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 Father, we confess before you that we do not like it when your word talks about something

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 that we don't want it to talk about.

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 And Father, we confess before you that we see money as something very deeply personal.

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 And so part of us resents it, Father, when your son talks about money or possessions at all.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would gently but deeply work upon our will and our mind.

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 But most of all, Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would touch us at our heart,

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 the center of who we truly are.

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 We ask, Father, that your Spirit would touch our heart

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 so that we might be receptive to the wisdom of your word.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So some of you might be saying, actually, this is going to be one of those interesting days.

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 The lights mean that I can see virtually none of you.

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 So don't play a trick on me and all get up and leave me standing near the end of the service without realizing.

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 So here's what I'd like to say to you folks,

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 and I say it every time we have a passage on money and some other times as well,

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 is that if you're here this morning as our guest and you haven't given your life to Jesus,

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 to trust him as your Savior and follow him as your Lord,

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 then we would actually prefer if you don't put any money in the plate

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 or give money online or send us a donation later,

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 we would actually prefer it if you didn't do that.

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 Because we're not interested in your money.

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 Jesus isn't ultimately interested in your money.

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 He's interested in you.

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 And so that's the first thing.

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 So whatever it is that I'm going to say,

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 and really all I'm going to do is just try to bring out what Jesus is teaching us about money.

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 I just want you to be aware of the fact that you don't have to put money on the plate.

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 Okay?

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 So here's the thing.

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 If you just heard me read the Gospel text a few moments ago,

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 Jesus talks about money,

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 and he talks about covetousness or greed.

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 And here's sort of two things that some of you are probably thinking,

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 and even if you aren't thinking, I'm going to remind you of them

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 because it's really important for us to keep this in mind when we talk,

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 when we try to understand the words of Jesus.

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 We're just right next door to the province of Quebec,

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 and the perception of many of our Quebecois friends

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 is that for many, many decades, in fact, for centuries,

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 the church used text like that to keep the people poor.

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 That the church used text like that to stop people from having ambition,

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 starting businesses, getting educated,

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 and getting advanced.

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 And many of our Irish brothers and sisters would probably say the same thing,

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 and probably in other parts of the world.

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 So is what Jesus is saying something that if we take it seriously,

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 it means that we should be content with being poor and uneducated?

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 A second thing, just to sort of bring it home at a more personal level,

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 is the other day I was in a Starbucks,

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 no surprise to those of you who are regular,

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 and there's a fellow that I've gotten to know over the last few years,

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 and he's sort of an interest.

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 He's a really nice guy, working-class guy, salt-of-the-earth type.

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 He sees that I have the Bible there.

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 He shows no interest whatsoever, but he's friendly.

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 He shows no interest in the fact that I have a Bible open.

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 But he's very friendly.

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 He's living with his girlfriend.

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 They have a kid.

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 And I saw him the other day for the first time in a couple of months.

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 And he said that he'd gotten, he'd changed jobs,

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 that he'd got to work.

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 He's now working for another company,

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 and it was a promotion,

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 and he was making more money,

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 and I congratulated him on that.

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 So would Jesus say,

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 would the Bible say that I sinned

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 by congratulating him

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 on switching to another company

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 and getting a promotion and making more money?

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 Is Jesus saying that,

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 George, when the confession comes up later in the service,

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 you've got to repent of that.

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 You shouldn't have congratulated him.

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 Is that what Jesus is saying?

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 Well, let's listen.

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 Let's listen with fresh ears

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 to what it is that Jesus has to say

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 about possessions and about money

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 and about greed.

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 So if you have your Bibles,

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 if not, I'll read the text.

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 You know, we'll go through it a bit slowly,

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 but it's Luke chapter 12,

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 and it begins in verse 13.

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 Luke 12, 13.

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 And okay, there you go.

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 So it goes like this.

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 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,

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 teacher, tell my brother

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 to divide the inheritance with me.

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 But Jesus said to him,

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 man, who made me a judge

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 or arbitrator over you?

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 I just sort of want to pause there for a second.

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 In the original language,

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 Jesus is angry at him,

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 and the word man is sort of rude.

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 Or not rude.

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 He's putting the man in his place.

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 It's not a gentle response.

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 And from the context,

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 it's obvious that it isn't so much

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 that the man is looking for a disinterested judge

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 to come and help sort out a problem.

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 The man wants Jesus to come and be on his side

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 against his brother's side

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 so that he'll get more money and more possessions.

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 And so here, mindful of what I just said earlier,

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 here we see something which is very, very important

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 for us religious and spiritual types to hear.

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 The first point,

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 Jesus rejects being used as a tool

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 to further someone's plans.

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 Jesus rejects in the strongest possible language

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 being used as a tool

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 to further someone's plans.

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 So, you know, obviously,

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 if in fact our Quebecois friends'

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 understanding of their past is correct,

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 there's lots of different priests and nuns.

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 They all probably had different motives.

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 But if any of them, in fact,

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 were saying what they were saying

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 to actually either maintain their own position

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 or to help wealthy English or Quebecois

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 keep their position,

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 then these words of Jesus

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 are a very, very stark rebuke to them.

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 To the religious or spiritual person who,

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 you know, to the politician

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 who, when he's in trouble,

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 comes to church

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 to try to use the church to distract people

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 and make them look like he's good

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 when he's just been caught doing something very bad.

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 This is a very strong rebuke.

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 That's using Jesus as a tool

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 for your own advantage or benefit.

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 A person who comes to a church

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 so that he can sell

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 or she can sell real estate

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 or Amway

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 or some other type of product,

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 and they primarily see

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 Christians or a church

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 as a means by which they can prosper

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 or their son or their daughter

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 or their husband or their wife

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 or their cousin to prosper.

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 This is a very, very, very strong rebuke.

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 Jesus rejects being used as a tool

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 to further someone's plans.

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 Now, Jesus goes to the heart now.

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 Is this mic still working?

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 Sometimes it seems like it's working

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 and sometimes it doesn't.

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 It's fine?

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 Okay, good.

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 I'm not used to not hearing

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 any type of a feedback.

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 So a few years ago,

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 I had a guy who,

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 he was somebody I knew

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 through another Christian ministry,

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 so you don't have to wonder

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 who it was here in the congregation.

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 But he very, very, very seriously

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 said that he had a plan

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 for us to get a building.

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 And the plan for us to get a building

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 was that he was going to buy lottery tickets

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 and I was going to pray for him.

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 And as I prayed for him

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 to buy the lottery tickets,

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 when the lottery ticket won,

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 half of the money would go

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 to the church building fund.

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 And so, you know,

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 at the time,

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 I think the lottery

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 was like $10 million.

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 He said,

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 George, that'll get us

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 a really, really nice building

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 and a really nice location,

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 $5 million.

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 And so first of all,

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 I told him whatever anybody tells me

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 when they ask me to pray,

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 I tell them that I'm in sales,

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 not management.

