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 Hopefully you've received one of these on your seats or on the way in.

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 If you haven't got one of those, then our ushers will be more than happy to bring one to you where you are.

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 Just a bit of an outline of where I'm heading this morning.

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 And as Sam has indicated, if you're a guest here today, you have helicoptered right in the middle of our vision series for us as a church.

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 And the big theme of the vision series is that if we have been the recipients of such radical, abundant generosity from God, what sort of lives does that lead to?

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 What does it mean for us?

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 What does it mean for the recipients?

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 And the bottom line is that it overflows from us into a life of radical generosity as we have received.

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 So we give and not just in terms, as I said last week, in terms of finance, although that is going to be what I'm going to land on today, is that it's much more than that.

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 It's emotional generosity.

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 It is generosity with your time.

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 It's generosity in every aspect of life.

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 When you are the recipient of abundant generosity, it overflows to a life of abundant generosity.

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 And as Sam also said, we are on this journey with Jesus.

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 It's said in chapter 9 of Luke, Jesus resolutely set his face to Jerusalem.

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 He's on the way there to die.

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 Again, it's his radical generosity towards us in that he's dying for the sins of humanity.

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 And he calls us to follow him, but to also acknowledge there's a cost that's associated with following him.

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 In chapter 9, verse 23, it says,

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 If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me.

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 Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.

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 That is, because as a recipient of God's radical generosity, our whole life is just turned around and do totally different priorities of what they used to be.

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 This is a difficult journey for Jesus to make, but he calls us to walk it with him.

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 He's not just our substitute, which is what I've said all along, not just our substitute, but he is also our pace setter.

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 He sets the pace for us in life.

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 This is a radical call for us.

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 It's a radical call, but the basis of it is radical generosity, mercy, grace towards sinners.

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 And so what is the result is pervasive generosity, which includes money, which we're looking at here.

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 The issue of riches and wealth and money come up again and again as Jesus walks this road to Jerusalem.

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 As he teaches his disciples what it means to be a follower of him, what does it mean to be on the road with him.

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 And someone says here in verse 18, he gets asked this question.

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 He has a number of encounters with different individuals where he tells stories about rich people,

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 but here's one in the flesh right in front of him.

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 It says that this person is a ruler.

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 In verse 23, we are also told that he's rich.

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 And in Matthew and Mark's account of this incident, we are also told that he is young.

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 And so for centuries, this guy has been known as the rich young ruler.

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 Don't know what his name is.

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 Just know that he's the rich young ruler.

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 That's who he is.

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 And with this particular interaction with Jesus, there are three things that we can learn about money, wealth, possessions, and where they fit.

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 So firstly, the danger of wealth.

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 We see that right in the middle of the passage, verse 24, Jesus looks straight at this young man in the eyes.

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 And he says how hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Indeed, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Now what Jesus is using here is a metaphor.

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 It's a metaphor of impossibility.

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 The camel was the biggest land animal that people knew of their time.

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 They didn't have elephants in the Palestine at that point.

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 And the eye of the needle was the smallest hole that they could kind of imagine.

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 And it's kind of a similar kind of metaphor that we might use nowadays.

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 Oh, you know, they've got a snowball's chance in hell.

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 It's that kind of a metaphor.

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 It's a metaphor of impossibility.

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 It is virtually impossible for the rich to get into heaven.

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 That's what Jesus is saying.

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 Now, I don't know if you saw the news this week, but Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon,

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 passed the $100 billion US mark in personal wealth.

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 Apparently, it's the second time it's ever happened.

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 Bill Gates hit the milestone very briefly in 1999.

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 So it's nearly 20 years since anyone's hit the $100 billion mark in personal wealth.

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 He's got more money than I've got.

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 That's another understatement thing.

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 However, I'm not on any BRW rich list or anything like that, not even close, but I am on the global rich list.

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 That's something that's more significant.

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 And you too are on the global rich list.

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 The global rich list is a website.

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 You go on the website.

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 You can load on your income or you can load on your assets.

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 And it will give you a position in the world of where you sit in terms of wealth.

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 And as it turns out, Nat and I are ranked in the top 6 million richest people in the world in terms of income.

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 Top 6 million people.

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 So if they had a BRW that went right down to 6 million, I'd be on the list.

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 Down the bottom, but I'd be on the list.

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 That means that I'm in the top 0.09% of the wealthiest people in the world.

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 And yet, as a financial advisor said to us recently, based on our incomes, he says,

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 Steve, you're a pastor, Nat, you're a teacher, you haven't given me much to work with here.

