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 We're reading from 1 Timothy chapter 6, verse 3 to 19.

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 If anyone teaches a different doctrine that does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing.

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 He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words

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 which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions and constant friction among people

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 who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth.

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 Imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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 Now there is a great gain in godliness with contentment.

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 For we brought nothing into the world and we cannot take anything out of the world.

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 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

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 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare,

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 into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.

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 It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith

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 and pierced themselves with many pains.

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 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things.

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 Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

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 Fight the good fight of the faith.

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 Take hold of the eternal life to which you are called

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 and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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 I charge you in the presence of God who gives life to all things

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 and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession

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 to keep this commandment unstained and free from approach

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 until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 which he will display at the proper time.

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 He who is the blessed and only sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

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 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light,

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 whom no one has ever seen or can see.

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 To him be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.

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 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty,

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 nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,

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 but on God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

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 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

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 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future,

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 so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Sounds like that children's talk touched a nerve there, Simon.

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 So if you want me to take that temptation off you of the millennium failure,

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 I'm very happy to help you.

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 And I saw Albert Dale Han coming to church for the first time.

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 Great to have little Albert here, Han family.

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 All right, let's get into God's word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, in this topic that is, I don't know, I suppose a taboo,

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 we don't like to talk about money,

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 I pray that you would help us listen to what you have to say.

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 And I pray most of all that you would show us where great gain can be found.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, there's two polar opposite views on what the Bible says on the topic of money.

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 I went to a church once that I was visiting,

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 and they were fundraising for a really legitimate cause.

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 And the pastor, I don't know, he went on for maybe 10 minutes.

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 It felt like a long time.

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 He was just trying to, he was plucking Bible verses out of context,

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 and he was promising that God would richly reward us if we give towards this thing.

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 And he kept saying, are you ready to give?

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 Are you ready to give?

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 I just wanted to stand up and say, I was ready 10 minutes ago.

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 I should have.

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 I know.

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 I was gutless.

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 One view of what the Bible says about money is that we are children of God, right?

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 God is the king.

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 Would he want us to be impoverished?

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 Wouldn't he want us to abound in prosperity?

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 Isn't that what Scripture promises?

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 But then money just takes over the focus of the church service.

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 People's prayers are focused on their circumstances.

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 Wealth is taken as conclusive evidence of God's blessing,

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 of God's approval that you're pleasing him.

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 And it disregards the warnings we find here in 1 Timothy 6.

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 Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, ruin, flee.

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 That's one view.

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 Another view of what Scripture teaches is kind of focuses on the passages like the rich young ruler,

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 where Jesus says, sell all that you have and give to the poor, then come follow me.

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 Church history is filled with monasteries.

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 Many Christians through the ages have tried to escape the materialism of this world.

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 Some today sense that owning a house or anything of value is inherently disobeying the true Christian lifestyle.

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 There's this nagging sense of guilt that if you're enjoying a holiday, there's just this guilt.

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 Should I be enjoying this?

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 But this view ignores the fact that Abraham and Job, they were filthy rich.

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 Now maybe you might say that's just Old Testament promises,

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 and there's some truth to that argument.

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 But even Jesus and Paul accepted at points in their ministry,

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 they accepted wealthy patrons who supported their ministry.

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 And here we find in 1 Timothy 6, to the rich, God doesn't say sell all you have, stop being rich.

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 He says God richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

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 Doesn't quite fit that model of getting rid of everything.

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 I think there could even be this inverted pride of trying to give away everything in the name of God.

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 In the movie Chocolat, I don't know if you've seen it, there's the religious mayor of the town,

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 and Lent is coming up, and he's observing Lent, the religious fast.

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 But others in the town are indulging in the chocolate.

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 And he's just condemning them for doing that.

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 And at one point he gets so angry that he breaks into the chocolate shop,

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 and he starts smashing all the chocolate until a little bit lands on his lip.

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 And he gives in to temptation, and he just starts going for it.

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 And he's rolling around in the chocolate.

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 And he's just weeping because he too has failed.

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 If we're judging others,

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 it could be a symptom of envy, not godliness.

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 It could be a symptom of envy.

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 It's this inverted pride of going,

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 others are indulging, look what I've sacrificed for you, God.

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 But if it's a sacrifice,

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 if you're thinking it's a loss,

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 doesn't that suggest

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 you want it,

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 you delight in it,

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 you've lost something?

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 I think it can be just in love with money

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 as those who indulge.

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 1 Corinthians 13.3,

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 If I give away all I have,

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 and if I deliver up my body to be burned,

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 but have not love,

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 I gain nothing.

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 Are you confused?

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 Something's going on in 1 Timothy 6

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 and across the teaching of the New Testament

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 and Scripture as a whole

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 that it doesn't fit.

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 It's not prescribing a lifestyle of riches.

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 It's not prescribing a lifestyle of poverty

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 or bare necessities.

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 And I think it's possible.

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 There's another danger.

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 We're just confused.

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 We can't see the coherence.

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 So let's just not let the Bible

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 say anything to us really.

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 I can't quite make it fit in my mind.

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 Except maybe a vague notion

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 that I should share something

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 of the excess.

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 So if a Christian lifestyle isn't prescribed

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 neither poverty nor riches,

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 what gives 1 Timothy 6 coherence?

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 What is the godly life

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 when it comes to possessions?

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 And what we're going to see here

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 is first a really strong warning to flee.

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 But then,

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 but then we're going to see

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 the true path to great gain.

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 And you can have this great gain

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 whether in poverty or riches.

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 And so that's where we're headed.

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 But first we need to hear the call to flee.

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 When,

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 do you remember in Genesis,

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 Joseph was being seduced

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 by Potiphar's wife

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 in Egypt.

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 What does he do?

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 She grabs his cloak

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 and he runs for his life.

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 He gets out of there.

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 He doesn't try and reason with her.

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 Now,

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 now,

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 now,

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 let's not do it.

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 He runs.

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 He senses the danger

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 and he runs.

