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 Good morning, opening up your copy of God's Word to Matthew 5, or 6.

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 So here at Christ's Family, we believe very strongly in preaching through God's Word verse by verse.

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! And so if you're landing here for the first time or you haven't been back in a while,

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 you are providentially following on the next passage that we're going to.

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 And so it isn't like we just targeted people today and decided to talk about wealth, money, and possessions.

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 It actually just falls in line with where we are preaching through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And a very well-known sermon, I mean the title of it, the Sermon on the Mount,

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 doesn't mean that's the only sermon that Jesus preached.

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 It's just one of the most well-known discourses.

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 And he preached it in Galilee.

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 Galilee was a small, well, relatively small, comparatively speaking,

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 300,000, 200,000 people maybe in small villages and towns.

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 And the crowds gathered around him.

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 But interesting enough, it says that he taught his disciples,

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 and people began kind of, you know, listening in.

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 And he opened his mouth and he taught them, it says in chapter 4.

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 So standing on this high plain, probably overlooking the Sea of Galilee near Capernaum,

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 Jesus begins teaching his disciples about what it looks like to belong to the kingdom of God

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 and what the citizens of the kingdom of God and how they live

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 and the godly life that is meant to be exhibited in everyday living in everything that we do.

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 So the Sermon on the Mount is a very helpful, practical sermon,

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 but also one that really hits us in hard places.

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 And Jesus is constantly comparing the false outward righteousness

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 that many saw in the religious leaders of the day

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 to the true inward righteousness that God desires and that God only can bring about.

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 And so today we land in verse 19 of all this.

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 And it's a very sensitive passage.

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 I'm planning some people to block the door so no one leaves.

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 It's like one of those, please don't bring this stuff up.

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 It really is sensitive.

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 It's really hard.

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 And I get it.

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 I think I would be in the first in line to try to run out of the building at this point.

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 But I'm kind of stuck here.

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 It would be really weird if I just ran out.

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 So before I begin, though, I want to just throw this out there,

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 that a few things, so that you don't attack me later.

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 I don't have all this figured out.

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 I've been asking God.

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 I, this past week, I've been wrestling, I've been praying, I've been measuring, discussing

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 just what it is about money and possessions, especially that we Americans have,

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 that as soon as it's brought up, we just go like that, like immediately.

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 It makes us uncomfortable.

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 So I've been asking God, why?

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 Why is that happening in my own heart?

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 Just wrestling over and over with this.

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 And so my goal is to stand behind Jesus this morning, to let his words go out and let his

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 words have its desired effect on you.

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 So back in the old medieval days, if you had fruit or nasty vegetables and you wanted to

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 throw them at somebody you didn't like, I'm hiding behind him today.

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 So I might, you know, say something, then just kind of go in such a way.

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 So here we go.

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 Verse 19.

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 This is the words of our Lord.

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 He says,

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 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and

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 where thieves break in and steal.

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 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where

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 thieves do not break in and steal.

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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 The eye is the lamp of the body.

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 So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

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 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.

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 If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness?

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 No one can serve two masters.

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 For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and

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 despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord, I pray that you would just help me in this time to communicate truth, to communicate

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 grace.

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 Lord, I pray that if anybody has any issue today, it will be with you and your word and not with

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 with me, that we would humbly work through this passage together.

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 That you would teach us its meaning.

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 Lord, your word is authoritative.

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 Your word is inspired.

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 It is God-breathed.

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 And we know, Lord, that you do not utter nonsense.

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 That every word is meant to be applied to our hearts, to our lives.

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 It is, Lord, as we leave even here today, that we would, as the old Puritans used to say,

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 speak of them in your families and pray and discuss them and ask that the Lord would help

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 you not blaspheme his word by forgetting it.

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 So, Lord, I just ask that.

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 I ask that you would just work in our hearts that this would be worked out in real, tangible

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 ways.

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 That each family, each individual would seek you to see what this looks like in their life.

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 Yes, Lord, we place it all in your hands to do a work among us.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So, three points kind of coming out of this.

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 Only three.

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 Don't tell me there's more.

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 That's it.

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 The first, number one, very simply put, there are two kinds of treasures.

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 We see it in verses 19 and verse 20.

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 There's only two kinds.

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 There is treasures on earth and treasures in heaven.

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 But first, let's just speak briefly about what is a treasure.

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 Treasure.

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 It's not, maybe not what a lot of us may think, but a treasure simply is whatever you love,

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 whatever you cherish, whatever you value the most in life.

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 It's, in turn, what you might worship.

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 Our old English word for worship is also connected to the idea of what we consider to be of the

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 greatest worth, and that's shown by how we treat that particular thing.

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 The old word originally was called worth-ship.

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 And I guess at some point we got tired of such a long word, so we boiled it down to worship.

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 But it is what we value, what we love, what we cherish, what we guard, what we seek is what,

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 in very fact, gets us out of bed in the morning, what drives us on.

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 And every one of us has a treasure.

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 And notice that Christ is not saying to not have a treasure.

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 He's just saying, make sure that you are very wise in your choice of treasure.

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 So, as we unpack this, let's go a little further.

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 There's two kinds.

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 The first kind that's mentioned is an earthly treasure.

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 In verse 24, we see that the literal Greek word is mammon.

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 Mammon was a Semitic word for money and possession.

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 So, kind of lob that in there.

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 So, not just finances, not just money, but all the stuff that money can buy.

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 Our money and our possessions, our mammon.

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 So, today in America, we are living in the most wealthy, affluent, prosperous countries in the history of the world.

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 So, history majors in here, you know that that's true.

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 You can study other civilizations.

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 You might see some very wealthy civilizations, but they don't even come close to what we have.

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 College students, most poor college students, you are in the 1% of the wealthiest people in the world.

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 That's if you work a part-time job.

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 So, don't ever say that.

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 Throw that phrase away.

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 Comparatively speaking, you might not have a lot, but you are not poor.

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 So, in this quite Disneyland of America, we have so much money, possessions, wealth, comforts, luxuries, and opulence than any other civilization before us.

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 So, in short, earthly treasures are our money, our possessions.

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 It's anything that is seen and anything that is temporal.

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 So, that's what an earthly treasure implies.

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 We'll get more at that in a minute.

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 Then, the other kind is heavenly treasure.

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 So, what in the world is that?

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 Well, it's not just the spiritual version of mammon.

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 It's not like, well, when I get to die, I get a golf course in heaven.

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 I basically just get all the toys and pleasure that I have here in a heavenly form.

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 That's not like what a heavenly treasure is.

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 It's not big houses.

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 It's not toys.

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 It's not stuff.

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 No.

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 If you want to talk about this more later, I would argue very strongly, and I think that Scripture would agree, and I think that church history would agree with this,

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 but Scripture reveals that the most amazing thing, overwhelmingly, that the treasure of heaven is the king of heaven.

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 It's God himself.

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 Heaven is synonymous in the Scripture with the presence of God.

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 So, heaven just isn't a place.

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 It's a person.

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 And so, it's not just a cool place that we get to kind of all go and retire spiritually one day.

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 It's being in the presence of someone.

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 Psalm 16 says,

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 Our argument here is that God himself, even in the person of Christ, is the treasure.

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 He himself is the treasure.

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 So, we could count all things as loss, as Paul says, in comparison to knowing Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Revelation 21.

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 This is kind of getting toward the end of the book with the new heaven and the new earth, and this is what John says.

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 He says,

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 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

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 Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

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 He will dwell of them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be their God.

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 Go on and read that whole chapter.

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 Chapter 21 in Revelation.

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 So, you're very aware that it's not just a cool place.

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 It's not just earth hyped up and much better.

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 It's being in the holy presence of God.

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 But there will be other things in heaven, but they all will be pointing to and making much of the king of heaven.

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 Jesus prayed this in John 17.

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 He said,

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 Think about what you think of eternal life.

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 Well, it means living forever.

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 It means not dying.

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 And yes, it does live that.

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 But here's Jesus' definition of eternal life.

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 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, and you have sent.

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 And then later on in this prayer, in verse 24, he says,

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 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me may be with me where I am,

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 to see my glory that you have given me because you love me before the foundation of the world.

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 So, Christ existed with the Father, completely joyful, completely satisfied before anything was created.

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 And he's saying, Father, bring them with me one day so they can behold my glory,

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 to behold me and to be with me.

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 There's a big difference between just wanting to be spared hell and wanting to go to heaven.

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 I wish I had learned this much earlier in my life.

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 Richard Baxter, back in the 1600s, he wrote this,

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 As a believer's life is very different from an unbeliever's life,

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 so also a believer's death is very different from an unbeliever's death.

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 The unbeliever prefers heaven to hell.

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 The believer prefers heaven over earth.

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 The unbeliever prefers heaven only over hell because he cannot imagine anything more blessed than this life.

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 The believer prefers heaven over earth because the believer cannot imagine anything more blessed than life with God.

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 That's it.

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 So, though heaven may have many blessings,

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 and though there will be no more pain, no more sorrow, no more sin, no more suffering,

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 all of that is going to be directed toward the Lamb who is slain.

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 And we will dwell with Him forever.

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 So, Jesus is saying,

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 Devote your life to accumulating treasure, not on the earth, but in heaven where you will be with God forever.

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 Store up treasures in heaven.

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 So, that's the two kinds, earthly and heavenly.

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 If you ever stop to ask yourself,

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 we're going to refer to this book so a few times, but I beg you,

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 I've purchased this book.

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 It's called The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn.

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 Not a big book.

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 So, those of you who aren't really great readers, you can still read it.

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 And I would say this book, above all I've ever read,

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 has the best theology of money, best theology of stewardship.

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 What should we do with our money?

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 I'm really terrible at just managing money,

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 like in terms of just like the math part of it, hands-on part of it.

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 That's why I married a CPA.

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 She can do that.

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 But, that stuff has to be filtered through God's Word.

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 It has to be filtered through principles that we see in God's Word about money and about possessions.

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 So, why is so much attention?

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 You ever stop to think about that?

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 That's a ton of attention given in the Scripture about money and possessions.

