What do you have in your heart; silver or salvation? Those whose hearts are controlled by silver can do anything for money. These are people who have vowed to make it at all cost; by lying, stealing or even killing. To them, it is right to work in a brewery, tobacco factory, or sell their products. Beware of the love of money and come out from the company of those bound by it.

As professing believers we are daily exposed to the temptation to behave differently from what we have learnt from the word of God. But according to the Lord, His true disciples are those who will continue in the word of God, come what may. As His sheep they hear His voice and follow Him. We must therefore strive to live our lives as His children, wherever we go.

Jesus rebuked two of disciples who sought for His permission to call down fire from heaven upon a Samaritan village that did not receive him. He told James and John that they did not know the kind of spirit they had and reminded them that he did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them. Although his disciples, they were quite unlike Christ, looking unto Elijah instead of the author and finisher of their faith.

Many Christians are living like the people of the world without faith and without the hope of heaven. Only true believers will be raptured at the coming of the Lord. These are believers who constantly look or hope for the city whose builder and maker is God. Heaven is a place prepared by the Lord for only prepared people. Therefore nobody can make heaven without preparation.

Greed, covetousness, the love of money and materialism cause the heart to drift away from God. And the heart that is far from God will usually be plagued by sorrow and misery. There may be temporary happiness, but real joy will definitely be missing. Covetousness takes the heart away from the Lord and is otherwise known as idolatry. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry - 1 Corinthians 10:14.