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 Money, possessions is a hot and dangerous subject in the church sometimes.

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! It ought not to be though, but just a disclaimer,

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 I'm just going to be faithful to read the Word and try to expound on what it says.

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 If something is my opinion, I'll make it clear that it's my opinion.

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 And if you have a problem, I guess, with what the Word says,

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 like if you're going to throw something at me, you're going to hit Jesus.

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 I'm just going to try to do my best just to say what the Word says.

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 And let it fall.

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 Because it's really tempting on this particular topic just to give you a bunch of rules and laws.

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 Like, give this much, go and do this.

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 And I don't think that that's the goal of what Jesus is aiming at.

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 But I'm still learning, I'm still wrestling with this topic.

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 Feel free to continue to do that.

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 So I have three points for you as we walk through Matthew 6.

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 Let's read the text together.

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 Matthew 6, verse 19.

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 Jesus says,

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 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,

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 or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 Just join me in a quick word of prayer.

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 Father, we just offer up this time to you again.

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 Just work in through me, Lord, if you would be pleased.

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 Help us to see the meaning of what you have inspired here in your holy word.

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 And help us by your spirit, Lord, to apply this to our hearts.

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 Give us eyes to see and ears to hear.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So point number one.

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 Point number one.

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 Walking through this text.

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 And it just comes right out of the text.

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 But very clearly, point number one.

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 There are two kinds of treasures.

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 There are two kinds of treasures.

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 He said,

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

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 and where thieves break in and steal.

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 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

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 So really quickly, without like over-defining this word,

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 the word treasure just simply means what you love, what you treasure,

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 what you value, what you cherish.

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 Right?

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 That's what you treasure.

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 It's what your heart takes delight in.

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 It's what gets you out of bed every morning

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 and keeps you going throughout the day.

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 Our English word, worship,

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 is connected to this idea of what we hold to be the most worthy thing.

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 We worship what we have the greatest focus on as our worth.

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 The worth or value of something.

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 And everyone has a treasure.

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 Now notice that Jesus says,

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 We shouldn't have a treasure.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 He just says,

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 Be careful to choose wisely what that treasure is.

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 Okay?

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 So he doesn't forbid treasure.

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 He just wants us to be careful at what we choose to make our treasure.

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 And so the first kind of treasure that he mentions here is earthly.

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 Right there in verse 24,

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 he refers to treasures in verse 24 as mammon.

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 Okay?

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 That's just a Semitic word for money or material possessions.

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 It's what's in your bank and your wallet and your purse

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 and what's all the stuff that you've accumulated.

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 But today in America,

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 I think I can say this with a great deal of confidence.

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 I'm not, you know, I don't know everything.

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 But as a history guy,

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 I can tell you that we live in one of the wealthiest, affluent,

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 prosperous countries in the history of the world.

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 It's just true.

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 Even if you're a college student,

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 you have more money than most of the rest of the world does.

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 I think you're in the top 1 or 2% of the wealthiest people,

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 which is shocking to us, right?

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 But in America,

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 money, possessions, wealth, comforts, luxuries

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 are what we have in our civilization all around us.

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 In short, though,

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 earthly treasures are what are seen

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 and what are temporal.

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 Okay?

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 An earthly treasure is what we can see

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 and what is temporal,

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 something that's actually not going to last forever.

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 The second treasure,

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 very clearly, just right out of the text,

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 is a heavenly treasure, right?

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 So, heavenly treasure is not just

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 a heavenly version of mammon.

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 It's not big houses or riches or toys or stuff

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 to play around with when we get to heaven.

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 No.

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 The Scripture reveals

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 that heaven will have something

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 far greater than all these things.

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 Scripture clearly teaches us

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 that the treasure of heaven

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 is the king of heaven.

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 It's not the stuff that we get to do in heaven,

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 the toys that we get to play with.

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 It is, heaven is synonymous

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 with the presence of God.

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 All right?

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 So, when we talk about the gospel,

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 we're not talking about just getting people

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 to not go to hell

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 and go to heaven.

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 We're talking about saving people

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 unto God,

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 unto His presence.

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 He is the king of heaven.

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 Psalm 16.

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 Many of you know this.

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 You make known to me the path of life

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 and in your presence

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 there is fullness of joy.

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 And at your right hand

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 there are pleasures forevermore.

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 This is why Paul could say,

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 after considering everything he's done,

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 everything he's had,

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 he says,

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 I can count all things lost

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 in comparison to knowing

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 Christ Jesus my Lord.

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 Right out of Revelation 21,

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 verse 3,

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 towards the end,

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 when the new heaven

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 and the new earth have come,

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 you want to get a glimpse of heaven,

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 this is it.

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 John says,

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 I heard a loud voice

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 from the throne saying,

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 Behold,

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 the dwelling place

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 of God

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 is with man.

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 Right?

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 Remember this?

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 He will dwell with them

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 and they will be His people

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 and God Himself

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 will be with them

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 as their God.

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 This is a picture of it.

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 It's a picture of

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 presence and fellowship

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 with God forever.

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 And remember,

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 Jesus prayed

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 in John 17,

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 praying to the Father.

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 He mentions this.

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 This is eternal life.

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 Okay,

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 so what is eternal life?

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 Right?

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 It's not just living forever

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 and not dying.

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 It's more than that.

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 Jesus says,

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 eternal life

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 is that they know you,

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent.

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 Shortly after that,

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 in verse 24,

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 He prays,

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 Father,

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 I desire

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 that they whom you've given me

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 may be with me

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 where I am

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 so that they may

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 see my glory

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 that you have given me

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 because you love me

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 before the foundation

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 of the world.