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 And so my prayers

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 don't actually work any better

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 than anybody else's.

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 But then I had a variety

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 of hopefully nice and gentle ways

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 to tell him I wasn't going to do it.

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 But what was going on with that man?

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 What would Jesus say

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 about something like that?

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 Well, if we continue to read,

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 we see what Jesus has to say about it.

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 Verse 15.

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 And so Jesus is just rejected

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 that he's going to be used

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 as a tool by this fellow

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 against the man's brother

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 so that the fellow

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 could become richer.

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 And in verse 15,

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 Jesus says,

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 and he said to them,

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 take care and be on your guard

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 against all covetousness

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 for one's life

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 does not consist

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 in the abundance

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 of his possessions.

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 And some of your versions

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 of the Bible

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 might not say covetousness,

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 it might say greed.

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 Sort of the same word

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 in the original language

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 can be translated either way.

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 Coveting means that sort of

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 I see what somebody else has

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 and I want it.

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 They have that nice house

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 and I'd like that house.

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 And in fact,

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 often in older days like that,

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 it meant quite literally

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 you wanted that house,

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 not one like it,

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 but you wanted that house.

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 And you just wanted

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 more and more of things.

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 And so covetousness and greed

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 in the original language

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 is sort of the same idea,

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 but you use two different words

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 in English to translate it.

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 And listen to it again.

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 It's very, very stark.

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 In fact,

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 there's a sermon

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 from the time

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 of the English Reformation

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 by a fellow

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 by the name of Latimer

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 who was one of the

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 English reformers

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 who died a martyr's death.

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 And when he preached

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 on this text,

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 all his sermon was,

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 take care and be on your guard

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 against all covetousness

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 for one's life

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 does not consist

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 in the abundance of possessions.

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 And he'd read it

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 three, four, five times in a row.

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 And then he paused and said,

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 what if for the sermon this morning

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 all we did was read this text

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 over and over and over again?

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 It's an important warning

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 from Jesus.

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 And to put it up

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 on the screen

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 as the second point,

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 Jesus warns me,

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 beware of greed

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 and covetousness.

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 Jesus warns me,

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 beware of greed

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 and covetousness.

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 Now here's the problem.

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 We never think

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 that greed and covetousness

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 applies to us.

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 Or at least we rarely

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 think about it.

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 Now if you're a guest

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 here this morning

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 and you don't know much

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 about the evangelical world,

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 let me just tell you

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 something about

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 what goes on

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 often in the minds

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 and hearts

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 of young men.

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 That many young men

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 spend many anxious hours

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 worrying about lust.

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 And don't take anything

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 I'm about to say

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 to tell you that

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 lust is all right.

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 I'm not saying

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 that lust is all right.

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 But they worry about

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 impure thoughts

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 about women.

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 And yet many of these

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 same young men

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 in the churches

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 they are,

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 they're in,

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 they maybe desire

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 to have the Mercedes,

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 to have the Beamer,

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 to make lots of money,

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 and nobody at all

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 ever warns them

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 that what they're desiring

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 might be dangerous

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 for them.

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 That in fact

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 in many churches

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 a preoccupation

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 with sex

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 allows us

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 to be fully devoted

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 followers of mammon

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 with not even

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 the least shred

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 of conscience

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 or doubt.

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 And this isn't

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 just a Christian problem,

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 it's a human problem.

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 So for instance,

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 I've noticed lately,

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 occasionally when I'm

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 procrastinating,

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 I read the obituaries

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 in the paper.

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 So, you know,

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 you know I'm really

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 procrastinating

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 when I start with interest

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 to read the obituary.

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 It means I don't,

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 I should be going

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 into work

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 or doing something else,

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 but there I am

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 reading the obituaries.

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 But here's the very

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 interesting thing

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 about obituaries

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 in the newspaper.

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 The newspaper

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 as a whole,

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 when it's not

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 talking about news,

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 is telling you

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 about how to live

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 the good life.

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 And the good life

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 involves

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 having lots

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 of experiences

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 and getting promotions

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 and being successful

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 and being powerful

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 and being popular

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 and being able

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 to get the girl

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 or the guy

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 that you want

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 and that's what

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 the newspaper

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 gives you advice in.

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 But when it comes time

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 for the obituary,

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 they want you

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 to be known

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 as a good person.

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 I'll give you

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 an illustration.

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 Imagine for a moment

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 that you're coming

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 to a,

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 you know,

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 maybe it's your mother,

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 maybe it's your aunt,

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 you know,

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 your grandmother,

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 whatever,

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 and you come

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 to visit them

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 and they know

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 and you know

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 that they only

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 have a month

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 left to live

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 but they're still

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 compass mentis.

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 Their mind still works.

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 So on her deathbed,

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 she says to you,

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 by the way,

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 what are you going

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 to write in my obituary?

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 And so you say,

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 gosh,

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 I'm so looking forward

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 to writing your,

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 I mean,

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 I'm not looking forward

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 to you dying

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 but I'm so looking forward

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 to your obituary.

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 I mean,

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 you're amazing.

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 Like my husband

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 and I were debating

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 whether you have,

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 I think you only have

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 a hundred pairs

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 of designer shoes

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 in your closets.

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 He thinks it's 200.

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 We're going to count it

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 and put it in the thing.

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 And you have 300 designer dress

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 and gosh,

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 I think you must have

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 at least 125 designer purses

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 and we're going to put

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 all of that

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 in your obituary.

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 And the woman would look

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 with a steely glint

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 in her eye

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 and she'd say,

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 if you do that,

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 I will haunt you.

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 I want you to write

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 that I'm generous.

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 You see,

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 the paper tells you

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 how to get the best

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 designer things

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 and how to make the money.

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 But when it comes

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 to our obituaries,

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 we don't want to be known

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 as a person

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 who owned 300 pieces

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 of expensive clothing,

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 150 expensive shoes,

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 75 expensive

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 or 125 handbags.

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 We want it to be known

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 as being generous.

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 We want it to be known

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 as being good.

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 It's a human problem.

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 So Jesus says,

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 beware of greed

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 and covetousness.

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 We all agree.

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 We all think it applies

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 to somebody else.

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 But what if it applies

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 to us?

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 And so Jesus tells

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 a parable

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 to try to start

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 to unpack

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 or get us to see

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 an aspect of the issue.

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 And it begins

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 in verse 16.

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 And he told them

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 the parable.

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 The land of a rich man

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 produced plentifully.

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 And he thought to himself,

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 what shall I do?

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 For I have nowhere

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 to store my crops.

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 And he said,

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 I will do this.

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 I will tear down

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 my barns

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 and build larger ones.

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 And there I will store

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 all my grain

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 and my goods.

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 And just pause

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 before you hear

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 the rest of the parable.

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 There's something

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 very important

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 to note in this parable,

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 the beginning

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 of this parable.