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 So when scripture says,

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 flee sexual immorality,

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 we get it,

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 right?

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 To some,

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 to some extent.

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 We see the danger.

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 So when 1 Timothy 6 says,

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 flee,

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 do you struggle like I do

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 to sense the danger?

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 The desire to be rich

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 is like

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 a hidden trap

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 that catches birds.

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 It's hidden

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 and it causes their destruction.

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 Run away.

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 Now,

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 it's not riches in itself,

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 but it's the desire to be rich.

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 This is speaking to people

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 who think

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 they don't have

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 It would be really,

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 it would be really easy

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 in this series

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 that we're going through

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 to,

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 to agree

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 with much of what's said

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 or what scripture says

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 and just think,

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 oh,

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 that's,

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 that's speaking to them,

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 that's speaking to someone else,

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 that's speaking to

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 those people

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 who have more than me.

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 If we're thinking that way,

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 we are in great danger.

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 This is speaking to

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 all of us.

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 It's hidden

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 like a trap.

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 I've never had someone

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 arrange a pastoral

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 meeting with me

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 in order to say,

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 Dave,

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 I'm just addicted

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 to financial gain.

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 I,

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 I don't know what to do.

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 Now,

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 I've only been

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 a pastor

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 for so many years

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 but I've heard

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 other pastors

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 say their entire ministry,

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 they've never had it.

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 It's insidious.

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 It's gradual

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 and it's subtle

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 but it kills us.

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 I think

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 an example

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 of this

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 insidiousness

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 is what we call

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 a necessity.

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 It just

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 gradually,

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 subtly

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 increases.

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 Like,

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 you think

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 you'll be content

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 if you can buy

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 that house.

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 You'll,

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 you'll buy it

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 on the edge of town,

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 it'll be a fixer-upper,

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 the real estate agent

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 says it's got

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 great potential.

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 Then I'll be content

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 if I get that.

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 But how long is it?

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 How long?

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 Weeks?

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 Months?

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 Before we need it,

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 we must renovate it.

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 How long is it before

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 I want to move

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 into a safer neighbourhood?

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 How long is it before

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 we need to be

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 in this school zone?

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 How long is it before

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 it would be really

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 good for ministry

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 to have a house

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 with a pool?

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 Now,

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 it could be a good thing.

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 I'm not,

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 I'm not condemning

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 anyone with a pool,

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 okay?

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 But,

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 do you hear my point?

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 What we call

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 a necessity,

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 just,

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 it's just gradual

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 over time.

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 It just creeps up

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 on us.

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 It's like an addiction.

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 We need a bigger

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 and bigger buzz.

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 I found it helpful

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 this week

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 just to reflect,

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 like five years ago,

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 what was I content

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 to live without

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 that now I call

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 a necessity?

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 I'm not going to

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 tell you my answers,

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 but I'm asking you

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 to ask yourself

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 that same question.

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 There's,

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 there's an allure

00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:20.640
 and I,

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 I don't think it's just

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.540
 comfort

00:15:23.540 --> 00:15:24.720
 that allures us.

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 Possessions claim

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 to increase

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 our significance,

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:28.680
 doesn't it?

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 Our worth as a person.

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 And,

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:35.400
 like,

00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.940
 why else do we need

00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:38.240
 to have the latest phone?

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.160
 Why do we need

00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:41.660
 to keep up

00:15:41.660 --> 00:15:42.500
 with the Joneses?

00:15:42.640 --> 00:15:42.800
 Why,

00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:44.040
 why do we need

00:15:44.040 --> 00:15:44.860
 a phone

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.480
 that has

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.200
 22 camera lenses

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.120
 on the back of it

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 instead of 21

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 so that we get

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:54.080
 that perfect image

00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.040
 to put on social media

00:15:57.040 --> 00:15:57.940
 of how abundant

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.540
 our life is?

00:15:58.580 --> 00:15:58.700
 Like,

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 why do we feel

00:16:01.640 --> 00:16:02.480
 like we're missing out?

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.300
 It can't just

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.859
 be comfort

00:16:03.859 --> 00:16:04.939
 when it gives,

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.659
 the new technology

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.459
 gives just that

00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:08.599
 little bit more

00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:10.719
 functionality.

00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.319
 It,

00:16:11.319 --> 00:16:12.339
 it can't be just

00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:12.699
 comfort.

00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:13.579
 I think it's got

00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:14.539
 to be significance.

00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:17.339
 When I have more,

00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:18.459
 I am more.

00:16:18.979 --> 00:16:19.939
 When I have less,

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:21.039
 I am less.

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 Like,

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.240
 don't you feel

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.500
 that,

00:16:27.939 --> 00:16:28.399
 I've,

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.199
 I've never experienced

00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:29.439
 this,

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.399
 but don't you feel

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.340
 that little bit

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.740
 superior wearing

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.699
 the new dress

00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.419
 at the wedding?

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.879
 If I have

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 new clothes,

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.740
 somehow I am

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:45.679
 more

00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:47.600
 valuable.

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 If I don't,

00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:50.419
 somehow I'm less.

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:58.139
 at a funeral

00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.779
 of a wealthy

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.179
 woman,

00:16:59.339 --> 00:17:00.219
 apparently a man

00:17:00.219 --> 00:17:01.019
 asked the minister,

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.979
 how much did

00:17:01.979 --> 00:17:02.459
 she leave?

00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:04.460
 And he said,

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 everything.

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 It's a good

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 answer,

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:08.779
 isn't it?

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.759
 Everything.

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:11.700
 What do you

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:11.859
 mean?

00:17:11.859 --> 00:17:19.419
 The diabolical

00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:20.979
 lie that our

00:17:20.979 --> 00:17:21.859
 personal worth

00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.579
 is less or

00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.279
 more valuable

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.059
 based on what

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 we have

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:27.019
 is in this

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.939
 obvious fact.

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.559
 We all come

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.119
 out with the

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 same in the

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.019
 end.

00:17:31.719 --> 00:17:32.159
 Nothing.