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 So all these images

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 of heaven

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 that we have

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 throughout Scripture

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 are more about

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 the fall

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 being restored

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 and regaining

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 what was lost

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 because of sin

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 and being in God's presence

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 forever.

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 A period of many years ago,

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 it might be attributed

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 to Richard Baxter

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 possibly,

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 but I've always

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 really loved this quote.

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 He says,

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 a believer's life

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 is very different

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 from an unbeliever's life.

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 So also,

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 a believer's death

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 is also very different

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 from an unbeliever's death.

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 The believer

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 prefers

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 heaven to hell.

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 Excuse me.

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 The unbeliever

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 prefers heaven to hell.

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 The believer

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 prefers heaven

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 over earth.

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 See that?

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 The believer desires

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 heaven above earth.

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 The unbeliever

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 prefers heaven

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 only over hell

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 because he cannot

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 imagine anything

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 more blessed

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 than this life.

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 But,

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 the believer

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 prefers heaven

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 over earth

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 because the believer

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 cannot imagine

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 anything

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 more blessed

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 than life

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 with God.

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 And that's it.

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 Though heaven

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 there has many blessings

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 to be in God's presence

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 forever

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 is the greatest

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 thing

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 possible.

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 So,

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 Jesus means

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 to devote your life

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 to accumulating

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 treasures

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 that are in heaven

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 and not

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 on the earth.

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 Alright?

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 So,

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 Scripture

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 gives much attention

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 to the teachings

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 on money

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 and possessions.

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 Much.

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 just looking

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 at the Gospels

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 alone,

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 it's said

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 that nearly

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 15%

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 of everything

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 that Jesus

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 said

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 connected

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 to this topic.

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 He used money

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 in some way

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 more than even

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 teaching on

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 heaven and hell

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 combined.

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 So,

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 interesting enough

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 though,

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 tithing,

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 which is the

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 Old Testament

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 maximum,

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 or should I say

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 minimum,

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 of your income,

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 Jesus only refers

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 to it one time

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 and that's it.

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 And this is what

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 he says,

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 you tithe

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 even your spices,

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 he said to the

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 Pharisees,

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 that's right,

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 you should,

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 but you have

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 neglected the

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 weightier matters

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 of the law,

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 justice and mercy

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 and faithfulness.

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 So,

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 in other words,

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 you're just doing

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 what's required

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 of you

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 and nothing more.

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 You're not really

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 getting at the

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 heart of the law.

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 And so,

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 I have another

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 thought or opinion

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 on the tithe,

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 but I always,

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 just really quickly,

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 I say,

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 it's a good

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 starting point

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 for giving,

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 but not a law

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 that translates

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 into the new

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 covenant,

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 I would say.

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 Come talk to me

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 later.

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 So,

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 our hearts

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 and our treasures.

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 Why does the

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 Bible talk so much

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 about money

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 and possessions?

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 Like,

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 why?

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 Jesus gives us

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 an answer.

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 He just says,

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 from where your

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 treasure is,

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 there your heart

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 will be also.

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 It talks about it

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 a lot because

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 there's a real

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 fundamental connection

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 between our

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 spiritual lives

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 and what we think

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 and how we use

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 our money.

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 It's just there.

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 It just reveals

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 where we are.

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 Jesus says,

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 your desires

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 show you

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 what you love

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 and you treasure

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 and you worship.

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 Your desires

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 reveal that.

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 So,

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 what you treasure

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 will show you

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 who your God is.

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 who you ultimately

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 treasure

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 will show you

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 who your God is.

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 Many years ago,

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 many years ago,

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 when I was in college,

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 myself,

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 Nathan,

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 and Wes Shelnut

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 would drive down

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 and we would hear

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 Louis Giglio preach.

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 Not a perfect guy,

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 but I appreciate

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 what I've learned

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 from him over the years.

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 But,

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 he says,

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 how do you find out

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 what you worship?

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 How can you know

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 what you worship?

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 He says,

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 you simply follow

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 the trail of your time,

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 your affection,

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 your money,

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 and your loyalty.

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 At the end of that trail,

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 you will find a throne.

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 And whatever

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 or whomever

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 is on that throne

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 is what is the highest value

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 to you.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 you follow that trail

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 wherever it is.

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 That's where it leads,

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 right?

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 So,

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 what does the issue

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 of money and possessions,

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 why does it make us

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 so uncomfortable,

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 right?

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 Well,

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 evidently,

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 it just reveals

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 how we live.

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 What's on that throne

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 of our lives?

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 Do we live with a view

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 of the goal of life

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 as just to accumulate things?

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 Or,

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 do we accumulate things

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 that will have

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 an eternal value

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 one day?

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 Jesus says,

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 right,

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 that a mark

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 of a true believer

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 means that his eyes

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 are on heaven.

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 they're on the eternal,

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 in the unseen,

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 not the temporal.

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 He also says here

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 clearly

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 in our text

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 in verse 24

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 that there's no middle ground.

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 Because some people

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 want to be able

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 to say,

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 can't we store up

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 treasures in both places?

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 Is that an option?

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 Can we like have

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 a lot here

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 and then a lot there?

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 And,

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 I hate to disappoint

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 myself and you,

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 but Jesus says no.

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 I mean,

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 you can have

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 some treasures

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 here on the earth

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 and store up

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 some treasures

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 in heaven,

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 right?

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 But,

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 clearly,

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 he says,

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 no one can serve

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 two masters.

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 For one will either

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 hate the one

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 and love the other,

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 or,

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 he will be devoted

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 to one

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 and despise the other.