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 Jesus isn't telling us

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 that the man

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 should be world-denying.

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 He's not going

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 to tell us

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 that the man

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 should feel bad

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 because his farm

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 produces lots of crops.

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 Jesus is not a Buddhist.

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 He's not going to say

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 that all desire

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 in and of itself

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 is our fundamental problem.

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 And Jesus is not going

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 to say that godly people

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.659
 let the crops

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 rot in the field.

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 That that's a sign

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.419
 of godliness.

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 There's nothing wrong

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 and all the rest

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.340
 of the story,

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:01.360
 there's nothing wrong

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.919
 at all

00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.960
 with the fellow

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 being thankful

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 or pleased

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 that his field

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.980
 has produced

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.740
 lots of crop

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 and there's never

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:10.120
 any hint

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.700
 that his idea

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.100
 to build more barns

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:13.840
 is wrong

00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.740
 in and of itself.

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.340
 Jesus isn't telling

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:16.779
 the fellow

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:18.180
 to be impractical

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 or to be wasteful

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 or to be told

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 that possessions

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 in and of themselves

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.659
 are evil.

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 Nothing that happens

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.159
 is going to say

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.720
 anything at all

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.700
 about that whatsoever.

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.779
 Jesus goes to the heart,

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 to the man's response

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 to what has happened

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.159
 to him

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 and what's actually

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.560
 motivating

00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:39.860
 at a deeper level

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.840
 his plans.

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 Beneath his prudence,

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.340
 there in computer language

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:46.519
 there's another program

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.919
 running

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.799
 deeper than his prudence

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 and it's revealed

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.960
 in the words

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 that begin

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 on verse 19.

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 And I will say

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 to my soul,

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:57.720
 I will say

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 to my soul,

00:16:59.360 --> 00:16:59.759
 soul,

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.759
 you have ample goods

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.820
 laid up for many years,

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 relax,

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 eat,

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 drink,

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 and be merry.

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 All the way

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 through this entire

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.200
 parable,

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.920
 if you go back,

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 it's always

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 I,

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 me,

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 my.

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 And even as he speaks

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 to his soul,

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.200
 he speaks to his soul

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 as if he is God

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 speaking to himself,

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 to his subject.

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 And in verse 20,

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.140
 God said to him,

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.519
 fool,

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.480
 this night your soul

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 is required of you

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 and the things

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 you have prepared,

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 whose will they be?

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 So is the one

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.799
 who lays up treasure

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.599
 for himself

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.920
 and is not rich

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.539
 toward God.

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.019
 One second after death,

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.460
 Bill Gates

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.779
 and the poorest person

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.240
 in Ottawa

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.339
 who also dies,

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 if they die

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 at the exact same moment,

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 a second after death,

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 they have the same possessions

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.420
 in their possession.

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 None.

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 You can't be poorer

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 than dead.

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 That's what Jesus is saying.

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 It's also the name

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.839
 of a Flannery O'Connor

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.500
 short story.

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.319
 You can't be poorer

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:10.160
 than dead.

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.440
 So,

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.940
 here's the thing.

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.420
 Is,

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:19.720
 is Jesus

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.160
 going to now give us

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 sort of a bit of a

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.319
 radical hippie,

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.619
 socialist,

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.279
 left wing,

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:30.559
 walled and pond

00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:32.119
 type of take

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 on money

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 and possessions?

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 I have a,

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 another friend

00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.259
 who,

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.339
 he and I have

00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:39.119
 very,

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.599
 we have,

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 we have public

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 discussions

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:45.059
 about the Christian faith

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 in Starbucks.

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 And,

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 just recently

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 we had one.

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 He,

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 he doesn't know anything

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 at all.

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 I don't think he's ever

00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:55.299
 even read the New Testament,

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 but he likes to tell me

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 all about what Jesus

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 actually thinks and believes.

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 And,

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 and so he,

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 he told me,

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 because he'd just read a book

00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.879
 by a popular guy,

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 he said it had to be true

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 because he heard it

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 on television.

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 And,

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 and it's funny,

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 he said that,

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 I said to him,

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 you know,

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 in his job,

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 he has,

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 I said,

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 you actually think that

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 just because it's said

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 on television

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 it must be true?

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 I mean,

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 you don't believe that

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 in the rest of your life.

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 Why do you believe it

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 about,

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 about somebody saying

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.259
 something about Jesus?

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 Anyway,

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.220
 he told me,

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 it's a very,

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.639
 very common idea

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 that Jesus was sort of

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 like a radical

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 and he was always

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 going against

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 the,

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 the,

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 the rich and the powerful

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 and helping the poor.

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 He didn't use this,

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 but I've heard many people,

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 even,

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 even evangelicals

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 and charismatics

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 and,

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 and very,

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 very orthodox people

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 say that the point

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 of the Bible

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 is to afflict

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 the comfortable

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 and comfort

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 the afflicted.

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 You know,

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 afflict the comfortable

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 and comfort the afflicted.

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 Is that what Jesus

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 is going to do?

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 Is he going to afflict

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 the comfortable?

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 Is he going to say,

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 is he going to now say,

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 you know,

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 come on,

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 smell the roses,

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 smell the flowers,

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 you know,

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 chill out,

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 be more relaxed,

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 less type A,

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 you know,

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 don't work so hard.

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 Is that what Jesus

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 is going to say?

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 Well,

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 that's what many people,

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.920
 that's how many people

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.440
 read this.

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 Just,

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 just listen to what

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 then goes on to,

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 what goes on to be,

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 to be said.

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 It was a text like this

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 that my,

00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.559
 my friend was really

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 referring to.

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 Verse 22,

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 therefore,

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.460
 Jesus said,

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 I tell you,

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 do not be anxious

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 about your life,

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 what you will eat,

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 nor about your body,

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 what you will put on.

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 For life is more than food

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 and the body is more

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 than clothing.

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 Consider the ravens,

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 they neither sow nor reap.

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 They have neither storehouse

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 nor barn,

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 and yet God feeds them.

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 Of how much more value

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.759
 are you than the birds?

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 Can't you just sort of

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 hear this,

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 that Jesus is saying,

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 like,

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 why are you so concerned

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.620
 about making money?

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.680
 Why are you so concerned

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.680
 about working hard?

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 You got to take time

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.299
 and smell the roses.

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 Like,

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 it's all just going

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.799
 to work out.

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 Just chill out,

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 you know?

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.399
 Like,

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 be more calm.

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.940
 Get more centered.

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 Turn off the cell phone.

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 Get more in touch

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.299
 with yourself.

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 Spend time.

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 Have long meals.

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 It sort of almost

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 sounds like it.

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 And then he continues,

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 and which of you

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.319
 by being anxious

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.559
 can add a single hour

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.159
 of a span

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:08.200
 to a span of life?

