Riches do not profit in
the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. (Proverbs 11:4 NKJV)
He ushers in for our
attention, "The Day of Wrath”, that is the day of final accounting to God,
the divine Judge. Riches won't do us any good. In the gospel Lord Jesus gave
these words - "And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich
man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I
have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will
tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus
grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many
years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’ “But God said to him, ‘You
fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get
what you have prepared for yourself?’ “This is how it will be with whoever
stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:16-21
NIV)
Riches make a person
self-centered. Everything around him becomes "I" and "My".
He becomes proud and arrogant. He forgets God the source and provider. Man becomes
a fool in his riches.
All the riches in the
world save no one from the wrath of God. In order to be saved, we must be
washed in the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, and then we will be put right in
the sight of God. Jesus Christ brings us life, not death. He brings us healing,
not disease. "By His stripes we are healed." As His redeemed, we are
saved from the wrath to come.
Apostle Paul assures us
with these words- "For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are
awake or asleep we might live with him. (1 Thessalonians 5:9, 10 ESV)
And
I say ... AMEN!
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