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 Then,

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 he gives us the answer.

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 You cannot

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 serve God

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 and money,

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 right?

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 And,

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 he uses the word,

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 the servant here idea

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 is this word

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 of a slave.

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 Not an employee,

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 right?

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 But a slave.

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 A slave's soul

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 is the sole property

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 of one master,

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 okay?

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 And his service

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 is exclusively

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 for that one master.

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 So,

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 either you will be

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 mastered by money,

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 ignore God,

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 and seek to make him

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 a servant of your

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 earthly kingdom,

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 or,

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 you'll be mastered

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 by the living God

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 and make money

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 a servant of his kingdom.

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 It's not,

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 you can't have it

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 both ways.

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 This is why Jesus said

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 it's hard for a rich man

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.960
 to enter the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 It's very hard.

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 Okay?

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 And so,

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 in this culture,

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 though,

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 it was wrongly taught

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 that if you were poor,

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 or you didn't have a lot,

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 then somehow you weren't

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 really as pleasing to God.

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 But if you had

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 a lot of wealth

00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:58.779
 and a lot of affluence,

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 that's why the religious

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 leaders just thought

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 that they were A-OK

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.039
 with God,

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.299
 it meant, like,

00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:05.220
 God's blessing you.

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 Look at your life.

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 Like,

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.379
 how could he not be

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 happy with how you live?

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 Spurgeon once wisely said,

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 if earthly goods

00:15:15.199 --> 00:15:16.779
 were of much value,

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 the Lord would not give

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.259
 so large a measure of it

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 to those who have

00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:23.579
 the least of his love.

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 Very heavy.

00:15:27.339 --> 00:15:28.439
 If earthly goods

00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:29.459
 were of much value,

00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.659
 the Lord would not give

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:32.379
 such a large measure of it

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.159
 to those who have

00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:34.239
 the least of his love.

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 So it's not a good indication

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:37.099
 of whether or not

00:15:37.099 --> 00:15:37.799
 you're living a life

00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:38.959
 pleasing to God or not.

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.160
 Right?

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.080
 Then he goes down

00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.440
 and he mentions the eye

00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.360
 being the lamp

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.780
 of the body.

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.120
 The eye is similar

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:49.519
 to the heart.

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.800
 It reveals the qualities

00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:53.620
 of someone's inner life.

00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:53.900
 Right?

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.600
 A healthy eye

00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.860
 or a clear vision

00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:58.660
 suggests loyalty

00:15:58.660 --> 00:16:00.340
 and devotion to God.

00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:02.100
 While a bad eye

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.940
 or like an impaired vision

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:06.019
 means sinful corruption.

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.860
 So which treasure

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.879
 are you seeking?

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.200
 Which one am I seeking?

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:12.460
 Which will master you?

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.980
 It will be evident

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.780
 in your life.

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 Our lives show these things.

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.780
 In Matthew 5, 22 there,

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.060
 he says,

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 the eye is the lamp

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:21.560
 of the body.

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.840
 If it's healthy,

00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:23.680
 your whole body

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.960
 will be full of light.

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 But if your eye is bad,

00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.220
 your whole body

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.639
 will be full of darkness.

00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.800
 If then the light

00:16:31.800 --> 00:16:32.720
 is in you as darkness,

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:35.200
 how great is that darkness?

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 So,

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:39.360
 this gets on to point number two.

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 So there's the admonition.

00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:42.100
 There's two treasures.

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.840
 An earthly one

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:44.440
 and a heavenly one.

00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.240
 Point number two.

00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.680
 Don't

00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:51.000
 set your heart

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.660
 on things

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.680
 that won't last.

00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.959
 Don't set your heart

00:16:54.959 --> 00:16:55.539
 on things

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.599
 that won't last.

00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.699
 Right out of verse 19.

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 Do not lay up

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:01.819
 for yourselves

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.339
 treasures

00:17:02.339 --> 00:17:03.279
 on this earth

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.500
 where moth

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.940
 and rust

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.500
 destroy

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.379
 and where thieves

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:06.980
 break in

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.619
 and steal.

00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:09.319
 So,

00:17:09.979 --> 00:17:11.939
 Jesus is warning us

00:17:11.939 --> 00:17:12.699
 against making

00:17:12.699 --> 00:17:13.319
 these things

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:14.079
 that are temporal

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.599
 and seen

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:17.939
 to be the ultimate things.

00:17:18.459 --> 00:17:19.779
 To be our ultimate treasure.

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.899
 Don't spend your life,

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.279
 your life,

00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:23.879
 your goal,

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.339
 the focus of your life

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:27.899
 just set on storing up

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:29.699
 money and material possessions

00:17:29.699 --> 00:17:30.979
 because they will rot.

00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:33.419
 They won't last.

00:17:34.479 --> 00:17:36.059
 You can't take it with you.

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:39.359
 Nothing will be taken with you.

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.539
 Nothing goes on

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.619
 to this next life

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:44.200
 that is from this world.

00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:45.899
 It will all stay here.

00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:47.579
 You'll find

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.819
 no U-Hauls behind

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:51.839
 somebody may know that.

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.639
 No U-Hauls behind the hearse.

00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:54.960
 Right?

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:57.779
 Proverbs 23 verse 4.

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.940
 Do not toil

00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:01.019
 to acquire wealth.

00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:03.679
 When your eyes light on it,

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.539
 it is gone

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.500
 for it has suddenly

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.799
 sprout swings,

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:09.099
 flying like an eagle

00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:09.920
 toward heaven.

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.359
 So,

00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.319
 in this life,

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.839
 money will just disappear.

