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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Turn with me, if you will, this morning to Luke 16, Luke chapter 16.

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 Last week we finished up looking at one of the most beloved parables in all the Bible,

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 the story of the prodigal son.

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 And this week we turned the page to find another parable, but let's just say that it's a little

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 less beloved parable by most people.

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 This is a hard one.

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 It's a hard parable on actually two levels.

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 First, just understanding what Jesus means in this story.

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 It's the parable of the dishonest manager.

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 And yet the dishonest manager is commended?

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 What's up with that?

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 What does Jesus mean?

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 What does He not mean?

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 But then, on another level, once we do understand it, it's hard for us because it challenges our

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 hearts in ways that for many of us we'd just rather avoid.

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 Chapter 16 talks a lot about money issues, rich and poor.

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 But it does so not merely to talk about money, but really to address our hearts.

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 It's difficult.

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 Now, we must always listen to God's Word, every part of it.

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 But this week in particular, as I've been studying and praying for this, I feel like God has been

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 saying, I must really listen to this.

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 We really need to listen to this.

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 We have this tendency, I think, when we hear God start talking about money to shut down here.

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 But Jesus keeps bringing it up.

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 So let's listen to God's Word and then together ask His Spirit to give us tender hearts, to mold our hearts the way He wants to this morning.

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 This is Luke 16 at verse 1.

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 He also said to the disciples,

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 There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

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 And He called him and said to him,

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 What is this that I hear about you?

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 Turn in the account of your management, for you cannot be the manager any longer.

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 And the manager said to himself,

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 What shall I do since my master is taking the management away from me?

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 I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg.

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 I've decided what to do so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.

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 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first,

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 How much do you owe my master?

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 He said, A hundred measures of oil.

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 He said to him, Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.

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 Then he said to another,

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 And how much do you owe?

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 He said, A hundred measures of wheat.

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 And he said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.

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 The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness.

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 For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

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 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth,

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 so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

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 One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much,

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 and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

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 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth,

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 who will entrust to you the true riches?

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 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's,

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 who will give you that which is your own?

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 No servant 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 the one and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 This is God's holy, inerrant, infallible, eternal word.

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 Let's pray and ask him to help us as we look at it.

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 Father, we are here this morning

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 to place ourselves under your word.

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 So Holy Spirit, as we look at it,

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 as we seek to understand,

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 as we struggle to obey,

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 would you break us?

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 Would you shape us?

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 Would you inspire us,

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 even inflame our hearts with passion and zeal for you and your kingdom?

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 Do that work in each of us,

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 and together as a group,

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 for the sake of Jesus, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Proverbial wisdom tells us that money can't buy happiness, right?

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 But for decades, people have offered other reminders.

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 Money can't buy you happiness,

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 but it can buy you coffee.

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 Which is kind of the same thing.

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 Whoever said money can't buy happiness

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 simply didn't know where to go shopping,

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 Bo Derek once said.

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 You can't buy happiness,

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 but you can buy a plane ticket,

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 which is kind of the same thing.

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 See, there's a lot of things

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 that you can get really close, right?

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 What else?

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 Oh yeah, money, not happiness,

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 but it's much more comfortable

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 to cry in a Lamborghini than on a bicycle.

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 You can't buy happiness,

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 but real estate?

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 That's just pretty close, right?

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 And my personal favorite,

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 you can't buy happiness,

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 but you can buy donuts.

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 And there is the real answer.

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 Donuts, therein is happiness.

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 All of these things,

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 that people use this regularly in advertising, right?

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 Your money can't buy you happiness,

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 can't buy you love,

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 whatever it happens to be,

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 but don't get down,

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 don't get discouraged.

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 We chuckle at these,

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 but there's a lot of truth

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 in what they show us

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 about our hearts, isn't there?

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 I would say most American Christians

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 are functioning with this mindset.

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 The mindset that money can't buy happiness,

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 but we pursue it.

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 We cling to it.

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 We think about it as if it can bring us happiness.

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 We're seeking to serve God,

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 but we're trying to serve money at the same time,

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 which this passage tells us

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 in no uncertain terms

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 means we are not serving God at all.

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 Yikes!

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 And that can happen regardless

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 of how much money we have.

