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 Well, good morning, everyone. We are continuing our journey with Jesus.

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 As he resolutely set his face to Jerusalem, focused on the way there in order to die for the sins of humanity.

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 And so I want to begin today by quoting, as I have, in fact, a few times in the past,

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 quoting one of the greatest philosophical thinkers, one of the sharpest political minds,

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 one of the most gifted artists and possibly the most quoted individual of the past 100 years.

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 Arnold Schwarzenegger was born the son of a low-ranking Austrian police officer.

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 And he was destined for a life of obscurity until his hands wrapped around a barbell for the very first time when he was 14 years old.

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 By the time he was 18, he was living in London and travelling the world competing in bodybuilding championships.

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 When he was 18, at that time, his coach, a guy named Wag Bennett, asked the young Arnold,

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 Arnie, what is it that you want to do with your life?

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 And Wag said, I've never heard such a clear statement from such a young person.

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 He said, I want to be the richest and greatest bodybuilder of all time.

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 I want to live in the United States.

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 I want to be a movie actor, a movie director.

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 I want to own an apartment block and I want to be a politician.

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 His teammates said of him at that point,

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 whenever Arnold fixed his mind on something, he could never be dissuaded from it.

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 And whenever you beat him in any way in training,

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 he would look at you and say, you will never do that again.

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 He worked and worked and worked to be the best.

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 That is, the point that I'm trying to make from Arnold Schwarzenegger,

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 who I don't think is actually the most gifted of artists,

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 or the sharpest political minds, or the greatest philosophical thinkers,

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 the point that I want to make is someone so young sees the future and he just goes for it.

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 He sees life planned out for him.

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 He sees what he wants for the future to be.

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 And he works now day in and day out in order for that to be his future.

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 And so as we open up Luke 16,

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 Jesus tells a similar story about a manager who saw the future.

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 So grab your Bibles.

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 Luke 16.

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 And also the St. Paul's app has got an outline for today's talk in it.

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 This is a manager who knew what he needed,

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 what he needed to do now in order to ensure that his life in the future

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 was the way that he wanted it to be, that it was secure.

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 And he just went for it.

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 So first of all, first point is wise investing if you're looking at the St. Paul's app.

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 The manager like this in the first century Palestine managed the owner's estate

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 and also invested his money.

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 So he was sort of like a chief operation officer and a CFO as well.

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 This manager has been doing a poor job.

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 And so he gets a termination notice.

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 And so at this point he's in trouble.

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 See, when word gets around that this manager has not done a great job in managing,

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 he's not likely to get another manager's job.

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 He's been sitting too long in an office to start digging trenches for a living.

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 And he won't lower himself personally to start begging on the streets.

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 And there's no social services in first century Palestine.

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 And so this is a big question of how am I going to live?

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 How am I going to live?

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 How am I going to survive?

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 Is the question.

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 And so he makes a decision in that moment that will ensure that his future is secure and that it continues to pay benefits for him.

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 That's the key idea in this story.

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 But it's the details around the story that's somewhat distracting.

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 Here it is, verse 5.

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 Now the master's response in this is in verse 8.

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 Now the dishonesty bit is connected to his management experience.

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 It's connected to the first bit of the parable.

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 He's commended here by the manager.

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 Why would the manager commend him for this?

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 One of the best theories is that the manager had been, in his dishonesty,

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 had been adding his own fees to the master's investments.

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 Putting his own slice on top of it.

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 Now this could be the right reason why he's called dishonesty.

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 The manager, the master, sorry, was getting interest.

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 Sorry, the manager was getting interest on the investment.

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 As well as the master getting interest on the investment.

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 And so at this point, it's quite, the best plausible option is that the manager, when negotiating here,

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 is taking his own fees out of it.

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 And not only does he make these debtors happy,

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 but he also gives the master a great name around town.

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 Now whether that's exactly how it worked,

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 Jesus' point is the man is living his life,

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 he's using his wealth,

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 in this moment, his opportunities,

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 everything he has with an eye on the future.

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 And the master here commends the manager

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 because he acted shrewdly.

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 That is, you have made a really wise decision.

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 You've acted very cunningly.

