John Adams

 President of the United States of America March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801

John Adams, stated, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, (GREED)  ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.”

 Greed,,,good?

 The devil is a liar and so is Gordon Gekko. Most of us have heard of the devil, Satan, Lucifer, and ole slew foot, but you may be a little confused of just who Gordon Gekko is – he is the fictional character in the movie, “Wall Street” played by Michael Douglas, Katharine Zeta Jones’ husband, One of he infamous lines in the movie was when Gordon said,  “Greed is good”.

 There are varied philosophical arguments that indeed, greed is good, but I am here to testify – greed is a thief, murder, and a destroyer – just like Satan. In fact, I would say greed is sin. The bible tells us, “Open thy mouth,   judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Pro 31:9. Greedy people are not concerned with the poor and needy – not at all. To concern themselves with the poor and needy, they might actually find themselves caring about somebody else’s situation and condition, than they might find their conscious begin to nag and haunt them until they do something.

Greed is glorified as a son of capitalism, but I declare greed is a spawn of the devil himself. The bible declares that God loves a cheerful giver and if HE loves a cheerful giver, would it not be prudent to believe that at the least, God hates greed?

Satan has tricked and deceived even the elect of God – God fearing men and women are greedy – not lending without expecting payment in return – this is against the bible

The bible is not silent to greed, in fact, if you will study the scriptures you too will discover what God has to say about greed and greedy people – the church should not only be last accused of greed, greed should never enter the mind of a believer and the church. It is the prophet’s job to see sin in the church, the motives behind the leadership and to pray and believe God to move in an auspicious way and rectify and cleanse the temple:

Joh 2:15  And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

Joh 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

Joh 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous (Greedy), boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

(2Ti 3:2 KJV)

Gekko = supplanter = to take by force or trickery

Gordon = "great hill"