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.740
 Like,

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.319
 what time

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.939
 frame are you

00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.719
 measuring off

00:17:36.719 --> 00:17:40.219
 to say that

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 you're more

00:17:40.979 --> 00:17:41.279
 or less

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.779
 significant?

00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:49.059
 And we're

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.619
 warned here,

00:17:49.699 --> 00:17:50.119
 it's the

00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.959
 root of

00:17:51.959 --> 00:17:53.299
 all kinds

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.240
 of evil.

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.639
 Now,

00:17:56.679 --> 00:17:56.899
 it's not

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.359
 saying it's

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:57.779
 the root

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:59.519
 of all

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.039
 evil that

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.399
 exists.

00:18:00.719 --> 00:18:01.319
 It's saying

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.859
 it's a

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:03.119
 root of

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.359
 all kinds

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.779
 of evil.

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.519
 I'm just

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 going to

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 give a few

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 examples and

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.839
 I'm sure

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 you could

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.519
 add to

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 my list.

00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:17.039
 We treat

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:17.680
 people as a

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.279
 means to

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.819
 an end,

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.480
 don't we?

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 I remember

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 when Emma

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.960
 said to

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.279
 Sam,

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.380
 people are

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.079
 more important

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:27.000
 than things.

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.640
 I was like,

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:28.860
 oh,

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.319
 that's a

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.799
 good point.

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.440
 We treat

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:32.880
 people as a

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.140
 means to

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:33.759
 think of

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.460
 the country

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.920
 in terms of

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.720
 leadership and

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.220
 the legal

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.700
 system.

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.360
 Scripture has

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:38.799
 a lot to

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.319
 say that

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:40.680
 bribery

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:42.360
 blinds the

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:42.940
 eyes of

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.519
 justice.

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 there's

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.759
 double

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.480
 standards

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.720
 depending

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.420
 how much

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:50.779
 you have

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.279
 or if

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.400
 you're

00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:51.660
 poor.

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.579
 How many

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.039
 people have

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.539
 been killed

00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.259
 in wars?

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.619
 Think about

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.319
 in business.

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.599
 This desire

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.279
 to be rich,

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:04.379
 it makes

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.859
 you break

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:05.559
 your word.

00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.359
 Your yes

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.079
 is no longer

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.619
 yes.

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:10.399
 I think

00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:11.699
 of when

00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:11.899
 you're

00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:12.359
 selling a

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:13.019
 house and

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.219
 you've

00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:13.419
 said,

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.699
 yes,

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:13.959
 I'll

00:19:13.959 --> 00:19:14.299
 accept

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.500
 that

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.819
 offer,

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.379
 but you

00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:17.659
 allow that

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:17.979
 higher

00:19:17.979 --> 00:19:18.279
 offer.

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:22.039
 James 5

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.699
 warns

00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:24.699
 about not

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.359
 paying your

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.679
 workers'

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.639
 wages and

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:27.659
 God hears

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.399
 their cries.

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.519
 How often

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.099
 do we read

00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:34.959
 about tradies

00:19:34.959 --> 00:19:35.399
 not being

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:36.299
 paid or

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.919
 foreigners

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.460
 not being

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:37.920
 paid?

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:41.080
 People

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.860
 skimping on

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.360
 safety

00:19:42.360 --> 00:19:44.779
 measures to

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.680
 make the

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.460
 profit bigger,

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.860
 putting

00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.220
 people's

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.740
 lives at

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.060
 risk.

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.279
 Think in

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.560
 terms of

00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:52.240
 your personal

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.800
 addictions,

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.380
 people's

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.740
 personal

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.100
 addictions,

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.779
 sports betting,

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.519
 ruining

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.259
 families.

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.240
 Apparently

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.160
 Australia has

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.460
 a pokey

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.080
 machine for

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.740
 every hundred

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.240
 or so

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.660
 people.

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.240
 Why do

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.720
 we need

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.240
 that many

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.720
 poking

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.099
 machines?

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.620
 Any

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:08.960
 poking

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.339
 machines?

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.140
 Whoops.

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.259
 What?

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.980
 How much

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.500
 profit are

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.440
 people making

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.980
 off industries

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.440
 like,

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.620
 obviously,

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:24.180
 drugs and

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.940
 pornography?

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.400
 Ruining

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.980
 people's

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.420
 addictions

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.180
 that ruin

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.620
 them.

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.460
 Think about

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.039
 family.

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.539
 It ruins

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.920
 families.

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.660
 I heard

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.100
 of a man

00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.880
 who had

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.039
 elderly

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.680
 parents,

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.019
 I can't

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.500
 remember if it

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:40.819
 was mum

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.200
 or dad,

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.620
 but they

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:42.940
 needed to

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.160
 go in

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.440
 nursing

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.720
 home,

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.019
 they had

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.500
 dementia,

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.200
 they could

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.759
 afford a

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.299
 place that

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.700
 could really

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.140
 care for

00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.240
 them,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.539
 but they

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.220
 chose a

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.740
 place that

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.160
 couldn't

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.539
 care for

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.039
 them properly

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.400
 with their

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.740
 dementia

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.360
 because they

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.779
 wanted a

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:53.980
 bigger

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.519
 inheritance.

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.720
 Dishonouring

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.579
 our mother and

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.900
 father.

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:02.180
 how many

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.840
 marriages are

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.460
 fighting over

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.440
 money because

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:07.100
 each spouse

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.960
 believes we

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.300
 need this to

00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:09.960
 be content.

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.640
 And children

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.620
 and parents

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.420
 not talking to

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.780
 each other

00:21:16.780 --> 00:21:17.160
 anymore.

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.960
 How common

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.780
 is it to hear

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.300
 that sort of

00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:20.500
 thing?

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.540
 And sadly

00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:25.220
 in church,

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.980
 you look in

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.580
 church history,

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.720
 the sale of

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.619
 indulgences,

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.859
 the church

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.460
 saying to

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.659
 people,

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.079
 you can

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.859
 buy your

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.319
 forgiveness

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.359
 before God.

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.139
 Wow.

