WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.960 It's to chapter 5, verse 6. 00:00:03.940 --> 00:00:07.900 That starts on page 1215 of the Red Church Bible. 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:17.059 That's James, chapter 4, verse 13. 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.420 Now listen, you who say, 00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:25.980 Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, 00:00:26.300 --> 00:00:28.900 spend a year there, carry on business and make money. 00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:32.679 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. 00:00:33.879 --> 00:00:34.739 What is your life? 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:39.960 You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 00:00:41.879 --> 00:00:43.500 Instead, you ought to say, 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:48.879 If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that. 00:00:50.179 --> 00:00:54.039 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. 00:00:54.859 --> 00:00:56.539 All such boasting is evil. 00:00:56.539 --> 00:01:01.920 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:03.159 it is sin for them. 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.760 Now listen, you rich people. 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.099 Weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.319 Your wealth has rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.000 Your gold and silver are corroded. 00:01:18.460 --> 00:01:22.280 Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.420 You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:30.099 Look, the wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:31.420 are crying out against you. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:35.780 The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:39.520 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:43.180 You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 00:01:43.180 --> 00:01:49.240 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one who was not opposing you. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:02:00.099 Thank you, Sam. 00:02:00.619 --> 00:02:05.659 Well, we've been looking at this short letter of James. 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:10.859 If you've missed any of the talks along the way from different people, 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.300 then you can just check out the church website 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:18.400 and you can catch up on any of the talks there. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:21.219 Let's pray as we ask for God's help. 00:02:32.980 --> 00:02:35.439 My dear brothers and sisters, 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:37.620 take note of this. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.540 Everyone should be quick to listen. 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:45.560 Slow to speak 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.320 and slow to become angry. 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:53.600 Father, help us 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:57.760 to listen clearly to your word, 00:02:58.200 --> 00:02:59.120 to your truth. 00:03:00.380 --> 00:03:04.840 Not to listen to our own thoughts and imaginations, 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:10.780 but to listen clearly to what you are saying to us 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:12.400 through your word. 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:18.980 May it penetrate deep into our hearts 00:03:18.980 --> 00:03:24.240 and cause us to run to our Redeemer, 00:03:25.700 --> 00:03:27.240 the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:32.400 For your glory we ask these things. 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:33.860 Amen. 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:33.920 Amen. 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:45.500 Well, one of the most beautiful things about church 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:47.839 is diversity. 00:03:49.139 --> 00:03:52.060 This is what our welcome brochure says. 00:03:52.139 --> 00:03:53.919 If you haven't got the term program, 00:03:54.060 --> 00:03:55.419 you can get it on your way out. 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:57.299 But here's what it says. 00:03:57.300 --> 00:04:00.719 We are a diverse group of people 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.719 of different backgrounds and ages. 00:04:04.420 --> 00:04:05.820 Church is the people, 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:07.520 not the building. 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.200 And God's people are a family. 00:04:11.380 --> 00:04:12.560 Brothers and sisters, 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.379 united through a common faith in Jesus. 00:04:17.580 --> 00:04:20.720 You are very welcome to join with us. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.980 Now, through the gospel, 00:04:24.340 --> 00:04:26.880 people from different kinds of backgrounds 00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:28.520 are united together. 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:31.920 And it's wonderful to see that in this church, 00:04:32.020 --> 00:04:32.780 in this gathering, 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:34.540 different nationalities are here. 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:36.720 People speak different languages. 00:04:37.400 --> 00:04:38.780 We have different cultures, 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:40.320 different experiences. 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:42.980 And through our faith in Christ, 00:04:42.980 --> 00:04:45.379 we are united together as one. 00:04:47.939 --> 00:04:51.300 But diversity also has the potential 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:53.580 to cause division, doesn't it? 00:04:54.620 --> 00:04:57.500 The very fact that I'm different to you 00:04:57.500 --> 00:04:59.160 and you're different to me 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.400 means that there will be times 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:03.900 we struggle to relate to each other. 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:08.879 One area of diversity that can cause division 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.900 is our economic status. 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:15.960 The haves and the have-nots. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:18.740 Or as James has been teaching 00:05:18.740 --> 00:05:19.759 through his letter, 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:22.819 the rich and the poor. 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.640 And as we read through James, 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:28.620 if you were to read through it briefly and quickly, 00:05:29.080 --> 00:05:31.360 you will see that there's a problem. 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.600 The rich are looking down on the poor. 00:05:35.780 --> 00:05:39.740 And the poor are grumbling about the rich. 00:05:39.740 --> 00:05:44.379 And all of this has resulted in fights and quarrels. 00:05:44.819 --> 00:05:45.340 Division, 00:05:45.900 --> 00:05:47.519 if you remember from last week, 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:49.400 chapter 4, verse 1. 