Is it wrong to want to acquire material wealth?


There is no sin in having honest possessions on earth provided your treasure is in heaven, for where your treasure is there will your heart be also. ~ The Urantia Book, 165:4:5 (1821.5)
Riches have nothing directly to do with entrance into the kingdom of heaven, but the love of wealth does. The spiritual loyalties of the kingdom are incompatible with servility to materialistic mammon. ~ The Urantia Book, 163:2:10 (1803.1)
Jesus frequently warned his listeners against covetousness, declaring that “a man’s happiness consists not in the abundance of his material possessions.” ~ The Urantia Book, 140:8.17 (1581.4)
Those who are sure of salvation are forever free from lust, envy, hatred, and the delusions of wealth. ~ The Urantia Book, 131:3:4 (1447.1)
No noble man will strive to accumulate riches and amass wealth-power by the enslavement or unfair exploitation of his brothers in the flesh. ~ The Urantia Book, 132:5:18 (1464.2)
Inspiring Questions
- Are angels real?
- Are we immortal?
- Can religion and science co-exist?
- Did Jesus have brothers and sisters?
- Did Jesus really resurrect?
- Did humans evolve or were they created?
- Does God punish us?
- Does Hell exist?
- Does true love exist?
- How did life start on Earth?
- How do I deal with disappointment?
- How do I find God?
- How do I live like Jesus?
- How do I maintain faith in a crisis?
- How does God love?
- How does forgiveness work?
- Is God inside me?
- Is it wrong to want to acquire material wealth?
- Is our planet special?
- Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
- Should we be afraid?
- To boldly go where no one has gone before
- What Is Our Final Destiny?
- What did Jesus say about Love?
- What did Jesus say about the Golden Rule?
- What does it mean to be saved?
- What happens when we die?
- What is Prayer?
- What is sin?
- What is the Brotherhood of Man?
- What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
- What is the meaning of life?
- What is the soul?
- What is the value of family life?
- What is the will of God?
- Who created our universe?
- Who is Jesus?
- Who were the first humans?
- Will I go to heaven?