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 Whether we are clipping coupons

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 or buying real estate,

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 our hearts can start to grasp at money

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 and the seeming safety,

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 security, pleasure, control,

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 whatever it is that it appears to offer us.

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 And money may not buy us happiness,

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 but I think it is pretty good

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 at showing us where we think

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 happiness is found, isn't it?

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 It does that real well.

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 We use it to get what we value.

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 That may be donuts.

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 It may be clothes.

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 It may be education.

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 It may be an organization or mission

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 that you believe in and support.

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 But the title of this sermon

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 is actually kind of silly.

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 No one has to tell you

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 to put your money where your heart is.

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 You already do.

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 We all do.

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 That's why as Jesus talks to us

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 about money,

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 and actually it really is about

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 all our earthly possessions

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 and time and energy,

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 that's what He's talking about.

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 He's actually pushing towards our hearts.

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 Let's see how He does that.

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 Let's talk about the parable

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 for just a minute.

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 When you're studying parables,

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 it's helpful to remember

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 that they usually have

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 one primary point or meaning.

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 Don't look for hidden messages

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 under every stone

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 unless Jesus tells us to do so.

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 Let's review what happens in the parable

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 and then see how Jesus helps us

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 with the main point.

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 This manager has been entrusted

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 to steward all his master's possessions, right?

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 He's the guy who's been put in charge

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 and he's been mismanaging,

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 probably skimming off the top

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 for himself among other things.

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 And so he's fired.

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 There's no questions asked.

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 He's done,

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 but he's given a little bit of time

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 to update the accounts

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 and bring them up to speed

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 to turn them in before he walks off.

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 So he's stuck, right?

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 His job,

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 his influence,

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 his source of well-being,

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 they're all disappearing quickly.

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 Now caring for himself

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 is this manager's top priority, right?

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 He feels that he can't do that well

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 by manual labor for whatever reason

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 or by begging.

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 So he hatches a plan.

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 He's got this idea

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 of how he can take care of himself.

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 Jesus doesn't tell us for sure,

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 but probably what's happening here

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 is Jews were not allowed by law

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 to charge interest to other Jews.

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 And so what many people did

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 to get around that law

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 was work an extra fee

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 into the original bill.

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 Unethical,

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 but on the razor's edge of illegal.

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 Basically everyone did it.

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 And the manager

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 goes to some of these wealthy clients

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 and he lowers their debts

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 probably by that kind of interest-added amount

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 that would have been worked in.

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 And so two things happen.

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 What happens there?

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 His master can't punish him further

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 without exposing himself

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 for these unethical practices, right?

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 But secondly,

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 he's made some new friends.

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 He's got people

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 who might want to help him out,

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 give him a job,

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 a meal,

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 a bed to sleep in

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 when he loses his

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 and has nowhere else to go.

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 In his future,

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 he's going to be taken care of.

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 What a great plan.

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 Even his master says,

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 pretty sharp, man.

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 Good thinking.

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 I didn't see that one coming.

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 He commends his shrewdness.

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 Verse 8.

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 Now that word for shrewdness,

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 when we say shrewd,

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 usually means conniving, right?

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 Less than ethical,

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 which does fit here.

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 But it really means

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 wisely preparing or investing.

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 In other words,

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 carefully prioritizing

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 what one deems valuable or important.

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 It's used in parables often.

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 For instance,

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 the wise man who built his house where?

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 On a rock.

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 It was a shrewd,

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 a wise decision.

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 In other parables,

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 for people being properly prepared

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 for the coming of Jesus.

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 So the point of this parable

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 is not to say

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 the ends justify the means

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 or be dishonest

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 as long as you make more money.

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 No, no, no kids.

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 No.

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 The primary point of the parable is

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 it is wise and commendable

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 to use things of fading value

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 toward things of longer lasting value.

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 The manager's money and position

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 were fading, right?

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 And he shrewdly,

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 wisely,

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 used them to secure something

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 with ongoing value to him.

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 In this case,

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 his own protection

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 and provision.

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 Now Jesus has been teaching us

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 all through this section

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 as we've walked through

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 the Gospel of Luke

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 about the kingdom of God, right?

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 About the immense value

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 of the kingdom.

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 About its lasting value.

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 In fact,

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 its eternal value.

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 So Jesus is not going

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 to commend honesty.