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 Just looking at the Gospels alone,

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 15% of everything that Jesus says relates in some way,

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 connects, relates, illustrated with money and possessions.

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 That's mind-blowing.

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 That's more than the teachings on heaven and hell combined,

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 like direct teachings.

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 So, interesting enough, though,

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 of that 15%, Jesus only mentions tithing one time.

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 And He's speaking to the Pharisees about it.

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 He basically is saying,

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 that's what's expected of you.

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 You even tithe even your spices,

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 He said to the Pharisees.

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 But, you've neglected even the way or matters of the law.

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 You've neglected mercy, justice, and faithfulness.

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 So, should we tithe?

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 If you want my honest opinion,

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 I think it's a good principle to kind of start with in our giving.

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 But nowhere, I mean, in the Scripture, people gave much more.

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 And like those of us who have been liberated in Christ,

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 you can say, well, we under the Old Testament law.

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 No, you're supposed to be above it.

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 You're supposed to give and to not hold on to all our stuff.

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 We'll get more into that in a second.

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 So, it's a great principle to kind of live by.

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 But Jesus is basically saying,

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 you're just doing what's expected of you.

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 He said that to the religious leaders,

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 the one time He mentions it.

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 So, but why is it brought up so much?

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 Why?

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 Why does it come out so much in God's Word?

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 Here's the question.

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 You know, why does it happen?

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 Well, I think that Jesus provides the answer for us.

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 If you look at verse 21, He just says,

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 for where your treasure is,

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 there your heart will be also.

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 There's a real fundamental connection

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 between our spiritual lives

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 and how we think and handle money.

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 There's a real connection.

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 We can deny it,

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 but like we look at life,

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 we look at how we live,

00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:32.779
 we can't really get around it.

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.900
 So, again,

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.000
 what we treasure,

00:18:38.560 --> 00:18:39.400
 what we desire,

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.140
 is what we worship.

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:43.500
 So, how can you know?

00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:47.240
 How can you know that God is on the throne?

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:49.259
 Now, I want to kind of just put this as a disclaimer.

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.600
 Even believers,

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.480
 people who do belong to Jesus Christ,

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.480
 people who do want,

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:54.700
 really,

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.980
 to pour their lives out for Christ,

00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.960
 there's still times that,

00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.940
 practically speaking,

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 something else could be on the throne of our life.

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 We have to deal with it.

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:06.339
 And,

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:09.099
 just by way of examination,

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.779
 come talking about this later,

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 if you have a problem.

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.599
 But,

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.819
 Louis Giglio,

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.240
 yes,

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.819
 Louis Giglio,

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.799
 he said this,

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:22.039
 in one of his books about worship,

00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.460
 he said,

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 here's how you find out,

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.659
 like what you worship.

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.159
 He says,

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:28.579
 simply follow the trail of your time,

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.200
 your affection,

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.819
 your money,

00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:32.619
 and your loyalty.

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.159
 At the end of that trail,

00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:36.399
 you'll find a throne.

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 And whatever,

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.279
 or whomever,

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 is on that throne,

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:43.379
 that's what's of highest value to you.

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:45.160
 So,

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.800
 follow that trail,

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.280
 your time,

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.780
 your affection,

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.320
 your money,

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:47.880
 your loyalty,

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 and see where it leads.

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.400
 So,

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.440
 even as a believer,

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.840
 I can temporarily,

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:56.140
 think something else is more important,

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.580
 than Christ.

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 So,

00:20:00.020 --> 00:20:01.040
 kick it off,

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.580
 the throne,

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.120
 with the help of,

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 the Holy Spirit.

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.100
 Here's,

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.020
 again,

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:08.620
 why does,

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.900
 this conversation,

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 make us so uncomfortable?

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:13.920
 Could it be,

00:20:14.020 --> 00:20:14.540
 we're scared,

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 to kind of trace that trail?

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 Like,

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 I really don't want to think about that.

00:20:17.760 --> 00:20:18.580
 I just kind of want to go on,

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 about my day.

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 But,

00:20:21.760 --> 00:20:22.400
 it's important.

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.860
 Evidently,

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.960
 Jesus gives us two,

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:27.100
 ways that we can live.

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 A view of,

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 accumulating valuable things,

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 on this earth,

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 or,

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.740
 a view of,

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 pursuing and accumulating,

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 treasures,

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 in heaven.

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 And Jesus says,

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.180
 again,

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 putting it in the context,

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 of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 the citizens of the kingdom of God,

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 are marked,

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 by people who are seeking,

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.859
 the eternal kingdom.

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 People who are,

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 laying up,

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.259
 treasures,

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.019
 in heaven.

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 That's how we're,

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 something that's supposed to,

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.639
 characterize us,

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 to store up,

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.919
 everlasting joy,

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.639
 in God.

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 And not just pursuing,

00:20:59.439 --> 00:21:00.279
 all the things that are,

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 down here on the earth,

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.220
 for us to chase.

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.179
 So,

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.000
 you might be asking,

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:08.039
 I asked,

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.720
 myself,

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.519
 I said it myself,

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 self,

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 can't we lay up,

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 treasures in both places?

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:17.559
 No.

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 I mean,

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.200
 I would say,

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 can't we have some,

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.700
 awesome treasures,

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 here on earth,

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 and then likewise,

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.799
 maybe put some up in heaven?

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.099
 Like,

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.819
 of course,

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:28.200
 we'll definitely put more in heaven,

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.980
 but is it okay,

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.700
 for us to have,

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.259
 some treasure here?

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.359
 Well,

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.480
 you could say,

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.700
 yeah,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.159
 obviously,

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.440
 if God is giving us,

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 a lot of money,

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 then surely,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.340
 it's a sign of his blessing.

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 And he wants us,

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.700
 to enjoy it,

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.180
 play with it,

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 and have a good time with it.

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.080
 Right?

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.440
 Again,

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:51.880
 this is where I'm,

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.700
 ducking behind Jesus.

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.960
 Just look at what he says.

00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.779
 He says,

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.700
 it's very clearly,

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.100
 that,

00:21:58.560 --> 00:22:00.259
 laying up treasures in heaven,

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.460
 and laying up treasures,

00:22:01.540 --> 00:22:01.900
 on the earth,

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.940
 don't mix well.

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:05.160
 As,

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.680
 Piper said,

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.180
 they don't make good bed pillows.

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.960
 In context,

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.700
 Jesus is,

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.779
 Jesus is demolishing,

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:15.299
 this false ideology,

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.840
 that,

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.740
 people had in his day,

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.820
 with the religious leaders,

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.200
 that,

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.820
 they,

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:20.880
 they,

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.880
 they connected.

00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.740
 Worship God,

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.580
 and worship money.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:23.880
 It's,

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.019
 it's kind of this,

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.100
 this synonymous,

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.700
 thing,

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.299
 that,

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:30.940
 if you were rich,

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.779
 it was a sign,

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.799
 of divine blessing.

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.160
 And it is,

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.680
 to a degree,

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:34.960
 right?

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.860
 To a degree.

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.299
 But,

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.360
 they were looked on,

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.620
 as like,

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:40.200
 this is God's favored people,

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.779
 and the poor,

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.720
 God's accursed.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.080
 That's kind of how,

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.900
 they read it.

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.840
 So,

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:46.140
 we must be doing something right,

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.019
 because look at all the,

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.980
 the blessing,

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.440
 that we are getting out of this.

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:50.580
 But,

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.259
 Jesus said,

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.460
 that that's total malarkey,

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.700
 not how it is.

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.019
 He says,

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.480
 no,

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:56.039
 you must choose,

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.400
 between them.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.240
 You have to pick.

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.880
 Look at verse 24.

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:06.660
 No one can serve two masters,

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:09.460
 for he either will hate the one,

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.240
 and love the other,

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:12.740
 or he'll be devoted to the one,

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.799
 and despise the other.

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.700
 You cannot serve God,

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.779
 and money,

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.320
 or man.

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.240
 And so,

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.000
 the word here,

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.600
 this uses,

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:24.019
 indicates the work of a slave.

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.240
 So,

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.000
 not an employee,

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.080
 not someone who's,

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.580
 you know,

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.799
 you've hired for a temporary job.

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.119
 It's,

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:30.339
 it's master and slave language,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.799
 that we,

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.579
 we see here.

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.099
 So,

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:34.139
 since the slave is,

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:36.500
 the sole property of one master,

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.899
 he has to give that master,

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.960
 exclusive service.

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.139
 He goes to that master.

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:43.180
 And if someone is competing for that,

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.799
 then he's gonna,

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.359
 despise it.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.440
 That's,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.819
 that's kind of what we see here.

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.200
 And,

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:52.480
 there's something about God,

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.519
 and something about money,

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.480
 that tends to,

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.059
 make our hearts,

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.220
 move toward mastery.

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.640
 They're powerful things.

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.380
 And,

00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:03.240
 we'll either be mastered by the living God,

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.120
 and make money,

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.339
 a bowing servant of God,

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.660
 or it'll be the other way around.

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.519
 You can't do both.

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.600
 This is why Jesus said,

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:14.519
 it's harder for a rich man to enter,

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:16.019
 into the kingdom of heaven.

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.100
 It's hard.

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.900
 And money is a very,

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.339
 very cruel master.

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.220
 So,

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:24.920
 just because someone is wealthy,

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:27.640
 it doesn't mean that God is,

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.980
 giving them a thumbs up on everything.

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:33.060
 We tend to equate it that way.

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.200
 But some of the most joyful,

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.400
 blessed people I've encountered in this world,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.220
 are not wealthy,

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.860
 wealthy people.

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.860
 And,

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.860
 more than likely,

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.800
 some of the wealthiest I've known,

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.600
 are the most miserable.

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.700
 Even as believers.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:50.600
 Spurgeon said,

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.759
 if earthly goods,

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.840
 were of so much value,

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:57.039
 the Lord would not give,

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.620
 such a large measure of them,

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.660
 to those who have the least of his love.

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.080
 So,

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:07.080
 another sign,

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.340
 another thing that we can look at,

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.880
 to kind of look into our lives,

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.940
 and those around us,

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:14.140
 he gives it to us in verse 22,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.140
 where he talks about the eye,

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.340
 being the lamp of the body.

