Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first and most fundamental issue of sin is pride.
Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.
Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
Sin carries in it its own misery.
I look upon pride as a sin.
Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
Earning money is not a sin, and the bottom line is growth.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.