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.439
 Or James

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:40.799
 2,

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.439
 the warning,

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.619
 something that

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.339
 will destroy

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.019
 us as a

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.359
 church,

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.539
 something like

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.240
 favouritism

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.899
 based off

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.199
 this.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.659
 It will

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:50.379
 destroy us.

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.519
 And I

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.799
 read the

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.179
 other day

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.539
 that a

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.379
 study found

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:55.639
 like,

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.439
 we can

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:57.819
 look into

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.720
 the merits

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.000
 of the

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.279
 study,

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.860
 but this

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.160
 study

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.519
 apparently

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.980
 found that

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.299
 the most

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.640
 common

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.240
 reason for

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.120
 leaving church,

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.819
 you think it

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.220
 might be

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.220
 this crisis

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.680
 of doubt,

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.339
 of faith.

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.960
 No,

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.500
 it was just

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.319
 the main

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.680
 reason that

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.200
 people look

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.880
 back and

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.279
 they stopped

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.579
 going to

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.000
 church for

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.660
 multiple years

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.100
 was because

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.559
 they got a

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.860
 new job or

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:18.720
 they moved

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.079
 city.

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.160
 Like some

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.279
 change in

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.819
 their life,

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.839
 they just

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.579
 stopped going

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:25.720
 and then

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:27.039
 they just

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.759
 never came

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.079
 back.

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.439
 It's

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.079
 insidious.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.659
 It's,

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.639
 it's,

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.579
 it leads to

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.079
 all these

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.559
 kinds of

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.019
 evils.

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.439
 It's,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.980
 and do you

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.359
 see the

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.460
 irony that

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.019
 1 Timothy

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.500
 6 is

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.000
 warning us

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.220
 about?

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.699
 The desire

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.539
 to be rich

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.419
 leads to

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.799
 ruin.

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.460
 It ruins

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.099
 our integrity,

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.859
 it ruins

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.939
 relationships and

00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:49.539
 society,

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.740
 it ruins

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.419
 churches,

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.939
 it ruins

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.759
 your soul.

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.279
 you can,

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.420
 you can

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.160
 trade in

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.819
 God and

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.240
 eternal

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:58.599
 life because

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.059
 of this.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.140
 We've got

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.599
 to hate

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:04.839
 it.

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.819
 We've got

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.099
 to learn

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.640
 to hate

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:10.940
 it.

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.700
 Not riches

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.180
 in and of

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.559
 itself,

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.539
 but the

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.400
 desire to

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.160
 be rich.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.940
 We've got

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.200
 to learn

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.680
 to hate

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.599
 it and

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.460
 flee from

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.700
 it.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.720
 I'm sure

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.059
 you could

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.420
 add to

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.879
 my list,

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.180
 couldn't

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.359
 you?

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.859
 I could

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.200
 add my

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.859
 own regrets.

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.339
 Now,

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.759
 what's the

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.039
 remedy?

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.160
 The command

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.379
 here isn't

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.680
 be content.

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.819
 It's not

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.799
 contentment

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.759
 is great

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.200
 gain.

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.720
 It's

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.819
 godliness

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:49.140
 accompanied

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.019
 by contentment

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.500
 is great

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.799
 gain.

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.700
 It's not

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.619
 flee riches

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.339
 and just

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.920
 be content.

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.940
 It's

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.819
 flee

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.960
 the desire

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.379
 to be

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.980
 rich and

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.700
 pursue.

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:04.119
 Take hold

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.559
 of true

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.960
 life.

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.700
 Fight

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.299
 for it.

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.079
 It's

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.819
 appealing to

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.000
 us.

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.779
 You want

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.180
 gain?

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.220
 gain,

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.180
 get great

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.640
 gain.

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.880
 I don't

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.160
 know about

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.340
 you,

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.799
 but telling

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.259
 myself,

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.940
 be content,

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:23.600
 be content,

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.279
 it doesn't

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.660
 work.

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.380
 You've

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:27.160
 got to

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.920
 pursue

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.500
 something

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.840
 even

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.140
 better.

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.880
 Let's

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.340
 take

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.920
 missionaries,

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.460
 for example.

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.060
 They've

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.759
 voluntarily

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.560
 given up

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:38.539
 so many

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.340
 comforts

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.039
 in one

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.340
 of the

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.700
 richest

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.560
 nations

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.879
 in the

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.179
 world.

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.679
 Now,

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:43.899
 that's

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.299
 amazing,

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.539
 right?

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.319
 It's

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.659
 amazing,

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.019
 but there's

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.279
 something,

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.240
 it shows

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.119
 that something

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.559
 is much

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.139
 more important

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.480
 to them,

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.899
 but there's

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.519
 something more

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.500
 amazing about

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:55.859
 some

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.419
 missionaries,

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.899
 at least.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.379
 The

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.000
 daughter-in-law

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.480
 of Hudson

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.940
 Taylor,

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.720
 Hudson

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.099
 Taylor,

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.639
 pretty well

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.059
 known name,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.700
 he's the

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.119
 pioneer

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.859
 missionary to

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.139
 China,

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.799
 and his

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.460
 daughter-in-law,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.599
 Geraldine

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:09.899
 Taylor,

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:12.440
 she thought

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.960
 missionaries

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.000
 were exaggerating

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.220
 when Hudson

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.900
 Taylor and

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.740
 David Livingston

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.759
 to India

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.580
 before him

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.860
 said this

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.220
 phrase,

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.200
 I never

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.860
 made a

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.360
 sacrifice.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.759
 If you

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.060
 think about

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.820
 the hardships

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:28.600
 and they

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:28.940
 made the

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.240
 claim,

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.880
 I never

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.400
 made a

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.080
 sacrifice.

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.840
 Geraldine

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.300
 thought they

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:35.640
 just got

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:35.860
 to be

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.460
 exaggerating,

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.720
 right?