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 If then you are not able

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.639
 to do as small a thing

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:10.960
 as that,

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.379
 why are you anxious

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.440
 about the rest?

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 I mean,

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:16.019
 at first,

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.000
 at first glance,

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 it's so easy for us

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.579
 in our culture

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.720
 to hear this

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.740
 as a message

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 just to become

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 more laid back,

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:25.440
 to become more hip,

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:30.500
 to spend the time

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:32.200
 to make your own craft beer,

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 to make your own clothing,

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.440
 make your own art.

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.339
 Like,

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 just forget all

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:40.680
 of that rat race stuff.

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.639
 Is that what Jesus

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.019
 is saying?

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.940
 It sounds like it.

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.539
 Verse 28,

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:46.039
 Or verse 27,

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.899
 Consider the lilies,

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.460
 how they grow.

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 They neither toil

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.940
 nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you,

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.659
 even Solomon

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.480
 in all his glory

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.299
 was not arrayed

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.099
 like one of these.

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 But if God

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.519
 so clothed the grass

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.259
 which is alive

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.980
 in the field today

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.460
 and tomorrow

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.480
 is thrown into the oven,

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.579
 how much more

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.460
 will he clothe you,

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.460
 O you of little faith?

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.799
 And do not seek

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.639
 what you are to eat

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.579
 and what you are to drink,

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.659
 nor be worried.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.920
 For all the nations

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.440
 of the world

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.639
 seek after these things,

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.259
 and your Father

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.279
 knows that you need them.

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.680
 Instead,

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.039
 seek his kingdom,

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.240
 and these things

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.460
 will be added to you.

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:17.200
 Vote for Olivia Chow

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.779
 and not for the Fords.

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:22.279
 Is that what he's saying here?

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:27.119
 But then all of a sudden,

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.339
 there's a sixth sense moment.

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.539
 If you've seen the movie,

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.420
 there's something that happens

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.420
 at the end of the movie

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.639
 that makes you wonder

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.299
 if you've understood

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.680
 anything that's taken place

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.519
 throughout the entire movie.

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:42.740
 I won't tell you what it is

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.660
 in case you haven't seen it,

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:45.779
 but that's a sixth sense moment.

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.079
 Verse 32.

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:49.259
 Fear not, little flock,

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.559
 for it is your Father's

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.160
 good pleasure

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.240
 to give you the kingdom.

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.379
 One moment.

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.480
 It's your Father

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.379
 gives you the kingdom.

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.559
 Your Father gives you the kingdom.

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.740
 Like,

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:12.299
 what happens is

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:15.380
 Jesus does have

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.700
 some stern words

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.259
 about the person

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.880
 who dies

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.700
 leaving behind

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.819
 300-plus designer dresses

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:24.579
 and 150 pairs of shoes

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:28.140
 and 125 designer purses

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:30.019
 and has really,

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.480
 in effect,

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.420
 lived an entirely

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.859
 self-centered life.

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:34.339
 but when they die,

00:23:34.439 --> 00:23:35.139
 they want to be known

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.919
 as generous.

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:42.199
 Less than 19%

00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:43.479
 of the Canadian population

00:23:43.479 --> 00:23:44.299
 gives enough money

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.959
 to charity

00:23:44.959 --> 00:23:46.479
 that they can file

00:23:46.479 --> 00:23:47.759
 an income tax return

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.240
 asking for a charitable receipt.

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.339
 And the median amount

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.939
 of money given to charity

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:55.319
 out of that 19%

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.699
 is,

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.299
 I think it's only

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.259
 something like $100.

00:23:57.259 --> 00:24:01.640
 and yet Canadians,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.559
 we,

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.819
 humanly speaking,

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.460
 like to be known

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.440
 as generous people.

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.119
 And I'm just,

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:11.500
 if you're making

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.039
 $80,000 a year

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.079
 and you give no money

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.500
 to charity,

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.200
 not enough money

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.680
 to charity

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.519
 to actually ask

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.059
 for any type

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:18.160
 of income tax receipt

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.480
 at all,

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.059
 I don't know.

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.980
 Should we put

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.599
 generous down

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.379
 in your obituary?

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.420
 I don't know.

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:28.840
 But,

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.180
 while it,

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.519
 it,

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.120
 it hammers away

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.880
 at us

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.900
 about that type

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.980
 of a preoccupation

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.480
 with money

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.100
 and prestige

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.980
 and all being

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.840
 completely and utterly

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.680
 self-centered,

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.160
 there,

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.800
 there's a way

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.580
 for those of us

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.279
 who are called

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.060
 about being,

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:43.840
 chilling out

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:45.080
 and getting more centered

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.279
 that in fact

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.460
 that whole language

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.560
 is in fact

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.560
 actually profoundly

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:50.800
 self-centered as well.

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.600
 I need to get,

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:55.100
 I need to get

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.599
 in touch

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.319
 with myself.

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.639
 I need to smell

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.159
 the roses.

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.279
 I need to smell

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.819
 the lilies.

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.799
 I need to not

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.740
 worry about things

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.639
 because it's all

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.459
 going to work out

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:05.719
 all right for me

00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:07.379
 and I need to spend

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:08.799
 time taking my

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.079
 long time to do this

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.240
 or whatever it is

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.959
 because you see,

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.399
 in effect,

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.759
 when Jesus says

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.579
 that the Father

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.359
 has to give

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.939
 the kingdom,

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.480
 what he's saying

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.740
 is that it's true

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.719
 that when Bill Gates,

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.480
 if Bill Gates

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.359
 and the poorest person

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.019
 and Ottawa die

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.899
 at the exact same

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.199
 instant,

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.879
 they both take

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.439
 the same amount

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:26.959
 of possessions

00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:27.599
 with them,

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.079
 which is none.

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.399
 The text here says

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.359
 that we don't take

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.819
 hipness with us,

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.719
 coolness,

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.199
 centeredness,

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.139
 relaxedness,

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.699
 valor,

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.000
 honor,

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.719
 none of that

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:43.519
 goes with us.

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.059
 Everything we possess

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.079
 is left behind.

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:50.480
 In fact,

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:53.019
 what he's saying,

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.240
 if you could put up

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.019
 the third point,

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:58.539
 Jesus is not

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.619
 coming down here

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.519
 as part of an

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.019
 anti-capitalist rant

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:04.059
 and it's easy

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.019
 for us to fool

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.059
 ourselves that this

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.939
 text applies to

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.839
 somebody else

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.439
 and thinks that

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.259
 he's talking about

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.119
 other ways

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.539
 that merely leaves

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:14.000
 us being self-centered,

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:15.359
 only self-centered

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.399
 in a different way.

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.919
 What Jesus is

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.500
 talking about

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.960
 is this,

00:26:20.199 --> 00:26:20.859
 that there are

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.960
 two ways to live.