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 Neither is he going to say,

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 look out for number one.

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 The manager's got his priorities straight.

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 That's exactly what

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 your priorities should be.

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 No.

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 He says this,

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 verse 9,

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 I tell you,

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 make friends for yourselves

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 by means of unrighteous wealth

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 so that when it fails,

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 as it will,

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 they may receive you

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 into the eternal dwellings.

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 Jesus makes the first

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 of his points of application

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 for us.

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 Invest eternally

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 in what truly lasts.

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 Friends,

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 welcoming you into homes

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 is only a picture

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 of being welcomed by God

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 into an eternal home.

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 An everlasting kingdom.

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 Jesus says his followers

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 could learn some things

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 from the people of the world,

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 right?

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 About how this principle

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 works out.

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 Again,

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 he's not commending

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 the methods

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 or the ultimate values,

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 but rather the consistent

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 strategic thinking

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 of the world.

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 Verse 8,

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 the sons of this world

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 are more shrewd

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 in dealing with

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 their own generation

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 than the sons of light.

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 What's Jesus saying?

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 He's saying,

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 why do the children

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 of God fail to invest

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 in what they believe

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 is truly valuable?

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 Everyone else seems

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 to do that pretty consistently.

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 They figure out

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 what their priorities are

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 and they work towards them.

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 They invest in them.

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 We say the thing

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 that we want most

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 to see happen

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 is the kingdom of God

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 advanced in this world,

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 right?

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 For people to come

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 to know King Jesus,

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 for Huntsville

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 to experience

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 the flourishing

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 of justice and mercy,

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 for the nations

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 to be transformed

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 by the power

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 of the gospel of grace.

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 That's what we say

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 is most valuable.

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 But do we invest

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 in that

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 like it's most valuable?

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 Do we employ

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 all the wisdom

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 and skill

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 God has given us

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 toward kingdom ends?

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 The manager used

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 everything at his disposal,

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 right?

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 To pursue

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 what was most valuable

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 to him.

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 Jesus says

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 to his followers,

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 you've got a kingdom

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 that really lasts,

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 that is most valuable.

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 Use everything

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 at your disposal

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 to pursue it.

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 Pastor Ross Lester

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 encourages us

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 to think of our money

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 specifically

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 as mission ammunition.

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 I like that.

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 Ammunition

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 for God's mission

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 in the world

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 that we can use,

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 he says,

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 to blow holes

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 in the gates

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 of hell.

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 I really like that.

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 That's good.

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 When you worship God

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 through giving

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 this morning,

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 you didn't just

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 check a box,

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 fulfill an obligation,

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 make a charitable donation

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 for tax purposes.

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 You blew a hole

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 in the gates

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 of hell

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 in Huntsville.

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 You blasted

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 through the gates

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 of hell

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 in India.

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 that's how you

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 invested

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 the resources

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 God had given

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 to you.

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 But it's not simply

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 about our money,

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 is it?

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 I mean,

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 it's not less

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 than that,

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 but it's so much

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 more.

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 Verse 9 again,

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 I tell you,

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 make friends for

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 yourselves

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 by means of

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 unrighteous wealth.

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 That word there

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 that's translated

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 unrighteous wealth

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 sometimes translated

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 money like in

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 verse 13.

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 It's the word

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 mammon.

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 It doesn't mean

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 wealth that you

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 got by dishonest

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 dealings.

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 That's not the idea.

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 It's a general term

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 speaking of

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 all your earthly

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 possessions,

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 all your worldly

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 wealth,

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 all the resources

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 you have in this

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 world.

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 Jesus is saying

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 use those

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 for eternal

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 purposes.

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 Use everything

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 you have

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 to pursue

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 things

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 that last.

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 The manager

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 used his position,

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 his connections.

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 Invest your time

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 to pursue

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 the eternal

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 souls of

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 men and women.

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 Invest your

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 relationships

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 to see

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 God's kingdom

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 come in

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 Huntsville.

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 Invest your

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 vacation time

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 to love

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 the least of

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 these.

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 Invest your

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 homes to

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 help people

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 experience

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 the gracious

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 welcome

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 of King

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 Jesus who

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 gives freely

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 and generously.

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 this leads us

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 to Jesus

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 next point.