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 Did you know that even if you're a student in this country and you live off solely off the government to be a student,

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 which, let's be frank, most students do, or their parents,

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 you are in the top 16% of wealthiest people in the world.

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 So when Jesus is here speaking about rich people, he's talking about people like me.

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 Not Jeff, he's referring to Jeff as well, but people like me, people like you.

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 He's saying it's easier for a camel to go through that little eye of a needle than it is for us to get into heaven,

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 to be part of his kingdom, to be friends with God.

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 So, is Jesus saying here that it's only possible for rich people to get into heaven,

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 but everyone else, holidays for everyone else?

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 I think that would be a problem, if that's what he was saying,

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 because a number of the great ones in the Bible were fabulously wealthy.

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 Job, for instance, in the Old Testament, fabulously wealthy, and yet they were saved.

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 See, notice the reaction of those who were listening to this incident, this little encounter.

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 Verse 26, they said, well, who then can be saved?

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 Who can be saved?

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 You see, the disciples are confused because in their culture,

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 they just assumed that the rich ones were the ones who God had blessed.

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 That's why they would say, well, that God had blessed them.

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 So if they can't be saved, then who can be saved?

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 But Jesus responds with, what is impossible with men is possible with God.

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 Jesus didn't say here, what is impossible for rich people is possible with God.

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 He says, what is impossible for all people is possible with God.

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 What he's saying there is that all salvation, all rescue is a miracle.

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 It's impossible that anyone can be saved because as Romans 3 says,

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 all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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 It's not possible for anyone to be part of God's kingdom,

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 part of his family, to be friends with God, to be saved,

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 except for God intervening and doing the impossible.

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 That's what Jesus is saying here.

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 So why does it appear that Jesus is picking on the rich guy?

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 I think it's because that the spiritual issues that create a problem for us

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 tend to be made worse by wealth.

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 The same thing that makes salvation impossible for all

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 is made worse by money, wealth, possessions.

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 That is, money has an incredible power for good,

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 but it also has an incredible power to make things even worse.

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 The Bible actually says a great deal of positive things about money,

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 but it also has a number of warnings.

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 The Old Testament book of Proverbs is a wisdom book

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 and it's primarily concerned about how to navigate life well

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 in God's world his way.

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 And it says a great deal about money,

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 a great deal of positive things about money.

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 But there are two really important things

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 that it says about the spiritual power of money.

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 Firstly, it says that money has the spiritual power

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 to distract us from what is really important in life.

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 That is, it says that money makes us very busy.

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 And I'm not sure if you've ever noticed

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 in another kind of word study here

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 how busyness and business are very similar words,

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 as you will know from Monday to Friday at least.

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 The making of money takes so much time.

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 It absorbs so much of our life to accumulate things.

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 And then when you do make it,

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 it gets you busy spending it.

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 It makes you busy getting it,

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 then it makes you busy getting even more of it

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 and maintaining it and sustaining it and spending it.

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 So busy, in fact, that we don't have time

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 to really ask the important questions of

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 what am I really here for?

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 What is my life about?

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 What is the trajectory of my life?

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 Is this world all that there is?

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 What am I really seeking to accomplish in life?

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 Nobody, and I mean nobody,

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 on their deathbed says,

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 I wish I'd spent more time in the office.

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 Nobody.

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 And Proverbs 11.4 says,

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 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,

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 but righteousness delivers from death.

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 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath means

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 money can't help you when troubles hit.

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 It does attempt to give us the delusion

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 that that's what it can do for us when troubles hit.

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 It does try to give us the delusion

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 that we're safe when we've got it.

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 You know, for instance,

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 you get into sorts of legal troubles,

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 and if I've got money,

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 I can pay the best lawyers

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 who can get me an innocent verdict,

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 so then I've got a clear conscience.

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 The one thing God can give you,

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 money can provide,

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 apparently in this scenario.

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 Or if I get really sick,

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 I can have the best doctors to treat me,

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 and I can get healing,

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 and so on and so forth.

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 That's why Jesus says that money is the alternative God.

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 It gives me the delusion

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 that it can give me things

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 that only God can give me.

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 We're not safe.

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 We're not safe from grief,

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 from bereavement.

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 We're not safe from illness.

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 We're not safe from disaster,

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 and it doesn't matter how much money you've got,

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 you're never safe from financial ruin.

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 You're never safe from financial ruin.

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 No amount of money can stop those things happening to us.

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 Money can't stop death,

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 can't stop tragedy,

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 heartbreak,

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 and when they come,

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 it says in Proverbs,

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 you're not ready for it.

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 When it happens,

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 you're not ready for it.

