SCRIPTURE: Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abominations unto the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 23:18.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: All possessions acquired with evil money are nothing but evil treasures.
In our world today, many people trade their lives and destinies for evil treasures.
For example, there are people who drive evil cars, dress in unrighteous cloths, live in ungodly houses. This is because the money that was used to buy those cars, cloths and houses were proceeds of evil practices. All possessions acquired with evil money are nothing but evil treasures.
You see, someone who is dressed with cloths purchased with evil money may look handsome or beautiful outwardly, but they will feel ugly inside and appear repulsive to God. This is because they are putting on a cloth bought with proceeds of prostitution or other sinful practices.
Deuteronomy 23:18 says,
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abominations unto the Lord thy God.
A dog figuratively represents the spirit of immorality.
Leviticus 19:29 also says:
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Apart from proceeds of prostitution or fornication, other examples of evil money are proceeds of the sale of alcohol, tobacco, dangerous drugs and other harmful substances whose consumption lead to people’s destruction.
When a person markets or sells products like Cocaine, Heroin, LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-a synthetic crystalline compound which is a powerful hallucinogenic drug), Indian hemp or Marijuana, Dry Gin, Lager beer etc, that destroy people’s lives, the proceeds from such products is evil money.
Remember this: All possessions acquired with evil money are nothing but evil treasures.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Refuse to acquire possessions or wealth by evil or sinful means
- If there are properties you have gotten in the past through evil means, repent and do away with such properties.
PRAYER: Lord, I ask for the grace never to acquire properties via unrighteous means. I receive the grace to renounce any ungodly lifestyle and do away with any properties acquired through ungodly means, Lord in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE TRAGEDY OF EVIL MONEY.
QUOTE: Many people are not Christians as far as money is concerned. Just try a man with one million naira and you will see his mess. Try him with five hundred thousand naira and he will show you that he has another god other than the God of heaven, that is mammon, the god of money. Culled from the book, “WHO ARE YOU?” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: Ecclesiastes 3-5.
AMAZING FACT: Your mouth produces about one litre of saliva each day!
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): The LORD grant you escape from the temptation of evil money, in Jesus’ Name.