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 We must

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 steward

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 faithfully.

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 Verse 11

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 if then you

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 have not been

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 faithful in

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 the unrighteous

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 wealth and

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 the mammon

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 and the earthly

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 resources who

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 will entrust to

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 you the true

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 riches and

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 if you've not

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 been faithful

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 in that which

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 is another's who

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 will give you

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 that which is

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 your own.

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 Jesus says all

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 those things that

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 you're to invest

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 for the eternal

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 kingdom you must

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 do it because

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 they're not

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.000
 actually yours at

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.699
 all are they?

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 You are a

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 steward that

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 God has

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 entrusted to

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 manage his

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 resources for

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:12.819
 his purposes.

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 He's telling us

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 to be faithful

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 with that which

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 belongs to

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.660
 another.

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 It's his.

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 That's what a

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 steward does

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 right?

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 Manages what

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 belongs rightly

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.200
 to someone

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.039
 else.

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 Is that how you

00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.819
 view your money?

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 Your time?

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:37.100
 Your home?

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.380
 Are they yours

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.420
 or are they

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:41.120
 someone else's?

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 I read this

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 week of a man

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 who bought a

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 new car only

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 to have it

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 crashed into

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 a couple of

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 days later

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 and he

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 responded,

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 well God

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 I don't know

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 why you want

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.220
 a dent in

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 the side of

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.420
 your new car

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 but you

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.400
 certainly have

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 a big one.

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 John Wesley

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 once said

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 when told his

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 house was on

00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.539
 fire,

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.839
 the Lord's

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.619
 house burned

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.379
 one less

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.119
 responsibility

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:06.059
 for me.

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.740
 Now the

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.819
 triteness of

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.500
 those comments

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.460
 can seem to

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.039
 minimize

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.480
 genuine

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 suffering

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:16.159
 but

00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:17.740
 I use them

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:19.059
 to the point

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 of how vital

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 it is

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.960
 for us to

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.799
 have the right

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.839
 perspective on

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.940
 who owns

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.759
 our

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 stuff.

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 if everything

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.200
 we have

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.799
 is a gift

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.500
 from God

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.140
 and it's

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.279
 merely entrusted

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.080
 to us

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:35.320
 then we must

00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:36.180
 ask the

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.779
 question

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.779
 perhaps different

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.100
 from the

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.600
 question we

00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.500
 usually ask

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.400
 what does

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.380
 faithful stewardship

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:42.480
 of God's

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.700
 stuff look

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.160
 like?

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 Not how do

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 I want to

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 use it

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.019
 but how

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.960
 would God

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.140
 want this

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:51.019
 used?

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:53.319
 That's the

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.819
 heart behind

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.359
 the leadership

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:54.859
 of our

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.480
 church as we

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.240
 consider our

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.099
 budget each

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.799
 year and as

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.379
 we in recent

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.200
 months wrestled

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.039
 through pursuing

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:02.039
 the sale of the

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:03.019
 White House

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.599
 property.

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:05.539
 How would God

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.599
 want us to

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.039
 use what He

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.059
 has entrusted

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.180
 to us?

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.220
 And the

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.339
 principle Jesus

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:14.019
 teaches is that

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.779
 we should be

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.680
 faithful in the

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.759
 small things like

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:18.019
 money before

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.559
 being entrusted

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.839
 with true

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.679
 riches.

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.179
 Verse 11

00:20:23.179 --> 00:20:24.779
 In other words

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:26.339
 if we as a

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.079
 church don't

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.960
 steward our

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.240
 money faithfully

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.940
 for God's

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.019
 kingdom purposes

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.899
 pointing all

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.839
 our money there

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.240
 why would God

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.619
 entrust eternal

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:37.779
 souls for us

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.440
 to point them

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.099
 toward Him and

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.599
 His kingdom?

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.079
 If we're not

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.679
 even pointing our

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.399
 money in that

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.299
 direction.

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.200
 But if we are

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.299
 oriented toward

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.200
 His kingdom in

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 the little things

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 what a great

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.179
 pattern that sets

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 for us when He

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 entrusts a new

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 church plant

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:53.519
 a new generation

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 of kids

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 a new revival

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 in Huntsville

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 to us

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 and we're looking

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 towards His

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 kingdom purposes.