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 In fact, right at the beginning of this journey

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 to Jerusalem,

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 Jesus told a story about a rich man

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 who accumulated more and more things

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 with the goal of having a safe,

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 and secure retirement

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 in ease and comfort.

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 And God said to him,

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 you fool,

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 you idiot,

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 you fool,

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 this very night your life will be demanded of you.

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 Then you will get,

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 who will get what you're prepared for yourself.

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 So busy,

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 distracted from what is really important.

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 Secondly,

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 Proverbs also says that money has the ability

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 to distort our understanding of ourselves.

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 It distorts our self-image.

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 Proverbs 38, 9 says,

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 give me neither poverty nor riches,

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 but give me only my daily bread.

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 Otherwise,

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 I may have too much

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 and disown you and say,

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 who is the Lord?

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 I could extend on extensively with this one,

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 but as I think it was Bernadette Clairvaux said,

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 to see a person humbled under prosperity

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 is the greatest rarity in the world.

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 To see a person humbled under prosperity

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 is the greatest rarity in the world.

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 Wealth leads to pride.

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 It leads to independence,

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 self-confidence.

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 It puts us in a place

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 in our thinking

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 where we actually think

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 that because I'm a self-made individual

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 in a Western world,

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 it leads us to a view

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 that we're experts on everything.

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 It puts us in a place where we say,

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 who is God?

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 Why do I need him?

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 I've got myself.

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 So why then is wealth so dangerous?

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 Let's go back to the beginning of this passage.

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 Verse 18,

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 a certain ruler asked him,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 Why do you call me good?

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 Jesus answered,

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 no one is good except God alone.

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 You know the commandments,

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 you shall not commit adultery,

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 you shall not murder,

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 you shall not steal,

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 you shall not give false testimony,

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 honour your father and your mother.

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 All these things I've kept

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 since I was a boy,

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 he said.

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 Now,

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 if you've been here

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 for the first few weeks

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 of this series,

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 you should be shocked

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 by that answer from Jesus.

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 You should be shocked

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 that the answer to the question,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life,

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 Jesus effectively says to this guy,

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 obey the Ten Commandments.

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 The implication is,

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 that's how you get eternal life.

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 And if you were here

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 a couple of weeks ago,

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 you should be shocked by that

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 because immediately,

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 in fact,

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 almost exactly immediately

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.720
 before Jesus has this encounter

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 with this rich young ruler,

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 he has this story

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 of this Pharisee

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 and the tax collector.

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 And the Pharisee is proud

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 that he obeys the commandments.

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 He was sure

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 that he was right with God.

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 And the tax collector

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 instead knows he's rotten,

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 knows he's a sinner,

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 pleads for mercy.

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 And Jesus says,

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 it was that tax collector,

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 that rotten scoundrel tax collector,

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 the one who said,

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 who asked and pleaded

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 for grace and mercy,

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 forgiveness.

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 He was the one

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 who went home saved.

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 He was the one

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 who went home

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 with eternal life.

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 He was the one

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 who went home

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 right with God.

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 And the Pharisee

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.480
 went home

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:03.019
 not saved,

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 not justified,

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 not right with God.

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 That is the point back then

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 was you cannot get

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 a relationship

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 through good works.

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 You can't get a relationship

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 with God

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 through the obedience

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 to Ten Commandments.

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 Nobody can do it.

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 It's impossible.

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 So why does Jesus say here?

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 Why does he say that here?

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 Why does he not say

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 to this rich young ruler,

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 dude,

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 whatever your name is,

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 I'm on the way

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 to Jerusalem.

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 I'm going there

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 to die on a cross

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 to pay a ransom

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 for the sins of humanity,

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 to take the penalty

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 for the sins

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 that you deserve

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 upon myself.

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 And if you put

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 your trust in me

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 and walk with me,

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 you put your trust in me,

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 you will have eternal life.

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 I mean,

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 that would be consistent,

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 Jesus.

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 That'd be consistent

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 with everything you've said.

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 That'd be consistent

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 with the whole New Testament

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 if you did that.

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 I think the reason

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 why he doesn't do it

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 is because Jesus

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 is brilliant.

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 That's why he doesn't do it.

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:10.140
 Jesus is so,

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 so perceptive.

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 When Jesus deals with people,

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 he's not working

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 from some script.

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 Don't forget,

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.059
 you know,

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.100
 someone comes to you

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 and asks me

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 about eternal life,

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 start at point one

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 and go down to point six.

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 He is amazing

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 in the way he deals

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 with people.

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 He is so perceptive

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 into the insights

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 of their hearts

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 and he penetrates

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 their hearts

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 every time.

