The sin in all of us - greed?

The British media is in a continued and sustained feeding frenzy over the MP's expenses scandal. It is undoubtedly a scandal. And the irony has not been lost on many people that these MP's now repaying thousands and standing down at the next election are the very same ones who decried the large pension Sir Fred was and continues to draw at a time of banking crisis. That those who cried immoral and outrageous have now been shown to be outrageous and immoral.

But I can't help if there is another irony, their greed is there for all to see, but is ours just better hidden? If subjected to that level of scrutiny how would we fair? These MP's claim it is within the rules, it is permissible, the rules were wrong. But it is another example of sin and its effects. It highlights the nature of greed, and greed is something we all need to beware of.

In Ephesians 5 Paul writes to the believers in Ephesus: "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people."