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.820
 I wonder why that's like,

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.620
 sandwiched right,

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:21.560
 in between these things.

00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:23.460
 But the eye,

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.380
 in some way,

00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:25.900
 is similar to the heart,

00:25:26.020 --> 00:25:28.700
 and how it's used,

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:30.360
 in our literature here.

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.840
 The lamp reveals the quality,

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:34.680
 of someone's personal inner life,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.340
 if you just look.

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:38.060
 A healthy eye,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.820
 implying that you can see things clearly,

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.900
 suggests like a loyal devotion,

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.720
 to God,

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.900
 while a bad eye,

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.860
 like impaired vision,

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:50.500
 implies like sinful,

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.540
 moral corruption.

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.240
 So,

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.680
 which treasure we're seeking,

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:56.019
 which master we serve,

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:57.120
 will be evident in our life.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.380
 You can,

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.620
 you can see that,

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.820
 he's saying like,

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:02.060
 the eye of the lamp of the body.

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.080
 Sometimes you can see,

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.800
 which master,

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.680
 someone is serving.

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.400
 If they're serving,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.140
 the things of creation,

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.380
 rather than the creator,

00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:10.280
 there will be darkness.

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.460
 Yes.

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.000
 I've,

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.899
 read some accounts of,

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.839
 of people in Papua New Guinea,

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:20.220
 who were saved,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.019
 and brought the gospel,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.420
 and,

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.720
 someone would just,

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.139
 they would go and share the gospel,

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.960
 with other villages,

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.839
 around them.

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.139
 And they would say,

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.139
 we look into your eyes,

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.920
 and we see light,

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.740
 and we see life.

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.519
 We look at our eyes,

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.259
 and we see death.

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.680
 That's like,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.700
 exactly what they said.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:33.779
 And,

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:37.400
 so what master we serve,

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.420
 which treasure we are seeking,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.640
 will be evident in our life.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.440
 It will emanate,

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.700
 from within us.

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.080
 So that's it.

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.440
 There's,

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.980
 two treasures.

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.440
 One earthly,

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.120
 one heavenly.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.720
 And we have to pick.

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.819
 We can't always,

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.720
 we cannot choose both,

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.500
 according to Jesus.

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.880
 Which brings us,

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.080
 to the second point.

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.360
 Very,

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.539
 just simply put again,

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:04.639
 don't set your heart,

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:06.159
 on things that won't last.

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.940
 Don't set your heart,

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.279
 on things that won't last.

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.960
 Verse 19,

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.619
 do not,

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.299
 lay up.

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.579
 So,

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.339
 lay up,

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.659
 meaning,

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.940
 to hoard,

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.619
 to store up,

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.440
 to pile on.

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.659
 Like,

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.200
 you got like this,

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.440
 cartoon image of,

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.240
 someone just like,

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.980
 shoveling gold,

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.619
 into a place.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:25.899
 Like,

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.940
 don't do that.

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.960
 Do not lay up,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.599
 for yourselves,

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.980
 treasures on earth,

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.659
 where moth,

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.159
 and rust,

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.759
 destroy.

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.539
 And where thieves,

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.659
 break in and steal.

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.579
 So here's some,

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.779
 some reasons why,

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.740
 not to do this.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.759
 Very simply,

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.139
 they won't last.

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.500
 Okay?

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.559
 Our Lord Jesus,

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.579
 is warning us,

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.980
 about,

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.379
 making things,

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.019
 that are seen,

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.639
 but temporal.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.839
 Things that are earthly,

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:55.159
 but will pass away.

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.720
 Your ultimate treasure.

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.779
 He's saying,

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.859
 don't spend your life,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.839
 storing up money,

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.839
 and material,

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.000
 possessions,

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:03.259
 because they will rot.

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.220
 They will rust.

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.039
 They won't last.

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.099
 And you can't take,

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:09.019
 any of it with you,

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.539
 when you go.

00:28:09.699 --> 00:28:09.879
 Like,

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.799
 not one thing.

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.220
 All of it's going to stay,

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.740
 right here.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.220
 Can't believe,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.019
 I'm about to say this.

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.019
 As the old saying goes,

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.179
 you find no U-Hauls,

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.599
 behind,

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.980
 thank you,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.539
 whoever that was,

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.039
 talk to you later.

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.559
 Thanks.

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:28.799
 There's no U-Hauls,

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.659
 behind the hearth.

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.359
 Scripture,

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.519
 has a lot to say,

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.000
 about this,

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.919
 but just one verse,

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.179
 Proverbs 23,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.519
 it says,

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.119
 do not,

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.099
 toil,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.379
 to acquire wealth.

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.019
 I don't,

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.720
 labor,

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.679
 for the idea,

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.299
 of wealth,

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.980
 itself.

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.619
 When your eyes,

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.440
 light on it,

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.740
 it is gone,

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.019
 for suddenly,

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.059
 it sprouts wings,

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:52.119
 flying like an eagle,

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.940
 toward heaven.

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.259
 It disappears,

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.899
 and it disappears,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.340
 quick.

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.200
 I remember,

00:28:59.300 --> 00:28:59.780
 the first time,

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.480
 I actually got,

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.240
 a job in a warehouse,

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:02.700
 and,

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.700
 I was still under 18,

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.980
 and so I didn't get taxed,

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.500
 for it either.

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.180
 And they,

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.200
 they handed me like,

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.000
 nice fat paycheck,

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.280
 more money than ever had in my life,

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.019
 which doesn't sound like a lot,

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.519
 to some of you,

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.220
 but it was about,

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.440
 it was about $800,

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.500
 and I was like,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.200
 what am I going to go do?

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:21.680
 I went to Bass Pro Shop.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.140
 Yeah.

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.780
 Gone.

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.000
 Gone.

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.360
 Quickly.

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:31.800
 It's,

00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:32.840
 it's a foolish thing,

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.040
 it,

00:29:33.280 --> 00:29:33.800
 you can't,

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.360
 hold on to it.

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.280
 So,

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.360
 let me make this point,

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.580
 okay,

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.600
 just listen very carefully.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.120
 Scripture never,

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.960
 says that money,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.720
 alone,

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.560
 by itself,

00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:48.259
 is an evil thing.

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.340
 He says,

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.040
 the love of money,

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.700
 is evil.

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:51.759
 evil.

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.860
 We all know that,

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.420
 and most of us,

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.600
 like,

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:54.840
 yeah,

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.120
 of course,

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.480
 the love of money,

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.500
 is the root of all evil.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.960
 That's true.

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.480
 But,

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.380
 here's kind of the,

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.840
 the difficult part about that.

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:08.639
 how do you know,

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:10.740
 that you're not worshipping money?

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.599
 We're,

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:14.399
 often the worst judges,

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.519
 when it comes to measuring,

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.779
 our own love for money.

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.279
 We don't see it.

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.839
 Usually,

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:21.459
 other people see it around us.

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.839
 It's very hard,

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.379
 to tell.

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.379
 So,

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.199
 Paul says that money,

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.819
 is not evil,

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.319
 but he's like,

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.059
 be very,

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.759
 very,

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.539
 very careful.

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.740
 Tread,

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.639
 cautiously,

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:33.500
 around money.

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.800
 Why?

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.220
 Again,

00:30:35.280 --> 00:30:36.860
 because it's a very powerful thing,

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.100
 that can become,

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.240
 a master to you,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.900
 without even realizing it.

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.620
 Turn to,

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.980
 1st Timothy.

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.040
 1st Timothy,

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.440
 chapter 6.

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.120
 1st Timothy,

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.860
 chapter 6,

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.580
 verse 6.

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.120
 Kind of starting,

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.620
 a positive,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.300
 then making a point,

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.220
 then going to a negative,

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.880
 to make a point.

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.140
 Verse,

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.980
 verse 6.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.660
 Here's the remedy,

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.160
 for,

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.040
 this issue,

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.380
 right?

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.060
 Godliness,

00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:17.280
 with contentment,

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.540
 is great gain.

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.540
 It is.

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.660
 We brought nothing,

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.440
 into the world.

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.700
 We will take,

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.640
 we will not,

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.840
 we cannot take anything,

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:27.120
 out of this world.

00:31:28.020 --> 00:31:29.120
 But if we have food,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.860
 and clothing,

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:31.219
 with these,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.079
 we will be content.

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.379
 Stop there.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.779
 So,

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.619
 contentment is the remedy,

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.299
 for this,

00:31:36.699 --> 00:31:37.399
 consumer,

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:37.899
 give me,

00:31:37.979 --> 00:31:38.199
 give me,

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.500
 give me,

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.159
 I gotta have,

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.859
 I gotta have.

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.359
 Most of all,

00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:43.559
 you have lived long enough,

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:43.899
 to know,

00:31:43.979 --> 00:31:44.719
 that whatever you're seeking,

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.959
 is not gonna give you,

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.799
 what you want,

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.599
 like in this world.

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.519
 Contentment,

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.979
 is not,

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.639
 addition,

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.459
 it's subtraction.

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.099
 When you have Christ,

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:54.019
 when you have godliness,

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.819
 when you have,

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:57.240
 the treasure of heaven,

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.039
 you realize,

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.519
 that you need,

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.240
 less and less.

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.359
 And it's a freeing thing,

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.899
 it's a really freeing thing.

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.619
 If you have,

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.200
 the treasure,

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.759
 you don't need,

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.779
 all this other stuff.

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.720
 So,

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.659
 contentment is,

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.200
 how I go about this.

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.679
 I mean,

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.700
 when was the last time,

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.279
 that you were,

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.980
 quite content,

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.759
 with just food,

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.240
 and clothing?

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.460
 You might throw,

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.019
 having a roof,

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.700
 in over your head,

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.200
 possibly,

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.500
 not adding,

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.339
 into the scripture,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.720
 but,

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.240
 that's it.

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.339
 We have what we need,

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.000
 and we're happy.

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.160
 Here's the warning,

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.460
 though.

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.759
 Nine,

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.440
 verse nine.

