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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 37.

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Covetousness and Contentment

The case of Ahab (1 Kings 21 : 1-16) illustrates very forcibly the evil of covetousness. "Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth . . . had spoken to him." Ahab had lost nothing which he had before. He simply wanted that which belonged to another; and because he could not obtain that one vineyard, his kingdom seemed to him as nothing. Covetousness makes us wretched, however much is ours. Contentment makes us happy, however little we have. The apostle has well said that "godliness with contentment is great gain."