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1 | is gambling a sin yes or no and why | Bible general Archive 1 | dltlshines | 53030 | ||
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2 | is gambling a sin yes or no and why | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 53097 | ||
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, in his book The Ten Commandments said, "Gambling is stealing." He wrote: "The whole habit of gambling is of the essence of theft...It is a means by which men come into possession of property which is a violation of the laws upon which property may be held. A man who gambles puts into his pocket money for which he has done no honest work; and by the very act he robs the man from whom he receives it and violates the law of love. The gambling fever is the cause of more petty larceny and wholesale fraud than any other form of sin. There is no more insidious evil sapping away the integrity and uprightness of the nation today than this lust for possession without toil, which lies at the root of all gambling. The gambler, whether he wear the purple, broadcloth, or corduroy, is a thief in the sight of God, and ought to be so in the sight of all honest men." Gambling is also the enemy of clear sport, corrupting and degrading every sport with which it becomes associated. Our government is at loss to know how to deal with inflation and unemployment but they know how to promote and encourage gambling. Gambling is, The hope of winning unearned money. Gambling is based on the desire to get something for nothing. Its distinctive principle is gain at the expense of another who equally desires to get something for nothing. it is the cultivation of risk to profit at the expense and loss of others. Often the gambler will cheat in order to win. Habakkuk 2:6: "Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!" If a man earns, buys, or trades for something, he has a right to the article possessed; but in gambling, when a person wins he "increaseth that which is not his." Gambling men and women do not want to work. Government lotteries encourage people to go after gain without working for it. Ezekiel 22:12: "...Thou has greedily gained of they neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at they dishonest gain which thou has made." Gambling is a blight that destroys. It performs no useful purpose and is based on greed, dishonesty and corruption. Gambling is rooted in covetousness, because one desires to obtain the fruit of anothers hard labor and toils without having to work for it,and therefore breaks the Tenth Commandment which says: "Thou shalt not covet." A "covetous man...is an idolater" (Eph. 5:5). |
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3 | is gambling a sin yes or no and why | Bible general Archive 1 | Jeshuafreak | 53103 | ||
I could not agree with you more gambling is indeed a sin. As is playing the lottery, it is sin also because it is not good stewardship of the finances that the Lord has placed in our provision. -Jeshuafreak |
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