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Wealth, like sex, drugs, and fame, has an unusually strong effect on people. Everyone knows sex, drugs, and fame will seriously influence us, but for some reason, we resist the idea that wealth will affect us. We don’t want to believe we could be “that person,” who is changed by wealth.
Ironically, failing to recognize wealth’s power over us will only amplify its effect. Its effects can be subtle and change us slowly over long periods of time. Jesus makes this point abundantly clear in the Parable of the Sower:
“Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.” (Mark 4:18-19, NIV)
There’s a lot to say about the dangers of wealth, but this article is specifically devoted to the ways in which wealth deceives us. Jesus portrays “mammon” as a dangerous con man, whose goal is to kill the gospel and make your life unfruitful.
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