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"The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live" (Proverbs 15.27). Now, most people probably do not regularly receive offers of bribery. Well, at least, not the way we traditionally view bribery - defined as "The offering/giving/receiving/soliciting of something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in the discharge of public or legal duties". But what if we change "public or legal duties" to "spiritual duties"? What if someone offered you several hundred thousand dollars a year to NOT spend time developing your relationship with God, and to not have time to love other people? That sounds more like a bribe. Now, it's not phrased that way, but a lot of things we do are like that. Jobs, commitments, and relationships can all offer us something in return for essentially not spending time with Jesus, and for being too busy to love people. That's bad. How many ways are we selling out for things that keep us from what we were created to do, all because of the promise of some money, or something else that we desire more than God?