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Looking into the body of Christ, some people believe that “money is the root of all evil".
1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
This verse of the Bible made many people say money is evil, which makes some Christians settle for less.
According to the way I understand it, money is not evil, and getting rich is not evil. God doesn't want you and I to take everything above him; God must be first and other things must be second.
The problem here is that many people have taken money (riches and wealth) above God. When you take anything above God, it is that thing the person will worship.
Money is the most wanted commodity on earth- if you give a little child of 5 years old money, he/she will not throw it away. But if you give him/her gold, she will not recognize it and may throw it away; this is because he/she does not know the value of gold, but knows the value of money.
Therefore, there are many people that will do anything to get money, and many people have left Christ because they are hustling for money.
When someone love money, he can do anything to get
These are the set of people the Bible is talking about…