00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.819
 Scripture never says,

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.160
 again,

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.579
 that money in and of itself

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.140
 is evil.

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.420
 So,

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.059
 don't hear that.

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 Scripture very clearly says

00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:22.680
 the love of money

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.799
 is the root of all evil.

00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.079
 Money is just a tool.

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.579
 But sadly,

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.519
 our sinful hearts

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 use it

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 to attain

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 our idols,

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 use it to obtain

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 things that we

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 pursue

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 inordinately.

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 So,

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 Paul says,

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 money isn't evil,

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 but we have to be

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 very,

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 very careful

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 and cautious

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 dealing with it.

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 Because it's a powerful

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 thing that can

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 master us.

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 I'm trying to limit

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 the number of times

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 you have to turn

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 for sake of time,

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 but turn,

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 hold your hand there,

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 but turn to 1 Timothy

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 chapter 6

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 really quickly.

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 1 Timothy

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 chapter 6

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 and go to

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 verse 6.

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 1 Timothy

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 chapter 6

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 verse 6.

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 Paul writing to

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 his apprentice

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 Timothy.

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 He says,

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 but godliness

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 with contentment

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 is great gain.

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 Here it is.

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 For we brought

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 nothing into the world

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 and we cannot

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 take anything

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 out of the world.

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 but if we have

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 food and clothing,

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 with these

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 we will be content.

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 But those

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 who desire

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 to be rich

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 fall into temptation,

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 into a snare,

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 into many senseless

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 and harmful desires

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 that plunge people

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 into ruin

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 and destruction.

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 For the love

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 of money

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 is the root

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 of all kinds

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 of evil.

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 It is through

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 this craving

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 that some

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 have wandered

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 away from the faith

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 and pierced

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 themselves

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 with many

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 pangs.

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 So in short,

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 if you are

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 pursuing an

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 earthly treasure,

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 it will be

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 a diminishing

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 return.

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 So stop

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 thinking that

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 mere accumulation

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:06.899
 of money

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 and material

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 junk is going

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 to satisfy.

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 It won't.

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 And most of us

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 who have lived

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 longer,

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 we know that.

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 We're like,

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 it never ever

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 delivers on

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 what it promises.

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 Ever.

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 No matter what it is.

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 Whether it's money

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 or any kind

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 of possession,

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 I once dug up

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 a list of things

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 that I wanted

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 to obtain

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 when I was

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 in high school.

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 I was working

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 a job

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 and getting paid

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 $8.50 an hour,

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 which was huge

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 back then.

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 And I thought,

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 man, I want this,

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 I want that,

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 I want that.

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 And I'm pretty sure

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 I attained all those

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 things,

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 and man,

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 it did not bring me

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.700
 the satisfaction

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 I thought it would.

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 And so,

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 we need to beware

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 of making all

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 the junk and toys

00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:51.439
 of this temporal

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 life our treasure.

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 They are not.

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 Scripture,

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 and I'm pretty sure

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.579
 history just teaches,

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 there is no positive

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.240
 correlation at all

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 whatsoever between

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.399
 joy and material things.

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 None, right?

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:09.099
 It's foolish

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 and it's damning.

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 That's what Jesus

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.259
 says here.

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 He says,

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 in another part,

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 it's easier for a camel

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 to go through

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.199
 the eye of a needle

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 than it is for a rich man

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 to enter the kingdom

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.420
 of heaven.

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 Why does he say that?

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 Because a rich man

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.420
 is tempted to focus

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.340
 on the gift

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:26.960
 and forget the giver.

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 The rich man

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 is tempted to find

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.460
 some security

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 or some kind of

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:33.420
 fickled happiness

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 in his riches.

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 There is nothing there,

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.819
 no positive correlation

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.580
 at all.

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 I think if

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 one text lands on us,

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 lands on me,

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 I'm including myself,

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 I think it would be

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.740
 Luke chapter 12

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:52.000
 where Jesus

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.220
 very clearly teaches

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.680
 on this.

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 I think this is just

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 such a picture

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 of the way we are

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.879
 in the West.

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 And it's been this way

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.680
 for a long time.

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.440
 Luke 12 verse 13,

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 if you want to turn there.

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 Someone in the crowd

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.740
 said to him,

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.119
 Teacher,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.680
 tell my brother

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:11.200
 to divide the inheritance

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.879
 with me.

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.660
 But he says,

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:15.000
 man, who made me

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.640
 a judge

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.880
 arduber over you?

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.940
 He said to them,

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:19.680
 take care

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.880
 and guard yourself

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.060
 against all forms

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.980
 of covetousness.

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.960
 And here's this phrase,

00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:25.320
 listen,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.560
 for one's life

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:29.560
 does not consist

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:30.519
 in the abundance

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.560
 of his possessions.

00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:33.680
 And he told them

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.900
 a parable saying,

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.860
 the land of a rich man

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:38.100
 produced plentifully.

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:40.040
 And he thought to himself,

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.700
 what shall I do

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.500
 for I have nowhere

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.779
 to store up my crops?

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.319
 And he says,

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.139
 I'll do this.

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.899
 I will tear down my barns,

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.700
 build larger ones,

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.379
 and there I will store

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.259
 all my grain

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.079
 and my goods.

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.379
 And I will say

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.180
 to my soul,

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.720
 soul,

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.099
 you have ample goods

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.639
 laid up for many years.

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.000
 Relax,

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.680
 eat,

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.019
 drink,

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.399
 be merry.

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.759
 This kind of sounds

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.460
 like what we do

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.000
 in the West,

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.420
 isn't it?

