Proverbs 11:4 KJV
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Priorities
When we believe the Word of God that there will be a day of judgment and wrath then it makes perfect sense to pursue righteousness and not riches in our lives.
Just as when a man faces serious illness and no amount of money is able to spare his life, so when the Lord pours out His wrath against all those who hold the truth of God in unrighteousness, there will be no amount of money that can alleviate the wrath. God is no respecter of persons. He does not hold one up higher than another because he is wealthy, popular or has earthly power. In that day when God calls the birds to the great supper of God, they will
Rev 19:18
.... eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(KJV)
On the other hand, the one who seeks righteousness in Jesus Christ is delivered from death. Gill says, "from the curse of a corporeal death; from the power of a spiritual one; and from dying the second or an eternal one."[1]
[1] E-Sword 7.8.5, John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, Dr. John Gill (1690-1771)
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Priorities
When we believe the Word of God that there will be a day of judgment and wrath then it makes perfect sense to pursue righteousness and not riches in our lives.
Just as when a man faces serious illness and no amount of money is able to spare his life, so when the Lord pours out His wrath against all those who hold the truth of God in unrighteousness, there will be no amount of money that can alleviate the wrath. God is no respecter of persons. He does not hold one up higher than another because he is wealthy, popular or has earthly power. In that day when God calls the birds to the great supper of God, they will
Rev 19:18
.... eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(KJV)
On the other hand, the one who seeks righteousness in Jesus Christ is delivered from death. Gill says, "from the curse of a corporeal death; from the power of a spiritual one; and from dying the second or an eternal one."[1]
[1] E-Sword 7.8.5, John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, Dr. John Gill (1690-1771)
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