GREED

Intense and Selfish desire for

something MORE, especially
wealth, power, food, or
possession.
 GREED
“The MORE na marami tayong
pag-aari the MORE we are
SECURE!”
PAANO NATIN MALALAMAN NA YOU ARE
GREEDY?

1. MORE IS NEVER ENOUGH

 MALACHI 3:10a

“Bring the whole tithe into

the storehouse, that there
may be food in my house…”
IVAN BOESKY
1 TIMOTHY
6
 1 Timothy 6:9a

“But those who desire to be

rich fall into temptation,
into a snare…”
 DIFFERENCE

 Desire to be RICH -> More on MONEY MATTERS

(Materialistic Desire)
 Desire to be ABUNDANT -> More on TRUSTING GOD
that He will provide and Bless you.
 “Then the LORD your God will prosper you
abundantly in all the work of your hand…”
– Deut. 30:9a
PAANO NATIN MALALAMAN NA YOU ARE
GREEDY?

2. COMPROMISE OUR FAITH

St.Thomas Aquinas

“When a man
condemns things
eternal for the sake
of temporal things”
PAANO NATIN MALALAMAN NA YOU ARE
GREEDY?

3. COMPARING YOUR SELF

TO OTHERS
 GREED ROOTED FROM

“PARTICULARLY STARTS WHEN WE

DEPRIVED IN SOMETHING WHETHER
IN MONEY, SEX, FOOD, POWER,
ATTENTION, FAME, ETC… ARE FALLEN
HUMAN NATURE”
 BLAISE PASCAL
 “There is a God-shaped
vacuum in the heart of each
man which cannot be
satisfied by any created
thing but only by God the
Creator, made know through
Jesus Christ.”
 1 Timothy 6:9a

“But those who desire to be

rich fall into temptation,
into a snare…”