8 Reasons Gambling is wrong
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To Gamble is to deny God’s sovereignty (by trusting and affirming instead, the existence of chance/luck. It is to trust money instead of God) Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food sufficient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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Gambling is built on irresponsible stewardship (tempting people to throw away their money - the odds are stacked against the gambler)
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Gambling erodes a work ethic (by demeaning and displacing hard work as the proper means to earn a living) Even believers are admonished: if any would not work, neither should he eat. 2 Thess. 3:10 See also Ephesians 4:28 that illustrates the principle of hard work and its joyful fruit: giving to others, what I have earned: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
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Gambling is the epitome of the sin of covetousness (tempts people to give in to greed) thou shalt not covet
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Gambling exploits the poor who think they can get rich quickly. Proverbs 22:22 do not exploit the poor.
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Gambling is addictive and takes food and material goods from a family, leading to poverty and suffering for children & marriages. It can also lead to crime, as one seeks to support the habit by stealing from others.
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Gambling is seductive and teaches a life principle of giving into to seductions rather than living with a sound mind and discipline.
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Gambling is a time waster. Ephesians 5:15-16 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
a portion of the framework for this blog was borrowed from Grace to You.
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