2007-12-13 18:24:31 · 21 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God and Riches.
The context says you cannot serve two masters. Basically, if we're focusing on getting rich, we're going to neglect our service to God, and we can't have that happen.
2007-12-13 18:28:27 · answer #1 · answered by aseptic technique 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mammon is money or wealth.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [wealth].
Either a soul's heart will love God more than money or love money more than God...
2007-12-13 18:33:18 · answer #2 · answered by Servant Leader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot serve God and yourself at the same time
God= God / Mammon= money in Luke.
2007-12-13 18:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by jojo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mammon is the "god" of materialism and greed, the god of human society, that some have called Maya - the illusion that tne source of one's success, fame, wealth, position, authority, status and pleasure can only be provided by a 'Big Daddy' Authority figure outside of one's self, and what the neighbors think. Its the trading of Wisdom and Quality for the life of a homo economus - man as consumer.
It's the insanity of the World System and the fear and madness of crowds, which Christians would call the Principalities and Thrones of Spiritual Darkness symbolized by Lucifer and what it offers in return for obedience and loss of Authenticity, Soul, and Self, and the severing of the link with the Ground of Being. it's the denial, rejection and the loss of one's spiritual nature of infinite existence within for a "mess of potage" of limited existance of a half-life no longer worth living.
2007-12-13 19:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by sheik_sebir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mammon=wealth of man (got it a little off at first sorry)
It means you can serve both God and man. If you are putting one above the other then you have decided to serve that one and not the other.
2007-12-13 18:27:35 · answer #5 · answered by cadisneygirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This phrase refers to the "either-or" nature of Spirituality. The very nature of the Spiritual plane is an Absolute nature. That is, it cannot be other than it is.... ever.
By thinking, we have become accustomed to believe in the notion that everything is relative... and thus, we can learn to "multi-task". One can finger ones rosary while walking to work and drinking a cup of coffee. And many do this so we believe that we can attend to our Spirituality in much the same way.
But the problem lies in the fact that it is not possible to access ones Spirituality by thinking, or even when ones Attn Aspect of Apasyche is in one brain... where it must be to do any thinking or physical action.
Ones prayers are an excellent example. Unless ones Attn Aspect of ones Apapsyche is focused within ones Spiritual realm, ones prayers cannot be "heard" Spiritually. To think ones prayers, and to think them toward
God as thoughts within ones brain.... is to pray to ones brain... which does hear the prayers, but what is ones brain supposed to do with them? Of course if saying your prayers makes you feel better, then by all means continue saying them.
The fact is, one either has ones Attn Aspect of Apapsyche focused within ones Spiritual realm, or one is thinking... and that is of the world, and of mammon. Either-or. No relative truth available. Either ones Attn Aspect is focused "within" ones Spiritual realm, or one is not... period.
This is also the concept that is served by the comment in the Bible which suggests that God is a jealous God. God is Absolute Love, and jealousy has nothing at all to do with God.... but the term "jealous" was the only way the writer knew how to try and convey the concept of an Absolute.
Peace
2007-12-14 10:16:16 · answer #6 · answered by docjp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God and mammon is just a part of it
2007-12-13 21:09:56 · answer #7 · answered by renu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rest of the verse is that you will love one and hate the other. Mammon represents the devil. It means you can either serve God and his principles or the devil and his principles.
2007-12-13 18:27:34 · answer #8 · answered by Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you live your life focusing on material things, then it is hard to give these things up if you need to make a decision in accordance with your conscience. If a person asks you for financial assistance, and you have enough to help them, the materialist will ask him/herself, "Why should I? That's my money".
Whereas, a person who genuinely believes in God, and wants to help others in distress, finds it easier to hand over the money to help someone if they have it, of course. Serving the material master makes it hard to serve the spiritual master, God.
If you love material possessions too much but you help begrudgingly, you will come to resent God for what you think is an imposition. That's what I think Jesus meant when He says, "You will come to love one and resent the other". It creates conflict for you, spiritually.
2007-12-13 20:22:54 · answer #9 · answered by ph1966 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you heard of Mormans, they serve two masters, and successfully at that. Making money is church sanctioned, and encouraged. Church get 10%.
Particularly when you know that they do practice polygamy (LOL).
If you know the hierarchy of your masters you can serve both.
In olden days slaves did have more than one master (history).
Similarly you can have earning money legitimately as a subordinate goal and seeking/serving God as your primary goal.
I beg to differ from that statement.
You can not serve God in society if you do not have money. You can seek God, without money.
2007-12-14 00:45:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