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WANNA BET?IS GAMBLING OK?
GAMBLING DEFINED
• American Heritage Dictionary: – To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a
contest; To play a game of chance for stakes; To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
• World Book Encyclopedia:– "Gamblers usually bet money or something
else of value as a stake on the outcome they predict. When the outcome is settled, the winner collects the loser’s stakes."
GAMBLING DEFINED
• Three elements witnessed in gambling.1. The Uncertain Event. It is arbitrarily
determined. 2. The Stake. Wager or bet that is
deliberately chanced. 3. A Winner and Loser. In gambling – in
order for one to win, another MUST lose!
Relevant Factors
• Around Unsavory Characters– 1 Cor. 15:33, 34; 1 Thess. 5:21, 22
• Addiction– 1 Cor. 6:12
• Risk– Ecc. 9:11
Root Sins in Gambling:
• Greed– 1 Tim. 6:9-10; Heb. 13:5; Matt. 6:24
• One cannot love his brother as himself– Matt. 22:39; Phil. 2:3-4– Our money is used for four primary reasons:
• To supply personal and family needs. (2 Thess. 3:10; 1 Tim. 5.8)
• To contribute to God’s work on earth. (1 Cor. 16:1-3 / 2 Cor. 8:1-9:7)
• To help the poor and needy. (John 13:29 / Eph. 4:28 / 2 Cor. 9:6-15)
• To support our government. (Mat. 22:21 / Rom. 13:7)
– Prov. 14:21, 31
Other Significant Factors:
• We are to be examples! (Matt. 5:14)• The combination of all these factors:• We should glorify God in everything
we do!
WANNA BET?