i dont see any form of gambling. It only becomes a sin when you steal money to gamble. I see gambling as a game of CHANCE. but to you, is it a sin?

dumbest post i have ever seen!

i gamble on football and i once told my Pastor

he rambled on and on about how its not good and i shut him up by saying

"is it ur money"

I cannot go to Hell by Gambling

To me, I don't see football gamble as sin, I call it fun.

this info would be quite helpful

Is gambling a sin? What does the Bible say about gambling?


Question: "Is gambling a sin? What does the Bible say about gambling?"

Answer: The Bible does not specifically condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5). Scripture also encourages us to stay away from attempts to “get rich quick” (Proverbs 13:11; 23:5; Ecclesiastes 5:10). Gambling most definitely is focused on the love of money and undeniably tempts people with the promise of quick and easy riches.

What is wrong with gambling? Gambling is a difficult issue because if it is done in moderation and only on occasion, it is a waste of money, but it is not necessarily evil. People waste money on all sorts of activities. Gambling is no more or less of a waste of money than seeing a movie (in many cases), eating an unnecessarily expensive meal, or purchasing a worthless item. At the same time, the fact that money is wasted on other things does not justify gambling. Money should not be wasted. Excess money should be saved for future needs or given to the Lord's work, not gambled away.

While the Bible does not explicitly mention gambling, it does mention events of “luck” or “chance.” As an example, casting lots is used in Leviticus to choose between the sacrificial goat and the scapegoat. Joshua cast lots to determine the allotment of land to the various tribes. Nehemiah cast lots to determine who would live inside the walls of Jerusalem. The apostles cast lots to determine the replacement for Judas. Proverbs 16:33 says, “The lot is cast in the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.”

What would the Bible say about casinos and lotteries? Casinos use all sorts of marketing schemes to entice gamblers to risk as much money as possible. They often offer inexpensive or even free alcohol, which encourages drunkenness, and thereby a decreased ability to make wise decisions. Everything in a casino is perfectly rigged for taking money in large sums and giving nothing in return, except for fleeting and empty pleasures. Lotteries attempt to portray themselves as a way to fund education and/or social programs. However, studies show that lottery participants are usually those who can least afford to be spending money on lottery tickets. The allure of “getting rich quick” is too great a temptation to resist for those who are desperate. The chances of winning are infinitesimal, which results in many peoples’ lives being ruined.

Can lotto/lottery proceeds please God? Many people claim to be playing the lottery or gambling so that they can give the money to the church or to some other good cause. While this may be a good motive, reality is that few use gambling winnings for godly purposes. Studies show that the vast majority of lottery winners are in an even worse financial situation a few years after winning a jackpot than they were before. Few, if any, truly give the money to a good cause. Further, God does not need our money to fund His mission in the world. Proverbs 13:11 says, “Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.” God is sovereign and will provide for the needs of the church through honest means. Would God be honored by receiving donated drug money or money stolen in a bank robbery? Of course not. Neither does God need or want money that was “stolen” from the poor in the temptation for riches.

First Timothy 6:10 tells us, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” Hebrews 13:5 declares, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” Matthew 6:24 proclaims, “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

Let ur conscience answer that.

The entire existence of a man is a gamble. Decision making is always a gamble and we make decisions every minute of our lives. Whether you gamble with money or without, it all comes down to the same thing, GAMBLING. Is investing in shares gambling or not? Is putting your money into banks as savings gambling or not? As for football betting, that is just another form of gambling to make a few more bucks. Nothing wrong with it.

i no fit shout

nah i don't think it is a sin

i only hate the addiction part

Like shadrach has beautifully put it, gambling is a SIN. Anyone who has the Spirit of God in him/her will know that. Gambling is built on coveteousness, reaping where you didn't sow, and the love of money.
It's not the same thing as making intelligent decisions and trusting/hoping that it goes fine, which is what's involved in shares and bank saving. Gambling doesn't involve intelligent decisions but is based on luck and the spirit of this world, subtle and addictive. 1Thessalonians 5v22