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 But the second half of verse 8 is kind of hard to hear

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 because what Jesus is saying here,

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 this is to his disciples,

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 he's saying this is something that,

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 you guys don't do that well.

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 He's saying here,

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 this is something that Christians fail in.

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 It's a rebuke.

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 He says,

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 for the people of this world

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 are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind,

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 more shrewd in dealing with their own generation,

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 than are people of the light.

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 He's saying here,

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 you've got the Arnold Schwarzeneggers of this world

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 who know what they want to achieve,

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 they've got their investment portfolio that they want to get,

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 and they work for it.

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 They have their life focused on achieving that.

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 He's saying,

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 but the people of the kingdom are not so shrewd.

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 Which gets me to the second point

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 of what we think life is about

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 and we are God's investment managers.

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 The first thing we learn

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 is that we are all stewards of someone else's resources.

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 That's what Jesus is saying here,

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 is that we,

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 people of the kingdom,

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 are this manager.

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 We are stewards of someone else's resources.

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 We're not the master,

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 we're the managers.

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 The word manager here can be translated as steward.

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 This man is managing someone else's money.

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 And as a fund manager,

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 as a steward of someone else's resources,

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 you can't do whatever you want with those resources.

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 They're not yours.

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 See,

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 if we understand that there is a God,

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 we'll know that whatever we have

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 ultimately comes from him

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 and it's not ours.

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 Now,

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 that's pretty hard for us to hear

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 in our modern society

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 because we have such an attachment

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 to our wealth and our possessions.

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 It's mine.

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 I've worked hard.

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 I've done this.

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 And yet,

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 as a Christian,

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 there is a much broader theological picture,

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 context to put this into.

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 Christians believe

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 that God made everything

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 and that he sustains everything

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 and that every single human being

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 has life,

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 has skills,

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 has opportunities

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 that he has gifted us with.

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 And without those gifts,

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 we would not make any money at all.

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 Without the life he gives us day by day,

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 without the skills he gives us,

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 we'd have no ability to make money.

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 Now,

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 that is particularly hard.

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 What I've just said

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 is very hard for anyone

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 with a Western mindset

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 to grapple with.

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 Western individualism.

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 We just think

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 poor people in the world

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 need to pull their socks up

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 and try a bit harder.

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 The reality is

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 if we were born

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 in a particular time

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 in this world,

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 in particular places

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 in this world,

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 we would have no ability

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 to advance ourselves whatsoever.

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 It's a gift

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 that what you have now

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 in this time

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 and this day

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 is a gift.

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 It's a gift

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 to be healthy enough

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 to work.

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 and being born

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 in this time

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 and this place

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 and all its opportunities

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 is nothing more

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 than a gift.

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 We work with the life,

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 the circumstances,

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 the talents

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 that God has given us.

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 We are stewards

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 of it all.

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 Let me just

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 point you to a prayer.

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 A prayer

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 that the

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 fabulously

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 wealthy

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 and powerful

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 King David

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 prayed

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 in 1 Chronicles 29.

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 Everything

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 in heaven

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 and earth

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 is yours.

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 Wealth

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 and honour

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 come from you.

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 You are the ruler

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 of all things.

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 Who am I

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 and who are my people

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 that we should be able

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 to give as generously

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 as this?

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 Everything

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 comes from you

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 and we have given you

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 only what comes

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 from your hand.

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 All this abundance

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 that we have provided

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 for building

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 your temple

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 for your holy name

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 comes from your hand

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 and it all

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 belongs

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 to you.

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 As stewards

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 of God's

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 resources

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 what are

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 his

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 expectations

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 conditions

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 of how

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 we might

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 manage

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 his

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 resources.

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 It's a term

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 we keep using

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 here regularly

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 at St. Paul's

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 radical generosity.

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 That is

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 if we are not

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 being radically

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 generous

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 it's fraud.

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 It's robbery.

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 It's not just

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 a lack of

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 compassion

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 or it's not

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 just a lack

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 of integrity.

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 It's fraud

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 and robbery.

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 In fact Malachi

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 chapter 3

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 verse 8

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 says that's

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 exactly what

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 it is.

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 Will a mere

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 mortal rob

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 God

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 yet you

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 rob me

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 but you

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 ask well

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 how are we

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 robbing you?

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 In tithes

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 and offerings.

