<p>16:13 <i>No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else, he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money</i>- The Lord Jesus surely based His words on those of Elijah in 1 Kings 18:21: &ldquo;No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon&rdquo;. So although on one hand the Lord Jesus Himself quotes Elijah&rsquo;s &lsquo;truth&rsquo; approvingly, there is evidence galore that at the very same time, Elijah&rsquo;s attitudes were far from Christ-like. At the very same time, Elijah mocks the Baal worshippers, teasing them to shout louder, because maybe their god has gone &lsquo;in a journey&rsquo;- a Hebraism for &lsquo;gone to the toilet&rsquo; (1 Kings 18:27). This kind of mockery and crudeness is surely not how the Father and Son would have us act. Yet Elijah did this whilst at the same time deeply believing the fire would come down, and bringing it down by his faith. And saying other words which were alluded to with deep approval by the Lord.</p><p>Mammon is an &ldquo;abomination&rdquo; (:15)- a word associated in the Old Testament with idol worship. We are to not only be free of such idolatry, but despise materialism.</p>