The more they prospered the more they sinned

“As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.” - Hosea 4v7

Everyone likes to prosper. We like to have better clothes, better cars, and nicer homes. In our churches we like bigger and better facilities. Meeting in storefronts and hired halls is okay, but we really want more and better, reasoning that we can better serve the Lord. There is nothing inherently wrong with having more, but there is always a danger.

Here in Hosea one of the problems was that the richer the people got, the more they had, the more they sinned. There is a problem between “things” and God. Jesus told us that it was impossible to serve both God and mammon. We can’t love both, and we may even debate the point of whether or not we can have both or not. It is difficult for a rich man to be saved, we can’t serve God and mammon, the more Israel had the more they sinned.

Prosperity is not wrong, but it does have its dangers. As we prosper we must not forget the Lord. Even when we have much, it is because He has allowed us to have it and it must not turn us from Him.

Let’s always be aware of the dangers of prosperity.