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It is okay
to gamble?
Why not gamble?
The
Bible says in Proverbs 28:20, "A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but HE
THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT." There is one purpose to gambling
to get rich quick. The Bible says that person will not be innocent.
Crime does go hand-in-hand with gambling. I Timothy 6:10 says, "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." Proverbs 28:22 says, "HE THAT
HASTETH TO BE RICH HATH AN EVIL EYE, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon
him."
The last part of that verse deals with "poverty." The gambler wastes his money
and makes himself poor by gambling. Even the Mayo Clinic Web Site has a portion devoted
the new addiction "Gambling." But it is not really a
"sickness," it is "sin." "Sin" is "addictive."
John 8:34 says, "Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, WHOSOEVER
COMMITTETH SIN IS THE SERVANT OF SIN." People boast, "I can quit drinking
anytime I want!" "I can quit smoking anytime that I want!" "I can quit
gambling anytime that I want!" Then why dont they? Because they are in the
clutches of sin. Their alcohol; their cigarettes; and their gambling is controlling them.
There is only one thing that can truly set them free. John 8:32 says, "And ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." That truth is Gods Word.
John 17:17 says, "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." And that
Word tells about the One who can set them free. John 8:36 says, "If the Son therefore
shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." Have you been set free in Jesus
Christ?
There is a Biblical way to get money honest work. Proverbs 14:23 says, "IN ALL
LABOUR THERE IS PROFIT: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." II
Thessalonians 3:10-12 says, "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you,
that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which
walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such
we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat
their own bread." Ephesians 4:28 says, "Let him that stole steal no more: but
rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to
give to him that needeth."
Gambling is sin.

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