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:24.799
 One is to have

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.059
 me and my idols

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.480
 on the throne

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.220
 of my heart

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.720
 or the throne

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.379
 of my life

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.439
 and the other

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.960
 is to have

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.960
 the living God,

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.119
 my creator,

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.619
 on the throne

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.319
 of my heart

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.220
 or the throne

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.839
 of my life.

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.960
 That what Jesus

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.439
 is doing

00:26:40.439 --> 00:26:41.079
 is he's addressing

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.740
 the heart.

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.000
 He's addressing

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.019
 the motivations

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.319
 that go underneath

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.539
 our prudence

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.180
 and our other

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.240
 types of concerns

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.680
 that reveal

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:52.079
 that we still

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.519
 want to be

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.220
 at the center

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.500
 and rule our

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.139
 hearts and rule

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.759
 our lives

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.819
 and that we

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.480
 make idols

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.220
 of things.

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.779
 Idols of money,

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.440
 idols of being

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.879
 cool,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.200
 idols of being

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.759
 religious,

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.960
 idols of being

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.659
 spiritual,

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.899
 idols of being

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.500
 artistic,

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.859
 idols of being

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.359
 communal,

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.500
 idols of being

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.899
 a high

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.599
 accomplishing

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.219
 individual,

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.480
 idols of sex,

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.179
 idols of control,

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:22.619
 that underneath

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.379
 it all,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.439
 we are still

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.379
 self-centered

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:27.579
 and we make

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.119
 idols.

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.099
 And at the

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.519
 very, very

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.379
 center of who

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:32.000
 we are,

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.259
 there is a

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.619
 throne.

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.839
 And God,

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.519
 because God

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.319
 created us,

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.139
 he created us

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.799
 to have a throne

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.240
 at the very,

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.839
 very center

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.500
 of who we are.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.440
 and part

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.019
 of our

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.460
 rebellion

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.359
 against God

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.480
 is that we

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.279
 decided that we

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.940
 wanted to sit

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.420
 on the throne

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.160
 of our lives

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.099
 and when we

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.680
 sit on the throne

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.200
 of our lives,

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.839
 we never leave

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.900
 ourselves alone

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.920
 there because

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.440
 we put our

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.200
 heart on many

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.759
 things.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.500
 We have many,

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.039
 many things

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.440
 which we

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.900
 treasure,

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.819
 none of which

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.579
 will come to

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.900
 the other

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.380
 side of the

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.740
 grave.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.799
 In fact,

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.240
 if you just

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.660
 go reading

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.279
 past verse

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.740
 32,

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.279
 listen to how

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.900
 Jesus goes,

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.680
 fear not,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.279
 little flock,

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.559
 for it is

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.119
 your father's

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.599
 good pleasure

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.059
 to give you

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.539
 the kingdom.

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.819
 Sell your

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.259
 possessions

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.339
 and give to

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.679
 the needy.

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.559
 Provide yourselves

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.419
 with money bags

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.879
 that do not

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.419
 grow old,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.379
 with a treasure

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.919
 in the heavens

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.539
 that does not

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.919
 fail,

00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:20.279
 where no thief

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.039
 approaches and

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.480
 no moth

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.059
 destroys.

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:22.980
 For where

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.659
 your treasure

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.259
 is,

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.179
 there will

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.639
 your heart

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.240
 be also.

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.839
 It's the memory

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.419
 verse for the

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.659
 week.

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.699
 For where

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.319
 your treasure

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.819
 is,

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.639
 there will

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.059
 your heart

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.619
 be also.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.459
 And so

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:33.980
 what Jesus

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.539
 is doing

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.319
 here is he's

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.899
 setting before

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.759
 us two ways

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.259
 to live.

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.199
 One is to

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.620
 have me

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.960
 and my

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.360
 idols

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.759
 on the

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:40.920
 throne

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.240
 of my

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.559
 heart

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.880
 or the

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.039
 throne

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.319
 of my

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.580
 life

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.799
 and the

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.059
 others

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.480
 to have

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.660
 the

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.860
 living

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.220
 God

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.480
 my

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.980
 creator

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.480
 on the

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.819
 throne

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.580
 of my

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.000
 heart

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.759
 and my

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.160
 life.

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.920
 So what

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.500
 then if you

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.840
 were to go

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.880
 back and to

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.460
 listen to what

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.420
 Jesus is talking

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.819
 about,

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.279
 go back to

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.000
 verse 21.

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.100
 So is the

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.680
 one who lays,

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.319
 this is after

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.900
 the little

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.559
 comment about

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.160
 the parable

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.039
 about the

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.360
 man who's

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.880
 going to die,

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.360
 my soul,

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.100
 my this,

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.700
 my this,

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.259
 me this,

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.960
 I this,

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.960
 and Jesus'

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.519
 comment,

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.099
 so is the

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.559
 one who lays

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.019
 up treasure

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.799
 for himself

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.900
 and is not

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.379
 rich toward

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.720
 God.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.440
 The two

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.920
 paths,

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.259
 treasure for

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:20.259
 myself or

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.859
 the path of

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.359
 rich toward

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.740
 God.

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.779
 And the

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.180
 rich toward

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.680
 God has

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.140
 this great

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.920
 conundrum,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.099
 and the

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.920
 great conundrum

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:29.000
 is that at

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.500
 the heart of

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.119
 being rich toward

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.839
 God is to be

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.720
 reconciled to

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.480
 him, and

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.480
 only God can

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.940
 do that.

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.799
 how is it

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.259
 that Jesus

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.980
 could ask us

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.400
 to walk

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.820
 down a

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:39.259
 path that

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:41.059
 actually you

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.039
 can't accomplish

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.039
 the path because

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.779
 it has to be

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.759
 given to you

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.960
 freely and

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.519
 completely.

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.160
 Well, what

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.980
 Jesus does is

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.380
 he actually

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.860
 asks us to

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.360
 think about

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.900
 things.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.720
 So we'll

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.120
 just start,

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.799
 one thing,

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.380
 verse 22,

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.900
 therefore I

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.299
 tell you do

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.920
 not be anxious

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.380
 about your

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.720
 life, what

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.220
 you will eat,

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.600
 nor about

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.059
 your body,

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.360
 what you

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.980
 will put on,

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.980
 for life is

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.340
 more than

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.840
 food and the

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.299
 body more

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.920
 than clothing.

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.039
 So sort of

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.580
 pause there.

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.340
 Here's the

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.779
 thing which

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.300
 Jesus is

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:05.660
 going to try

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.039
 to get us

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.820
 to understand.

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.120
 The fourth

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.680
 point, if you

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.060
 could put it

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.240
 up, having

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.940
 money or

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.960
 possessions as

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.500
 an idol makes

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:15.140
 me anxious.

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.100
 Having money

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.960
 or possessions

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.279
 as an idol makes

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.200
 me anxious.

