The Sin Of Achan. "When I saw ... I coveted them, and took them." Joshua 7:21.
1. What warning did Christ give concerning covetousness?
“And He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” Luke 12:15.
2. What commandment forbids this sin?
“Thou shalt not covet.” Ex. 20:17.
Covetous: “Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious.”—Webster.
3. What showed this principle to have been strong in the rich man who already had abundance?
“And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” Luke 12:18, 19.
4. What did God say to him?
“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” Verse 20.