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:11.779
 But God said to him,

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.620
 fool,

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.640
 this night

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.420
 your soul

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.779
 is required of you

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:18.120
 and the things

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.960
 you have prepared,

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.960
 whose will they be?

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:23.220
 And then he wraps it up.

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.920
 Jesus says,

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.759
 so it is

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.660
 the one who lays up

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:27.080
 treasures for himself

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:29.100
 and is not rich

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:30.320
 toward God.

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.920
 Very hard.

00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:36.100
 Very convicting.

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:38.419
 I'll skip this part

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.519
 for the sake of time,

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.980
 I think,

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.779
 but in Ecclesiastes

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.919
 chapter 5

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:45.519
 verses 10 through 15,

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.279
 this is where

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.619
 we believe that Solomon

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.639
 more than likely

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.399
 was Solomon,

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:52.439
 is reflecting on

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:53.099
 money

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.279
 because he had

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.959
 a ton of it

00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:56.019
 and he basically says

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.699
 it's vanity.

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.480
 It doesn't satisfy.

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:00.259
 It never is enough.

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.919
 It only seems to take life

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.639
 more than anything.

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.200
 So,

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.240
 this just jumps

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.500
 to point number 3.

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:12.280
 Point number 3

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:16.440
 is set your heart

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.120
 on things

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.440
 that will last forever.

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.420
 Set your heart

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.960
 on things

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.080
 that will last forever.

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.080
 That's in verse 20.

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.140
 Jesus says,

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.380
 lay up for yourselves

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.820
 treasures in heaven

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:30.759
 where neither moth

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.919
 nor rust destroys

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:33.480
 and where thieves

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.919
 do not break in

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.619
 and steal.

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.399
 So,

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.259
 the treasure in heaven

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.259
 will not rot

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.399
 and will not rust

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.639
 and no one can steal it.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.779
 So,

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.159
 we,

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.319
 as believers,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.000
 those who have been

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.299
 reconciled to Christ,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.859
 reconciled to God

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.599
 through Christ

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.619
 who belonged to Him,

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.919
 we can make

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.399
 spiritual deposits

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.960
 for life

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.220
 in eternity.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:58.319
 in Colossians chapter 3,

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.860
 Paul says,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.480
 if you have been

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.779
 raised with Christ,

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.440
 seek the things

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.480
 that are above

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:05.579
 where Christ is,

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.660
 seated at the right hand

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.100
 of God.

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.019
 Set your minds

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.559
 on things

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.799
 that are above,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.579
 not on things

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.940
 on the earth.

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.779
 For you have died

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.319
 and your life

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.839
 is hidden

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.120
 in Christ Jesus.

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.380
 Right?

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:20.080
 So,

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.140
 that's a command,

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.680
 right?

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.660
 It's not like,

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.900
 maybe,

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.720
 I'm going to encourage you to.

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.680
 It's a command.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.540
 Seek the things

00:25:28.540 --> 00:25:29.460
 that are above.

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.660
 Set your minds

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.180
 on the things

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.540
 that are above

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:34.640
 and not on the earth.

00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:35.920
 So,

00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:37.600
 what is the remedy,

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.320
 then,

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.060
 for what we would say

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:40.800
 is greed

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:42.240
 or hoarding?

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.660
 The remedy

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.400
 is giving.

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.680
 That's God's remedy

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:48.600
 to keep that idol

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.320
 in check,

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.640
 to keep our money

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.060
 from overcoming us.

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.700
 We're to distribute

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.039
 and not accumulate.

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:57.060
 Jesus says,

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.080
 possessions on earth

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.299
 are not for accumulating

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.240
 but for distributing

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.920
 in ways

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.560
 that honor Christ.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.779
 Right?

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:06.640
 And that increase

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.539
 our joy

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.720
 that are in heaven.

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.100
 So,

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.500
 the remedy

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.220
 for hoarding

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.759
 is giving.

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.600
 Proverbs 22,

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.200
 verse 9,

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.160
 He who is generous

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.759
 will be blessed.

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.040
 Acts 20,

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.640
 35,

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.580
 it is more blessed

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.440
 to give

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.100
 than to receive.

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.360
 So,

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.759
 God,

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.240
 I'm trying to remember

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.240
 who I once heard this from

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.940
 but it doesn't matter.

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.480
 God blesses us

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.160
 with money

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.920
 and possessions

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:35.980
 so that we might

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.779
 use them

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.560
 in a way

00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:39.400
 that shows

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.840
 they are not

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.400
 our treasure

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.980
 but God is.

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:43.779
 Okay?

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.519
 to make

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.160
 intentional

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.079
 decisions

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:49.279
 that show

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.220
 that Christ

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.420
 is our treasure.

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.339
 Jesus says

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.220
 in Luke 12,

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.779
 33,

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.879
 Sell your possessions,

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.899
 give to the needy,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.460
 provide for yourselves

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.359
 with money bags

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.559
 that do not grow old

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.779
 with a treasure

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.579
 that is in heaven

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.859
 that does not fail

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.220
 where no thief

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.680
 approaches

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.019
 and no moth destroys

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.839
 for where your treasure

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.759
 is that your heart

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.539
 will be also.

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.680
 So,

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:14.899
 I want you to think

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.440
 about where your

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.259
 true home is.

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.440
 Okay?

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.079
 My wife and I

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.599
 just moved into

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.299
 a new house.

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.920
 Where is

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.399
 your true home?

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.659
 Often,

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.299
 our single

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.359
 greatest deterrent

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.879
 to giving

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.539
 and living more

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.000
 simply

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.940
 is this illusion

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.799
 that this world

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.480
 is our home.