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 The people

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 of the Old

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 Testament

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 were told

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 that 10%

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 of their

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 income

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 needed to

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 be given

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 away

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 as a

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 starting

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 point.

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 That was

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 the starting

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 point.

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 The New

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 Testament

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 standards

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 are not

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 lower than

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 that.

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 Especially

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 when we

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 have a

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 greater

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 hope

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 when we

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 have a

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 greater

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 revelation

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 we have

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 a greater

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 grace

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 and we

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 have a

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 greater

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 benefit.

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 If we

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 think

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 that 10%

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 is an

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 awful lot

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 of money

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 then maybe

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 we're entirely

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 thinking about

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 this investment

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 idea from

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 the wrong

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 way.

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 The wrong

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 perspective.

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 Imagine

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 I'm an

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 investment

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 I'm a

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 wealthy

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 man

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 and

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 imagine

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 and

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 I

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 get

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 I sign

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 you on

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 to be

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 my

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 investment

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 manager

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 and I

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 say to

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 you

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 these are

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 the terms

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 you get

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 to keep

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 90%

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 of

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 everything

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 that's

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 produced

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 90%

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 of

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 everything

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 that's

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 produced

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 for

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 your

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 living

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 expenses

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 and you

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 just need

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 to give

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 me back

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 10%

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 each

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 year.

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 I mean

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 anyone

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 want to

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 sign up

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 to that

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 deal?

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 Anyone?

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 No one's

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 going to

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 knock back

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 those terms.

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 That is

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 how incredibly

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 generous

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 this God

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 is.

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 But if

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 we love

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 money more

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 as the

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 Pharisees

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 did

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 than God

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 himself

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 then frankly

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 those terms

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 won't be

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 enough.

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 We are

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 stewards of

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 money that

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 is not

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 ours.

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 And what

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 is the

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 goal of

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 our

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 stewardship?

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 Third

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 point,

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 investing in

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 France.

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 I think

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 this is the

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 amazing thing

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 here.

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 Verse 9

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 is the

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 goal Jesus

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 has in

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 mind with

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 our stewardship

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 of his

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 resources.

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 The goal

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 is ultimately

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 our

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 happiness,

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 our love,

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 our security.

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 The goal

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 is a

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 circle of

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 friends.

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 That's

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 incredible.

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 He says,

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 I tell you

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 use worldly

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 wealth to

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 gain friends

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 for yourselves.

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 He could

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 have said

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 use my

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 wealth to

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 gain friends

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 for me,

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 but he

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 says use

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 wealth to

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 gain friends

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 for yourselves

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 so that

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 when it's

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 gone you'll

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 be welcomed

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 into eternal

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 dwellings.

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 And the

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 point of

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 that is

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 that these

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 friends will

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 welcome you

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 into the

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 eternal

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 dwelling.

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 So this

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 manager here

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 puts aside

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 short-term

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 financial gain

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 for the

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 sake of

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 gaining

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 something

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 that was

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 long-term

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 more

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 valuable

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 and that

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 is

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 networks

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 and

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 friends.

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 Networks

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 and

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 friends.

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 Every

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 single

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 wise

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 investment,

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 as my

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 investment

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 manager tells

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 me,

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 and it

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 makes a lot

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 of sense,

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 is where

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 you put

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 your money

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 into something

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 that will

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 increase in

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 value.

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 I mean,

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 that's just

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 no-brainer,

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 right?

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 Increase in

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 value.

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 And the

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 point here

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 is put

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 your money

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 into something

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 that will

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 truly last,

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 really last.

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 Jesus gives

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 us a very

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 helpful perspective

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 here when

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 he says in

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 verse 9,

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 so that

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 when it

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 is gone,

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 when it

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 is gone,

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 in other

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 words,

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 there is no

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 investment in

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 this world

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 that will

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 last.

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 Not a

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 single investment

00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.700
 will last.

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 There is no

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 material thing,

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:31.919
 there is no

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 asset,

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 there is no

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 place where

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 you put your

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 money that

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 will really,

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:39.059
 really last.

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 And he's

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 calling his

00:16:42.719 --> 00:16:43.339
 disciples here

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 to put their

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 money into

00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:44.779
 something that

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 will literally

00:16:45.239 --> 00:16:45.939
 last forever.