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Like shadrach has beautifully put it, gambling is a SIN. Anyone who has the Spirit of God in him/her will know that. Gambling is built on coveteousness, reaping where you didn't sow, and the love of money.
It's not the same thing as making intelligent decisions and trusting/hoping that it goes fine, which is what's involved in shares and bank saving. Gambling doesn't involve intelligent decisions but is based on luck and the spirit of this world, subtle and addictive. 1Thessalonians 5v22

im a xtian and i think the overdose of reading the bible sometimes affect the brains

so gambling on football matches isnt about making intelligent decisions?

arsenal vs wolves and i bet money on arsenal to win and you call that an unintelligent decision?

how is it different from buying a blue chip company?

you call gambling on sporting events the love of money and investing in shares as an exercise that doesnt portray the love of money?

if you dont love money, u need not invest, put it under ur pillow and use when u need it

appeal to sense and stop throwing ogbologbo nonsense

What a rubbish thread? Moderator! Are u sleeping? How can ds make d home page?

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What a rubbish thread? Moderator! Are u sleeping? How can ds make d home page?

rubbish thread and u still clicked d reply button? Why not start ur own thread? mtcheeeeeeww

@tkb
There's nothing called 'overdose of reading the bible'. It's not my fault that you don't spend time reading God's Word. Anyone who has the spirit of God in him knows that gambling is wrong, whether in horse races or arsenal vs whoever. There's something called wise investment, not just buying shares for the sake of it. Your money/input works for you to grow dividends considering calculable factors. It's different from betting in a viewing centre where there's no input to the team that's playing. Gambling is always at the detriment of another which is not christlike. Investment/saving is not

I don't see it as a sin, i believe its a game of chance.

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@tkb
There's nothing called 'overdose of reading the bible'. It's not my fault that you don't spend time reading God's Word. Anyone who has the spirit of God in him knows that gambling is wrong, whether in horse races or arsenal vs whoever. There's something called wise investment, not just buying shares for the sake of it. Your money/input works for you to grow dividends considering calculable factors. It's different from betting in a viewing centre where there's no input to the team that's playing. Gambling is always at the detriment of another which is not christlike. Investment/saving is not

u still dont get it

anyone who has the spirit of God will not bet on sports? in essence, whoever bets carries the spirit of lucifer?
ure confuzzled!!!

how do you determine wise investment? what is wise in your dictionary?

Now wait and lets start again; why is betting wrong?

ur first riposte was;Betting cannot be right because it connotes the part that says the love of money is bad in the bible

your love of money spat was debunked outrightly cos he who doesnt love money will not engage in any investment related activies


2) now ure back with another theory: Gambling is bad cos it doesnt affect the team playing

answer: How does day trading in shares/forex affect the quoted companies? abi u do not know a day trader only buys to spot price mvts and dump as sson as his/her guesses goes right. is that not gambling?

or u think ur stochastics and candle sticks are not devices created to aid gambling skills?


stop spreading unfounded doctrines

@tkb
You're taking this personal here, did i offend you somewhere? sorry o! Betting is a SIN whether it's sports or not, and i gave the OP reasons why i stated so. It's not a matter of debunking. You raised a comparison of betting and investing, that's why i was showing the difference.

If staking on football is a sin, then stock market dealings too should be sins.

Even buying Real estate and reselling for profit should be sins.

Can anyone show me where Gambling was considered a Sin?

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@tkb
You're taking this personal here, did i offend you somewhere? sorry o! Betting is a SIN whether it's sports or not, and i gave the OP reasons why i stated so. It's not a matter of debunking. You raised a comparison of betting and investing, that's why i was showing the difference.

no, im not taking it personal but dont call me a sinner

dayokanu:

If staking on football is a sin, then stock market dealings too should be sins.

Even buying Real estate and reselling for profit should be sins.

Can anyone show me where Gambling was considered a Sin?

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over to you

show us where it is in the bible

dont tell me the love of money part oh cos that means u dey misinterprete bible

^you Seem to know very little about stock market or real estate. The OP was 'is gambling a sin?' Your defence of 'what about this and that' will not go far. In wise stocks and real estate investments, you buy low and sell high. Your money appreciates over time due to inflation, trends and economic policies amongst others(that's the common man investment). Spot price movements and day trading are for PROFESSIONALS who have reasons for their decisions based on tangible stuff like time, volume, news, charts and graphs etc. These are short term and very risky, as compared to the normal real estate and stock and bonds that 'EVERYONE' does. It's suprising to compare this to throwing of dice, cardgames, horse races or football matches where anything can happen. In gambling you only gain at the detriment of others, how can christians be asking such questions, well i remember the period we live in.