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:35.139
 You're full,

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.899
 you're fickled.

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.700
 That's what causes us

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.480
 to think that.

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.140
 Where we choose

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.580
 to store up

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.160
 our treasures

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.120
 depend largely

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.960
 on where we see

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.620
 our home.

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.299
 The believer,

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.360
 the child of God,

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.019
 heaven is our home.

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.740
 Scripture says

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.000
 that we are pilgrims,

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.120
 strangers,

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.279
 aliens.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.519
 We're not settlers.

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.539
 Alright?

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:01.279
 That's Hebrews 11, 13.

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.720
 We're ambassadors

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.580
 representing

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.680
 our true country

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.779
 and our true king.

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.920
 2 Corinthians 5.

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.480
 Philippians 3.

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.319
 Our citizenship

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.799
 is in heaven.

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.639
 We are citizens

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.920
 of a better country,

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.920
 a heavenly one.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.240
 Hebrews 11, 16.

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.039
 So I'll try to

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.200
 give you this analogy

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.799
 without taking up

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.399
 too much time.

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.639
 Let's say

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.319
 that someone

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.399
 from England

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:29.519
 moved over here

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.220
 for a job.

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.240
 And in that job description

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.559
 they said

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.160
 you can make

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.099
 a ton of money

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.799
 in this job.

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.859
 Alright?

00:28:36.719 --> 00:28:37.199
 But you're only

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:37.740
 going to be here

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.480
 for an indefinite

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.019
 amount of time.

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.399
 We don't know

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.859
 how long

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.240
 this job

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.819
 is going to take

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.639
 so there's uncertainty.

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.199
 And you're going

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.779
 to make a ton

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.339
 of money here

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.899
 but just keep

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.519
 this in mind.

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.439
 Whatever you spend

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.519
 here stays here.

00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.779
 You can't take

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.899
 any material stuff

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.639
 back to England

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.559
 with you at all.

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.799
 So,

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:55.079
 but you can

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.059
 wire your money

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.439
 back to England.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.559
 Right?

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.699
 You see the difference there?

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.299
 So if that was true

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.919
 you probably would

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.460
 just like

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.360
 live in somewhere

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:04.300
 that didn't cost

00:29:04.300 --> 00:29:05.600
 too much money.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.500
 You would just keep

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.080
 you would just spend

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.720
 your money on the

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.259
 bare necessity

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.759
 and you would send

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.759
 a ton of money back.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.300
 Right?

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.779
 Because you can't

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.720
 take anything with you.

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.740
 You can't take

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.960
 anything back overseas

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.779
 when you leave.

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.360
 And very similar

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.460
 we do not know

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.160
 how long

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.720
 we are going to be

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.320
 on this earth.

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.000
 We don't know.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.840
 But we can

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.880
 store up treasures

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:25.060
 that are in heaven.

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:26.019
 We can push that

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.600
 forward.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.900
 Right?

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.800
 It would be foolish

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.960
 to spend so much

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.480
 of it here.

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.419
 It would be foolish.

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.159
 So don't spend

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.940
 too much time

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.359
 and money

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.859
 and energy

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.819
 on all the things

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.000
 of this world.

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.539
 Hebrews 13

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.500
 keep your life

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.480
 free from the love

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.859
 of money

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.659
 and be content

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:46.259
 with what you have.

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.359
 For he has said

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.720
 to us

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.919
 I will never

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.700
 leave you

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.559
 or forsake you.

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.119
 That is Jesus

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:54.079
 speaking to us.

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.839
 So the best thing

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.480
 I can do

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.099
 I think

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.819
 is to give you

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.599
 some examples

00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.119
 of what this

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.639
 looks like.

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.839
 It is better

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.220
 to give you

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.960
 pictures of it

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.460
 than to give you

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.859
 a bunch of

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.819
 rules and regulations.

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.319
 And these

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.859
 have challenged

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.240
 me

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.179
 over the years.

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.619
 I will give you

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.579
 one from history

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:13.919
 and then

00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:14.879
 a present day

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.299
 a couple

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.899
 present day

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.339
 examples.

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.819
 Okay?

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:21.259
 In Cairo,

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.659
 Egypt

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:23.379
 there is

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.839
 an exhibit

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:25.099
 of King Tut

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.379
 in the Egyptian

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.299
 National Museum.

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.039
 He was known

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.500
 as the

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.379
 Boy King.

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.700
 He died

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.180
 when he was

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.579
 17.

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.480
 He was buried

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.799
 with a solid

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.259
 gold chariots,

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.779
 thousands of

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.740
 golden artifacts,

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.220
 tons of gold,

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.319
 and a coffin

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.259
 that was made

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.940
 with gold.

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.919
 And so

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:47.539
 it was uncovered

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.960
 nearly 3,000 years

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.500
 or from 3,000

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.200
 years ago

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.799
 in 1922.

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.799
 He had all that

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.599
 gold but he was

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.399
 just lying there

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.219
 a corpse.

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.779
 Right?

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.240
 Untouched

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.619
 for 3,000 years.

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:03.399
 All this

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.119
 treasure

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.699
 just sitting

00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.419
 there in his

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.719
 tomb

00:31:05.719 --> 00:31:07.179
 that he clearly

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:08.039
 took none of it

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.579
 with him

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.500
 wherever he went.

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.119
 But if you

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.899
 walk down

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:14.339
 a dusty

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.179
 back street

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.879
 of Cairo,

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.299
 same city,

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.859
 there's a tiny

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.500
 insignificant

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.139
 cemetery

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:21.000
 of American

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.859
 missionaries

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.219
 that were

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.919
 there.