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 Building up

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 a circle of

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 eternal friends.

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 And he puts

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 it in relational

00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:52.599
 terms.

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 Relational

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 terms.

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 Use your

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 money in

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.439
 such a way

00:16:57.439 --> 00:16:58.539
 that you

00:16:58.539 --> 00:16:59.779
 make friends,

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.839
 eternal friends

00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.559
 for yourself.

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.119
 What I love

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.879
 about the way

00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.520
 Jesus puts

00:17:09.520 --> 00:17:09.920
 it here,

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 he doesn't

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.780
 just stay

00:17:11.780 --> 00:17:12.320
 on the

00:17:12.320 --> 00:17:12.740
 abstract

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.280
 level.

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.540
 Now,

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:16.980
 I'm,

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.440
 as a

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 forward-thinking

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 person,

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 logically

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 convinced by

00:17:21.800 --> 00:17:22.980
 the argument

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.780
 for long-term

00:17:23.780 --> 00:17:24.620
 investment that

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 grows in

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.900
 value forever.

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 I'm logically

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 convinced by

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 that.

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 But what

00:17:30.280 --> 00:17:30.920
 Jesus says

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 next is

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 what moves

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 my heart

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 and it

00:17:36.520 --> 00:17:37.920
 causes me

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.360
 to open

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:38.980
 my wallet

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 and I

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.720
 hope it

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.120
 does for

00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:41.440
 you.

00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:43.620
 You see

00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.180
 how Jesus

00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:45.080
 describes the

00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:45.980
 eternal dwelling

00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.580
 in verse

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 nine?

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 Friends.

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 That's it.

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.600
 Friends.

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 Not clouds

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 and harps

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 and hymns.

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 Friends.

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 That's heaven.

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.600
 Friends.

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 Friends.

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 Use your

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:08.860
 money now

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.319
 to gain

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:10.059
 friends who

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.640
 will welcome

00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:11.279
 you into

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.440
 eternal dwelling.

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.079
 Let me just

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.559
 quote one

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.259
 commentator who

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.140
 wrote on this

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 verse.

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 It's the main

00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:17.519
 point of the

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:17.879
 parable.

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 Although these

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.319
 things, your

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.220
 property, ability,

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.259
 time, belong to

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.279
 this life only,

00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.240
 says Jesus,

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 yet what will

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.339
 happen to you

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.099
 then when you

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.960
 pass into that

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.559
 life will depend

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.279
 on what you

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.980
 were doing with

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.960
 them here and

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.500
 now.

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:34.059
 And make sure

00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:36.359
 that your use

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:37.619
 of them brings

00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.559
 you into a

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.339
 fellowship of

00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.000
 friends which

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.259
 will survive

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:42.599
 beyond death.

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.759
 See the point?

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:47.440
 We look

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:49.119
 in the

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.819
 materialistic

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.559
 west, we

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:52.779
 look to

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.559
 our money

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.879
 to give us

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.879
 security and

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.799
 significance.

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 But genuine

00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:00.519
 security and

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.799
 significance is

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.460
 ultimately

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.759
 relational, not

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.259
 material.

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.339
 It's relational,

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.059
 not material.

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:11.039
 In the end,

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.700
 all we need is

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.180
 love.

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.379
 We feel

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.700
 truly wealthy

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:18.840
 when we are

00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:20.120
 loving people

00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:21.560
 and surrounded

00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:22.440
 by people who

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.260
 love us back.

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.520
 That's when you

00:19:24.520 --> 00:19:25.280
 feel truly

00:19:25.280 --> 00:19:25.760
 wealthy.

00:19:27.760 --> 00:19:28.720
 And the

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.860
 older you get,

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.220
 the more that

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:32.260
 value increases.

00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:35.360
 That's when you

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.780
 feel truly alive.

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:36.899
 love.

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:41.019
 And yet the

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.980
 love that we

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.259
 all need is

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:45.480
 ultimately out

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.299
 of reach in

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.899
 this life.

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.359
 We get a

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.879
 taste of it

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:52.420
 now, just a

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:54.240
 taste of it, but

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.940
 the best is yet

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.379
 to come.

