Some Christian have asserted gambling is not a sin because they can’t find book, chapter, and verse where it is condemned. My response is that it is forbidden in the same passage that forbids pornography.

A Christian recently said in casual conversation that he occasionally purchased lottery tickets. Others have acknowledged they went to Las Vegas or American Indian casinos from time to time. They set a limit on what they could lose, say $300. In their opinion it was nothing more than budgeting for entertainment. Yet the Bible says it is a work of the flesh. Consider Galatians 5:19-20: