Watching this video made me go deeper into the psychology of why we like to support negativity. Why do we applaud and support with our hard earned dollars music and entertainment that is self genocide? Time is the most precious gift in the universe, and there are many in the grave who wishes they could get 24 more hours of time and we spend our time supporting death. Why do we do this? I believe it is because we love to celebrate people who can “get money” and we don’t care how they get it, as long as they get it. We assume “God gave them the money”, so it must be a "blessing". We forget the devil tempted Jesus and offered HIM all the riches in the world if he would “sell HIS soul” and worship him.
It matters not if it is a top rapper or a top preacher, we like to flock to and celebrate the individual who can amass wealth by any means, be it exploitation, manipulation, prostitution or extortion as long as they are “blessed”, we feel justified and they feel validated by the money. Now what does the bible say:
Proverbs 15:16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
New Living Translation "It is better to be poor and godly than rich and dishonest
The problem is we want to “Get Rich or Die Trying”; therefore there exist this market for “N*GG@$” as the poet so eloquently pointed out. I will expound and suggest that the market is for those who “Love Money” more than righteousness, more than God.
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
The evil that is perpetrated whether it be rapping about “selling drugs” , “spraying choppas (guns like AK 47, AR 15, SKS etc), “making it rain in the strip clubs” , “pimpin women” , “murder” etc is all done with the motivation as Biggie and Junior Mafia would say to “Get money”. As the Holy Writ says men covet after money and the things money buys thus they will do anything to get it. One of the reasons we cheer these gangsters on is because we are too scared to do the dirt they do but we would not mind having the money that the dirt produces. We also must understand the Holy Writ is saying preachers have erred from the faith in order to pursue money. See a “prosperity gospel” is NOT the FAITH! Yet many are drawn to these marketers of wealth because:
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
It is our own lusts for the shiny things in life and wanting to “Live Your Best Life Now”, is why we indulge in this type of gospel. We equate godliness with gain and that is NOT the gospel:
1Ti 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.
In verse 5 it says those who suggest “gain is godliness” withdraw thyself from them, yes YOUR PASTOR/BISHOP who teaches such things is wrong. We do not teach that TRUE godliness is with contentment, which is GREAT GAIN.
Mat 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
The trick the devil is playing on the minds of the masses is that you can serve God by serving money.
I am not saying that you cannot have money, no God forbid, what the WORD is saying that all money is NOT good money.
Let’s look at 1 Timothy 6:5 in the NLT
1Ti 6:5 These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they don't tell the truth. To them religion is just a way to get rich.
So as we sit comfortably in our pews looking down on those in the hood' as they try and “get it how they live it”, “keeping their mind on their money and the money on their mind”, indulging in all types of self debilitating behavior. We must look in the mirror and realize we are no better than them as we sit up in church with the same dream of “Getting Rich or Die Trying”
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