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 God has entrusted

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 every one of us

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 in this room

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 with so much

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 hasn't He?

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 Do we long

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 for more so

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 that we can

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 pursue our

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 dreams of a

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.160
 better lifestyle

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 a better situation

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 for our kids

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 a better

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 retirement?

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 Or are we

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 willing to say

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 enough?

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 God's given me

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 what I need

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 and whenever we

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 see more

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 we think

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.880
 kingdom

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 whenever we get

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 more we think

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 others

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 we think

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 give it away

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 and we start

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 to get excited

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 as we see God

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 provide for us

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 and He does it

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 so richly

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 and so generously

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 and as what

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 He's given us

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 grows

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 we think

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 of the size

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 of hole

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 we're going

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 to blow

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 in the gates

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 of hell

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 right?

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 Isn't that

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 exciting?

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 Don't you want

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 to see what

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 God gives you

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 that way?

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 He entrusts to us

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 so much

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 and that's the

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 attitude He's

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 calling us to.

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.440
 Martin Luther wrote

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 we must use

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 all these things

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 upon earth

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 in no other way

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 than as a guest

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 who travels

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.880
 through the land

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 and comes to a hotel

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 where he must

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 lodge overnight.

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 He takes only food

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.799
 and lodging

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 from the host

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 and He says not

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 that the property

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 of the host

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 belongs to Him

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 just so

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 we also

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 should treat

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 our temporal

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 possessions

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 as if they

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 were not ours

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 and enjoy only

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 so much of them

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 as we need

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 to nourish the body

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 and then help

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 our neighbors

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 with the balance.

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 Thus the life

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 of the Christian

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 is only a lodging

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 for the night

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.980
 since we have

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 no continuing city

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.480
 but must journey

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.539
 on to heaven

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 where the Father

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 is.

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 Treat our temporal

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 possessions

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:50.319
 as if they were

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 not ours.

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 Seems un-American.

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 Steward them

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:59.079
 and why?

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 Why does He say?

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 It's because of

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.440
 what's eternal, right?

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:05.640
 We have an eternal city.

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.940
 Another homeland

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:10.160
 where my possessions

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.420
 lie.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.220
 But Jesus has

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 one more point

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 and it

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 presses this

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 into our hearts.

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 He does care

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.640
 how we invest

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 and steward

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.259
 our money,

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.240
 our resources.

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 But He especially

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.180
 wants us this morning

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.720
 to examine our hearts

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:31.200
 in light of how we live.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 No servant

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.799
 can serve two masters

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.799
 for either

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.859
 he will hate the one

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 and love the other

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 or he will be devoted

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.640
 to the one

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 and despise the other.

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 You cannot

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:46.460
 serve

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.400
 God

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.740
 and money.

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 You cannot

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.960
 serve God

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.359
 and money.

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.019
 God

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.220
 and mammon.

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.240
 Worldly pleasures

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.359
 and possessions.

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 Notice

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.779
 He doesn't

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.460
 merely say

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 that you

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.059
 should not.

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 You probably

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.720
 knew that

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.360
 before you came

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.140
 this morning, right?

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.319
 He doesn't say

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.579
 you should not

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.579
 serve

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.480
 God and money.

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.259
 He says

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.340
 you cannot

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.880
 serve both.

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 They are

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.279
 mutually

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.519
 exclusive

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.799
 masters

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.299
 because God

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.980
 demands

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.480
 wholehearted

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.519
 worship.

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.000
 He must

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 have

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.319
 the whole

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.100
 of my heart

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.759
 or He has

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.600
 none of it.

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.079
 that's really

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.659
 the crux

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.619
 for many of us

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.339
 I think

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:35.500
 because we would

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.459
 like to think

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:37.299
 that we serve

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.740
 God,

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.259
 wouldn't we?

00:24:39.219 --> 00:24:40.199
 That He's the one

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:41.279
 that we most

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.240
 value.