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 To say,

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 I've come to die

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 for your sins

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 would have been

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:44.039
 totally incomprehensible

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.759
 to this man

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 in the same way

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 that it is

00:18:48.419 --> 00:18:49.859
 totally incomprehensible

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.519
 to most people

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 in Sydney right now.

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 this man

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 like us

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 don't think

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 we've got a problem.

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 We don't think

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.119
 we need a rescuer.

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.480
 We don't need

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.740
 someone to die for us.

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 In fact,

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:13.319
 reading a journalist

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 early this week

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.500
 from London

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:18.679
 said that the most,

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.399
 and this journalist

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 is not a friend

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 of Christianity

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 but said the most

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 offensive thing

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 about the Christian faith

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 is the fact

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 that we need

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 a rescuer.

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 Look what he says

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 in verse 21.

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 All this

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 I've kept

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 since I was a boy.

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 In other words,

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 I don't need a rescuer.

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 I'm a good person.

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 I might not be perfect

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 but I don't need

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 a rescuer.

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 And Jesus

00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.299
 is so perceptive here.

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 He's digging deep

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 into this young man's heart.

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.180
 He projects,

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.359
 this young man

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.619
 projects a confidence

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 in his own righteousness,

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.819
 his own goodness.

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 So you've got to ask

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 the question,

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:02.339
 why is he even here?

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 Why is he even

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.980
 in front of Jesus

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.740
 at this point?

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 Because deep down,

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.339
 take the surface off,

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.639
 deep down in his heart

00:20:13.639 --> 00:20:14.319
 he must have been

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.220
 feeling something.

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.079
 He must have been

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.759
 knowing something's

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.740
 not quite right here.

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.699
 There's got to be more.

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.679
 Something's wrong.

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.759
 Something's missing.

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 A doubt that in fact

00:20:24.459 --> 00:20:26.079
 he was not right.

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.699
 Which of course,

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:31.600
 if we think we can

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.860
 get right with God

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.220
 by being good,

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.819
 it will always,

00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:39.019
 always deep down

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.460
 result in a

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:42.120
 lack of confidence.

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 It will always

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.400
 dig down

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.580
 in a sense of insecurity.

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 Am I really good enough?

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.299
 Have I really

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.600
 done enough?

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.360
 Even those who project

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.059
 an image that they've

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.940
 got it all together,

00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:01.500
 on the outside,

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.360
 on the inside

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.080
 they know better.

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.059
 There's always

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.880
 things that we

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:10.080
 would not want

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.920
 to come to the surface,

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:11.600
 things that we

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.500
 would work hard

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.680
 to hide.

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.180
 Jesus seems to

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.059
 jump on in

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.740
 straight away.

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.640
 He says this man

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.240
 in verse 19,

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.500
 he just jumps on him,

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.320
 why do you

00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:25.259
 call me good?

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.779
 It's like he

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.539
 rebukes him straight away.

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.900
 What do you

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.640
 call me good for?

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.000
 No one is good

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.920
 except God alone.

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:34.140
 Now Jesus isn't

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.779
 saying here that

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.559
 he's not good,

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.279
 he is however

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.340
 responding to this

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.140
 rich young ruler's

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.360
 characterization of him.

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.380
 This rich young ruler

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.400
 walks up to Jesus

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.539
 as Jesus is

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.600
 walking to Jerusalem

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:47.299
 and he calls him

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.960
 teacher,

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.720
 rabbi.

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.420
 That's it.

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:52.519
 you're a good

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.759
 bloke,

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.259
 Jesus.

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.960
 You said some

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.960
 amazing stuff.

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.560
 But you are just

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.560
 like any other man,

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.519
 you're another man.

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.880
 And Jesus is saying

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.100
 here,

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.080
 why are you

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:06.259
 walking up to

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.600
 someone who you

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.580
 regard just merely

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.420
 as another human

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:11.460
 being and calling

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.000
 him good?

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.640
 Why are you doing

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:13.880
 that?

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:16.100
 If you think I'm

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.900
 merely just another

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.640
 human being,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.740
 why are you

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.520
 calling me good?

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.500
 Because there is

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.440
 no person

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.200
 is good,

00:22:22.580 --> 00:22:23.320
 only God

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.980
 is good.

00:22:25.260 --> 00:22:25.720
 And so what

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.380
 Jesus is doing

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:28.220
 here in a roundabout

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.100
 kind of way

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:30.620
 is he's reminding

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.660
 this young man

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.540
 that his first

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.100
 problem,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.840
 his foundational

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.340
 problem,

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.160
 his biggest

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.060
 fundamental problem

00:22:36.060 --> 00:22:37.020
 is that he

00:22:37.020 --> 00:22:38.120
 in fact is not

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.520
 good.