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.380
 And the thing

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:30.100
 about an idol is

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.840
 it could be an

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.840
 idol for,

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.519
 a million

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:35.080
 dollars or a

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.200
 hundred million

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.880
 dollars or it

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.220
 could be

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.740
 walled in

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.160
 pond.

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.700
 It could be

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:43.140
 an idol about

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.660
 being as

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.380
 popular as

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.940
 the most

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.779
 popular movie

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.860
 star or it

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.380
 could be an

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.019
 idol of just

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.680
 being popular

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.380
 with that one

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.080
 girl or that

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.759
 one guy.

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.759
 It could be

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.680
 an idol of

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.259
 being loved

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.880
 by millions

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.880
 or just being

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.640
 loved by that

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.380
 one person.

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.960
 that what

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.000
 Jesus is saying

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.780
 is that where

00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.640
 our treasure

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.220
 is, there

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.780
 our heart

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.200
 will be.

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.560
 And that's

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.960
 in effect

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.100
 describing an

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.520
 idol.

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.140
 And idols

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.120
 make us

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.920
 anxious.

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.900
 Idols

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.860
 make us

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.520
 anxious.

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.740
 Part of being

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.380
 anxious is

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.020
 natural to

00:31:20.020 --> 00:31:20.540
 being a human

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:20.900
 being.

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:22.360
 We're frail.

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.400
 Tiny little

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.860
 microbes, tiny

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.940
 little upsets in

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.560
 the balance in

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.220
 our body could

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.819
 make us have

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.299
 a mental

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.980
 illness, could

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.460
 make us have

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.519
 cancer, could

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:32.579
 profoundly affect

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.319
 our lives in

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.019
 all sorts of

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.299
 ways.

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.279
 We are inherently

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.740
 fragile.

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.400
 There's always

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.920
 going to be a

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.440
 certain degree of

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.460
 anxiety to us.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.519
 But we go to

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.480
 idols thinking

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.079
 that they will

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:43.120
 comfort us and

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.160
 protect us.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.579
 But Jesus is

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.140
 going to say, and

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.640
 it's not just

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.279
 here but all the

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.680
 way through the

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.440
 Gospels and all

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.759
 the way through

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.360
 the New Testament,

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.860
 all the way

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.299
 through the Old

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.299
 Testament, is that

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.980
 idols make me

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.880
 anxious.

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:56.020
 And part of

00:31:56.020 --> 00:31:56.700
 the power of

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.560
 an idol in my

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:58.560
 life is that my

00:31:58.560 --> 00:32:00.340
 anxiety drives me

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:02.580
 to my idol rather

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.220
 than make me

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.260
 question my idol.

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.120
 I'm anxious.

00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.900
 I buy the

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:10.040
 expensive clothes.

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.020
 And it

00:32:12.020 --> 00:32:12.760
 comforts for a

00:32:12.760 --> 00:32:13.540
 short while but I

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:14.540
 get more anxious.

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.220
 It's going out of

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.700
 style.

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.660
 There's a tiny

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.400
 little fray.

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.900
 It's not the

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.760
 right color for my

00:32:21.760 --> 00:32:22.320
 eyes.

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.779
 It's not what

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.599
 the girl that I

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.399
 love or the guy

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.220
 that I love or

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.399
 somebody or my

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.899
 boss or somebody

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.059
 else has a better

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.799
 set of clothes.

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.119
 And so our

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:34.119
 anxiety returns and

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.720
 we seek to put,

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.279
 to get the net.

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.859
 And before we

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.319
 know it, we have

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.159
 the 300 or the

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.960
 75 or the

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.419
 125.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.799
 And why?

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.240
 It's because idols

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.599
 make us anxious and

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.919
 rather than doubting

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:48.119
 the power of an

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:50.079
 idol, we continue

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.740
 to serve it.

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.180
 And that's why

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.059
 Jesus is talking

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.319
 about.

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.759
 Okay, just think

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.319
 about it for a

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.440
 second.

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.940
 Do you really,

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.519
 really actually

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.319
 think that the

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.160
 meaning of life is

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.620
 possessions?

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.859
 Like, if you

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.500
 really think that

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.940
 the meaning of

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.620
 life is possessions,

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.079
 does that mean

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.700
 that rich people

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.299
 have rich and

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.140
 meaningful lives and

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.620
 that everybody

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:05.120
 else have

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.759
 unmeaningful lives?

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.819
 Like, why do the

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.700
 rich commit suicide?

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.900
 Why is it so common

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.980
 for movie stars who

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.859
 are rich and popular

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.779
 to commit suicide?

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.039
 So you really think

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:17.900
 that possessions are

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.660
 the meaning of life?

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.920
 Do you really think

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:21.779
 that anything on

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.400
 this side of the

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.440
 grave will completely

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.640
 and utterly encapsulate

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.320
 the meaning of life?

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.019
 And Jesus goes

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.800
 through a series of

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.800
 thought experiments to

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:29.220
 ask us, why is it

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.960
 that these things that

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.120
 we make idols, why is

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.820
 it that we think that

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.980
 these things consist in

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.800
 the meaning of life?

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.380
 Like, why do we do

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.640
 that?

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:41.460
 And then in verse 32,

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.759
 he sort of throws the

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.460
 zinger in it.

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.680
 Those of us who think

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.440
 that we can take our

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.140
 money, you know, if the

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.900
 meaning of our life,

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:50.540
 you know, if everything

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:52.200
 that makes life

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.680
 meaningful ends at

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:56.480
 death, there's a long

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.500
 tradition of philosophy

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.340
 that goes right back

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.740
 to the Greeks, that's

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.600
 response is, and

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:02.180
 therefore, nothing in

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.280
 life is meaningful.

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:09.300
 And so Jesus says

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.180
 something about how

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:11.639
 only God, there's

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.019
 another path of living

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.800
 that does not involve

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.940
 me and my idols,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:18.360
 that involves God

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.679
 being at the center

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:21.200
 of my life, who

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:22.260
 cares for my needs

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.240
 on both sides of the

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:25.019
 grave, and yet that

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.539
 caring can only be,

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:28.679
 only God can do that.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:31.159
 I can't spend my way

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.220
 into his favor, I

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.220
 can't manipulate my

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:34.400
 way into his favor, I

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.380
 can't do anything.

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:37.059
 It's something that all

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.980
 of a sudden I have to

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.019
 put everything down

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.700
 because it's something

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.940
 that only God can

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.960
 grant or bestow.

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.480
 If you could put up

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:45.940
 the fifth point, only

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:48.039
 the living God can

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.539
 bestow citizenship and

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.619
 life in his kingdom.

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.559
 I cannot create

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.460
 citizenship or earn

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.579
 citizenship or demand

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.179
 citizenship as my

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:58.400
 right.

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.380
 Harder for me to say

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.320
 citizenship than I

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.900
 thought it was going

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.219
 to be.

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.420
 Only the living God can

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:05.260
 bestow citizenship and

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.740
 life in his kingdom.