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.140
 But then

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.759
 she went

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.200
 on to

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.560
 speak of

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:40.860
 her own

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.420
 experience.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.320
 Talk of

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.860
 sacrifice,

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.400
 this is

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.040
 no sacrifice,

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.560
 there is

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:46.900
 no such

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.380
 word to

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.500
 the

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.880
 Christian,

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.380
 count it

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.980
 all joy,

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.140
 all joy.

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.160
 After a

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.600
 riot,

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.540
 when our

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:57.060
 lives had

00:25:57.060 --> 00:25:57.700
 been saved

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.140
 by a

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.440
 miracle,

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.420
 when we

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.960
 were sitting

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.800
 bruised and

00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.660
 bleeding amidst

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.360
 the ruins of

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.940
 our home,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.400
 in that

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.960
 hour,

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.000
 believe me,

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.420
 heaven itself

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.940
 was open

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.339
 to us,

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:09.940
 and we

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.799
 tasted then

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.380
 and afterwards

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.339
 a joy so

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.200
 marvellous that

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.980
 I scarcely

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.579
 liked to

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.160
 speak about

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.420
 it.

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.779
 As we

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.559
 realised that

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.019
 we had been

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.640
 permitted to

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.339
 suffer something

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:20.000
 for Christ's

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.259
 sake,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.079
 no words

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.140
 can tell you

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.000
 the joy

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.460
 which filled

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.259
 our hearts.

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.579
 We have

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.200
 never known

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.859
 anything like

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.400
 it since,

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.140
 and we

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.519
 would not

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099
 miss that

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.960
 experience out

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.180
 of our

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.019
 lives for

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.599
 all that

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.019
 you could

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.500
 give us.

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:44.279
 That's a

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.259
 strange paradox

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.180
 to the

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.599
 authentic

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.019
 Christian

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.460
 life.

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.440
 They

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.180
 voluntarily

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.359
 lose the

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.200
 world values,

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.819
 but they

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.240
 don't feel

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.660
 superior for

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.559
 sacrificing so

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.839
 much.

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.160
 They count

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.460
 it as

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.119
 personally

00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.019
 receiving

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.700
 greater

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.279
 gain.

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.240
 Now,

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.039
 not just

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.279
 in the

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.480
 future,

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.119
 but now,

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.680
 and they

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:06.859
 say,

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.700
 I never

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.160
 made a

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.660
 sacrifice.

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.680
 How is

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.200
 that possible?

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.039
 How is

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.500
 that possible?

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.380
 Verses

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.920
 11 to

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.980
 16.

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.980
 The

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.680
 true life

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.319
 pictured here

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.960
 makes something

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.480
 as precious

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.200
 as gold

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.599
 that we

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.059
 list on

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.579
 our contents

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.059
 insurance.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.319
 It's as

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.859
 commonplace

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.420
 as concrete.

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:33.900
 You may

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.500
 walk on

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.640
 it.

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.800
 It

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.240
 makes

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.480
 wealth

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.720
 just

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.259
 pale

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.700
 into

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.940
 insignificance.

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.019
 Now,

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.340
 this is

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:46.259
 addressed to

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.600
 Timothy.

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.720
 He's being

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.460
 charged to

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.980
 be so

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.519
 different to

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.900
 the false

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.300
 teachers,

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.100
 but he's

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.600
 also an

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.220
 example to

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.500
 the whole

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.840
 church.

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.300
 This is

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.680
 for all

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.040
 of us.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.400
 He's

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.580
 saying,

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.720
 take hold

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.100
 of the

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.660
 eternal

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.360
 life to

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.060
 which you

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.759
 were called.

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.140
 Take

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.620
 hold of

00:27:59.620 --> 00:27:59.780
 it.

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.720
 What does

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.000
 that mean?

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.400
 Because he's

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.000
 got eternal

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.440
 life.

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.560
 Take

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.320
 hold of

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.620
 it.

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.259
 Pursue.

00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:10.560
 Eternal

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.100
 life has

00:28:11.100 --> 00:28:11.720
 already

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.519
 begun if

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.880
 you know

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.180
 Jesus

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.600
 Christ.

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:13.860
 It's

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.160
 begun.

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.560
 We're

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:14.860
 in it.

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.300
 The best

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.740
 is yet to

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:17.980
 come,

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.440
 of course.

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.660
 It has

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.040
 begun.

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.019
 So take

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.380
 hold of

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.480
 it.

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.000
 Pursue

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.180
 it.

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.920
 Fight

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.340
 for it.

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.640
 Tooth

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.040
 and nail.

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.300
 It won't

00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:27.620
 happen

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.220
 automatically.

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.920
 you've

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.140
 got to

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.480
 seize

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.740
 it.

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.740
 How

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.799
 rich do

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.220
 you believe

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.779
 you are,

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.279
 Christian?

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.039
 These

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.360
 verses,

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.220
 look at

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.620
 who it

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.000
 is who

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.680
 possesses

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.059
 you.

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.500
 God who

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.140
 gives life

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.579
 to all

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.059
 things,

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.779
 the source

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.339
 of life.

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.920
 He is

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.579
 the blessed

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:56.759
 and only

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.359
 sovereign.

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.519
 Blessed.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.179
 He's the

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:01.379
 only one

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.659
 who has

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.179
 deep

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.919
 contentment

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.679
 in

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.179
 himself.

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.779
 He is

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.339
 the source

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.679
 of all

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.079
 things.

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.019
 And

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.480
 look at

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:12.619
 this

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.139
 requires

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.419
 much

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.119
 more time

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.619
 to meditate

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.559
 on these

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.799
 words that

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.919
 Paul is

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.460
 using here.

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.939
 But look

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.240
 at the

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.460
 status of

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.859
 who this

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.359
 one is

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.159
 compared to

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.699
 whoever you

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.159
 think is at

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.420
 the top

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.920
 of society.

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.700
 Look who

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.340
 this is.

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.580
 The only

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.080
 sovereign,

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.840
 king of

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:33.480
 kings and

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.960
 lord of

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.540
 lords who

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.279
 alone,

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.360
 alone has

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.320
 immortality.

