Casinostyle cards games Texas Holdem Blackjack21 etc Other card games Gin Rummy Spades Hearts etc Dice games Craps etc Electronic games online poker slots or keno Some of the most common types of gambling are ID: 641612
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Some of the most common types of gambling are:
Casino-style cards games (Texas
Hold’em
, Blackjack/21, etc.)
Other card games (Gin Rummy, Spades, Hearts, etc.)
Dice games (Craps, etc.)
Electronic games (online poker, slots or keno)Slide3
Some of the most common types of gambling are:
Lottery tickets or “scratchers”
Raffle tickets
Bingo
Betting on sporting events (Football, Baseball, etc.)
Pitching quarters (or other coins)Slide4Slide5
“Is Gambling Wrong?”Slide6
Definition of “Gambling”
Intransitive verb
1a: to play a game for money or property b: to bet on an uncertain outcome, 2: to stake something on a contingency:
take a chance
;
Transitive verb
1:
to risk
by wager 2: venture, hazard.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gambling
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Definition of “Gambling”
A wager or stake in involved whereby
one stands to gain at the loss of others
, depending on the outcome of some selected event of chance;
The
element of chance
is
arbitrarily determined or contrived
by the parties involved.
Grover Stevens’ DefinitionSlide8
Determining Principle(s)
Questioning certain activities:
Casting lots? This does not fit the criteria of gambling (Acts 1:26).
Game of skill isn’t gambling unless money, or a prize is wagered/betted on the outcome (1 Cor. 9:21).Slide9
Determining Principle(s)
Questioning certain activities:
Investing in the stock market. Risk is not contrived, nor desired. No one has to lose for stock to pay off. (Lk. 19:11-27).
Farmer’s risk is not contrived, nor desired. The farmer benefits others; only good is done (1 Cor. 3:5-8).Slide10
Determining Principle(s)
Gambling is socially accepted form of taking what belongs to another when they do not want you to have it. (Eph. 4:28)
Dueling in some societies has been an accepted form of taking another’s life. (Rev. 21:8)
Mutual agreement, with the hope that one will succeed, and the other will not.
(Contrived) Slide11
What is Wrong with Gambling?
God speaks on “labor”:
Before the sin of man (Gen. 2:15-16).
More laborious after the first sin (Gen. 3:17-19).
Wisdom of the ant is held up before the sluggard as an example of working (Prov. 6:9-11).
The virtuous woman labored (Prov. 31:15, 16, 19, 24, 27, 31).
Jesus taught that the worker is worthy of his wages (Matt. 10:10; Lk. 10:10).Slide12
What is Wrong with Gambling?
God speaks on “labor”:
Paul discussed various ways of making a living (1 Cor. 9:7-10).
Paul taught said a man should “
labour
, working with his hands”
(Eph. 4:28).
Paul taught Thessalonians to work to provide their needs (1 Thess. 4:11-12).
Paul gave the example of labor (2 Thess. 3:8-11).
James wrote of conducting honest business (Jas. 4:13-17).Slide13
What is Wrong with Gambling?
God speaks on “exchange”:
Abraham insisted on purchasing the land of Ephron (Gen. 23:1-16).
The Law of Moses taught against having deceitful weights; that would deprive a person of what was his (Deut. 25:13-16).
The virtuous woman bought the field (Prov. 31:16).Slide14
What is Wrong with Gambling?
God speaks on “exchange” (trade):
The man who obtained the great treasure & the one who obtained the pearl of great price bought it (Matt. 13:44-46).
Jesus’ disciples bought food (Jn. 4:8).
Disciples sold their possessions to raise money (Acts 4:34-37).Slide15
What is Wrong with Gambling?
God speaks of giving/acquiring through love:
Early disciples gave to those who were in need (Acts 2:45; 4:32-37; 11:27-30).
Purpose of labor is to have/give (Eph. 4:28).
The gambler’s attitude is opposite of Jesus’ teaching (Acts 20:35). Slide16
What is Wrong with Gambling?
Giving/acquiring through love:
Gambling involves selfishness because the gambler seeks the other’s for his own (Gal. 6:10).
Gambling is not doing “good to all men” (Gal. 6:10). Slide17
What is Wrong with Gambling?
Along with love, trade, and labor God commends:
Obtaining wealth by inheritance (Num. 27:1-11; Deut. 21:15-17; Lk. 15; 2 Cor. 12:14).
Interest (Matt. 25:27).Slide18
Lack of Bible Authority + Associations with Evil
No example where child of God practiced gambling in Scripture.
When one gains from gambling; someone else has lost (Mk. 12:31; Lk. 6:31).
Shown to encourage covetousness as well as addiction.
Gambling is associated with all sorts of immorality (Eph. 5:18; 1 Pet. 5:8-9; 1 Cor. 6:16). Slide19
What is wrong with Gambling?
NOT AUTHORIZED in scripture.
Clearly violates many principles about the way we are to deal with one another.
An irresponsible stewardship of our possessions.