Monday, May 6, 2013

From Free to Fee on YouTube

YouTube is currently tossing around the idea of charging a fee for some of their more popular channels. The website, a subsidiary of Google, wants to offer this new method to channels as an additional option for making money from the videos they provide. It's possible that they want to cater to those who love money, so what does the Bible say? "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils" (1 Timothy 6:10). Are you a lover of money too?

Do you put money up on a pedestal, placing it above God in your life? This is called idolatry and you are breaking two of God's Commandments because you put something before God and anything above the God of the Bible becomes an idol. Do you desire to get money, even in ways that are immoral? That's coveting. If God judges you based only on these three laws that you've broken, you would be guilty and heading for the lake of fire, a place called Hell, for eternity! "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul" (Mark 8:36)? 

God doesn't want you to lose your soul and be cast into Hell. He sent Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin, God in the flesh, and lived a perfect life. He died on the cross to pay for your sins and rose from the grave three days later. If you turn away from your sins and trust in Jesus Christ, God will give you a new heart with new desires. "No servant can serve two masters, for 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 God and money" (Luke 16:13). Give up your love of money today before it's too late! "Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'" (Hebrews 13:5).

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/05/business/google-subscriptions-youtube-videos/?hpt=zite_zite6_featured

(EDIT - Changed "It appears like they want to cater to those who love money, but what does the Bible say?" to "It's possible that they want to cater to those who love money, so what does the Bible say?" for clarity.)

2 comments:

  1. To accuse a business wanting to make money as idolatry, is a false accusation. It is evil.

    We are told in Scripture, by Jesus, that we are to count the cost of our actions. Nowhere in Scripture does it consider profit to be evil.


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  2. I am not accusing YouTube of being evil. Hopefully, my edit will clarify that. The point I am trying to make is that loving money is idolatry and "a root of all kinds of evil." Thanks for the heads up.

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