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.420
 That's what the text

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.280
 says, that's what 32

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.119
 says, fear not,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.940
 little flock, for it

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.760
 is your father's good

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.600
 pleasure to give you

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.060
 the kingdom.

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.580
 It's his pleasure to

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:17.700
 do something that only

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:19.440
 he can do that we

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.660
 cannot possibly do.

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:23.680
 I can't create it, I

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:25.020
 can't earn it, and I

00:35:25.020 --> 00:35:26.000
 can't demand it as a

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.160
 right.

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.660
 See, this is how,

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.520
 remember, everything

00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:30.400
 that happens in the

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.160
 gospel, in this case,

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.920
 if you're a guest this

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.020
 morning, you haven't

00:35:33.020 --> 00:35:34.480
 heard this before, but

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.960
 in Luke chapter 9,

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.880
 Jesus tells his

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.940
 disciples he's going to

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.760
 Jerusalem to die.

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:40.620
 And everything that

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:42.200
 takes place is all in

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:43.320
 the context of Jesus

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.600
 is constantly reminding

00:35:44.600 --> 00:35:45.640
 his disciples that he's

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:46.800
 going to Jerusalem to

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.080
 die.

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.300
 And Paul, in 2

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:51.080
 Corinthians, has a

00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:52.140
 very, very powerful

00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:53.620
 analogy for what Jesus

00:35:53.620 --> 00:35:54.140
 does.

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.400
 The analogy is that

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.620
 Jesus, God, the Son of

00:35:57.620 --> 00:35:58.460
 God, sets aside his

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.300
 glory and divine

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.600
 prerogatives and

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:02.120
 splendor and majesty and

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:03.120
 adulation and all of

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.220
 that.

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.000
 He sets all of that

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.820
 aside while remaining

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.180
 God.

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.640
 He takes into himself

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.540
 our human nature.

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.779
 He lives a simple

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:10.019
 working class human

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.440
 life.

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.079
 And then he dies upon

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.860
 the cross and you

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.759
 can't be any poorer

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.259
 than dead.

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.380
 He became poor that we

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.440
 might become rich.

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.679
 That's how Paul puts it

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.519
 in 2 Corinthians.

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:25.960
 That by God's grace,

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:29.059
 Jesus becomes poor that

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.159
 we might become rich.

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.179
 Because he dies for you

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:34.340
 and for me on the cross.

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:36.539
 And that death upon the

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.880
 cross, when we put our

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.960
 faith and trust in

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.139
 something that only God

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.300
 can give us to reconcile

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:45.860
 us to himself, we have

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:48.199
 this profound, asymmetric,

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.179
 unfair, in a sense,

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.960
 exchange.

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.179
 But it's not unfair

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:53.360
 because it's motivated and

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.199
 comes from love.

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:57.199
 That God gives us, who put

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.279
 our faith and trust in

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.559
 Jesus who died for us, he

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:01.539
 gives us citizenship in his

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.940
 kingdom.

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.760
 freedom and we bring

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.780
 nothing into it but

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:06.700
 ourselves because he loves

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.720
 you and he loves me.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.500
 Let's just sort of wrap

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:14.300
 this up to allow us to

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:16.059
 sort of, what does this

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.579
 sort of mean?

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.420
 Just very, very quickly.

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.840
 If you could put up the

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:23.420
 very next slide, Jeremy,

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.240
 that would be great.

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:27.559
 And that's this.

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.659
 In a world of money and

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:32.479
 possessions, the Bible has

00:37:32.479 --> 00:37:33.819
 a simple rule of life for

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:35.019
 all who have received Jesus

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:37.379
 Christ crucified, God's free

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:38.219
 gift of grace.

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.639
 Give 10% of the money I

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:42.179
 receive to further the

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.919
 gospel and bring glory to

00:37:43.919 --> 00:37:44.199
 God.

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:47.699
 In a world of money and

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:50.159
 possessions, money and

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:51.299
 possessions which can become

00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:53.939
 idols, the Bible has a

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.960
 simple rule of life for

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.840
 all who have received

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.079
 Jesus Christ crucified,

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.920
 God's free gift of grace.

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.179
 Give 10% of the money I

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:02.659
 receive to further the

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.720
 gospel and bring glory to

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:03.960
 God.

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:06.340
 How do you kick possessions

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:07.860
 and money off the throne of

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:09.340
 your life as an idol?

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.720
 Give it away.

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.420
 Give some of it away.

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.840
 You see, the question is,

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.019
 when you go back over this

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.179
 text and it says, you know,

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:19.159
 give to the poor and give to

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.019
 this and give to that, the

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.019
 question is, well, how much

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.820
 does God want?

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:23.800
 Like, how much does he want?

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.579
 Like, how do I figure that

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:25.900
 out?

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.980
 And the Bible has this very,

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.659
 very consistent, simple rule

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:31.579
 of life, and the rule of

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.840
 life is 10%.

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:36.679
 And enjoy the other 90%.

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:39.300
 Do things that make your

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.980
 heart glad.

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.300
 And that's a very, very big

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.220
 step for my wife and I.

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.820
 I was ordained for quite a

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:47.059
 few years before my wife and

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.900
 I started tithing.

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.519
 And at the time I was getting

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:51.059
 paid monthly and it was very,

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.519
 very hard.

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.460
 I started to get convicted

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.000
 about it.

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.480
 And because I'm not very

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.159
 brave and courageous, what I

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.179
 thought is, in obedience to

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.739
 God, I'll give an extra $20 a

00:38:59.739 --> 00:38:59.980
 month.

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.559
 And I did.

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.420
 And my world didn't collapse.

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:09.619
 And then after a couple of

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:10.699
 months of that, we gave another

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.780
 $20 a month.

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:13.579
 And our world didn't collapse.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:17.159
 And then we had to give several

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.940
 hundred dollars.

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.940
 Oops.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.500
 Then we had to give several

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.139
 hundred dollars.

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.259
 I won't stop.

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.360
 We had to give several hundred

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.739
 dollars to sort of catch up to

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:27.239
 the tithe and our life didn't

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.679
 collapse.

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 Some of you can do things

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.860
 quickly, some very slowly.

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 But here's the thing.

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 It's a very, very simple rule of

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.539
 life.

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 And it's a rule of life for

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 those who have given their lives

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:41.599
 to Jesus and are free and

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:43.239
 receive God's free gift of

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:43.579
 grace.

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.839
 Some of you might say,

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.759
 George, if you knew my

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:48.599
 finances, if you knew how much

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:51.239
 trouble I was in, like how on

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.460
 earth could you possibly say

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.679
 that?

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:55.259
 What are you saying to the

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:58.039
 single mom or the single dad

00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.179
 or the person at very, very low

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:02.599
 income who's just overwhelmed

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.920
 with financial trouble?

