In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, the grace of God and our finances.

According to the Scriptures,

what strong desire which motivates millions of people every day if attained will bring about

the following consequences? And I want to read the consequences of this very strong desire.

There are eight of them. Listen to this. And I'll give you the scripture when we finish.

First of all, it will tempt people to fall into sin.

They will be tempted to fall into a trap.

They will probably be mastered by some foolish desires.

They will engage in harmful desires. They will eat away of their character.

It could plunge them into moral ruin. It could ultimately destroy them. It would cause them

to wander from their faith. And it could cause many griefs to pierce

their soul.

What kind of desire would cause all of that to happen?

In fact, it's the desire that motivates millions of people.

You know what it is?

The desire to get rich.

The desire to get rich, 1 Timothy, Chapter 6, verses 9 and 10 list all of those things, which

he says are dangers for those whose desire in life is to get rich. Now, there's nothing wrong with being wealthy,

because there's some very, very godly people who are wealthy,

very, very generous people who are wealthy.

And there's nothing in the Bible that says that God takes great pleasure

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