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.720
 one tombstone

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.680
 reads William

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.300
 Borden,

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.360
 1887

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.740
 to 1913.

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.420
 Borden

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.240
 was heir

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.100
 to great wealth

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.820
 and privilege

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.880
 here in America.

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.440
 But he gave

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.080
 it all up.

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.500
 He gave

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.320
 tons of his

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.880
 money to

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.820
 reaching Muslims

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.920
 abroad.

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.480
 And then

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.100
 finally he

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.920
 himself went.

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.420
 Borden

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.460
 gave so much

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.620
 of his wealth

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.279
 and prosperity.

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.900
 But only after

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.340
 coming into

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.840
 Egypt for

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.720
 four months

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.139
 he died.

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:55.119
 He contracted

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:56.259
 spinal meningitis

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.740
 and died

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.139
 at the age

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.839
 of 25.

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.699
 But listen

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.079
 to this.

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.500
 On his

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.159
 epitaph,

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.399
 right,

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:02.959
 on his

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.579
 tombstone,

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.899
 describes his

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.639
 love for God

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.399
 and the Muslim

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.819
 people.

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.299
 It says

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.240
 on this,

00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.699
 apart from

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.459
 faith in

00:32:11.459 --> 00:32:12.000
 Christ,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.699
 there is no

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.319
 explanation

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.059
 for such a

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.379
 life.

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.779
 Apart

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.639
 from faith

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.379
 in Christ,

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.460
 Christ,

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.740
 there is no

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.460
 explanation

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.800
 for such

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.580
 a life.

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.060
 So you have

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.900
 this Egyptian

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.160
 king who

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.580
 took none

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:27.840
 of his

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.300
 goal with

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.660
 him and

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:28.940
 you have

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.600
 this American

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.360
 missionary who

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.000
 died very

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.620
 young and

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.000
 they just

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.180
 said,

00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:33.320
 like,

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.780
 this doesn't

00:32:33.780 --> 00:32:34.320
 make sense.

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.640
 Apart

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:34.920
 from,

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.100
 like,

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.480
 the work

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.900
 of God,

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.360
 this doesn't

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.980
 make sense

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.520
 why he

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:37.880
 would do

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.140
 what he

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.500
 did.

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.780
 One other

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.500
 example,

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.300
 I think I

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.660
 have time

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.060
 for maybe

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.460
 two and

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.880
 I'll quit.

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.800
 I have

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.080
 a really

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.620
 good friend,

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.020
 friends,

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.260
 I should

00:32:48.260 --> 00:32:48.460
 say,

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:48.720
 that live

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.100
 up in

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.680
 Hiawassee,

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:51.100
 Jason and

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.640
 Lorenda.

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.080
 They went

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.620
 to North

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.400
 Georgia back

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.660
 in the

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.140
 90s.

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.060
 He was

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.300
 in the

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.600
 Corps.

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.020
 I think

00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:56.320
 she was

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:57.440
 in KD.

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.280
 Funny

00:32:58.280 --> 00:32:58.600
 enough,

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.180
 those existed

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.460
 in the

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.900
 90s.

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:02.400
 And he

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.760
 is a

00:33:02.760 --> 00:33:03.580
 dentist up

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.020
 in

00:33:04.020 --> 00:33:05.200
 Hiawassee.

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.840
 I've known

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.100
 him for

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.660
 probably

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.860
 about 20

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.320
 years.

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.480
 And this

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.660
 guy,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.920
 like,

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.440
 loves the

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.740
 Lord.

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.220
 Really

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.680
 loves the

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:12.920
 Lord.

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:12.960
 Lord,

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.700
 he's,

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.360
 but when

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.720
 I first

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.240
 met him,

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.300
 he definitely

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.820
 was all

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.820
 about accumulating

00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.340
 money for

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:19.600
 the here

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.000
 and now.

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.340
 He had,

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.779
 I think,

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.340
 three different

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.759
 homes,

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.200
 a lake

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.620
 house,

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.039
 a family

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.500
 farm,

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.500
 and some

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.060
 other stuff,

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.279
 and a

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.580
 bunch of

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:28.039
 other toys

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.539
 and gadgets,

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.039
 boats,

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.560
 cars.

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.460
 And I

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.779
 really

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.800
 believe that

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.140
 it was

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.560
 just more

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:35.140
 of a result

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.460
 of just

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.960
 not having

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.580
 good teaching

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.300
 on money.

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.480
 Nothing

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.860
 to do

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.019
 with,

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.240
 like,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.080
 his lover

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:41.080
 of God.

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.580
 So,

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.840
 I actually

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.359
 will recommend

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.740
 a book

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.159
 to you.

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.019
 A small

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.299
 book,

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.599
 for those

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:46.799
 who don't

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.039
 want to

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.559
 read a lot,

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.579
 but it's

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.919
 called The

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.240
 Treasure

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.939
 Principle

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:51.439
 by Randy

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:52.000
 Alcorn.

00:33:53.459 --> 00:33:53.959
 The Treasure

00:33:53.959 --> 00:33:54.500
 Principle.

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.619
 So,

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.459
 I actually

00:33:56.459 --> 00:33:56.819
 just kind

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.199
 of slipped

00:33:57.199 --> 00:33:57.799
 Jason a

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.259
 copy of

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.740
 that book

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.299
 and just

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.720
 let him

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.159
 read it,

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:01.379
 and he

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.919
 came back

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.099
 and he

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.379
 was like,

00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:02.639
 dude,

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.159
 that book

00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:03.699
 just rocked

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:04.279
 my world.