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.579
 But if we're honest

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.399
 we'd also like

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:45.799
 to think

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.379
 that we can

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:47.299
 manage

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.619
 chasing our own

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.199
 dreams

00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:50.059
 on the side

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.279
 or

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.000
 if we're more

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.359
 honest

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.219
 chasing our own

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:53.579
 dreams

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.480
 Monday through

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.980
 Saturday

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.700
 which is

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:57.120
 more of a main

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.620
 course than a side

00:24:58.620 --> 00:25:00.900
 but either way

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:03.500
 God says

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.120
 we

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:05.319
 cannot

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:08.360
 I've got to

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.819
 believe there are

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.500
 a lot of people

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.620
 sitting in churches

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:12.019
 like ours

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.660
 who are not

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.440
 serving

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.460
 God

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.480
 because they're

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.160
 serving

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.700
 mammon

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:20.319
 earthly things

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.579
 or

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.380
 eternal

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.700
 things

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:26.160
 what do we

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.880
 talk with our

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:28.019
 spouses about

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.480
 when we

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.059
 get time

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.680
 to talk

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.100
 together

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.980
 what do we

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.779
 plan for

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.620
 schedule around

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:35.940
 and

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.980
 prioritize

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.660
 with our

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.180
 time

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:40.799
 what purposes

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.559
 are we working

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.319
 for during the

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.779
 week when we're

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.420
 not in this

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.059
 building

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.620
 what are we

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.519
 most excited

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.100
 to tell our

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.440
 friends

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.299
 or show our

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.920
 friends

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.660
 earthly

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.500
 things

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.160
 or

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.700
 eternal

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.400
 things

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:56.580
 whom do our

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:56.980
 hearts

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.680
 worship

00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:01.200
 see this is

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.640
 really where

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.460
 Jesus wants to

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.900
 go here

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.640
 isn't it

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.420
 you thought he

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.060
 was meddling

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.880
 when he reached

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.320
 in and put his

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.759
 hands on your

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.080
 wallet

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.560
 earlier

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:09.780
 he wants to

00:26:09.780 --> 00:26:10.780
 reach through

00:26:10.780 --> 00:26:11.360
 that

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:12.680
 to your

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.420
 heart

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:15.100
 to what you

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:16.440
 really value

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.820
 he wants us

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.400
 to consider

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.320
 deeply this

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:19.920
 morning who

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.740
 our God

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.060
 truly is

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.460
 who's the

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.839
 one we

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.299
 love

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.940
 whose goals

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.659
 do we

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:27.639
 most pursue

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.559
 whose

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.279
 priorities

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.359
 actually shape

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.799
 how we

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.319
 use

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.500
 resources

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.799
 you know

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.099
 we won't

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.659
 invest our

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.480
 resources in

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.000
 something that

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.500
 our hearts

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.139
 don't truly

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.339
 value and

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.740
 love

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.039
 right

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:42.700
 I love to

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.039
 listen to

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.599
 people who

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.740
 love God's

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.059
 kingdom

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.039
 and have the

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.599
 gift of

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.179
 generosity

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.980
 I love to

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.340
 hear them

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.299
 just brim

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.240
 with excitement

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.140
 and joy

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.279
 over how

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.779
 they were able

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.660
 to free up

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.160
 some extra

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.799
 money to help

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.500
 out a seminary

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.240
 student in a

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.920
 tight spot

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:59.860
 how they were

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.759
 able to restructure

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.240
 some of their

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.100
 assets to make a

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.100
 special gift to

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.640
 the church

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.320
 how they were

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:04.700
 able to

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.759
 coordinate some

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.400
 friends with

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.279
 resources to

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.120
 help someone in

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.500
 need

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.259
 there's this

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.580
 joy there

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.140
 because they

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.580
 know they're

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.840
 investing in

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.400
 eternity

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:15.460
 they know

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.640
 they're stewarding

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.660
 what God has

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.580
 entrusted to

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.660
 them for his

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.780
 eternal purposes

00:27:20.780 --> 00:27:21.240
 and nothing

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.680
 makes them

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.280
 more excited

00:27:22.280 --> 00:27:26.019
 regardless of

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.420
 how many

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.519
 digits are in

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.160
 your paycheck

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.900
 or how many

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.120
 dollars are in

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.500
 your bank

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.920
 account

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.580
 would you be

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.160
 willing to ask

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.960
 yourself some

