Gambling can be found all most everywhere these days. It can be found on the streets, via the internet, and even in play centers.

“Gambling is the sure way of getting nothing for something.”

The above is one thing I want you to know about gambling. Why are betting sites, casinos, yahoo, get-rich-quick investment schemes wrong? After all they seem to relieve you from poverty real fast right? But permit me to open your eyes to something really new.

Gambling actually encourages you to imagine that you own a certain amount of money and then within a few seconds, it fizzles away. Gambling to me is wrong and is totally a sin because of its effects on you.

Quite a huge number of the young populace now indulge in gambling including teenagers who are under 16. It’s good to think about making money but not in this way. Wealth gotten from this manner corrodes fast than an iron rod. It doesn’t only plunge you into poverty but it attaches as a lot of evil to your life. You may say, am totally wrong and gambling is the fastest way to get rich quick just like someone told me recently. That he cannot go through the normal way of making money because it’s too long for him. May God deliver young people from the spirit of laziness, pride, impatience in Jesus’ name! Look I understand that times are hard and the country may be really hard but it’s not an excuse to gamble.

I recently shared my article on businesses you can do in the university. Someone told me yahoo. Now this may sound hilarious to you but it doesn’t. Yahoo involves duping someone and that is stealing. You’re putting someone in pain while stealing their money! Let’s look at what the Bible has to say;


Proverbs 28:22 ‘trying to get rich quick is evil and leads to poverty.

Another verse in proverbs 13:11 it says; wealth from gambling quickly disappears, wealth from hard work stays.

You would notice that the money you get from gambling really doesn’t stay, it’s either you spend it on sickness or irrelevant things such that you may begin to ask yourself, how did this money disappear?

So many people have lost their lives, livelihood, kids, school fees, because of gambling and many more people are in debt because of gambling. Greediness, murder thoughts have all being stirred up in your hearts because you want to get rich quick. Can you just slow down and tell yourself; I’m in no competition with nobody. And if you are in Christ, trust me he will show you a wealth creative idea and if you are consistent with what he has shown or directed you to do, you will make money but first, if you want to be rich the first principle you must pass is to STOP chasing money because it will only give you an idea of being rich.

3 Reasons Why Gambling is Wrong for you who are in Christ.


It pushes you into sin
1 Timothy 6:9-10 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

I heard the story of a boy who won a huge amount of money from a prominent gambling site. But he squandered the money thinking he would still make the same amount or more the following week. But the following week came and he got more frustrated when he didn’t win any of his game and so he lost. He became angry and killed the agent of the prominent betting center. Now, of course he has been arrested for murder. Another story is the story of a yahoo boy who duped a white woman of millions of dollars but guesses what? He was caught and thrown into jail. He didn’t enjoy the money, the money was only a means to an end for the two guys. The love of money pushed them into gambling, and then finally into jail.

It leads you into covetousness
Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Gambling only leads you into selling all that you have while you gain nothing! I heard the story of a man who sold all he had and thought he would be in millions soon but do you know he still walks around the street today like a hippie, thinking he would soon be rich when he obviously cannot?


It fixes your gaze and trust in money (mammon)


Meanwhile the Scripture teaches that we should cast all our cares on God. We should see him as the only provider. One thing about gambling is that it narrows your eyes to it as the only source of your need. And so you set your heart on the 150 million you want to win, or dupe from someone and then the day it crashes, your heart is plunged with an attack!
Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

Mathew 6:25-28, talks about how he cares and clothes the lilies, in the field. How much more you, his own son.

Finally, it is best to stop if you have been into it and if you are aspiring to go into it, it’s best you kill such an idea. Remember, wealth got hastily leads to poverty. Take your time, build yourself and your business. If you have a white-collar job, be diligent in it. Follow all the natural and spiritual principles that have to do with finances. Then the sky will be your starting point. If you are yet to give your life to Christ it’s best you do it now, because he alone saves. God bless you.


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Gambling is wrong when you lose and right when you win, wrong biblically, so i Stand by it gambling is wrong

Hmmm. Never done it so I don't know what it's like to be addicted to it. But I think the person under me have spoken well. He learnt from his own experience, people shd learn from it too.

I nearly lost everything including my life , my life saving, currently in debt , it take the intervention of our lord jesus for me not to commit sucide. please stay away from gambling

paqman:
I nearly lost everything including my life , my life saving, currently in debt , it take the intervention of our lord jesus for me not to commit sucide. please stay away from gambling

Hmm thanks for your honest review sir

Please this should be moved to front page so people can read and benefit

swankmee:




Hmm thanks for your honest review sir

am a victim already i dont want anyother amiable young man be a victim again . @ swankmee i need your help . I wanted to create a thread here on nairaland and i dont no how to go about it

paqman:
am a victim already i dont want anyother amiable young man be a victim again . @ swankmee i need your help . I wanted to create a thread here on nairaland and i dont no how to go about it

Thanks for your contribution.
It create a thread, go into any nairaland forum, then u click on create topic. Check d picture I attached to this message and follow it.