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:43.400
 And Jesus

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:43.960
 then goes on

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.400
 to show him

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.879
 where he's not

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.180
 good.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.539
 Verse 22,

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.960
 when Jesus

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.400
 heard this,

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.019
 he said to him,

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.799
 you still lack

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.559
 one thing,

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.139
 sell everything

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.579
 you have,

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.019
 give to the

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.259
 poor,

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:53.519
 and then you

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.879
 will come and

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.279
 have treasure

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.660
 in heaven,

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.180
 then come

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.639
 follow me.

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.059
 Now Jesus

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.420
 has never

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:02.119
 suggested to

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.259
 anyone else

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.700
 that this is

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.139
 the way to

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.660
 be saved.

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.700
 Never suggested

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.180
 to anyone else

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.460
 that you must

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.059
 give away all

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.480
 of your money.

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.599
 John 4 with

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:10.900
 the woman of

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.180
 the world,

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.720
 didn't say to

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:11.879
 her,

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.299
 give away all

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.599
 your money.

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.779
 Zacchaeus,

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.940
 next chapter,

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.299
 Zacchaeus is

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.839
 welcomed by

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.279
 Jesus,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.619
 so overwhelmed

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.039
 by that,

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.599
 he immediately

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.139
 gives away

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.879
 half of his

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.279
 income,

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.980
 half of his

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.319
 resources,

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.660
 just gives

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.059
 it away.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.160
 Jesus doesn't

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.319
 say,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.960
 we're going to

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.559
 beat Zacchaeus,

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.180
 that's only

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.599
 halfway.

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.579
 Zacchaeus,

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:28.980
 that's fine,

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.539
 good on you

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.000
 Zacchaeus.

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.259
 Good work

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.799
 Zacchaeus.

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.319
 So why

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.700
 here?

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.000
 Again,

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.879
 Jesus is just

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.480
 so brilliant.

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.200
 He's doing it

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.759
 because it's a

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.619
 brilliant strategy

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.339
 to help this

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.859
 rich young

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.759
 ruler to see

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.220
 where he needs

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.839
 rescuing.

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.779
 Jesus targets

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.980
 deep down in

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.519
 his heart

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.799
 the idol of

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.500
 this man,

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:54.279
 what he values

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.740
 more than

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.680
 anything else.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.559
 This is the

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.119
 thing that he's

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.680
 looking to,

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.279
 to give him

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.160
 what only God

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.920
 can give him.

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.180
 See,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.940
 money is not

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.599
 just a tool

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.119
 for him,

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.839
 it is his

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.459
 identity

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.379
 scorecard,

00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.559
 it is his

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.319
 security and

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.919
 his hope,

00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.839
 and Jesus

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.419
 is going

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.359
 after it

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.899
 because it

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.319
 is the

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.319
 thing in

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.079
 his life

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.839
 that is

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.719
 squeezing

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:20.179
 God out.

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.539
 And when

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.379
 Jesus presses

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.859
 him on,

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.339
 we see he

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.439
 hasn't in

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.639
 fact obeyed

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.900
 the commandments

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.840
 at all.

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.720
 He's not

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.080
 good.

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.480
 Jesus

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.580
 pushed him

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.220
 to give

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.600
 it all up

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.280
 for the poor,

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.340
 to give it

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.040
 all away

00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:41.660
 for God,

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.120
 to give it

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.660
 all up

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.160
 and follow

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.580
 him.

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:44.980
 And he

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.420
 couldn't.

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.120
 He wouldn't

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.500
 do it.

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.300
 Verse 23

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.900
 says he

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.780
 became very

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.820
 sad.

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.080
 It's a

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.660
 strong word

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.100
 that means

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.420
 he was

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.060
 deeply

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.680
 grieved,

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.180
 deeply

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.960
 distressed.

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.640
 His money

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.600
 was just

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.859
 too important

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.199
 for him

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.480
 to give

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.859
 it up.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.079
 His money

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.519
 to him

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:04.859
 is what

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.459
 money is

00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:05.859
 to many

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.359
 of us

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.259
 in a

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.639
 Western

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.359
 materialistic

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.859
 world.

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.419
 More

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:11.099
 important

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.339
 than

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.799
 anything.

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:13.959
 He

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.339
 didn't want

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.740
 God to

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.199
 get in

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.679
 the way

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.419
 of what

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.179
 was so

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.619
 important

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.079
 for him

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.959
 and so

00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:19.500
 what Jesus

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.019
 was showing

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.299
 him,

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.219
 dude,

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:21.719
 you're not

00:25:21.719 --> 00:25:22.039
 good.

