Fire can be used for warmth and cooking or to destroy. Blessings enjoyed by Christians, neither good nor bad themselves, can be abused to the harm of one's spiritual welfare. Great intellect, higher education and abundant knowledge may be a curse to some Christians. While no depreciation of brain power, scholarship or proficiency is intended, Christians must use lawfully and wisely whatever it is with which God has blessed them. Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Time can be a blessing or a curse depending upon how it is used.
Christians should use time with such proficiency as though they were by present acceleration enabled to recover squandered moments of the past. Earthly wealth can be a blessing or a curse, depending upon how it is used. Riches, even when not freely made the object of our pursuits, can acquire ownership of Christians when the possession of things becomes the primary occupation of life. Authority can be a blessing or a curse. Overbearing elders, deacons, teachers, preachers, employers, police, husbands, fathers, etc. participate in their ruin and hinder those with whom they come in contact.