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.400
 But those,

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.319
 who desire,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.960
 there it is,

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.460
 the seeking,

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.660
 the storing up,

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.819
 those who desire,

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.859
 to be rich,

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.259
 fall into temptation,

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.339
 into a snare,

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.940
 into many,

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.619
 senseless,

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.000
 and harmful desires,

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.000
 that plunge people,

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.660
 into ruin,

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.299
 and destruction.

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.460
 For the love,

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.940
 of money,

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.319
 is the root,

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:54.279
 of all kinds,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.799
 of evil.

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.099
 It is through,

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.839
 this craving,

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.559
 that some,

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.279
 have wandered,

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.559
 away from the faith,

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.940
 and have pierced,

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.440
 themselves,

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.420
 with many pangs.

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:04.980
 So,

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.519
 be careful,

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.319
 it can take hold,

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.079
 of you quickly.

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.480
 Money,

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.079
 can be,

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.039
 an ends,

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.599
 a means,

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.180
 the root,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.440
 right,

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.240
 to get,

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.119
 a lot of things,

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.920
 that we don't need,

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.619
 things that are bad,

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.099
 for us,

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.559
 things that are just,

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.779
 going to weigh us down.

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.539
 So,

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.240
 be careful,

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:23.119
 I'll,

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.019
 I'll say this too,

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.400
 it is totally okay,

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.240
 totally alright,

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.920
 for you to make,

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.880
 a six digit income.

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.799
 I need you,

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.420
 I'm a pastor,

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.259
 we don't make any money,

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.940
 so I'm kind of,

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.299
 I'm kind of freed,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.819
 from this.

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.059
 It's totally okay,

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.619
 for you to make,

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.599
 a six digit income,

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.859
 but I would argue,

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.420
 strongly,

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.299
 you cannot live,

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.380
 a six digit lifestyle.

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.960
 Cannot.

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.819
 And,

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.579
 and that's how,

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.819
 our culture thinks.

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.799
 But,

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:55.319
 it is a diminishing return.

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.980
 Jesus says,

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.799
 stop thinking,

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.620
 that just mere,

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:00.440
 accumulation of money,

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.259
 material junk,

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.319
 is going to satisfy you.

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.799
 It's not.

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.539
 Don't spend,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.799
 all your money on toys,

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.880
 and just make your life,

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.579
 more fun.

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.420
 More funner.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.099
 For emphasis.

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.059
 I know,

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:14.239
 I know,

00:34:14.319 --> 00:34:14.739
 that's incorrect,

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.219
 I know.

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.500
 But,

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.159
 you'll remember it,

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.539
 maybe.

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.099
 Don't just spend,

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.799
 spend,

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.199
 spend,

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:22.659
 just to acquire more toys,

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.980
 just to make life,

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.519
 more fun.

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.579
 Not the goal.

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.960
 Some of you,

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.759
 have experienced,

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.659
 like the deep,

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.519
 seriously rooted,

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.099
 joy,

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.799
 and pleasure,

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.179
 that comes,

00:34:34.259 --> 00:34:35.239
 from knowing Christ,

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.920
 and serving Christ.

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.579
 You would never,

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.219
 trade that,

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.480
 for just silly amusement,

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.340
 at all.

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.800
 Right?

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.940
 And,

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.699
 earthly treasure,

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.000
 just never delivers,

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.699
 what it promises.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.940
 Okay?

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.340
 So,

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.500
 particularly,

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.019
 if you're,

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.099
 you're a younger audience,

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.139
 like listening to this,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.659
 girls who hope,

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.659
 to be married one day,

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.740
 think,

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.639
 about your wedding.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.980
 Example,

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.440
 there is,

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.240
 I think,

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.639
 scripture,

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.139
 history,

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.860
 and statistics,

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:04.460
 and life experience,

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.960
 reveal there is,

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.280
 absolutely no,

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.980
 positive correlation,

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.400
 between,

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.320
 between having things,

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.079
 and being joyful.

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.880
 None.

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.880
 You can't find it.

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.659
 And,

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.199
 most people,

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.539
 who,

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:20.240
 who seek those things,

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.980
 all it actually does,

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.800
 is bring more stress,

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.420
 more tension,

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.860
 or every other thing,

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.460
 more debt.

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.300
 That's like,

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.280
 what it brings.

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.740
 It never gives,

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.380
 what it promises.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.360
 Scripture calls this,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.099
 Jeremiah says,

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:34.519
 it is a broken cistern,

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.619
 that cannot hold,

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.159
 water.

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.980
 You're pouring stuff in,

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.760
 and it's coming right out.

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.119
 So,

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.320
 be careful,

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.940
 it doesn't give,

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.519
 what it promises.

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.360
 A second reason,

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.760
 kind of,

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.619
 underneath this,

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.460
 is kind of going on,

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.219
 is,

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.099
 it's foolish,

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:51.019
 to store up treasures,

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.119
 on earth,

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.219
 and where,

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.880
 it won't last.

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.559
 It's foolish,

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.659
 and it's damning.

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.940
 Jesus is making it,

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.599
 crystal clear,

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.099
 that wealth,

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.000
 and possessions are,

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.780
 they're just,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.139
 they can,

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.019
 they can be,

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.099
 stumbling blocks.

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:06.019
 They can be,

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.860
 stumbling blocks.

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.440
 The rich,

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.039
 young ruler,

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.279
 we know,

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.059
 that was something,

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.719
 that he could not,

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.219
 overcome.

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.019
 Why?

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.099
 Because the rich man,

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.880
 is too tempted,

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.960
 to focus on the gift,

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.579
 and not the giver.

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:19.980
 He's,

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.679
 he's tempted,

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:22.059
 to think that his security,

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.539
 and his well-being,

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.920
 comes from what he has,

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.219
 and not from the living God.

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.679
 We're all tempted,

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.519
 to feel that way.

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.839
 Turn to the gospel of Luke.

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:37.619
 chapter 12.

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.099
 You hate me yet?

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.659
 Don't hate me.

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.619
 Luke 12.

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.519
 And listen to the story,

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.380
 that Jesus tells.

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.139
 Luke 12,

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:59.539
 starting in verse 13.

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.059
 Someone in the crowd,

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.539
 said to him,

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:02.960
 Teacher,

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:05.019
 tell my brother,

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.260
 to divide the inheritance,

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.820
 with me.

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.019
 Stop there.

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.480
 So,

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:10.019
 this man more than likely,

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.980
 didn't have a lot of money,

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.860
 and that's why he wants it.

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.039
 So,

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.099
 you don't have to be rich,

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.900
 to be selfish.

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.240
 Some of the,

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:16.599
 most selfish people you can find,

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.780
 are people who are very poor too.

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.539
 So,

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.340
 it doesn't really matter,

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.820
 about,

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.039
 whether you have,

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.740
 or you don't have,

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.639
 to be this way.

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.599
 Teacher,

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:23.960
 tell you,

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.079
 tell my brother,

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:26.179
 to divide the inheritance,

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.720
 with me.

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.059
 But he said to him,

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.340
 man,

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:33.299
 who made me,

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:34.019
 a judge,

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.820
 or arbitrator,

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.340
 over you?

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.840
 And he said to them,

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.719
 take care,

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:40.539
 and be on your guard,

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:42.880
 against all covetousness.

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:45.259
 Underline this in your Bible,

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.199
 for one's life,

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:47.000
 does not,

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.360
 consist in the abundance,

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.279
 of his possessions.

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.360
 And he told them,

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.259
 a parable saying,

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:54.539
 the land of a rich man,

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.559
 produced plentifully.

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:58.039
 And he thought to himself,

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.719
 what shall I do?

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.539
 For I have nowhere,

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.759
 to store my crops.

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.519
 And he said,

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.119
 I'll do this,

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:05.420
 I'll tear down my barns,

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.519
 and build larger ones,

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:08.420
 and there I will store,

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.259
 all my grain,

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.980
 and my goods.

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.799
 And I will say to my soul,

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.340
 soul,

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:15.480
 you have ample goods,

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.559
 laid up for many years,

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.219
 relax,

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.900
 eat,

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.840
 drink,

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.880
 and be merry.

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.079
 Stop there.

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.500
 That is,

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.299
 that is America,

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.739
 to the T.

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.860
 How could he know that,

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.099
 2,000 years ago,

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:34.480
 that we would be looking at this like,

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:34.860
 uh-huh,

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.559
 that's us.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.360
 That's what we,

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.559
 that's what we preach to ourselves.

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.659
 So,

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:41.019
 what he's done at that point,

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:43.460
 go on to verse 20.

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:46.519
 But God said to him,

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.579
 fool,

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:51.980
 this night your soul is required of you,

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.259
 and the things you have prepared,

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:56.600
 whose will they be?

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.180
 So it is,

00:38:59.240 --> 00:39:00.640
 with the one who lays up treasure,

00:39:01.040 --> 00:39:02.000
 for himself,

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:03.340
 and is not rich,

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.240
 toward God.

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:06.720
 This man didn't recognize,

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.300
 that his wealth came from God,

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.860
 first off,

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.700
 and then he used it,

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.440
 on himself,

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:14.179
 rather than,

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.400
 to serve others,

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.400
 and to store up treasures,

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.539
 in heaven,

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.559
 which is the way,

00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.360
 storing up,

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.720
 being rich toward God.

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:22.920
 Okay.