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.180
 hard heart

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.440
 questions this

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.700
 morning

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:40.060
 do you get

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.720
 more joy

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.400
 from buying a

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.960
 new car

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.299
 new clothes

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.079
 or

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:47.440
 from supporting

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.100
 a global

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.940
 mission partner

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:52.059
 do you get

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.920
 more joy from

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.860
 an evening of

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:54.640
 Netflix

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.900
 a Saturday of

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.559
 college football

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.019
 or

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.079
 an afternoon

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.160
 spent listening

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.120
 to the pains

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.120
 of a hurting

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.880
 friend and

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.200
 praying for

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.519
 them

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:08.360
 do you get

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.180
 more joy from

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.900
 adding on to

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.380
 your home

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:12.000
 or having

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.579
 neighbors

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.599
 in your home

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.720
 which

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.559
 master

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.480
 do you

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.980
 serve

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.799
 God

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.679
 calls us

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.639
 to serve

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.359
 him

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.799
 wholeheartedly

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.639
 with every

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.000
 dollar

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.399
 with every

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.740
 minute

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.559
 with every

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.059
 decision

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.559
 why

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.599
 because

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.299
 his

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.000
 kingdom

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.939
 lasts

00:28:31.939 --> 00:28:32.720
 forever

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.100
 one of the

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.640
 reasons we

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.640
 can't serve

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:39.140
 God and

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.500
 money

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.220
 is that these

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.960
 two masters

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.940
 are so entirely

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.559
 different

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.880
 they promise

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.799
 to provide us

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.259
 some of the

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.100
 same things

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:51.360
 but they do so

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.360
 through entirely

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.700
 different means

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.180
 listen to the

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.079
 differences this

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.819
 morning as we

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.460
 close and

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.880
 consider which one

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.700
 you want to

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.120
 serve

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.459
 money says

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.639
 you can't buy

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.599
 safety and

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.539
 security but

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.899
 but you can buy

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.839
 storm shelters

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:10.159
 education for your

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.599
 kids and insurance

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.839
 plans and that's

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.479
 pretty close

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.480
 God says

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.220
 safety

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.099
 security

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:24.599
 keep your life

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.880
 free from love

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.779
 of money and be

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.779
 content with what

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.360
 you have

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:30.120
 for he has

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.440
 said

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.000
 why

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.839
 why

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.860
 how

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.720
 can we avoid

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.180
 the love of

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.400
 money

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.019
 God has said

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.839
 I will never

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.559
 leave you

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.700
 nor forsake

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.980
 you

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.960
 so we can

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.220
 confidently say

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.460
 the Lord is my

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.900
 helper

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:44.140
 I will not

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.660
 fear

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.700
 what can

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.240
 man

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.040
 do

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:48.000
 to me

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.620
 how do you

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.100
 pull your

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:49.640
 heart away

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.220
 from the love

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.680
 of money

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.620
 embracing God's

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:54.000
 promise to be

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.980
 with you and to

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.400
 care for you

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.519
 God offers

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.080
 himself

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.880
 always

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.440
 with you

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.860
 money says

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.440
 the secret

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.380
 to being

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.000
 fulfilled

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.740
 is to work

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.180
 hard

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.720
 get enough

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.500
 sit back

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.120
 relax

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.199
 and enjoy

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.879
 all the

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.379
 benefits

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.779
 of what

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.019
 you've

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.279
 worked

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.759
 for

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:18.859
 God

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.379
 says

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.519
 Philippians

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.319
 chapter 4

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:23.159
 in any

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.539
 and every

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.199
 circumstance

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.799
 I have

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.319
 learned the

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.979
 secret of

00:30:25.979 --> 00:30:26.819
 facing plenty

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.379
 and hunger

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.879
 abundance

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.659
 and need

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:30.500
 I can do

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.199
 all things

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:32.279
 through him

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.139
 who strengthens

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.439
 me

00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:34.739
 and my

00:30:34.739 --> 00:30:35.219
 God will

00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:35.879
 supply all

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.439
 your needs

00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:37.319
 according to

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.279
 his glorious

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.000
 riches

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.579
 in Christ

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.119
 Jesus

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.559
 true

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.279
 fulfillment

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:44.299
 in him

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:47.740
 money says

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.140
