“It is impossible for you to live according to God if you love pleasures and money.”
Isidore the Priest of Scété (c. 4th century) as cited by John Chryssavgis in In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom) 106.
The desert fathers cut to the chase, do they not?
Isidore is spot on. Jesus repeatedly said you can’t serve God and money because if you try to do both, you will hate one and love the other.
In response, Isidore exhorts hearers to “live according to God.” Following God’s pathway set forth in His Word is the only way to live!