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:29.420
 Look at Luke 18,

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.019
 just quickly,

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.679
 just flip over,

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.840
 and I have to,

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.220
 while we're here,

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.039
 this is kind of off script,

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.360
 but,

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:41.699
 verse 18,

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.659
 chapter 18,

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.360
 verse 18,

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.779
 this is that,

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.559
 story we,

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.619
 I mentioned a minute ago,

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:49.039
 it says,

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.800
 the ruler asked him,

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.300
 good teacher,

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.039
 what must I do,

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.259
 to inherit eternal life,

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.779
 and Jesus said to him,

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.960
 why do you call me good,

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.460
 no one is good,

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.279
 except God alone,

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.880
 you know the commandments,

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.360
 do not commit adultery,

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.079
 do not murder,

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.079
 do not steal,

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.079
 do not bear false witness,

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.860
 honor your father and mother,

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:07.519
 and he said,

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.400
 all these I've kept,

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.099
 from my youth,

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:11.400
 when Jesus heard this,

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.099
 he said to him,

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:14.460
 one thing you lack,

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.840
 sell all that you have,

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:18.019
 and distribute to the poor,

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:19.240
 and you will have treasure,

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.720
 in heaven,

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.440
 and come follow me,

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.180
 so what is Jesus doing there,

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.539
 he's not,

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.700
 he's not studying,

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.000
 a works based salvation,

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.460
 where,

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.539
 this man is going to be saved,

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.579
 based on what he does,

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.900
 but he hit this man,

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.700
 right where he knew,

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.260
 it would hurt him,

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:37.320
 he couldn't do it,

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.320
 he touched his wealth,

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.680
 made him uncomfortable,

00:40:40.020 --> 00:40:40.800
 and he walks away,

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.280
 watch this,

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.920
 but when he heard these things,

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.480
 he became very sad,

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.820
 for he was extremely rich,

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.260
 Jesus,

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:50.020
 seeing that he had become sad,

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.400
 said,

00:40:50.800 --> 00:40:51.920
 how difficult it is,

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:53.060
 for those who have wealth,

00:40:53.120 --> 00:40:54.440
 to enter the kingdom of God,

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.440
 for it is easier,

00:40:56.540 --> 00:40:57.120
 for a camel,

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:58.360
 to go through the eye of a needle,

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.380
 than for a rich person,

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:01.060
 to enter the kingdom of God,

00:41:01.540 --> 00:41:03.680
 those who heard this,

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.659
 remember their thinking,

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.759
 if someone is rich,

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.960
 it meant blessing,

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:08.399
 it meant that God is cool,

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.179
 with what they're doing,

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.699
 look at it,

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.679
 he's blessing them,

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:12.099
 so they saw this,

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.099
 and they're shocked,

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:15.059
 and they said to him,

00:41:15.899 --> 00:41:18.500
 then who can be saved,

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.659
 if these guys can't,

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:19.859
 right,

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.339
 but he said,

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.319
 what is impossible,

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.159
 with man,

00:41:23.379 --> 00:41:24.279
 is possible,

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.379
 with God,

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.199
 Peter said,

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:27.440
 see,

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:29.139
 we've left our homes,

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.940
 and have followed you,

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:33.579
 and he said to him,

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.119
 here it is,

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.380
 truly I say to you,

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:37.500
 there is no one,

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.860
 who has left house,

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.440
 or wife,

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.880
 brothers,

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.579
 or parents,

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.179
 or children,

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.820
 for the sake,

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.780
 of the kingdom of God,

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.539
 who will not receive,

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.740
 many times more,

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.720
 in this life,

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.599
 and in the age to come,

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.659
 eternal life,

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.740
 he's saying,

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.619
 you think,

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.579
 that you've sacrificed,

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:56.119
 something here,

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.860
 you haven't,

00:41:57.860 --> 00:42:00.000
 because in the life to come,

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.640
 you're going to see,

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.880
 how awesome this is,

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.599
 I'm going to give you back,

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.620
 more and more,

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:07.059
 and more,

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.680
 for what you think,

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.900
 that this was a sacrifice,

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.519
 Jesus himself,

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:12.160
 makes up,

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:12.860
 for what we think,

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.599
 we sacrifice,

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.900
 and he's so much better,

00:42:17.720 --> 00:42:18.420
 so there's a,

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.740
 I mean,

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.400
 just a picture,

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.240
 you see how much,

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:20.840
 is in here,

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.820
 about that kind of stuff,

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.960
 the man had not,

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.920
 keeping all the commandments,

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.260
 he had idols,

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.980
 in his heart,

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.219
 he loved his wealth,

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:30.000
 more than God,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:33.340
 if you want to turn here,

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:33.740
 you can,

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.679
 this was something that,

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:36.400
 is out of,

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:38.539
 Randy Alcorn's book,

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.820
 but he,

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.940
 if you could ask,

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.320
 a very,

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.659
 very rich man today,

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.699
 teach me,

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.960
 some things you've learned,

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.440
 about this,

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.860
 probably,

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.880
 we don't know for certain,

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.800
 but probably,

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.639
 Solomon wrote,

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.380
 Ecclesiastes,

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.380
 more than likely,

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.920
 but in Ecclesiastes 5,

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.579
 he's talking about,

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.860
 the wealth of money,

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.819
 the wealth of,

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:00.659
 having,

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.659
 stuff,

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.019
 and,

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.279
 Randy Alcorn,

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:05.239
 like paraphrases,

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.940
 each little,

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.719
 thing that he says,

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:08.259
 this is,

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.900
 Ecclesiastes 5,

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.460
 verse 10,

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.279
 if you want to look there,

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.900
 verses 10 through 15,

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.199
 but,

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:15.559
 here's what it says,

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.340
 Solomon says,

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.699
 maybe,

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.279
 again,

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:20.099
 whoever loves money,

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.360
 never has enough,

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:23.639
 and this is Alcorn,

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.359
 the more you have,

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.119
 the more you want,

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.759
 also in verse 10,

00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:31.799
 whoever loves wealth,

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:33.099
 is never satisfied,

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:34.079
 with his income,

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:37.920
 the more you have,

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:39.079
 the less you're satisfied,

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:42.839
 as goods increase,

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.679
 so do those,

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.639
 who consume them,

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.239
 verse 11,

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:48.259
 the more you have,

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:49.079
 the more people,

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:50.019
 including the government,

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.940
 will come after it,

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:54.960
 verse 11,

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.820
 and what benefit,

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.320
 are they,

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.119
 to the owner,

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:59.079
 except to feast,

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:00.079
 his eyes on them,

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:03.800
 the more you have,

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:04.659
 the more you realize,

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:05.420
 it doesn't meet,

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.320
 your real needs,

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.960
 verse 12,

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:11.280
 the sleep,

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.420
 of a laborer,

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:13.199
 is sweet,

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.000
 whether he eats,

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.880
 little or much,

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.619
 so true,

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.880
 but the abundance,

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.139
 of the rich man,

00:44:20.759 --> 00:44:21.460
 permits him,

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.380
 no sleep,

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:25.339
 the more you have,

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.880
 the more you worry about,

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:30.859
 it goes on,

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:32.019
 verse 13,

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:34.039
 I've seen a grievous evil,

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.859
 under the sun,

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.940
 wealth hoarded up,

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.579
 to harm,

00:44:36.819 --> 00:44:37.420
 its owner,

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.880
 the more you have,

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.400
 the more,

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:42.039
 you can hurt yourself,

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:43.239
 by holding on to it,

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:46.899
 and the last part of it,

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.879
 our wealth,

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:49.959
 lost through some misfortune,

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.919
 the more you have,

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:53.039
 the more you have to lose,

00:44:53.919 --> 00:44:55.319
 and then,

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.319
 verse 15,

00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:00.339
 naked a man comes,

00:45:00.419 --> 00:45:01.299
 from his mother's womb,

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:02.259
 maybe Paul was thinking,

00:45:02.459 --> 00:45:02.799
 about that,

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:05.159
 and as he comes,

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:06.099
 so he departs,

00:45:06.459 --> 00:45:07.319
 he takes nothing,

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:08.139
 from his labor,

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:09.619
 that he can carry,

00:45:09.759 --> 00:45:10.299
 in his hand,

00:45:10.439 --> 00:45:11.519
 the more you have,

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.699
 the more you leave behind,

00:45:13.899 --> 00:45:14.559
 very simple,

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:18.319
 this brings us,

00:45:18.359 --> 00:45:19.159
 to our last point,

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.819
 if that's not enough,

00:45:19.859 --> 00:45:20.519
 argument for you,

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.939
 to not seek,

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:23.019
 to store treasures,

00:45:23.159 --> 00:45:23.859
 on this earth,

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:26.039
 let's get into the next part of it,

00:45:26.279 --> 00:45:26.879
 moving on,

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.379
 set your heart,

00:45:28.379 --> 00:45:30.000
 on things that will last forever,

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.759
 that's point three,

00:45:31.359 --> 00:45:32.159
 set your heart,

00:45:32.339 --> 00:45:33.859
 on things that will last forever,

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.579
 verse 20,

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:36.659
 back in Matthew,

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:38.019
 lay up for yourselves,

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:39.319
 treasures in heaven,

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.839
 where neither moth,

00:45:40.919 --> 00:45:41.799
 nor rust destroys,

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.539
 and where thieves,

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.639
 do not break in and steal,

00:45:44.759 --> 00:45:45.920
 heavenly treasure,

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.360
 does last forever,

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.219
 it won't rot,

00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:50.139
 it won't fade,

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:52.199
 and we can make,

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:53.400
 spiritual deposits,

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:54.219
 in this life,

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:55.500
 going into the next life,

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:57.079
 Paul tells us,

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:58.300
 to seek the things,

00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:59.259
 that are above,

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.579
 something that,

00:46:02.279 --> 00:46:03.420
 I hope happens,

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.079
 more and more,

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:06.840
 in our marriage,

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:08.880
 and possibly,

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.179
 if we,

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:10.380
 Lord willing,

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:10.800
 one day,

00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:10.800


00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.680
 have children,

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.880
 that we would teach them,

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:14.420
 to view all things,

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:14.940
 through life,

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.200
 through an eternal perspective,

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.039
 like you have to,

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.519
 to filter things,

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.000
 through that,

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.700
 if you know,

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:21.039
 where things are going,

00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:21.599
 you can,

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:23.039
 aim all things,

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.640
 at that,

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:25.940
 to seek the things,

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.480
 that are above,

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.300
 where Christ is,

00:46:27.380 --> 00:46:28.180
 set your minds,

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:28.840
 on things,

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.420
 that are above,

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:29.880
 not,

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:31.320
 on things,

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:32.079
 of the earth,

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:32.119
 faith,

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:34.259
 so,

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:34.960
 a very,

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.659
 easy,

00:46:35.819 --> 00:46:36.480
 practical way,

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.199
 to do this,

00:46:37.279 --> 00:46:37.559
 is,

00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:38.920
 I think Jesus,

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.860
 gives us the answer,

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.619
 in another,

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:41.840
 you know,

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.940
 in the synoptic gospel,