 you can't

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.920
 buy fame

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:50.079
 and significance

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.660
 but

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.839
 but if you

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.319
 get enough

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.720
 of me

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.279
 people will

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.700
 eventually

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.700
 respect you

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.059
 and come to

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.740
 you for help

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.259
 and then you

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.720
 will really

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.140
 matter

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.579
 you'll really

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.480
 be somebody

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:03.380
 God says

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.779
 the Lord

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.200
 is my

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.640
 shepherd

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.540
 I shall

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:08.940
 not

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.720
 want

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.540
 I

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:11.120
 shall

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.700
 lack

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:13.220
 nothing

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:16.140
 you have

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.500
 everything

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.620
 you need

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:20.259
 your 401k

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.420
 might disappear

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.400
 I will make

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.300
 you lie down

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.120
 in green

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.880
 pastures

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.420
 your home

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.240
 might burn

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.740
 you will dwell

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.820
 in the house

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.759
 of the Lord

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.680
 forever

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.680
 your body

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.660
 may break

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.140
 down

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.000
 I will

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.620
 never

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.480
 let you

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.780
 down

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:38.259
 I will

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.980
 always

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.700
 be your

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.100
 shepherd

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.780
 you

00:31:40.780 --> 00:31:41.600
 shall

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.400
 lack

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.660
 nothing

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:46.460
 which

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.860
 master

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.180
 do you

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.480
 love

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:51.300
 money

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:51.620
 says

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.040
 just a

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.220
 little

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.440
 bit

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.800
 more

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:55.880
 God

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.220
 says

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.860
 Jesus

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.740
 paid

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.200
 it all

00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.080
 it is

00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.900
 finished

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:03.820
 give me

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.320
 Jesus

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:05.400
 let's pray

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:12.759
 God

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.140
 might we

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.720
 see having

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.100
 you

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:15.040
 as the

00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:15.380
 one we

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.660
 serve

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.160
 and worship

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.759
 as what

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.380
 we truly

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.800
 need

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:23.160
 you know

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.700
 the things

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.540
 that turn

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:24.960
 our hearts

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.360
 even in

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.160
 these moments

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.600
 away from

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:27.880
 you

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.540
 away from

00:32:28.540 --> 00:32:29.400
 seeing you

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.700
 as worthy

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.780
 and valuable

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:33.000
 and eternal

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.540
 Holy Spirit

00:32:35.540 --> 00:32:36.080
 would you

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.380
 fight for

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.060
 our hearts

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:39.920
 would you

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.460
 push back

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.000
 the evil

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.460
 one who

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.060
 would bring

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:43.000
 things in

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.180
 to kill

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.480
 and to

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.120
 destroy

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.540
 and to

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:47.180
 lie to us

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.600
 and make us

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.480
 believe there's

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.300
 something else

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:49.960
 that we really

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.420
 need

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:53.680
 to lie to us

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.100
 and make us

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.580
 think we can

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.460
 have our cake

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.060
 and eat it

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.360
 too

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.819
 we can

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:58.559
 we can

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.039
 serve God

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.559
 on Sunday

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.939
 morning

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.479
 and there's

00:33:00.479 --> 00:33:01.199
 other things

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.859
 we can chase

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.519
 after at the

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.339
 same time

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.299
 father

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.719
 our hearts

00:33:05.719 --> 00:33:06.219
 are

00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:07.579
 complex

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:09.059
 they deceive

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.479
 us

00:33:09.479 --> 00:33:10.259
 and it is

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.099
 hard for us

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.439
 to be

00:33:11.439 --> 00:33:12.319
 single minded

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.539
 and wholeheartedly

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.219
 devoted to

00:33:14.219 --> 00:33:14.559
 you

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.779
 Holy Spirit

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.279
 we need

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.899
 your help

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:18.159
 we ask

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:19.099
 for your

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.419
 help

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.839
 would you

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.219
 work

00:33:20.219 --> 00:33:20.919
 in our

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.299
 hearts

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.759
 for the

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.139
 sake of

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.819
 your kingdom

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.679
 and our

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.179
 eternal

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.659
 good

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.620
 give us

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.140
 Jesus

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.160
 give us

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.519
 hearts

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.620
 that long

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.660
 for Jesus

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.580
 more than

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.300
 anything else

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:34.080
 we ask it

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.700
 in his name

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.660
 amen

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:40.200
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00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.720
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00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.519
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00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.019
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00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.420
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