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.039
 You're not

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.339
 good.

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.439
 You actually

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.639
 haven't obeyed

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.000
 the Ten

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.579
 Commandments.

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.980
 You,

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.459
 in fact,

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.959
 haven't even

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.939
 got past the

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.279
 First

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.899
 Commandment

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.539
 which says

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.879
 you will

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.419
 have no

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.240
 other gods

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.019
 but me.

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.439
 He says

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:37.419
 this money

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.799
 is your

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.119
 God.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.279
 We cannot

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.139
 possibly get

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.799
 eternal life

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.199
 by obeying

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.519
 the Ten

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.980
 Commandments.

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.459
 We need

00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:48.079
 a Saviour.

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.699
 Money can

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.519
 so easily

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.379
 become the

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.139
 pseudo-Saviour

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.740
 for us,

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.639
 the alternative

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.119
 of God,

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.559
 a false

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:55.959
 Saviour,

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.819
 and Jesus

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.299
 sets it

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.759
 up as

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.920
 the

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.380
 alternative

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.920
 God

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.660
 when he

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.180
 says you

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.460
 cannot

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.079
 serve both

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.680
 God and

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.019
 money.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.299
 You're either

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.819
 devoted to

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.160
 the one

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.660
 or to the

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:04.940
 other but

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.279
 you cannot

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.880
 have both.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.440
 That is why

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.140
 money is so

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.740
 dangerous.

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:12.019
 So how

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.200
 do we

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.660
 escape the

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.960
 danger?

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.539
 First

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.420
 thing is

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.900
 to assume

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.220
 you're in

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.579
 denial.

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.039
 That's the

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.539
 first thing.

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.519
 Assume

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.960
 everyone here

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.000
 just work on

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.460
 the assumption

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.859
 you're in

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.180
 denial.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.339
 Jesus is

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.819
 pretty blunt

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.099
 to this

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.440
 guy.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.500
 It's like

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.859
 why was

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.140
 he so

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.440
 blunt?

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:27.839
 It's like

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.380
 because Jesus

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.039
 is slapping

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.319
 him in the

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.539
 face.

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:29.940
 Wake up

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.140
 dude.

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.420
 Wake up

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.740
 you're in

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.099
 denial.

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.019
 That's the

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.400
 nature of

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.759
 addiction.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.779
 The addiction

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.240
 will say

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.579
 I'm not

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.859
 addicted.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.240
 I haven't

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.420
 got a

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.680
 problem.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.779
 So the

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.160
 first thing

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.460
 is to

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.539
 assume we

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.920
 are under

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.740
 the influence.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:46.079
 Just humor me

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.339
 with this

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.480
 one.

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.539
 Assume that

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.120
 the amount

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.539
 of money

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.059
 you think

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.740
 you need

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.259
 is more

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:53.700
 than what

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.039
 you really

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.319
 need.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.279
 Just assume

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.519
 that.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.279
 Assume that

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.660
 the amount

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.000
 of money

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.519
 you think

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.019
 you need

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.539
 is more

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.839
 than what

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.180
 you really

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.460
 need.

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.579
 And

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.940
 assume also

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.039
 the amount

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.440
 of money

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.039
 you think

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.420
 you can

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.120
 give away

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.739
 is less

00:27:08.739 --> 00:27:09.379
 than what

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.779
 you really

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.099
 can give

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.419
 away.

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.059
 Assume it.

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.699
 The Bible

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.279
 says that

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.819
 money makes

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.479
 us blind.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.819
 Second thing

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.419
 to escape

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.239
 the danger

00:27:23.239 --> 00:27:23.639
 of money

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.179
 is to

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.699
 look to

00:27:24.699 --> 00:27:25.059
 the rich

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.579
 young ruler.

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.379
 Why do

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.279
 that when

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.019
 this guy

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.779
 doesn't do

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.219
 the right

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:31.500
 thing?

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:31.939
 He walks

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.719
 away sad,

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:34.379
 he rejects

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.640
 Jesus.

00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.200
 So why

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.520
 look to

00:27:35.520 --> 00:27:35.800
 the rich

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.000
 young

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.240
 ruler?

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.360
 Well,

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.480
 there's

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.740
 actually

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.260
 two rich

00:27:38.260 --> 00:27:38.420
 young

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.640
 rulers

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:38.980
 in this

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.320
 text.

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.520
 Did you

00:27:40.520 --> 00:27:40.900
 notice

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.240
 there's a

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.760
 second one?

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.020
 Jesus is

00:27:43.020 --> 00:27:43.740
 around 30

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.320
 to 32

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:46.360
 when he's

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.960
 heading to

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.480
 Jerusalem.