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.879
 You see, the

00:19:57.879 --> 00:19:58.379
 thinking that

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.519
 heaven is a

00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.899
 place of

00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.359
 harps and

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:00.879
 crowns and

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:02.619
 gold doesn't

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.379
 move me in

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:03.780
 the same

00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:06.960
 way as it

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.320
 being a

00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:08.320
 place of

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:09.420
 people,

00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:10.220
 relationships,

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.840
 connection,

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:11.440
 love.

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.200
 A place of

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.420
 friendships, deep

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.540
 relationships, real

00:20:16.540 --> 00:20:16.940
 love.

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.340
 A love where

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:18.900
 there is no

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.440
 barriers.

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.380
 And it's a

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:24.040
 place that you

00:20:24.040 --> 00:20:24.620
 can hope in

00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.100
 now and

00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:26.120
 invest for and

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.440
 put your

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.060
 investment into

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.480
 it now.

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:30.079
 the love

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.360
 that we

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.700
 have in

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.220
 this world,

00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.779
 the taste

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.099
 of the

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.460
 relationship

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.019
 we have in

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.519
 this world

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.240
 is a

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.220
 foretaste

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.180
 of what

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.920
 will be,

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.259
 but every

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.700
 single

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.240
 relationship

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.779
 in this

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:41.099
 world falls

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.500
 short of

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.740
 it.

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.559
 Fall short

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:43.819
 of it.

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.400
 And it

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.900
 makes heaven

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.319
 such an

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.799
 incredible

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.720
 prospect.

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.140
 So I just

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.519
 want to throw

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.160
 some barriers

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.000
 to genuine

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.579
 and real

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.559
 love that

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.000
 we have in

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.400
 this world

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:56.160
 now that

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.720
 won't be

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.099
 then.

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.819
 For instance,

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.200
 in this

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.660
 world we

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.059
 are not

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.059
 often loved

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.920
 for our

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.720
 own sake.

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.420
 It's actually

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.140
 quite painful

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.539
 when we

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.279
 discover that

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.759
 people are

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.259
 not loving

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.579
 us for

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.920
 our own

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.259
 sake,

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.460
 but actually

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.579
 using us

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.019
 to get

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.039
 something.

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.759
 It's very

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.140
 rare for

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.740
 people,

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.539
 for any

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.900
 of us,

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.599
 to love

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.240
 another

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.839
 person

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.640
 completely,

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.720
 totally for

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.279
 their own

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.779
 sake.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.579
 Most of

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.460
 us love

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.319
 love to

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.019
 get something

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.420
 out of

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.579
 it.

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.680
 And in

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.039
 heaven,

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.980
 we will

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.740
 be loved

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:35.160
 absolutely

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.380
 and completely

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.500
 and fully

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.480
 for who

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.240
 we are

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.840
 without any

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.360
 barriers.

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.860
 Another

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.579
 barrier is

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:43.960
 the ability

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.740
 to express

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.299
 love without

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.920
 hindrance.

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.079
 Pride,

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.079
 selfishness,

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.880
 defensiveness,

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.700
 pettiness,

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.980
 coldness,

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.819
 means that

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.420
 we can

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.800
 very rarely

00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:55.980
 express love

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.620
 without any

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.180
 hindrance.

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.440
 It's like

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.360
 so many

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.820
 of us

00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:01.100
 describe it

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.400
 as having

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.900
 an ocean

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.320
 of love

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.600
 in the

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:02.960
 heart

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.620
 that can

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.240
 only be

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.680
 expressed

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.180
 through a

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.519
 straw.

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.200
 It's there,

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.460
 I just

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.019
 can't get it

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.120
 out.

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.480
 I'm too

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.120
 afraid to

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.500
 actually

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.600
 let it

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:11.840
 all,

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.000
 just in

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.400
 case you

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.080
 reject it.

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:20.159
 we can't

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.799
 get close

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.439
 to expressing

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.000
 our love

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.299
 without

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.899
 hindrance

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.579
 but in

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:23.819
 heaven

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.619
 we will

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.939
 love

00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.199
 without

00:22:26.199 --> 00:22:26.679
 any

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.039
 form

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.319
 of

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.259
 impediment

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.119
 or sin

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.139
 or pride

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.220
 or selfishness

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.899
 or pettiness

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.659
 or defensiveness

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.039
 will be

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.399
 gone.

