There are three simple reasons anyone can find who looks in God’s Word. God is opposed to Gambling because it is built on the sin of materialism. Materialism is measuring life by possessions. The whole appeal of gambling is that you can get rich, because you need more material things.
1 Timothy 6:10 Loving money leads to all kinds of evil. "The love of money" is just another phrase for materialism, and gambling is built on the "love of money."
"Win money. Win money. Win money." That is the essence of the appeal of gambling to our sinful, materialistic lust.
God is opposed to Gambling because it is built on the sin of greed. Greed is the idea that whatever you have is not enough. Lotteries and gambling appeal to our greed with their outrageous monetary prizes. Lotteries would not be appealing without staggeringly large payouts. Gambling and lotteries appeal to greed with their outrageous potential winnings, and the Bible has so much to say about greed.
Proverbs talks so repeatedly about what happens to greedy people. Jesus discussed the fate of greedy people in Luke 12:15, which states, "Beware and be on your guard against every form of greed, for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."
Jesus said, avoid greed, because even when you get what you have been greedy for, you haven’t really gotten anything.
God is opposed to Gambling because it is built on the sin of materialism, greed, and finally, gambling is built on the sin of discontent. Discontent is my internal attitude that I don’t have enough. It’s the very opposite of Philippians 4:11-13, where Paul says,
"Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Paul says, "If I have it, I have it; if I don’t have it, I don’t have it, and that’s fine. In either case, whatever God chooses to give me is enough; I will not be discontent." Gambling is predicated on discontent.
From GEM-12d – The Biblical Convictions of Grace-Energized Men (080127AM)
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