James, the writer of the book of James, condemns the rich, virtually assuming that anyone who is rich practises injustice to the poor and will come under God's judgement as a result. The OT prophets spoke out so consistently against the oppression of the poor by the rich that they left the distinct impression that a righteous rich man is rare.
In Philippi, Paul was permitted to preach the gospel openly, until he cast out a fortune-predicting demon from a suffering slave girl, who --
... earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. Acts 16:16The girl was freed from a horrible burden, but her owners didn't care about her. They'd lost their meal ticket --
Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace. - Acts 16:19
The High Price of Materialism
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