KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 3:3 KJV “Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”

This time we consider the fact that the pastor should not covet.Some have thought that greed is same as covetting.Please they are not the same.Greed is the longing to possess a thing without considering others.it is the attitude of solely possessing all things that one sets his heart on.Coveteousness is a longing for what belongs to another person. Whiles greed seeksto be a sole possesser of a thing, the coveteous man  is possessed with having that which belongs to another.Covetting can easily make a thief out of you.Consider what God says about the man who goes for another man’s wife.Pro 6:32 KJV” But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.” Covetting makes one a thief if you have it without telling the owner.

A coveteous pastor would control his members as a tyrant.Whatever he longs for from the members would be forcefully taken  fromv 1Ki 21:2 KJV And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.Ahab as a pastor could not resist taking Naboth’s garden.The pastor  who thinks he is everything would take people’s wives and would explain that it is anointed deliverance.Like king David took Uriah’s wife Bethsheba.He tried to cover up but failed, and finally killed him by the sword of the enemies.2 nd Samuel 11.Remember God said thou shall not covet your neighbours wife or whatever belongs to another.

Dear man of God such carnal lifestyle should be alien to you.We left the realm of the flesh the day we gave out lives to the Lord.If you are struggling with coveteousness, then you have not understood the provisions of God’s grace.The teaching of grace says through our faith in Jesus , we have identified ourselves with Jesus in all that He went through during His sufferings before His death and His glorification after His ascension to heaven.With this knowledge Jesus Christ is now our life ,.We do not have any life of our own.Where is covetting in Jesus?Jesus is full of love for all.That is what we are made of.The  teaching in the church that says try to be like Jesus is the real problem.This is an error.We do not try to ne like Him, grace has made us like Him.If you are indeed like Him, then right now know that coveteousness is a thing of the past. Faith is a present tense effect.It is always now.We are like Him by faith

THOUGHT:OUR true identity is Jesus

FURTHER STUDIES 

Rom 8:9 KJV” But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”

Rom 6:14 KJV” For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”

Gal 2:20 KJV I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

[2/19, 12:56 AM] S.A: SIMPLE TRUTH