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.500
 of Luke 12,

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:45.059
 where he's kind of,

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:46.400
 referring to the same thing,

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:48.019
 Luke 12,

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:49.299
 verse 33 and 34,

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.840
 he says this,

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:51.599
 sell your,

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:52.960
 possessions,

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:54.019
 give to the needy,

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.799
 provide yourselves,

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.659
 with money bags,

00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:57.860
 that do not grow old,

00:46:58.759 --> 00:46:59.679
 with a treasure,

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.480
 in heaven,

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.559
 that does not fail,

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.199
 where no thief,

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:03.679
 approaches,

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:05.000
 and no moth destroys,

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:06.279
 for your treasure is,

00:47:06.299 --> 00:47:06.739
 that your heart,

00:47:06.779 --> 00:47:07.360
 will be also,

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.239
 isn't it interesting,

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.920
 that the main,

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:10.779
 the main remedy,

00:47:11.259 --> 00:47:13.019
 for hoarding,

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:15.239
 and holding on,

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:15.739
 to your money,

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:16.739
 is to give it away,

00:47:18.279 --> 00:47:19.019
 the remedy,

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.659
 of hoarding,

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:20.139
 is giving,

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:22.360
 scripture teaches,

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.619
 he who is generous,

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:24.460
 will be blessed,

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.279
 in Acts 20,

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:27.119
 it is more blessed,

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:27.900
 to give,

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:29.059
 than to receive,

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.940
 and all of us know,

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:30.400
 this is true,

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.400
 we all know it's true,

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:33.779
 and,

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.940
 again,

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:36.179
 with the eternal perspective,

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:36.920
 one of the greatest,

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.880
 deterrents of us,

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:39.239
 giving in this life,

00:47:39.299 --> 00:47:39.960
 at least for me,

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:40.920
 is I,

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:42.099
 I very easily forget,

00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:42.920
 that I think,

00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:44.299
 this world is my home,

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:46.059
 and so that's why,

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.159
 I'm focusing so much,

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:48.320
 I'm having a good time here,

00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:50.559
 accumulating things here,

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:51.900
 because I've lost sight,

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:53.779
 of the bigger picture,

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:55.719
 so where we choose,

00:47:55.779 --> 00:47:56.239
 to store up,

00:47:56.739 --> 00:47:57.480
 our treasures,

00:47:57.679 --> 00:47:58.519
 largely depends,

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.119
 and where we see,

00:47:59.119 --> 00:47:59.699
 our home,

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:02.360
 the Christian,

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:04.759
 to the believer,

00:48:04.940 --> 00:48:05.739
 to the child of God,

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:07.800
 is only heaven,

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.420
 that's it,

00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:10.500
 scripture says,

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:11.719
 that we are pilgrims,

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.079
 strangers,

00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:13.980
 and aliens,

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.579
 on the earth,

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:15.860
 do you feel like,

00:48:15.900 --> 00:48:16.360
 a pilgrim,

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:16.980
 or a settler,

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.820
 that's right,

00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:20.639
 out of Hebrews 11,

00:48:21.739 --> 00:48:22.719
 we're ambassadors,

00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:23.440
 representing,

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:24.239
 our true,

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.099
 country,

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:27.339
 second Corinthians five,

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:28.719
 our citizenship,

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.519
 is in heaven,

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.619
 Philippians three twenty,

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.480
 we are citizens,

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.799
 of a better country,

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.900
 and a heavenly one,

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:36.259
 Hebrews 11,

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:36.739
 sixteen,

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:38.759
 and here's,

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:39.500
 why I wanted to read,

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:40.179
 a little tiny,

00:48:40.279 --> 00:48:40.699
 tiny part,

00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:41.199
 out of this,

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:44.619
 we're all here,

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:45.659
 on short term visas,

00:48:45.799 --> 00:48:46.559
 that are going to expire,

00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:47.279
 and the problem is,

00:48:47.299 --> 00:48:47.719
 you don't know,

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:48.460
 when it's going to expire,

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.739
 this is something,

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:52.679
 that Alcorn says,

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:53.920
 when we choose,

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.819
 to store up treasures,

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.700
 depends largely,

00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:56.539
 on what we think about,

00:48:57.120 --> 00:48:58.000
 we think is our home,

00:48:58.980 --> 00:48:59.960
 suppose your home,

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:00.740
 is in France,

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:02.700
 and you're visiting America,

00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:03.740
 for a few months,

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.460
 living in a hotel,

00:49:06.600 --> 00:49:07.100
 you're told,

00:49:07.240 --> 00:49:07.960
 that you can't bring,

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:08.720
 anything back,

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.260
 to France,

00:49:09.340 --> 00:49:10.180
 on your flight home,

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:12.280
 but you can earn money,

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:13.519
 and make mail deposits,

00:49:13.680 --> 00:49:14.240
 to your bank,

00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:14.800
 in France,

00:49:15.600 --> 00:49:18.100
 would you fill,

00:49:18.220 --> 00:49:19.080
 your hotel room,

00:49:19.200 --> 00:49:20.500
 with expensive furnishings,

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:21.260
 and wall hangings,

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.600
 of course not,

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:24.559
 you send your money,

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:25.900
 where your home is,

00:49:26.140 --> 00:49:28.180
 you would only spend,

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:28.860
 what you needed,

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:30.180
 on temporary residence,

00:49:30.680 --> 00:49:32.260
 sending your treasures ahead,

00:49:32.740 --> 00:49:34.100
 so that they'd be waiting for you,

00:49:34.140 --> 00:49:34.780
 when you got home,

00:49:35.720 --> 00:49:36.700
 that's the principle,

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:39.100
 think about that,

00:49:39.140 --> 00:49:39.980
 it'd be foolish right,

00:49:40.600 --> 00:49:40.960
 to just,

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.140
 I live a very low profile,

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:44.240
 and send it all right,

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:45.039
 just go on,

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:46.620
 send it all home,

00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:49.519
 don't spend too much time,

00:49:49.620 --> 00:49:50.380
 money on energy,

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:51.780
 on in the hotel room,

00:49:52.660 --> 00:49:53.380
 send it ahead,

00:49:55.539 --> 00:49:55.900
 all right,

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:56.220
 so,

00:49:56.940 --> 00:49:57.599
 in conclusion,

00:49:59.019 --> 00:49:59.660
 instead of giving you,

00:49:59.700 --> 00:50:00.340
 a bunch of laws,

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:01.119
 because I don't have any,

00:50:01.180 --> 00:50:02.200
 I'm just giving you principles,

00:50:03.700 --> 00:50:06.119
 the story of two men,

00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:08.140
 in Cairo,

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:08.880
 Egypt,

00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:10.960
 there is a,

00:50:11.240 --> 00:50:12.079
 exhibit,

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:13.320
 at the Egyptian,

00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:14.340
 National Museum,

00:50:14.559 --> 00:50:15.160
 which I would love,

00:50:15.220 --> 00:50:16.000
 to go see one day,

00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:18.360
 of King Tut,

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:19.900
 known as the boy king,

00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:22.500
 who died at age 17,

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.480
 long time ago,

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:27.079
 about 3,000 years,

00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:31.000
 buried with a solid gold chariots,

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:33.380
 thousands of golden artifacts,

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:34.980
 his burial site,

00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:36.019
 was filled with gold,

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:37.119
 and his tomb was like,

00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:38.480
 encased in gold,

00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:38.920
 and gold,

00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:39.300
 and gold,

00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:40.780
 just like so much gold,

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:42.579
 and valuable treasures,

00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:43.639
 all around him,

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:45.559
 the ancient Egyptians,

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.119
 believed,

00:50:46.279 --> 00:50:46.880
 that you could take,

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.920
 that stuff with you,

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.699
 when you left,

00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.960
 a lot of cultures,

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:50.559
 believed that,

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:51.679
 you could take,

00:50:51.779 --> 00:50:52.480
 your earthly treasures,

00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:53.000
 with you,

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:54.000
 when you died,

00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:55.880
 but,

00:50:56.039 --> 00:50:56.779
 all the treasures,

00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:57.519
 that were in store,

00:50:57.659 --> 00:50:59.440
 for King Tut's,

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:00.440
 eternal enjoyment,

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:01.199
 sat there,

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.659
 for 3,000 years,

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:05.920
 until archaeologist,

00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:07.579
 Howard Carter,

00:51:07.679 --> 00:51:08.279
 discovered them,

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:09.019
 in a burial chamber,

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.679
 in 1922,

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:12.179
 untouched,

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:13.199
 for 3,000 years,

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:15.340
 so if you walk,

00:51:15.559 --> 00:51:16.639
 on the other side,

00:51:16.639 --> 00:51:16.900
 of this,

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:17.460
 if you walk,

00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:19.139
 down in Cairo,

00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:20.960
 a little dusty street,

00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:22.299
 middle of nowhere,

00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:24.559
 in the city,

00:51:25.340 --> 00:51:26.299
 there's a little,

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:26.980
 tiny,

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:27.840
 tiny graveyard,

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:29.299
 of American missionaries,

00:51:30.259 --> 00:51:30.840
 tiny little,

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.880
 insignificant graveyard,

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:33.159
 of American missionaries,

00:51:33.759 --> 00:51:34.599
 and one tombstone,

00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:34.920
 reads,

00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:36.139
 William Borden,

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:37.860
 1887,

00:51:38.199 --> 00:51:39.239
 to 1913,

00:51:39.239 --> 00:51:41.519
 Borden,

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:41.539
 Borden,

00:51:41.639 --> 00:51:42.179
 was,

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:42.919
 an heir,

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:44.079
 to great wealth,

00:51:44.799 --> 00:51:45.819
 he rejected,

00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:47.179
 the privileged lifestyle,

