Voltaire, the French philosopher, once said in a letter to a friend, he said when it comes to money,

everybody is of the same religion. Obviously what he meant by this, that all have the tendency

to make money to be our God instead of God being our God.

It's the same sentiment that is echoed by Job.

In Job chapter 12, verse 6,

Job was saying that evil people provoke God with their sin.

And he said, the way they do this is by bringing their God in their hands.

And the God that they bring in their hands he's talking about is their money.

Atlas shrugged novelist Ayn Rand relates a conversation between two people. One person twists the scripture and

tortures the scripture by saying to the other, you know, money is the root of all evil.

And the other responded, money is made possible only by the man who

produce. Is that what you call evil? The very discussion shows how people can be divided on their

views of money. But the fact remains that the Bible never, never,

never said that money is the root of all evil. The Bible is very clear that it is the very love

of money that is the root of all evil. Another way of putting it is that when money becomes a God, then that person who's worshipping money is opening himself or herself to all sorts of evil.

Money itself is not evil, nor it is the root of all evil in the world. Money itself is morally neutral. We can use money for good and noble causes,

or we can use it for evil causes. So money is neutral. In fact, one of the surest ways of

telling of a person's character is to know how that person make use of his money

and material possessions. In fact, there was a man back in the 50s by the name of Gutfrey Davis,

and Guthrie Davis was going about to write a biography of the great Duke of Willington.

But when Davis came across an account ledger of the Duke where he spent his money and how he spent his possessions,

here's what he said. He said, it was a far better clue to what he thought was really

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