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:07.659
 And the

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.559
 result was

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.420
 he sold

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.739
 two of the

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.279
 places that

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.700
 he owned.

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.300
 He sold

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.740
 a lot,

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.500
 I think he

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.920
 had four

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.360
 vehicles,

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.680
 he ended

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.080
 up selling

00:34:17.080 --> 00:34:17.780
 like most

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.140
 of them.

00:34:19.540 --> 00:34:20.140
 And he

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:21.800
 basically

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.360
 folded it

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.860
 all back

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.420
 into living

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:23.760
 on the

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.420
 family farm.

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:27.160
 And today

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.840
 he gives

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.600
 tons of

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:29.260
 money to

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.680
 missions,

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.080
 tons of

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:31.820
 money to

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.940
 people that

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.220
 are just

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:34.180
 advancing the

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.800
 cause and

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.220
 unreached

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.620
 peoples.

00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:36.940
 And he

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.320
 and his

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.860
 wife both

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.160
 have gone

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.680
 on medical

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.659
 missions to

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.279
 do things.

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.419
 And he

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:42.839
 doesn't want

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.339
 any kind

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.940
 of glory or

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.659
 attention for

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.000
 it, but he's

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.419
 just one of

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.019
 those guys

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.079
 who, when

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.519
 he knows

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.359
 what the

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.879
 command of

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.559
 God is, he

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.019
 prays for the

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.539
 grace to do

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.759
 it, and

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.000
 then he

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.440
 does it.

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.259
 And again,

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.839
 apart from

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.379
 faith in

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:55.919
 Christ, there's

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.739
 no explanation

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.399
 for such a

00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:57.719
 life.

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:58.779
 He's like, I

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.179
 just want to

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.460
 store up

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.960
 treasures in

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.159
 heaven.

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.779
 I do not

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:02.299
 want people

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.799
 to look at

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.399
 my life and

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.899
 be like, wow,

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.480
 he is all

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.879
 about the

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.159
 here and

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.440
 now.

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.220
 And finally,

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.900
 I have

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.700
 another friend,

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.940
 one of my

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.780
 mom's really

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.500
 good friends.

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.159
 Her name is

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.519
 Mary.

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.599
 She grew up

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.320
 watching me and

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.639
 my brother

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.320
 grew up, my

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.800
 parents are

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.159
 really good

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.539
 friends of

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.960
 her and her

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.280
 husband.

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.300
 But sadly,

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.099
 her husband was

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.760
 not a believer

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:26.880
 and ended up

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.740
 passing away and

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.599
 leaving a great

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.320
 deal of money

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.880
 to Mary.

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.880
 And now she

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.639
 has all these

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.559
 resources at

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.059
 her hand.

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.179
 And every

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.860
 day she

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.460
 just prays

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.880
 like, God,

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.360
 how would

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.720
 you have

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.940
 me use

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.500
 this money?

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.139
 How?

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:44.099
 And I'm

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.460
 one of the

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.099
 beneficiaries.

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.360
 I raise

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.000
 support in

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.500
 addition to

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.119
 receiving some

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.800
 income here.

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.740
 And I

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.480
 asked her to

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.340
 write something

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.539
 in relationship

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.059
 to this.

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.400
 And this is

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.659
 what she

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.019
 said.

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.220
 She said,

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.079
 I know

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.579
 that my

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.200
 financial

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:02.159
 resources are

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.920
 a gift from

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.320
 God.

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.740
 God, when

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.460
 our finances

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.640
 exceed our

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.480
 normal living

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.019
 needs, then

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.960
 God allows us

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.720
 to help others

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.420
 as he brings

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.120
 their needs to

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:12.700
 our attention.

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.260
 I am

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.019
 privileged to

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.440
 experience someone

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.539
 giving me a

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:19.240
 gift, and if it

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.180
 made such a huge

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.680
 difference.

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:23.280
 It was the

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.360
 difference in my

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.500
 going forward or

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.940
 my not knowing

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.960
 if forward was

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.440
 possible.

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.159
 through another

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:31.159
 person, I saw

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.960
 God's provision.

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.519
 When we are

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.380
 able to give to

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.260
 others, it is a

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.639
 privilege.

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.860
 We are then

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.519
 connected to

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.720
 God's miracle in

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.460
 someone else's

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.900
 life.

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:43.280
 We give, we

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.139
 receive much

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.900
 more than we

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.340
 ever could

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.720
 imagine.

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.099
 And this is

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.900
 how God

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.400
 works.

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.780
 It is one of

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.440
 his fundamental

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.019
 principles.

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.039
 Believe it.

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.420
 Giving is a

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.860
 privilege.

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:53.940
 church.

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:57.160
 And so, I'm

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.900
 really hoping

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.300
 that you're

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.980
 catching on to

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.420
 some of these

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.000
 very clear

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.820
 principles that

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.059
 are in

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.320
 Scripture.

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:03.940
 That you will

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.539
 run your

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.599
 decision making

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.300
 with your

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.900
 money and your

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.519
 finances and

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.099
 your stuff

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.800
 through these

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.220
 principles.

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.120
 And there are

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:14.620
 many great

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:15.220
 things to give

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.440
 to.

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:16.220
 The church is

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.480
 one.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.780
 We could

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.680
 definitely use

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:19.180
 more here.

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.660
 I would say

00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:21.539
 start here and

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.260
 then move

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.920
 outwards.

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.019
 right?

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.500
 Let's just join

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.059
 together in

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.639
 prayer and just

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.260
 ask God to do

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.840
 a work in our

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.200
 hearts.