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.580
 Death and

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.540
 decay can't

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.000
 touch him.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.460
 He has

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.019
 life in

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.420
 himself.

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.220
 He dwells

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.480
 in

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:51.140
 unapproachable

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.460
 light.

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.500
 life.

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.980
 His life

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.400
 is so

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.799
 full and

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.420
 pure.

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.680
 There's

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.140
 nothing

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.920
 unlovely

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.559
 in him

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:03.220
 who no

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.500
 one has

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.200
 ever seen

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.720
 or can

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:04.980
 see.

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.640
 You can't

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.500
 by your

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.880
 human

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.400
 reasoning

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.319
 find this

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.640
 God.

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.880
 Only if

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.559
 he reveals

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.180
 himself to

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.600
 you can

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.600
 you have

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.400
 him in

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.600
 his

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.380
 immortality

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.880
 and in

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.079
 his

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.799
 blessedness

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.660
 and in

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.319
 his pure

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.380
 life that

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.019
 is light.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.779
 heart and

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.139
 this one

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.700
 has called

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.019
 you.

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.000
 He's

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.279
 called

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:28.920
 you to

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.579
 know him

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.139
 heart to

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.579
 heart.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.700
 This one

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:36.599
 was the

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.059
 one who

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.000
 stood before

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.420
 Pontius

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.960
 Pilate.

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.400
 Picture

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.879
 that moment.

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.379
 Pontius

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.879
 Pilate.

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.759
 Governance

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.240
 palace,

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.779
 royal clothing,

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.460
 sitting on

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.900
 the judgment

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.420
 seat,

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.420
 representing

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.039
 Caesar.

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.480
 He's

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.119
 representing

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:57.539
 he's at

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.879
 the top

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:59.619
 and he's

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.079
 looking at

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.420
 this

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:02.500
 Jesus

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.980
 and

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:06.700
 in the

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.259
 screenplay

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.039
 Jesus Christ

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.559
 superstar

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.400
 Pilate says

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.519
 when he

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.039
 sees Jesus

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.599
 who is

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.500
 this broken

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.119
 man

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:14.619
 cluttering

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.139
 up my

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.759
 hallways.

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.859
 So this

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.279
 is Jesus

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.720
 Christ.

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.440
 I'm

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.619
 really

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.879
 quite

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.460
 surprised.

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.700
 You

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.119
 look so

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.579
 small.

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.259
 Not a

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.579
 king at

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.839
 all.

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.519
 Why did

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.799
 he do

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.079
 that?

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.379
 This

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.680
 one.

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:39.500
 Well,

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:39.820
 we're

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:39.980
 going to

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.180
 look at

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.299
 the

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.600
 passage

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:40.960
 next

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.240
 week,

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:43.440
 but to

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.140
 quote 2

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.440
 Corinthians

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.820
 8,

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.880
 he did

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.100
 it to

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.539
 make us

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.900
 rich.

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.220
 2

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.500
 Corinthians

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.980
 8 verse

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.279
 9,

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.060
 for you

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.700
 know the

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.360
 grace of

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.720
 our Lord

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:51.960
 Jesus

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.519
 Christ,

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.160
 that though

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.500
 he was

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.840
 rich,

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.220
 yet for

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.799
 your sake

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.240
 he became

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.600
 poor,

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.060
 so that

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.480
 you,

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.259
 by his

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.779
 poverty,

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.640
 might

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.960
 become

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.400
 rich.

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.460
 He

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:10.400
 I

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.820
 know I'm

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.220
 not doing

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.000
 this passage

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.519
 justice,

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.120
 I know I'm

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.299
 not,

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.740
 but do you

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.240
 sense who

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.840
 it is who

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.360
 has called

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.740
 you to

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.240
 himself,

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.180
 and the

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.940
 cost to

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.440
 do so,

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.860
 and he's

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.100
 going to

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.740
 appear one

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:24.960
 day,

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.799
 this one

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.100
 will appear,

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.759
 that's the

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.320
 right time

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:29.660
 frame.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.519
 How wealthy

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.960
 are you?

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.340
 Are you

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.539
 going to

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.960
 measure that

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.519
 based off

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.140
 retirement?

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.660
 Is that

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.120
 the measure

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.720
 of how

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.160
 much you

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.559
 succeed,

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.120
 how wealthy

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.400
 you are?

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.140
 That is

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:40.600
 too short

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.000
 sighted.

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.519
 His

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.160
 appearing

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.880
 is the

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.180
 correct

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.799
 time frame.

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.960
 Five

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.380
 minutes

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.779
 into

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.279
 eternity

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.960
 and you're

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.660
 just soaking

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.519
 in pure

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.059
 joy.

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.579
 Five

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.860
 minutes

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.299
 in and

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.860
 you look

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.240
 back on

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.660
 your life

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.079
 and go,

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.480
 are you

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.700
 going to

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.980
 think to

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.240
 yourself,

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.600
 man,

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.359
 I wish

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.079
 I hoarded

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.159
 more stuff

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:04.659
 for myself.

00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.219
 Surely

00:33:07.219 --> 00:33:07.639
 we're not

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.059
 going to be

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.579
 thinking that

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.839
 way.

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.019
 Surely

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.299
 it would be

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.879
 much more

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.559
 likely that

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.099
 when he

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.599
 appears,

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.000
 five minutes

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.339
 in we're

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.599
 going,

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.480
 why didn't

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.819
 I give

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.379
 you more?

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.439
 Paul

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.039
 can't help

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.599
 himself here.

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.039
 He's just

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.419
 going into

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.120
 doxology.

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.820
 He's just

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.460
 praising.

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.539
 I think

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.120
 that's part

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.360
 of the

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.680
 key.

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.560
 I think

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:36.880
 that's the

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.100
 key.

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.000
 Godliness

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.700
 isn't a

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.240
 means to

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.660
 some other

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.120
 end.

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:41.980
 Godliness

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.600
 is the

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.279
 end because

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.120
 you pursue

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.480
 him and

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.800
 you're taking

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.259
 hold of

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.580
 him.