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.759
 We also

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.299
 struggle

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.980
 to find

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.500
 a mutual

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.859
 love

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.299
 in this

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.639
 world.

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.720
 Is there

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.199
 anything

00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:41.000
 more painful

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.460
 than to

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.099
 love someone

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.679
 more than

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.079
 they love

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.619
 you back?

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.399
 It is

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.199
 very rare

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.639
 for love

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:47.960
 to be

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.460
 mutual

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.619
 all the

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.079
 time.

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.099
 I mean

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.639
 all the

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.000
 time.

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.500
 In this

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.919
 life

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.539
 many of

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:55.899
 the people

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.599
 we love

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:58.359
 we love

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.819
 them more

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.139
 than they

00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.439
 love us

00:22:59.439 --> 00:22:59.779
 back

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.720
 and there

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.159
 is nothing

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.839
 more painful.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.879
 But in

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.119
 heaven

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.599
 everyone

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.179
 will love

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.599
 everyone

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.240
 else

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.199
 mutually

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.759
 and

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.259
 fully.

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.839
 There's

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.240
 also the

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.720
 barrier of

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:13.839
 the

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.500
 unhappiness

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.700
 of those

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.259
 you love.

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.599
 Think about

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.039
 this for a

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.259
 moment.

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.160
 This is for

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.920
 the parents

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.240
 in the

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.440
 room.

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.940
 Once you

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.740
 start having

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.319
 children

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:27.480
 sorry guys

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.740
 I know

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:27.940
 you're

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.180
 launching

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.640
 into this

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.180
 real soon.

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.339
 Once you

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.980
 start having

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.500
 children

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.099
 for the

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.579
 rest of

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.440
 your life

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.779
 you are

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.059
 never

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.599
 happier

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.140
 than the

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.740
 unhappiness

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.099
 of your

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.460
 children

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.099
 of your

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.579
 unhappiest

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:40.980
 child.

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.000
 You are

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.779
 never happier

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.779
 than your

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.599
 unhappiest

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.139
 child.

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.839
 We can

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.339
 never be

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.720
 happier

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.119
 than the

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.579
 people that

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.180
 we love.

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.740
 Their

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.059
 heart

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.500
 becomes

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.859
 our

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.220
 heart.

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.279
 If you

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.119
 love more

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.879
 than five

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.399
 people

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.559
 in your

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.059
 life

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.720
 you will

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.420
 always be

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.799
 unhappy.

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.579
 And that's

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.200
 why C.S.

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.859
 Lewis said

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.559
 if you don't

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.899
 want your

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.420
 heart to be

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.799
 broken

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.980
 then stop

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.279
 loving

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.700
 people.

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.180
 That's

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.480
 the only

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.880
 option.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.380
 Just

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.279
 pull back

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.779
 from everyone.

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.299
 Of course

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.640
 at that

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.960
 point you

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.440
 become such

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.839
 a hard

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:25.519
 person and

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.940
 you are

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.620
 frankly right

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:26.860
 on your

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.140
 way to

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.360
 hell.

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.420
 At that

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:28.680
 point.

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.720
 Love

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.420
 is such

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.279
 an incredible

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.880
 source of

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.240
 pain but

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.660
 not in

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:35.940
 heaven.

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.180
 Everyone

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.579
 will be

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.059
 perfectly

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.759
 happy and

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.380
 filled with

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.720
 a never

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.180
 ceasing

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.620
 joy.

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.460
 But

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.860
 ultimately

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.120
 the

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.440
 greatest

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.860
 barrier

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.160
 to

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.599
 love

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.680
 is

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.480
 separation.

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.440
 We

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.019
 want a

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.420
 love

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.180
 that will

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.680
 never be

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.140
 separated

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.500
 from the

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.940
 people that

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.420
 we love.

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.059
 Ultimately

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.200
 that's the

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.480
 greatest

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.920
 pain.

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:56.860
 My

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.960
 family is

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.799
 going through

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.299
 my extended

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.779
 family is

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.180
 going through

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.620
 that right

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.960
 now.

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.440
 Some of

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.620
 you will

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.000
 be aware

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.440
 of this.

