16/01/2026
BETTING AND GAMBLING
This days, most Christians are in betting and gambling more than before. According to a research conducted in Africa, Kenya is the leading country in betting and gambling.
Gambling is an epidemic in Kenya, and most of the people involved are youths aged between 14-40years.
Betting by definition, is a a habit of risking your money on an unknown outcome.
Gambling means-Playing games of chance to become rich.
George Washington said " Betting and gambling is the child of greed, the brother of wickedness and the father of mischief."
Also someone said in betting there are only two people involves
1:The rich and
2:The foolish person.
WHY BETTING AND GAMBLING SIN?
1. Its based on false promises, lies and deception.1 hundred thousand or even more than a million people are told to send ksh 100 to win a jackpot of 5milion.iF 1 MILION SEND,the rich gets a 100 milion and 1poor person rewared with 5 milion. Remember he has 95 milion in profits.It never ends there,the poor are encouraged to send more
2. Based on greed.
3. Its theft, they use psychological and emotional appeal to get you money to bet.
4. Betting and gambling are addictive. Addictive spirits comes from the evil one which asks for more to destroy homes, businesses, society and country at large.
5. Betting and gambling defiles God's promise that he will bless the work of our hands.[Proverbs 28;19.] "He who works his land, as the scripture says, will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty."
The gamblers hope to get money without working. Its the highest form of ungodliness.
6. Betting and gambling ruins friendship, careers, businesses. If you check on testimonies of those who got delivered from gambling, they all say it had either destroyed their business or even homes.
7. And lastly betting and gambling is spiritual su***de.
1 Timothy 6;9."People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 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 many griefs."
8. Betting and gambling demonstrates lack of faith in God. The bible says "the just shall live by faith.
As i conclude,let me remind you of what is written in Phillipians 4;13 .The word of God says, "Finally brethren, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things."
The question here is !
Is betting and gambling true?
Is gambling and betting noble?
Is betting and gambling lovely?
Is gambling and betting admirable?
Is gambling and betting excellent?
Is gambling and betting praiseworthy?
Is Is gambling and betting apure business to engage in?
Have a blessed weekend