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.400
 The Bible

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.220
 says that he

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.160
 existed with

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.820
 God for

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.340
 eternity.

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.960
 He made

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.520
 everything.

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.900
 He rules

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.380
 everything.

00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.280
 He sustains

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:57.880
 everything.

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.000
 And he

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.440
 left that

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.000
 aside,

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:01.120
 came from

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.560
 heaven to

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.360
 identify with

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.880
 the spiritual

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.860
 poverty of the

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.559
 human race.

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.419
 And he is

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:07.059
 on his way

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.479
 here to

00:28:07.479 --> 00:28:08.119
 Jerusalem to

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.500
 die on a

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.839
 cross and

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.299
 to at that

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.839
 moment to

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.359
 go into

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.339
 deep, deep

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.939
 poverty,

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.740
 deeper poverty

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.579
 than anyone

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.500
 else has

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.039
 ever experienced.

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.839
 He will be

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.539
 stripped of

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.479
 everything of

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.039
 his earthly

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.059
 goods, which

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.479
 is minimal.

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.500
 Everything will

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.139
 be taken away

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.619
 from him.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.779
 And he will

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.479
 be abandoned

00:28:27.479 --> 00:28:28.639
 by his

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:30.740
 father and

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.699
 he will lose

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.219
 his life.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.719
 He will even

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.740
 give away his

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.160
 life.

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.120
 And he

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.980
 gave everything

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.920
 for us,

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.380
 for the

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.039
 poor, the

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.400
 spiritually

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.019
 blind, the

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.380
 spiritually

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.579
 dead, the

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.160
 ones who

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.359
 need

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.839
 rescuing.

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.519
 2 Corinthians

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.579
 8-9 puts

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.799
 it in

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.220
 economic

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.720
 terms.

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.500
 It says,

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:45.799
 for you

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.140
 know the

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.519
 grace of

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.859
 our Lord

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.079
 Jesus

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.500
 Christ,

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.019
 that though

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.480
 he was

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.500
 rich, yet

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.079
 for your

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.579
 sakes he

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.599
 became poor,

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.620
 so that you

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.380
 through his

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.880
 poverty might

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:56.420
 become rich.

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.819
 He was

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.120
 drained of

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.720
 all of his

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.740
 riches, so

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.279
 that we,

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.779
 though poor,

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:05.259
 can receive

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.640
 all of his

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.180
 riches.

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.359
 In Jesus, we

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.940
 get adoption

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.579
 into God's

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.960
 family, forgiveness,

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.120
 pardon, eternal

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.660
 life.

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.779
 It is the only

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.720
 wealth that

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.640
 makes you truly

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:19.319
 secure, even

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.380
 through and beyond

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.839
 death.

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.779
 And so we need

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.559
 to look to the

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.620
 true rich young

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.779
 ruler in this

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.759
 passage.

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:29.220
 until we get

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:32.640
 weepingly

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.460
 excited,

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.539
 weepingly

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.420
 excited over

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.240
 what he has

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.879
 achieved for

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.619
 us and what

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.460
 he has gifted

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.940
 us.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.319
 Look to the

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.299
 glorious news

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.759
 of God's

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.259
 grace and

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.720
 his riches

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.339
 to us in

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.680
 the Lord

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.839
 Jesus until

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.119
 it drains,

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.700
 drains all

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.700
 the power out

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.359
 of money and

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.859
 possessions.

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:55.039
 until those

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.639
 things just

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.279
 become

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:58.099
 currency.

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.699
 Not

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.199
 identity

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:03.059
 markers, just

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.779
 currency.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.339
 Just money

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.919
 are no longer

00:30:06.919 --> 00:30:07.599
 our security

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.939
 and our

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.639
 self-esteem.

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.579
 Third thing

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.059
 to do is to

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.699
 have a plan.

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.799
 Step one,

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.859
 this is getting

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.939
 particular now in

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:17.000
 terms of radical

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.619
 generosity.

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.000
 Step one,

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.259
 investigate what

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.059
 percentage of

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.619
 your income

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.139
 you are giving

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.600
 away.

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.960
 We in

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.360
 Australia,

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.720
 the more

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.120
 money we

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.600
 get, the

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.000
 less we

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.540
 give away.

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.840
 I think the

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.360
 latest thing

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.900
 was around

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.780
 2% or even

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.740
 under 2%

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.660
 that we give

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.960
 away of

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.620
 our income.

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.580
 So work out

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.040
 what percentage

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:37.420
 of your income

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.780
 you're giving

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.200
 away.