00:51:47.419 --> 00:51:48.299
 that his family,

00:51:48.419 --> 00:51:49.059
 was trying to,

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.359
 to put on him,

00:51:50.419 --> 00:51:51.419
 and he left it all,

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:52.279
 to share Christ,

00:51:52.359 --> 00:51:53.000
 with Muslims,

00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:54.819
 Borden,

00:51:54.959 --> 00:51:55.419
 gave away,

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.799
 hundreds of thousands,

00:51:56.799 --> 00:51:57.399
 of dollars,

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:57.979
 to missions,

00:51:58.979 --> 00:51:59.699
 and after only,

00:51:59.799 --> 00:52:00.299
 four months,

00:52:00.339 --> 00:52:01.259
 after he only got there,

00:52:01.299 --> 00:52:01.959
 for four months,

00:52:02.459 --> 00:52:03.259
 in Egypt,

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:04.840
 he contracted,

00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:06.060
 spinal meningitis,

00:52:06.200 --> 00:52:06.520
 and died,

00:52:06.640 --> 00:52:07.420
 age 25,

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:08.980
 some of you are,

00:52:09.060 --> 00:52:10.440
 are young,

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:11.340
 like that in this room,

00:52:12.820 --> 00:52:13.720
 and the epitaph,

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:15.120
 on Borden's tombstone,

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.340
 talks about,

00:52:17.120 --> 00:52:18.300
 his love for Christ,

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:19.020
 and his love,

00:52:19.120 --> 00:52:20.160
 for the Muslim people,

00:52:21.220 --> 00:52:22.020
 and this is what it says,

00:52:22.120 --> 00:52:22.500
 on his tomb,

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:24.000
 on his tombstone,

00:52:25.400 --> 00:52:25.960
 apart,

00:52:26.620 --> 00:52:27.960
 from faith in Christ,

00:52:28.580 --> 00:52:29.540
 there's no other,

00:52:29.540 --> 00:52:30.060
 explanation,

00:52:30.240 --> 00:52:30.920
 for such a life,

00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:34.220
 apart,

00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:35.240
 from faith in Christ,

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:36.500
 there is no explanation,

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:37.840
 for such a life,

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:40.619
 so the King Tut exhibit,

00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:42.260
 at the museum,

00:52:42.420 --> 00:52:44.300
 stands in sharp contrast,

00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:46.039
 to the humble grave,

00:52:46.099 --> 00:52:47.059
 of a brother of ours,

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:47.720
 William Borden,

00:52:48.659 --> 00:52:49.800
 yet where is Tut now,

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:51.980
 more than likely,

00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:53.119
 he's in eternal agony,

00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:54.559
 separated from the living God,

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.320
 while Borden,

00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:57.460
 is enjoying,

00:52:58.460 --> 00:52:59.519
 treasure in heaven,

00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.519
 in the presence of,

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:01.480
 God forever,

00:53:03.599 --> 00:53:04.239
 I'm going to give you a,

00:53:05.239 --> 00:53:05.619
 I'm aware,

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:06.280
 I'm watching,

00:53:07.460 --> 00:53:10.539
 it's better to give you,

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:11.400
 pictures of this,

00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:12.119
 than for me to tell you,

00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:12.579
 what to do,

00:53:13.719 --> 00:53:16.019
 go back and look at,

00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:17.259
 a singer in the 90's,

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:17.960
 Rich Mullins,

00:53:18.759 --> 00:53:20.000
 our God is an awesome God,

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:20.719
 that guy,

00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:23.219
 passed away,

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:24.199
 died in a plane crash,

00:53:24.239 --> 00:53:25.480
 like all good musicians do,

00:53:26.759 --> 00:53:29.219
 he would not mind,

00:53:29.219 --> 00:53:31.500
 but Mullins,

00:53:31.559 --> 00:53:32.459
 could have been,

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:33.739
 a multi-millionaire,

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:35.239
 with all the songs,

00:53:35.279 --> 00:53:35.619
 that he wrote,

00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:36.119
 and all the music,

00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:36.819
 that he produced,

00:53:37.939 --> 00:53:39.739
 but he was aware,

00:53:39.859 --> 00:53:40.139
 of the stuff,

00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:41.019
 that we're talking about,

00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:42.480
 and,

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:44.079
 so what he did,

00:53:44.139 --> 00:53:44.859
 was he basically,

00:53:44.939 --> 00:53:45.299
 looked at,

00:53:45.379 --> 00:53:46.239
 what is the average,

00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:46.939
 mean,

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.899
 like what is the American,

00:53:47.939 --> 00:53:49.079
 making like the average,

00:53:49.619 --> 00:53:50.259
 lifestyle,

00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:50.699
 like,

00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:51.419
 you know,

00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:51.939
 mean,

00:53:51.940 --> 00:53:52.940
 information,

00:53:53.099 --> 00:53:53.800
 and that's what,

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:54.420
 he aimed it at,

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:55.780
 and he,

00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:57.179
 all the rest of the money,

00:53:57.240 --> 00:53:57.860
 that he made,

00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:59.220
 it just went out,

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:00.659
 he had,

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:02.760
 some people working for him,

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:02.940
 and,

00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:04.619
 all the money would come in,

00:54:04.780 --> 00:54:05.500
 and what would happen,

00:54:05.579 --> 00:54:05.920
 is it would be,

00:54:06.280 --> 00:54:06.940
 distributed,

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:07.619
 out,

00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:08.639
 to,

00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:09.539
 ministries,

00:54:09.679 --> 00:54:09.960
 churches,

00:54:10.200 --> 00:54:10.780
 missionaries,

00:54:11.780 --> 00:54:13.220
 that needed funding,

00:54:14.179 --> 00:54:15.039
 and that's where it went,

00:54:15.079 --> 00:54:15.960
 every time it came in,

00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:17.579
 and one time,

00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:18.559
 you know,

00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:19.000
 I think his,

00:54:19.380 --> 00:54:20.079
 his secretary,

00:54:20.220 --> 00:54:21.079
 looked at the total,

00:54:21.079 --> 00:54:21.539
 and she was like,

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:22.739
 gosh,

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:23.759
 she said,

00:54:23.799 --> 00:54:24.599
 do you want to know,

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:26.139
 how much it is,

00:54:26.159 --> 00:54:26.500
 and he just,

00:54:27.319 --> 00:54:28.239
 said no,

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:28.880
 like,

00:54:29.299 --> 00:54:30.259
 don't show me,

00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:31.460
 like I'm sending it out,

00:54:32.099 --> 00:54:32.940
 and I want to store up,

00:54:32.940 --> 00:54:33.299
 treasures,

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:34.679
 in heaven,

00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:39.019
 apart from faith in Christ,

00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:40.239
 there's no other explanation,

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:41.000
 for such a life,

00:54:41.779 --> 00:54:42.699
 it doesn't make sense,

00:54:44.799 --> 00:54:45.940
 a friend of mine,

00:54:46.159 --> 00:54:47.139
 lives up in,

00:54:47.980 --> 00:54:48.480
 Hiawassee,

00:54:50.019 --> 00:54:50.380
 he's,

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:52.760
 one of my,

00:54:52.820 --> 00:54:53.460
 really good friends,

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:54.599
 I wish I got to talk to him more,

00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:56.099
 he's a dentist,

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:56.980
 he makes,

00:54:57.480 --> 00:54:58.380
 pretty good money,

00:54:59.660 --> 00:55:00.519
 I went to North Georgia,

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:01.260
 a long time ago,

00:55:01.340 --> 00:55:02.079
 he was a Sigma Chi,

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:04.300
 and he was in the core,

00:55:04.640 --> 00:55:05.480
 and his wife was a,

00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:06.380
 Kappa Delta,

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:06.840
 I think,

00:55:07.800 --> 00:55:08.019
 long,

00:55:08.220 --> 00:55:08.380
 you know,

00:55:08.420 --> 00:55:09.599
 he's back in the 90's,

00:55:09.640 --> 00:55:09.840
 I think,

00:55:09.860 --> 00:55:10.500
 when they were in school,

00:55:11.220 --> 00:55:11.559
 but,

00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:12.160
 I,

00:55:12.260 --> 00:55:13.099
 when I first met him,

00:55:13.420 --> 00:55:14.420
 he was very much,

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:15.800
 into,

00:55:17.000 --> 00:55:17.220
 you know,

00:55:17.260 --> 00:55:17.360
 well,

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:18.119
 God's blessed me,

00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:18.440
 so,

00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:19.359
 I'm gonna,

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:20.019
 you know,

00:55:20.039 --> 00:55:20.559
 I'm gonna give,

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:21.679
 but I'm also gonna have,

00:55:21.779 --> 00:55:22.859
 a lot of stuff here too,

00:55:23.339 --> 00:55:23.859
 so he had,

00:55:23.980 --> 00:55:24.679
 a lot of different,

00:55:25.480 --> 00:55:26.940
 he had,

00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:27.960
 he had one home,

00:55:28.019 --> 00:55:28.639
 and he had,

00:55:28.719 --> 00:55:29.480
 a place in the lake,

00:55:29.619 --> 00:55:30.219
 and he had,

00:55:30.980 --> 00:55:31.579
 tons of,

00:55:31.639 --> 00:55:31.799
 you know,

00:55:31.839 --> 00:55:32.859
 other nice stuff,

00:55:32.860 --> 00:55:34.700
 including a lot of expensive vehicles,

00:55:35.660 --> 00:55:36.019
 and,

00:55:37.180 --> 00:55:38.800
 we were talking about it,

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:39.160
 and he's,

00:55:39.220 --> 00:55:40.620
 he's really good at managing money,

00:55:41.240 --> 00:55:42.160
 and he was trying to help me,

00:55:42.200 --> 00:55:43.320
 because I didn't have a penny in my name,

00:55:44.740 --> 00:55:45.059
 and,

00:55:45.140 --> 00:55:47.000
 but he was,

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:48.220
 he was just very much focused on,

00:55:48.300 --> 00:55:48.760
 more or less,

00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:49.500
 like the American,

