Luke 12:15

And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions"

From Background Notes [BN] for August 24^th & 25^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

That said, people still decide to acquire “the whole world.” Such dreams turn into nightmares, as the collective wisdom of history testifies. Perhaps the ironic story of Alexander the Great says it best, when, after his eastward conquests, the famous ruler wept, “there are no more worlds to conquer.”

Perhaps more to the point after hearing a philosopher tell that there were “an infinite number of worlds” Alexander lamented: “Is it not worthy of tears that, when the number of worlds is infinite, we have not yet become lord of a single one?” Or consider the notoriety of such persons as Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler. On his retreat to Berlin, the infamous German dictator determined that if he could not have Europe, no one else would, as he scorched the earth behind him. [BN,3]

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