Money Is the Root of All Evil
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Money matters! But how much? And how much does it matter to you? To God? For generations, people have said, “Money is the root of all evil.” Is that statement true? Does it come from the Bible? Today, we will ask and answer a few questions in order to get at the truth of all this. I think we will discover that money is a lot like fire—it’s an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
I. Where Does it Come From?
II. What Does it Mean?
III. How Should We Live?
Talk with God: Meditate on Matthew 22:37 and ask the Spirit to reveal areas of your life where you’ve allowed the love of money to take root.
Talk with others: Ask a mentor or trusted believer if they’ve noticed any idols in your life recently.
Talk with kids: What should we do if others make fun of us or are mean to us for sharing the gospel?
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzik. We're so glad you joined us today. We've heard |
| 0:05.7 | and even repeated catchy band-aid phrases that seem comforting and empowering. Phrases like |
| 0:11.3 | God helps those who help themselves. Speak your truth. Follow your heart. But did you know |
| 0:17.5 | the Bible doesn't say any of that? In this study, we'll turn to Scripture to expose commonly repeated misconceptions and find freedom and true power in the life-changing truth of God's Word. |
| 0:32.4 | Hey, would you turn in your Bibles? Would you turn that dial to 1 Timothy chapter 6 in the New Testament? Good |
| 0:40.3 | morning, welcome to church. So happy to see all of your faces here today. We are continuing in the |
| 0:46.7 | series. The Bible doesn't say that. We're unpacking certain phrases, sayings, ideas that people have long thought the Bible says |
| 0:57.7 | when it actually says something different. And this is one of them. Money is the root of all evil, |
| 1:05.0 | 1 Timothy chapter 6. So there was a guy who was very successful, made a lot of money, doing really well, not too happy, |
| 1:15.9 | went to a pastor, and he said, you know, pastor, when I had $50,000, I was a happy man. |
| 1:23.3 | Now I have about $500,000 and I'm miserable. |
| 1:28.6 | The pastor said, that's an easy fix. |
| 1:31.0 | Just give away $450,000. |
| 1:35.2 | Well, the man looked at him and said, well, you know, it's not that simple. |
| 1:41.1 | He said, having money is like holding onto an electrical wire. |
| 1:48.5 | The more the juice, the tighter the hold. |
| 1:53.3 | Now I don't know how much juice is in your wire, how much money is in your bank account. |
| 1:57.8 | It's none of my business. |
| 1:59.0 | But I want to talk about this saying, money is the |
| 2:02.5 | root of all evil. When it comes to the subject of money, it's impossible to avoid it for one very |
| 2:10.4 | simple reason. You are alive. If you breathe air, if you live on this planet anywhere, you have to deal somehow with money. |
| 2:22.6 | And it's been the case for about 4,000 years since coins were first developed and used in the kingdom of Lydia, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Skip Heitzig, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Skip Heitzig and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.