00:30:38.780 --> 00:30:39.240
 How much of

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.640
 that goes to

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.900
 Christian

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.259
 ministry?

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.700
 How much of

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.240
 that goes to

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.960
 poor, needy,

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.560
 outside your

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.140
 own family?

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.240
 Step two,

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.100
 if it's not

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.400
 10%, the

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.080
 very least

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.540
 amount the

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.480
 disciples are

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.020
 encouraged to

00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:49.520
 give away.

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.940
 Work out how

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.519
 you can

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.420
 aggressively

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.660
 move towards

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.680
 10% this

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.000
 year.

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.240
 Step three,

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.279
 figure out

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.640
 what sacrifices

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.299
 you are going

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.080
 to make in

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.660
 order to get

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.960
 there.

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.759
 If you don't

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.360
 need to make

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:06.759
 sacrifices in

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.740
 order to give

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:10.000
 10%, then you

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.900
 aren't really

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.519
 giving.

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.860
 Sacrificial

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.820
 giving is not

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.220
 about a

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.559
 percentage.

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.340
 It's about a

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:17.940
 standard of

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.160
 living.

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.980
 It's about a

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.360
 standard of

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.160
 living changing

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.860
 in such a

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.460
 way that we

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.200
 feel the

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.640
 loss.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.460
 That's what

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.000
 generosity, we

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.660
 start to feel

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.220
 the loss.

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.160
 Just let me

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.720
 add here what

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.380
 Jesus says at

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.820
 the end of

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.440
 these verses

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.540
 when I talk

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:37.100
 about loss.

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.920
 Having seen

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.500
 the rich young

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.140
 man walk

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.779
 away, Peter

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.500
 pipes up.

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.300
 Verse 28,

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.180
 we've left all

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.680
 we had to

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.120
 follow you.

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.600
 And Jesus

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.420
 reassures the

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.080
 disciples in

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.080
 this moment that

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.559
 though they

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.279
 have made

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.899
 sacrifices and

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.980
 have sacrificed

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.839
 many things,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.639
 they have left

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.500
 many things,

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.980
 they will not

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.199
 fail to

00:31:58.199 --> 00:32:00.579
 receive many

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:02.039
 more blessings

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.099
 now and

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.500
 forever.

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.039
 Truly I say

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.359
 to you,

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:07.039
 Jesus said,

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.099
 no one who

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.859
 has left home

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.679
 or wife or

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.119
 brothers or

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.599
 sisters or

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:10.960
 parents or

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.259
 children for

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.619
 the sake of

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.839
 the kingdom

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.000
 of God will

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.740
 fail to

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.519
 receive many

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.339
 times as

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.980
 much in this

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:17.000
 age and in

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.500
 the age to

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.220
 come eternal

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.720
 life.

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.920
 God's no

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.400
 man debtor.

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.559
 He's no

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.440
 man's debtor.

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.019
 Step four,

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.180
 decide what

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.559
 you're going to

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.119
 give to,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.819
 wear and

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.380
 follow through

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.579
 with it.

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.039
 That is make

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.819
 yourself accountable.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.359
 That's why we

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.099
 do pledging here

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.740
 at St. Paul's.

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.019
 Giving is a

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.839
 spiritual issue

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.859
 and like all

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.579
 spiritual issues

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.200
 we are accountable

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.759
 for it.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.279
 To live

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.900
 radically

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.539
 generous,

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.980
 to be

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.359
 radically

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.680
 generous with

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.779
 our money,

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.240
 our wealth,

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.820
 our possessions.

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.240
 We don't

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.200
 need courage.

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.220
 What we

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.779
 need is

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.259
 joy.

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.980
 That's what we

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.420
 really need.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.019
 We need joy.

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.680
 We need to be

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.640
 relaxed and at

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.240
 peace and

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.620
 secure enough

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.120
 in order to

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.759
 do this.

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:02.940
 And the

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.880
 only joy,

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.400
 the only

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.840
 security,

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.420
 the only

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.100
 peace that

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.180
 comes to

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.100
 us is when

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:09.019
 we look at

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.680
 the true,

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.340
 rich,

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.860
 young ruler

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.400
 who lost

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.360
 everything so

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.940
 that we could

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.600
 gain everything.

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.100
 The more

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:19.340
 we look to

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:21.360
 him and

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.799
 the riches

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.500
 that we have

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.080
 in him,

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.700
 the more

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.559
 free we

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.320
 will be,

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.320
 the more

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.840
 free we

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.440
 will live

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.640
 a pervasively

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.880
 generous life,

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.400
 including giving

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.480
 our money away

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.759
 in eye-popping

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.340
 proportions.