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Like shadrach has beautifully put it, gambling is a SIN. Anyone who has the Spirit of God in him/her will know that. Gambling is built on coveteousness, reaping where you didn't sow, and the love of money.
It's not the same thing as making intelligent decisions and trusting/hoping that it goes fine, which is what's involved in shares and bank saving.

This is all hogwash.

When you buy a stock in the market how is it different from gambling?  Stock market is also based on covetousness, Why cant you be contented with your salary?

Reap where you didnt sow? If I stake $100 and I make $1000, I sowed $100 and i reaped $1000 so where did you get the idea of reaping where you didnt sow?

Love of money? Isnt it love of money that make people to do Real estate deals or stock market?

Gambling doesn't involve intelligent decisions but is based on luck and the spirit of this world, subtle and addictive. 1Thessalonians 5v22

Intelligent decisions? So if Brazil wants to play Somalia You would go and stake your money on Somalia?  The fact that you stake on Brazil must mean you have a knowledge about the football prowess of both teams and you made a decision that Brazil should win and you stake on it. Tell me what is not intelligent about this?

Why dont you stake that Aki and pawpaw would beat Klitschko in boxing?

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^you Seem to know very little about stock market or real estate. The OP was 'is gambling a sin?' Your defence of 'what about this and that' will not go far. In wise stocks and real estate investments, you buy low and sell high. Your money appreciates over time due to inflation, trends and economic policies amongst others(that's the common man investment). Spot price movements and day trading are for PROFESSIONALS who have reasons for their decisions based on tangible stuff like time, volume, news, charts and graphs etc. These are short term and very risky, as compared to the normal real estate and stock and bonds that 'EVERYONE' does. It's suprising to compare this to throwing of dice, cardgames, horse races or football matches where anything can happen. In gambling you only gain at the detriment of others, how can christians be asking such questions, well i remember the period we live in.

You seem to know very little about betting.

For example in the Kentucky horse betting before you bet you have to know the breed of the horse, the family history and the track record of the rider as well. Those are tangible analysis that determines how PROFESSIONALS bet.

In football Arsenal is playing Tottenham, You have to know what the current form of both team is, Who are the key players and if they are injured, Is it a home or away game, Is it a key game or just a novelty match, You have to follow news before the game is played to get up to date information. Thats what differentiates a Professional from those old men that just play "Pool"

In Stock market most times you gain because others lose.

You have done your analysis and think its best to get out now, while other think its best to get in now, then you are mostly cashing out on the money others invested

I wouldn't stake because it would be a gamble. The love of money, i could talk on that one for a while but let's just call it 'greed'. Greed is evil and doesn't show love for others. Greed is when you see another man's money and want to make it yours in the process of gambling(He loses and I gain).

Oo, have you cut off the real estate part? We must be making progress. Please kindly give your definition of 'gambling'. I will be back

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so na greed now no be love of money again

so greed is a sin?

u never holla

like Dayo said, we professional bettors   make informed analysis b4 we stake our bets

Betting na profession . Im sure you know some people get paid to kill people like soldiers
are they sinners? so dont talk ill of my profession here or i go whoze u

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I wouldn't stake because it would be a gamble. The love of money, i could talk on that one for a while but let's just call it 'greed'. Greed is evil and doesn't show love for others. Greed is when you see another man's money and want to make it yours in the process of gambling(He loses and I gain).

the money you gain from stock market where did it come from?

Is stock market not a gamble? Why do people lose money from it? Even Professors of Finance from Wharton have lost money, Warren Buffet has lost money.

Real estate? If you buy a land for 1m and 2 yrs later someone offers to pay 100m for it, Now tell the person you are not greedy and you would sell it for 1.1million

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Now list out the points that make staking a SIN compared to real estate and Stock market

Gambling is gambling, it doesn't have any other definition. God Almighty Against it. Quran and Bible

Where in the bible or Quran.

Can you make reference to anywhere in the bible?

I don't think its a sin,but if it is please God forgive us.