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.180
 Little

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.339
 Teddy died

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.339
 a couple

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.660
 of days

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.980
 ago.

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.519
 And so

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.360
 the separation

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.819
 of that

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.379
 love for

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.579
 my

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.000
 family,

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.519
 the grief

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.859
 that they're

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.459
 feeling right

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:12.799
 now,

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.799
 a baby

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.139
 less than

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.599
 two weeks

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.899
 old.

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.899
 That's

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.979
 the pain,

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.599
 that's

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.199
 separation.

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.419
 We are

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.919
 made to

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.479
 desire the

00:25:25.479 --> 00:25:25.859
 kind of

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.500
 relationships

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.219
 and friendships

00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:27.759
 and love

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.199
 that is in

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.559
 the kingdom

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.059
 of God.

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.479
 We have

00:25:31.479 --> 00:25:32.279
 been designed

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.799
 for what

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.639
 Jesus says

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.079
 heaven is

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.479
 going to be

00:25:34.479 --> 00:25:34.919
 like.

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.900
 knowing and

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.820
 experiencing the

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.259
 pain of

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.779
 relations with

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.360
 this world

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:41.519
 is, it's

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.039
 hard for us

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.539
 to imagine

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.060
 what heaven's

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.360
 going to be

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.740
 like.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.160
 And yet

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:49.660
 that's the

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.080
 problem of

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.519
 loving this

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.840
 world.

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.400
 And

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.800
 ultimately

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.200
 it's the

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.740
 separation

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.980
 from those

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.259
 that we

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.640
 love.

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.640
 It's one

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:58.880
 of the

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.580
 greatest

00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:00.200
 difficulties

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.880
 about getting

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.360
 older.

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:03.299
 as you

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.899
 get older

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:05.059
 your circle

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.579
 of friends

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.139
 disappears.

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.299
 My

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.639
 grandmother

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.139
 died at

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.740
 102,

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:10.979
 didn't have

00:26:10.979 --> 00:26:11.299
 a single

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.979
 friend left.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.539
 All

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.779
 gone.

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.979
 Over the

00:26:16.979 --> 00:26:17.359
 course of

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.979
 40 years

00:26:17.979 --> 00:26:18.279
 saw them

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.679
 all die

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:18.899
 off.

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.639
 That's

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.099
 the pain

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.819
 of separation.

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.799
 So what

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.240
 would it be

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.639
 like,

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.139
 imagine,

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.500
 what would it

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.799
 be like to

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.559
 be completely

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.199
 sure of

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.840
 the future

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.860
 because of

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.400
 what Jesus

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.120
 Christ has

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.660
 achieved for

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.000
 us.

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.220
 Imagine

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.240
 that to

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.799
 believe in

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.019
 Jesus is

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.420
 to be able

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.920
 to live

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.600
 with God

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.539
 and to

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.120
 live with

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.940
 friends in

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.519
 absolute

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.860
 perfect love

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.660
 forever

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.779
 without any

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.340
 barriers,

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.080
 forever.

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.740
 Just imagine

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.480
 how that

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.539
 would change

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.740
 your perspective

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.279
 of life

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.920
 right now.

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.240
 Would we

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.980
 not use

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.980
 our worldly

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.019
 wealth now

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.680
 knowing what

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.880
 really lasts

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.700
 ultimately is

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.180
 love,

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.000
 is people,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.120
 is relationships,

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.460
 is friends,

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:13.480
 and that

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.339
 ultimately

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.860
 as life

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.360
 moves on

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.900
 for me

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.799
 and I

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.680
 feel the

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.180
 pain of

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.779
 loss of

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.220
 love in

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.720
 this world

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.279
 that I

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.019
 have the

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.740
 greatest love

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.059
 to look

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.680
 forward to,

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.400
 the best

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.740
 is yet

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.299
 to come.

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.680
 Use your

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.400
 money now

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.000
 to create

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.740
 a fellowship

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.620
 of eternal

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.340
 friends.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.380
 When people

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.100
 find hope

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.539
 and love

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.980
 and faith

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.539
 in Jesus,

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.660
 they will

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.100
 be your

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.400
 friends

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.820
 forever.

