what we desire or need
By confessing to God our Sin of covetousness, and asking for his for his
Forgiveness
By seeking Godly Counsel from the Man of God and to be prayed over, for being
Delivered from the Spirit of Covetousness

-The End-