What is mammon?

Chuck Smith, Sermon on the Mount Study Guide, Matthew 6: Our Relationship with God: “Mammon” originally was a person to whom one entrusted one’s funds. The meaning changed to become a trust in the power that money provides. One of the pagan gods of Old Testament times was called Mammon. A slave had no rights and couldn’t own anything. He had no time of his own, for he was always on call for his master. His master could work him 20 hours a day or have the slave beaten if he chose to. We cannot be a slave to God and also be devoted to material things. There isn’t enough time to serve both. Scripture, King James Version: Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.". Study notes condensed from his teaching by The Word For Today. From Chuck Smith's books, used by permission of The Word For Today.

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