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:46.099
 I just

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.399
 think it's

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:47.019
 incredible

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.179
 to imagine

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:48.720
 that I

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.099
 could be

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.599
 in heaven

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.480
 and I

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.759
 could be

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.099
 in heaven

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.460
 for a

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.779
 thousand

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.419
 years

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:54.899
 and people

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.240
 are being

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.480
 added into

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.980
 that over

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.539
 that course

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:58.939
 of time

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.839
 because somehow

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.319
 it's been

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.960
 connected to

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.659
 my investment.

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.960
 The radical

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.720
 investment is

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.700
 to put the

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.200
 money that

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.859
 you are a

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.779
 steward of

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.019
 into connecting

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.599
 people with

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.220
 their God

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.119
 who will

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.819
 love him

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.460
 and love

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.940
 you

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.039
 forever.

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.440
 Why would

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.740
 we do

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.019
 this?

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.539
 Ultimately,

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.000
 we are

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.119
 recipients of

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.759
 the wisest

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.359
 of investments.

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.079
 All of

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.579
 this hope

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.220
 and joy

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.180
 is possible

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.259
 because we

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.220
 have

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.200
 received

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.339
 ultimate

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.180
 love and

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.599
 ultimate

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.059
 friendship

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.980
 in Jesus.

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.279
 2 Corinthians

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.759
 8,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.139
 the apostle

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.299
 Paul is

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.079
 encouraging the

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.539
 church of

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.159
 Corinth to

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.939
 give generously

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:44.399
 to a

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.019
 great need

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.299
 in the

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.799
 same way

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.399
 that other

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:47.000
 churches had

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.799
 done previously.

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.939
 He doesn't

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.480
 order them

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.039
 to do it.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.740
 He doesn't

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.439
 order them

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.579
 to do it.

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.439
 He shows

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:56.919
 them how

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.559
 they can do

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:59.319
 it and he

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.919
 shows them

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.480
 love.

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.819
 He says,

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.759
 just think

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.259
 about this

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.740
 for a minute.

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.539
 Jesus

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.259
 Christ,

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.539
 though he

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.379
 was rich,

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.379
 yet for

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.240
 your sake

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.859
 he became

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.159
 poor so

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.920
 that you

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.799
 through his

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.460
 poverty

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.079
 might become

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.879
 rich.

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.420
 What he's

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.960
 showing the

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.359
 church of

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.940
 Corinth there

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.259
 and he's

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.940
 showing us

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.619
 is Jesus

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.720
 is the

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.639
 one friend.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.579
 He's the

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.119
 master

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:30.539
 but he

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.240
 became the

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.019
 one friend

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.740
 who emptied

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.579
 himself of

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.279
 everything

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.440
 to turn

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.200
 his enemies

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.119
 into his

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.599
 friends.

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.039
 For the

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.519
 joy that

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.920
 was set

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.599
 before him

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.139
 he endured

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.779
 the cross.

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.899
 We are

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.660
 his joy.

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.799
 Jesus

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.420
 is the

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.700
 true

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.180
 steward.

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.879
 As

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.799
 recipients of

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.379
 the ultimate

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.259
 friendship we

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.980
 get to live

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.339
 with him

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.039
 forever in

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.960
 perfect love

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.279
 and he's

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.099
 calling us

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.779
 to use

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.460
 our time,

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.200
 our talents,

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.599
 our gifting,

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.720
 our treasures,

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.799
 all of it

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:08.240
 is controlled

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.680
 by that

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.180
 knowledge.

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:11.639
 And so

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.440
 right now

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.359
 today

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.899
 you and

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.980
 I are in

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.759
 exactly the

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.559
 same position

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.480
 as this

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.859
 shrewd

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.240
 manager.

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.059
 The books

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.720
 were open

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.399
 and he had

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.819
 a chance

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.460
 to act.

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.319
 He had a

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.799
 chance to

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.139
 act.

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.700
 So what's

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.160
 your next

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.460
 step?

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.980
 What's your

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.539
 next step?

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.759
 Make your

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.460
 eternal joy

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.859
 complete and

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.480
 invest in

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.859
 eternal

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.299
 friends.

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.599
 Thanks.

00:30:39.599 --> 00:31:09.579
 Thank you.