YOUR RICHES ARE CORRUPTED, AND YOUR GARMENTS ARE MOTH-EATEN (James 5:2)
The Bible never says that it is a sin to be rich. A person, for instance, may inherit a fortune overnight and certainly he has not committed any sin in becoming rich. The Word of God teaches that it is wrong to hoard riches (Matthew 6:19-21).
James speaks of wealth in four forms: riches, garments, gold, and silver. In Bible times, wealth was generally in the form of grain, oil, and other produce: clothing, gold, and silver.
1. YOUR RICHES ARE CORRUPTED - The grain had become wormy and the oil had become rancid. The point is that these things had been hoarded to the point where they were spoiled. They could have been used at one time to feed the hungry; now they were worthless.
2. YOUR GARMENTS ARE MOTH-EATEN - This doesn't happen to clothing that is in regular use. When the closet is so crowded with garments, that they are used very infrequently, they are subject to moth-damage. It is morally wrong to hoard clothes like this when so many people in the world are in desperate need.
The Bible never says that it is a sin to be rich. A person, for instance, may inherit a fortune overnight and certainly he has not committed any sin in becoming rich. The Word of God teaches that it is wrong to hoard riches (Matthew 6:19-21).
James speaks of wealth in four forms: riches, garments, gold, and silver. In Bible times, wealth was generally in the form of grain, oil, and other produce: clothing, gold, and silver.
1. YOUR RICHES ARE CORRUPTED - The grain had become wormy and the oil had become rancid. The point is that these things had been hoarded to the point where they were spoiled. They could have been used at one time to feed the hungry; now they were worthless.
2. YOUR GARMENTS ARE MOTH-EATEN - This doesn't happen to clothing that is in regular use. When the closet is so crowded with garments, that they are used very infrequently, they are subject to moth-damage. It is morally wrong to hoard clothes like this when so many people in the world are in desperate need.
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