“Money is the root of all evil.” How many times you heard people say that? It seems to suggest that the rich are evil, and that anyone with money must have done something evil to get it. Not only that, but no one with money could possibly get to Heaven. Let’s review the truth. Jesus said you get to heaven by accepting that he died for you on the Cross. It didn’t say you get to heaven by accepting that he died for you on the cross and by being poor. It didn’t say you get to heaven by accepting that he died for you on the cross unless you are rich. No this is just another quote from the Bible that the world has twisted. What Paul actually says to Tim in this verse is that, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” That’s straight forward enough. If the time you spend getting money impacts your Relationship with God then of course that’s a bad thing. If you spend forever scheming and plotting and don’t look out for others of course that’s bad. But then if the time you spend on Football, dancing, school, computers, or any other things impacts your relationship with God, then that’s bad too. The love of anything, more the love of Jesus is not good. Next time someone quotes the Bible at you, go and check it out for yourselves. Because misquoting the Bible is certainly the root of some evil.
