Difficulty entering the kingdom. Insensitivity to the needs of others. Covetousness should have no place among the body of believers, the house of God. A. The scriptures exhort us to cut off fellowship with such persons. All the lists of qualifications for eldership and spiritual leadership warn against the choosing of men with such tendencies.
Covetousness tends to corrupt the ministry.
We are not to seek financial prosperity. If rich, we should give to the poor. We are not to love the world or anything in it. Do not be attached to possessions. If riches increase, set not your heart on them.