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General Discussion => General Discussion Forum => : copper25 Mon Feb 23, 2009 - 08:43:57

: Materialism and Idolatry
: copper25 Mon Feb 23, 2009 - 08:43:57
Habakkuk 2:9) Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Can covetousness and lustfulness after the temporal things really benefit a person? A person can have all the material things in the world, that the world can offer and yet (Proverbs 11:4) states that "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.