Is Having Great Wealth a Sin? Arriving at chapter five of the book of James we come to the subject of wealth. The American culture now seems to be turning on the rich. It now appears to the average American that having wealth amounts to being guilty of the unforgivable sin. What seems to be the chief concern to James is not having wealth, but how did you come to posses your wealth and now that you have it what are you doing with it? Join us in the opening verses of chapter five as we seek to discover God’s view on having wealth.