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.740
 I'm rich

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.180
 because I

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.660
 have him.

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.759
 He possesses

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.120
 me.

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.940
 He treasures

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.480
 me.

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.019
 despite

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.539
 my

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.060
 treasuring

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:00.620
 stuff

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:00.920
 over

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.240
 him.

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.760
 Jeremiah

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.760
 Burroughs,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.480
 he was a

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.880
 Puritan,

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.680
 he wrote

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:14.099
 the rare

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.900
 jewel of

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.240
 Christian

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.880
 contentment.

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:18.880
 Godliness

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.700
 teaches us

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:20.440
 this mystery.

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.440
 A little

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.039
 in this

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.920
 world will

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.599
 content a

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.139
 Christian for

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.360
 his

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.900
 passage,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.179
 but all

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.819
 the world

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.779
 and 10,000

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.559
 times more

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.400
 will not

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.239
 content a

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.860
 Christian for

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.699
 his portion.

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.219
 Because the

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.960
 blessed one has

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.559
 called you to

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.500
 himself and

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:47.339
 is calling us

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.139
 man of God,

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.819
 woman of God,

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.599
 know how rich

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.079
 you are.

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.380
 Take hold of

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.599
 it.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.799
 Pesure it.

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.079
 Fight for it.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.659
 You've got to

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.239
 preach it to

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.619
 yourself.

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.779
 Tim Keller

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.460
 gives a really

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.380
 great test of

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.739
 whether you

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.519
 know how rich

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.159
 you are as a

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.440
 Christian.

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.659
 Here's the

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.000
 test.

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.119
 You don't

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.360
 envy those

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.000
 with more

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.380
 than you.

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.440
 Now with

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.059
 this test,

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.539
 I'm going to

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.199
 encourage a

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.360
 scale here.

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:24.620
 because I

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.640
 clearly fail

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.860
 that test to

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.460
 some degree

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.960
 and that's

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.280
 why we've

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.599
 got to

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.220
 pursue it

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.620
 more and

00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:29.900
 more.

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.620
 But the

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.079
 more we

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.440
 know how

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.800
 rich we

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.720
 are, the

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.180
 less we

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.860
 envy those

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.240
 with more

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.620
 than us.

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.380
 And the

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.320
 flip side of

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:39.320
 that is you

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.940
 don't feel

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.820
 superior to

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.260
 those with

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.640
 less.

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.739
 less.

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.400
 If we

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.799
 have food

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.319
 and clothing,

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.819
 if we

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.219
 have got our

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.239
 basic necessities

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.799
 to meet the

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:54.079
 responsibilities God

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.739
 has given us,

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.400
 we'll be content

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:59.599
 because we

00:35:59.599 --> 00:35:59.960
 know how

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.660
 rich we

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:00.920
 are.

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.180
 In fact,

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.720
 I think we

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.079
 can have

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.260
 compassion on

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.700
 those who

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:08.639
 are filthy

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.400
 rich in

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.940
 this life

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.720
 only because

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.000
 they are

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.720
 setting their

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.340
 hopes on the

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.220
 uncertainty of

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.740
 riches and

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.980
 they commit

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:17.780
 suicide when

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.079
 there's a

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.840
 global financial

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.440
 crisis.

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.760
 You can have

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:23.300
 compassion on

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.720
 those.

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.559
 who don't

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.360
 have life.

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.539
 And when

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.820
 you have

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.420
 more than

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.300
 our basic

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:37.300
 necessities to

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.160
 meet the

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.139
 responsibilities God

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.539
 has given,

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.619
 when you

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.559
 have more,

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.460
 you don't feel

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.240
 superior to

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.579
 those with

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.860
 less.

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.840
 You recognize

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.240
 that you

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.180
 haven't earned

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:50.099
 this.

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.200
 They are

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.900
 gifts from

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.280
 God to

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.680
 enjoy.

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:56.599
 you don't

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.359
 see excess

00:36:57.359 --> 00:36:57.879
 as an

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.739
 opportunity to

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.259
 hoard.

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.139
 You see

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.919
 money for

00:37:01.919 --> 00:37:02.399
 what it is.

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.960
 It's a

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.480
 resource.

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.599
 That's all

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.919
 it is.

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.699
 You see it

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.000
 for what it

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.119
 is.

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.399
 It's just

00:37:07.399 --> 00:37:07.919
 a resource.

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:11.480
 And it's a

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.940
 resource to

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.419
 do good.

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.539
 You get to

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.419
 get great

00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.419
 gain by

00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:19.480
 sharing your

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.799
 God's

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.679
 character in

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.179
 meeting the

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.559
 needs of

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.899
 others.

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:26.359
 being rich

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:26.639
 in good

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.359
 works because

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:27.699
 you know

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.239
 you're rich.

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.079
 You're

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:36.359
 content and

00:37:36.359 --> 00:37:36.859
 if you have

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.259
 more than

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.539
 what you

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.960
 need, you

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.279
 get to

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.859
 share in

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.119
 God's

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.480
 character.

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.199
 And so

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.519
 you get

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.960
 more and

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.279
 more of

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:42.619
 God,

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.039
 whether

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.659
 you're

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:44.919
 struggling

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:45.279
 to make

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.759
 ends meet

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.500
 or you've

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.819
 got more

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.139
 than what

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.500
 you need.

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.379
 Great

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:49.819
 gain in

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.119
 both.

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.719
 Scripture

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.159
 doesn't

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.659
 command a

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.159
 lifestyle.

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.239
 God is

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:57.139
 not equally

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.739
 distributing

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.739
 among us

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:00.559
 equal outcomes.

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:01.779
 He doesn't

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.219
 command a

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.579
 lifestyle.

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.579
 He's

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.099
 calling us

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.859
 to pursue

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:09.579
 God and

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.159
 make having

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:11.059
 him an end

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.519
 in and of

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.739
 itself and

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.539
 to know how

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.099
 rich we

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.799
 really are,

00:38:15.399 --> 00:38:16.139
 to know it

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.480
 in our

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.219
 inner life,

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.419
 not our

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:18.879
 circumstance,

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.379
 but our

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:20.119
 inner life.