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.679
 Here's the second thing that

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.139
 this text is saying to us.

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:10.400
 Jesus never tells me to ignore

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.019
 reality.

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 He invites me to walk towards

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:16.179
 reality with him as my Savior

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:16.719
 and my Lord.

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 That point could go up.

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 Jesus never tells me to ignore

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.420
 reality.

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.860
 He invites me to walk towards

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:25.559
 reality with him as my Savior

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.099
 and my Lord.

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:30.199
 Does Jesus know that you or I are

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:32.019
 in profound financial trouble?

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.900
 Yes, he does.

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:36.159
 Yes, he does.

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:39.380
 Does he want you to engage in some

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.880
 some type of spiritual or other

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:42.240
 type of practice that makes you

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:43.340
 ignore it and deny it?

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.660
 No, he doesn't.

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:47.599
 Will following Jesus take you away

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.460
 from the real world?

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:50.900
 Truly following the real Jesus

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:52.420
 will never take you away from the

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:53.019
 real world.

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:55.980
 In fact, the invitation of Jesus is

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.579
 to actually live in the real world,

00:40:57.720 --> 00:41:00.380
 a real world where you die, a real

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:02.059
 world where there is a life after

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.660
 death where you have to give a count

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.339
 for your life.

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:07.420
 That a real world where the living

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.980
 God actually does exist.

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:10.719
 Jesus is inviting us to actually

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:12.259
 live in the real world.

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:16.699
 And he wants us to walk towards

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:18.519
 reality with him as our Savior and

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.039
 as our Lord.

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:21.879
 To walk towards the source of our

00:41:21.879 --> 00:41:22.519
 indebtedness.

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.379
 To walk towards the source of our

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:25.519
 financial problems.

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:28.000
 To deal with the bank or the credit

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.399
 card.

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:30.779
 Or the person from the debt

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:32.500
 collection agency who is ruining

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:34.139
 our lives by calling us at all

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:35.920
 sorts of odd hours and threatening

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.280
 us.

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:38.980
 He wants to say to you and me,

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:41.820
 be my child, be my disciple,

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:44.199
 accept my offer of grace.

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.079
 And with me beside you, let's walk

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:48.719
 towards that problem and deal with

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:48.920
 it.

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.679
 And then the final sort of takeaway

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:56.320
 from all of this on money, if you

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:58.380
 could put it up, is invite Jesus

00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:00.820
 Christ crucified to throw out every

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:02.480
 idol from the throne of your

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:05.260
 life and ask him to sit on the throne

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:06.760
 of your life as your Savior and your

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.039
 Lord.

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:11.500
 Invite Jesus Christ crucified to throw

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:13.440
 out every idol from the throne of

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:15.780
 your life and ask him to sit on the

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:17.699
 throne of your life as your Savior and

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.099
 your Lord.

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:22.039
 This should really be the first point,

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:25.440
 but I left it to the last as the one

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.039
 you'll remember.

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:28.699
 And if you write down these points,

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:30.320
 you go on the webpage later on and find

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.420
 them, you start with this point and you

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.039
 move backwards.

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:38.100
 Start with this point to invite Jesus

00:42:38.100 --> 00:42:40.280
 into your life and ask him to sit on

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:42.600
 the throne of your life and to cast out

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:45.360
 the idols that are there and then ask

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:47.480
 him to walk towards your financial and

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:49.980
 other problems, realizing that at some

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:51.519
 point along that way, he's going to ask

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.280
 you to give 10% of the money you receive.

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:57.120
 I told you it one way, live it the other

00:42:57.120 --> 00:42:57.380
 way.

00:42:58.120 --> 00:42:58.820
 Please stand.

00:43:00.700 --> 00:43:03.840
 Jeremy, could you put the final prayer up

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.420
 on the screen?

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.420
 Here's a prayer.

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:10.760
 For some of us, it's a prayer by which we

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:13.519
 begin the Christian life, but it's also a

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:15.820
 prayer that we have to pray for those of

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:18.580
 us who are followers of Jesus, because even

00:43:18.580 --> 00:43:20.780
 those of us who are followers of Jesus, we

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:23.480
 try to do the unimaginable, which is to

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:26.300
 have Jesus on the throne of our lives and

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:27.380
 all sorts of idols.

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:31.360
 And part of our sanctification is to first

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:33.460
 receive what only Jesus can give us for

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:35.700
 free and God gives us for free, the power

00:43:35.700 --> 00:43:36.860
 of God for salvation.

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:39.960
 But then we need to remember what Jesus

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.820
 has done for us on the cross and ask him

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:45.980
 to look inside of our lives to see the

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:49.460
 idols which are there and confess before

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:51.159
 him that we don't have the strength to

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:54.579
 throw the idols off by ourselves and ask

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:57.139
 him to cast off the idols from the throne

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:57.699
 of our heart.

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:02.519
 And so if this prayer is the whole, I think

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.480
 the whole prayer is there.

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.360
 Is it part of two?

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.539
 Is it two screens?

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.699
 It's three screens.

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 I'll read it to you.

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:11.920
 And then if the Holy Spirit is convicting

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.460
 you to pray it, you can join with me and

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.119
 praying it out loud.

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:15.460
 But here's what the prayer will say.

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:18.900
 Jesus, I repent from trying to sit on the

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.860
 throne of my heart.

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:22.880
 I repent of every idol that is on the

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.699
 throne of my heart.

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:27.019
 I thank you that you left the glory of

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:28.960
 heaven to die upon the cross for me.

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:31.980
 I thank you that you became poor, that I

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.920
 may become rich.

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:36.139
 Please come into my life as my Savior and

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.639
 my Lord.

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:39.480
 Please take your rightful place on the

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:40.340
 throne of my life.

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:43.300
 Please remove all idols from the throne of

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:46.120
 my heart so that you alone sit on the

00:44:46.120 --> 00:44:46.440
 throne.

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:49.440
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, make your

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.960
 home in me and never leave.

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:52.519
 In Jesus' name, amen.

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:55.360
 If you would like to pray that prayer with

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:57.300
 me, then let's do it now.

00:44:59.200 --> 00:45:03.000
 Jesus, I repent from trying to sit on the

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:04.019
 throne of my heart.

00:45:04.600 --> 00:45:07.400
 I repent of every idol that is on the

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.519
 throne of my heart.

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:11.780
 I thank you that you left the glory of

00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:14.219
 heaven to die upon the cross for me.

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.019
 I thank you that you became poor, that I

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:19.019
 may become rich.

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:22.539
 Please come into my life as my Savior and

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:23.039
 my Lord.

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:25.980
 Please take your rightful place on the

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:27.039
 throne of my life.

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:30.519
 Please remove all idols from the throne of

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.440
 my heart so that you alone sit on the

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:33.719
 throne.

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.500
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, make your

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:40.420
 home in me and never leave me.

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:42.579
 In Jesus' name, amen.