A Divided House Will Not Stand!

I'd like to start this post with a few questions: 1) Are you a house (temple) of God? 1 Corinthians 6:19. 2) Are you divided between God and anything or anyone else (yourself included)? Matthew 12:25. 3) How much do you love the LORD your God? Deuteronomy 6:5. 4) Do you show favoritism? Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34. Do you remember the Parable of the Sower, when Jesus talks about the seeds that fell among thorns? Luke 8:7; Luke 8:14. If you are the house of God, how can you be a divided house? In Luke 8:7 you see that the seed fell on the ground and sprang up, but in Luke 8:14 you see that it never produced "mature fruit" because there were "thorns" that grew along with it (in this parable the seed is the word of God and the ground is the heart). Let's talk about one of the things spoken by Jesus that will not allow you, the believer, to produce the Fruit of the Holy Spirit described in Galatians 5:22-23: Riches. Jesus says this in Luke 16:13. So, who was mammon? Mammon is the name of an ancient deity worshiped by the Sumerians. He is the god of wealth and his name translates as "property". Mammon was an Aramaic loan word in Hebrew meaning wealth although it may also have meant 'that in which one trusts'. Why do we have printed in our dollar bills "in God we trust"? To what God is it referring to? The LORD God (Father of Jesus Christ) or mammon (god of wealth, that in which one trusts)? According to Jesus, whenever a person is driven to get rich, that person already chose mammon as a master. Of course there are those who are rich because God made them rich, like Abraham and Job for example. So, if your heart is divided between serving God and pursuing anything that is not God's will for your life, you already chose another master other then Jesus Christ and one day, when you stand before Jesus Christ for judgement you will regret it. Today you have the chance to choose Jesus Christ as your Master (Lord) and savior, you have the chance to choose eternal life: Hebrews 3:7-8; Deuteronomy 30:19. Ask the LORD to search your heart and show you if there's anything that is  dividing you heart:  Psalm 139:23-24.