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.500
 God is

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.659
 going to

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.400
 fight for

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.779
 it tooth

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.259
 and nail.

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.779
 God is

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:23.900
 going to

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.380
 preach it

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.519
 to

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.000
 ourselves,

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:28.480
 knowing we've

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.059
 been called

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.599
 to true

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.099
 life.

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.159
 If you

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.579
 know how

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:31.960
 rich you

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.179
 are,

00:38:32.359 --> 00:38:33.099
 money can't

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.699
 add to

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.099
 your

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.779
 significance

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.940
 and when

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.339
 you lose

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:36.500
 it,

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.159
 it can't

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.639
 take away

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.039
 from your

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.480
 significance.

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.839
 You can

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.420
 have great

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.440
 gain in

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:46.559
 poverty or

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.339
 in riches.

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.699
 You can

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.099
 have great

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.420
 gain.

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:55.659
 I think

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.179
 only the

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.699
 Christian can

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.099
 live like

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.380
 this.

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.519
 We saw

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.059
 last week,

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.779
 Matthew 6,

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.699
 those who

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.179
 trust in

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:04.159
 wealth for

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.960
 their security,

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.900
 their safety,

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.960
 they're always

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.619
 worrying about

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.059
 tomorrow.

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.420
 But the

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.480
 Christian, we

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.019
 can look at

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.679
 tomorrow and

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.139
 go, I'm

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.659
 safe.

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.279
 I know my

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:15.119
 tomorrow is in

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.719
 my Father's

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.059
 hands.

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.380
 And here in

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.219
 1 Timothy 6,

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.419
 we're not

00:39:20.419 --> 00:39:21.079
 just told be

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.739
 content, be

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.099
 content.

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:22.619
 We're told,

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.719
 Christian, you're

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.059
 rich.

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.859
 You can have

00:39:25.859 --> 00:39:27.000
 great gain in

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.980
 poverty or

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.439
 plenty.

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.759
 You know

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.239
 where great

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:32.179
 gain is to

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.159
 take hold of

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.339
 it.

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.079
 When people

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.619
 make us think

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.239
 we're missing

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:40.359
 out or we're

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.939
 telling ourselves

00:39:40.939 --> 00:39:41.359
 we're missing

00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:41.859
 out, we can

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.679
 go, I never

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.019
 made a

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.379
 sacrifice.

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.099
 I'm pursuing

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.799
 great gain.

00:39:44.799 --> 00:39:45.799
 And

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:51.219
 I think at

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.239
 stake here is

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:54.219
 the clarity and

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:56.659
 the attraction of

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:58.359
 our testimony of

00:39:58.359 --> 00:39:59.819
 where true life is

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.259
 found.

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:03.339
 That we know

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:04.179
 great gain.

00:40:08.919 --> 00:40:09.919
 Why would the

00:40:09.919 --> 00:40:10.919
 unbelieving world

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:12.079
 look at our

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.159
 lives, either as a

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.959
 church or our

00:40:13.959 --> 00:40:14.639
 families, our

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.599
 individual lives,

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.539
 and think, I

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.119
 want what they

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:20.039
 have, if we're

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.960
 seeking the exact

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.699
 same things.

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.679
 We're just using

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.480
 Jesus as a

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.179
 ticket to the

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.619
 exact same

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.900
 things.

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.679
 The witness of

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.340
 where true life

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.880
 is found is

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.300
 at stake.

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.639
 And our

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.420
 testimony, our

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.039
 witness can be

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.679
 equally as

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.400
 powerful, whether

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.900
 we're struggling

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.559
 to make ends

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:41.179
 meet and we're

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.039
 content and we

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.980
 think we're

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.440
 rich because we

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.900
 have God.

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.719
 What a

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.059
 testimony.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.900
 Or you've

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.340
 got more than

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.579
 you need and

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.360
 you're not

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.119
 hoarding it like

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.599
 the rest of the

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:52.779
 world.

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.659
 You know you're

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.460
 rich and you

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.000
 think it's great

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.400
 gain.

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.380
 You're not proud

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.920
 because you're

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.539
 giving so much

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.199
 away and just

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.920
 boasting, look

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.320
 how much I'm

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.380
 doing.

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.440
 You're not

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:02.039
 doing anything

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.599
 like that.

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.519
 You think you're

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.320
 sharing in God's

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:06.000
 character, getting

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.559
 to know him

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:06.779
 more.

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:07.920
 What a

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.360
 testimony.

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.679
 What a

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:08.779
 testimony.

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.639
 With little or

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:18.199
 plenty, may our

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:19.440
 lives testify to

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.339
 where great gain

00:41:20.339 --> 00:41:20.879
 is found.

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:24.460
 Will you pray

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.759
 with me?

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.639
 Let's pray.

00:41:29.859 --> 00:41:31.219
 Father, send

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:32.239
 your spirit to

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.920
 convince our

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.639
 hearts that

00:41:33.639 --> 00:41:37.779
 knowing you

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.559
 more and more

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:41.139
 really is the

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:42.139
 path to joy.

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:46.699
 Lord, fill us

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.379
 with your spirit

00:41:47.379 --> 00:41:49.980
 afresh to set

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.719
 our eyes on

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.259
 when Christ

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:52.179
 appears so

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:54.859
 that we live

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:55.699
 in light of

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.179
 that day.

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.400
 I pray this in

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.940
 Jesus' name.

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.359
 Amen.

00:42:00.359 --> 00:42:00.460
 Amen.

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.519
 Amen.

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.579
 Amen.

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:00.599
 Amen.

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.639
 Amen.

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.219
 Amen.

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.259
 Amen.

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:02.579
 Amen.

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.599
 Amen.

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.359
 Amen.

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.440
 Amen.

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.319
 Amen.

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.400
 Amen.

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:04.500
 Amen.

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.319
 Amen.

00:42:05.319 --> 00:42:06.440
 Amen.

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.460
 Amen.