00:55:49.720 --> 00:55:50.820
 capitalistic mentality,

00:55:50.820 --> 00:55:51.660
 of making money,

00:55:51.820 --> 00:55:51.940
 and,

00:55:52.579 --> 00:55:53.880
 enjoying pleasure here,

00:55:54.720 --> 00:55:57.420
 but I knew this man loved Jesus,

00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:57.640
 like,

00:55:57.660 --> 00:55:59.099
 I know this man belonged to Jesus,

00:55:59.180 --> 00:56:00.099
 I just think he'd been taught,

00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:01.019
 wrong,

00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:01.700
 to a degree,

00:56:01.699 --> 00:56:03.679
 and what I did was,

00:56:03.839 --> 00:56:04.500
 one day I was like,

00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:06.099
 hey man,

00:56:06.359 --> 00:56:07.099
 read this book,

00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:10.339
 and,

00:56:10.460 --> 00:56:14.939
 Jason,

00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:15.719
 if you ever listen to this,

00:56:15.759 --> 00:56:16.619
 I'm talking about the treasure principle,

00:56:17.199 --> 00:56:17.819
 not the Bible,

00:56:18.659 --> 00:56:19.139
 and,

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.679
 I don't know,

00:56:20.679 --> 00:56:22.000
 but within the year,

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:23.759
 those of you,

00:56:24.480 --> 00:56:24.659
 I don't know,

00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:25.539
 a couple of you probably know him,

00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:26.219
 he's really like,

00:56:26.679 --> 00:56:27.579
 like in your face,

00:56:27.639 --> 00:56:28.000
 like yeah,

00:56:28.259 --> 00:56:29.119
 like kind of guy,

00:56:29.739 --> 00:56:29.960
 he's like,

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:30.159
 man,

00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:31.539
 that book rocked my world,

00:56:31.699 --> 00:56:32.980
 and,

00:56:33.079 --> 00:56:35.019
 here's what happened,

00:56:35.919 --> 00:56:37.500
 he sold the lake house,

00:56:37.679 --> 00:56:39.219
 he sold tons of his other stuff,

00:56:39.259 --> 00:56:39.919
 that he didn't need,

00:56:40.500 --> 00:56:41.919
 and he basically just kind of,

00:56:41.919 --> 00:56:42.960
 consolidated it all,

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:44.159
 onto the family farm,

00:56:45.219 --> 00:56:46.619
 in Hiawassee,

00:56:46.619 --> 00:56:49.079
 and he and his wife support me,

00:56:49.079 --> 00:56:49.099
 and he and his wife support me,

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:50.000
 even to this day,

00:56:50.839 --> 00:56:52.579
 and they give so much to missions,

00:56:52.679 --> 00:56:54.480
 particularly to unreached areas,

00:56:54.539 --> 00:56:55.440
 and they go themselves,

00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:57.179
 doing medical missions,

00:56:57.579 --> 00:56:59.099
 and,

00:56:59.179 --> 00:56:59.639
 and lastly,

00:56:59.739 --> 00:57:00.319
 I have a friend,

00:57:01.319 --> 00:57:02.440
 who lives in Athens,

00:57:02.440 --> 00:57:04.880
 and she recently,

00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:08.019
 got control of,

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:09.360
 a lot of money,

00:57:09.460 --> 00:57:10.480
 she received a lot of money,

00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:11.300
 from her husband,

00:57:11.300 --> 00:57:12.320
 that had passed away,

00:57:13.420 --> 00:57:13.980
 her husband,

00:57:14.340 --> 00:57:14.780
 was a,

00:57:15.820 --> 00:57:17.320
 in earthly terms,

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:17.960
 a great man,

00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:19.300
 I've already cried for him,

00:57:19.340 --> 00:57:19.740
 I've already,

00:57:20.740 --> 00:57:22.079
 made my peace with it,

00:57:22.119 --> 00:57:22.400
 and so,

00:57:22.460 --> 00:57:23.059
 so is she,

00:57:23.820 --> 00:57:24.840
 I did not know the Lord,

00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:28.100
 but he,

00:57:28.160 --> 00:57:29.120
 he kept a tight rein,

00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:29.620
 on how,

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.780
 they spent their money,

00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:31.480
 and didn't really,

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.700
 allow her to have,

00:57:32.820 --> 00:57:33.559
 kind of free reign,

00:57:33.700 --> 00:57:34.840
 over a lot of things,

00:57:35.460 --> 00:57:36.500
 but now she has,

00:57:36.600 --> 00:57:37.059
 all that money,

00:57:37.180 --> 00:57:37.620
 all of it,

00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:39.600
 and she's,

00:57:39.600 --> 00:57:40.700
 praying like God,

00:57:40.860 --> 00:57:41.340
 how do I,

00:57:41.980 --> 00:57:42.700
 use this money,

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:44.800
 and,

00:57:44.940 --> 00:57:46.380
 here's something,

00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:47.019
 that she wrote,

00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:49.500
 I know that my,

00:57:49.500 --> 00:57:50.620
 financial resources,

00:57:50.860 --> 00:57:51.680
 are a gift from God,

00:57:53.059 --> 00:57:54.000
 and our finances,

00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:55.320
 our finances,

00:57:55.500 --> 00:57:56.639
 exceed our normal,

00:57:56.860 --> 00:57:57.400
 living needs,

00:57:58.219 --> 00:57:59.340
 then God allows us,

00:57:59.360 --> 00:58:00.320
 to help other people,

00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:02.280
 as he brings their needs,

00:58:02.320 --> 00:58:03.280
 to our awareness,

00:58:04.599 --> 00:58:06.739
 we are then,

00:58:06.739 --> 00:58:08.440
 connected to God's miracle,

00:58:08.579 --> 00:58:09.659
 in someone else's life,

00:58:09.699 --> 00:58:10.239
 when we give,

00:58:11.639 --> 00:58:12.360
 when we give,

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:13.340
 we receive more,

00:58:13.579 --> 00:58:14.579
 than we ever imagined,

00:58:14.659 --> 00:58:15.059
 we could,

00:58:16.300 --> 00:58:17.539
 this is how God works,

00:58:17.619 --> 00:58:18.199
 it's the most,

00:58:18.380 --> 00:58:19.099
 one of the most,

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:20.099
 fundamental principles,

00:58:20.380 --> 00:58:20.980
 believe it,

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:22.840
 giving is such,

00:58:22.980 --> 00:58:23.460
 a privilege,

00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:25.340
 and so,

00:58:25.659 --> 00:58:26.119
 she's,

00:58:26.119 --> 00:58:27.380
 figuring out ways,

00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:28.440
 to give,

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:29.579
 and to send out,

00:58:29.739 --> 00:58:30.900
 that money,

00:58:30.980 --> 00:58:31.699
 for God's kingdom,

00:58:32.579 --> 00:58:33.659
 I don't know,

00:58:33.699 --> 00:58:34.320
 what that looks like,

00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:34.840
 in your life,

00:58:35.679 --> 00:58:36.599
 I don't know,

00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:38.139
 I know that we just,

00:58:38.219 --> 00:58:38.780
 need to be careful,

00:58:38.960 --> 00:58:39.820
 not to be governed,

00:58:40.260 --> 00:58:40.940
 solely by,

00:58:42.099 --> 00:58:42.599
 capitalism,

00:58:42.599 --> 00:58:44.880
 the kingdom,

00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:45.360
 the kingdom ethics,

00:58:45.400 --> 00:58:46.139
 look more like this,

00:58:46.179 --> 00:58:46.480
 I remember,

00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:47.159
 your pastor,

00:58:47.279 --> 00:58:47.440
 Nathan,

00:58:47.500 --> 00:58:48.079
 a long time ago,

00:58:49.179 --> 00:58:49.860
 someone was saying like,

00:58:49.920 --> 00:58:50.000
 man,

00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:51.279
 you just sound like socialism,

00:58:51.460 --> 00:58:51.699
 he's like,

00:58:51.739 --> 00:58:51.860
 no,

00:58:51.940 --> 00:58:52.000
 no,

00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:52.079
 no,

00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:52.799
 that's socialism,

00:58:53.799 --> 00:58:54.819
 socialism says,

00:58:54.980 --> 00:58:55.579
 what you have,

00:58:55.639 --> 00:58:56.099
 is mine,

00:58:56.099 --> 00:59:00.059
 the gospel says,

00:59:00.099 --> 00:59:00.779
 what I have,

00:59:00.819 --> 00:59:01.339
 is yours,

00:59:02.460 --> 00:59:03.239
 so different,

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:05.019
 and,

00:59:05.099 --> 00:59:06.759
 we really need,

00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:07.860
 just to ask God,

00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:08.920
 to examine our lives,

00:59:09.079 --> 00:59:09.159
 and,

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:10.960
 to be obedient,

00:59:11.039 --> 00:59:11.579
 to where he's leading,

00:59:11.699 --> 00:59:12.819
 like wrestle with this stuff,

00:59:13.219 --> 00:59:13.839
 not easy,

00:59:14.839 --> 00:59:15.519
 read this,

00:59:15.579 --> 00:59:15.900
 and maybe,

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:17.079
 after that,

00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:17.360
 read,

00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:18.860
 read this,

00:59:19.079 --> 00:59:19.360
 and,

00:59:19.759 --> 00:59:21.659
 sit down with a friend,

00:59:21.659 --> 00:59:21.879
 or,

00:59:22.379 --> 00:59:22.940
 your spouse,

00:59:23.059 --> 00:59:23.619
 and work through,

00:59:23.719 --> 00:59:24.379
 some of this,

00:59:25.219 --> 00:59:26.299
 it's all gonna perish,

00:59:26.399 --> 00:59:26.759
 one day,

00:59:27.339 --> 00:59:28.159
 all of us,

00:59:29.559 --> 00:59:30.219
 so let's store up,

00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:30.879
 treasures in heaven,

00:59:30.940 --> 00:59:31.299
 or not,

00:59:31.940 --> 00:59:32.659
 on the earth,

00:59:33.759 --> 00:59:34.299
 let's be moved,

00:59:34.379 --> 00:59:35.359
 by grace of the gospel,

00:59:36.579 --> 00:59:37.599
 let's pray together,