LOTTERY AND GAMBLING – 2 PARTS

Gambling – 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Introduction

1.     Define gambling

2.     Why is gambling wrong

3.     Part 2 – The Lottery

Principles of Gambling

1.     Greed – Covetousness

a.     Proverbs 1:19; 15:27; 21:25-26

b.     Ecc. 5:10

c.     Isaiah 56:11

d.     James 5:1-3

2.     Text

a.     Contentment – 6

b.     Can’t take it with you – 7

c.     Leads others to sin – 9

d.     Love of money – 10

e.     Some covet after (make an idol of it – Colossians 3:5)

f.      Err from the truth – more you gamble = less in church

g.     Stabbed with many sorrows

                                                    i.     Follow – BIG money winners – more problems

                                                   ii.     Many are bankrupt in a few years

3.     Verses 11 and 12

a.     Righteousness

b.     Godliness

c.     Faith

d.     Love

e.     Patience

f.      Meekness

g.     Fight the good fight

h.     Profess Christ

GAMBLING – PART 2

It’s only a dollar.

What about the lottery?

1.     Greed – see outline above

2.     Stewardship

a.     1 Corinthians 4:2

b.     Matthew 25:24

c.     James 1:17 – everything good

d.     Leviticus 25:33 – land

e.     Psalm 50:10-12 – animals

f.      Haggai 2:8 – gold and silver

g.     Job 41:11 – everything under heaven

3.     Study the odds

a.     45% - goes to prizes

b.     45% - goes to the state

c.     10% - goes to operation and promotion

d.     KNOW – out of each dollar

                                                    i.     45 cents is prize

                                                   ii.     55 cents is not returned

4.     But – It’s just a dollar

a.     Whose dollar is it?\