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.519 What causes the fights and quarrels among you? 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.860 Well, don't they come from your own desires 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:56.939 that battle within you? 00:05:57.019 --> 00:05:57.800 You desire, 00:05:57.960 --> 00:05:59.000 but you do not have. 00:05:59.460 --> 00:06:00.240 So you kill, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:00.920 you covet, 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.199 but you cannot get what you want. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.879 So you quarrel and fight. 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:08.699 More than anything else, 00:06:09.379 --> 00:06:12.599 our economic status has the potential 00:06:12.599 --> 00:06:14.920 to cause great division. 00:06:16.180 --> 00:06:20.060 So James has something very important to say to us. 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:23.259 Look at chapter 4, verse 13. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.420 Now listen. 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:27.959 Pay attention. 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:29.060 Listen. 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:31.399 You who say, 00:06:31.579 --> 00:06:32.480 today or tomorrow, 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:34.300 we will go to this or that city, 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:35.860 spend a year there, 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:36.899 carry on business, 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.019 and make money. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.800 Or look at chapter 5, verse 1. 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:44.199 Now listen. 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:46.000 Pay attention. 00:06:46.779 --> 00:06:47.160 Listen. 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:47.300 Listen. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:47.379 Listen. 00:06:48.340 --> 00:06:49.759 You rich people, 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.259 weep and wail because of the misery 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:54.120 that is coming on you. 00:06:55.280 --> 00:06:55.759 Listen. 00:06:57.020 --> 00:06:59.020 You who desire wealth. 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:00.960 Listen. 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.080 You who have wealth. 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:07.240 You see, the reality is, 00:07:07.340 --> 00:07:08.519 in a church like ours, 00:07:08.580 --> 00:07:10.500 as in any church, I guess, 00:07:10.580 --> 00:07:12.840 there are those who have more, 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.900 and there will be those who have less. 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:19.159 Our economic status is different. 00:07:20.299 --> 00:07:22.699 There are people who are employed or unemployed. 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:25.359 People who own their house. 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.299 Others rent their house. 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:28.979 Some have two cars. 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.739 Others have no car. 00:07:31.659 --> 00:07:34.060 Some can afford holidays away. 00:07:35.239 --> 00:07:37.019 Some have no holidays away. 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:40.359 Some are in their nice new clothes. 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.800 Some come in the same old clothes. 00:07:46.020 --> 00:07:47.720 Those who don't have, 00:07:48.340 --> 00:07:51.340 well, they can be bitter and want more. 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.460 And those who do have, 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.819 can be selfish and not give. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.900 But here's the issue for all of us, I think, 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:02.639 as we look at this text this morning. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.519 There is no sin in having wealth 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.300 or wanting to make money. 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.860 There's nothing wrong with wealth. 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:14.300 There's nothing wrong with wanting to make money. 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.099 It's how we acquire the wealth. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:22.319 And it's the way in which we use it 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:23.800 that can be sinful. 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.219 How we get it and how we use it, 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:29.560 that is what can be sinful. 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:33.320 So this morning, as we look at this text together, 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.940 let's check our heart attitude 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:38.700 as we look at these two groups. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:40.820 Those who desire wealth 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:44.179 and those who have wealth. 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:46.500 So first, 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:50.100 the desire for money. 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.940 Those who want wealth. 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:55.840 Chapter 4, verse 13. 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:57.980 Now listen. 00:08:57.980 --> 00:08:58.100 Listen. 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:00.039 Listen. 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:01.320 You who say. 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:03.159 Today or tomorrow, 00:09:03.300 --> 00:09:04.820 we'll go to this or that city, 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.039 spend a year there, 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:07.620 carry on business, 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:09.240 and make money. 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:12.620 Now times may have changed. 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.500 We may be 2,000 years on 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:16.340 from the time James wrote this. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:17.700 But really, 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.019 our human desires have not. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.320 We want to make money. 00:09:23.420 --> 00:09:26.139 We always want more money. 00:09:26.139 --> 00:09:27.340 In fact, 00:09:27.439 --> 00:09:29.439 it can control our whole life. 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:31.199 So, 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:34.379 our life goes something like this. 00:09:34.439 --> 00:09:35.439 Our plans go, 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.080 I'll go to college. 00:09:37.860 --> 00:09:39.419 I'm going to get a qualification. 00:09:39.939 --> 00:09:41.860 Then I'm going to get myself a job. 00:09:42.199 --> 00:09:43.580 Work for a few years. 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:44.919 Get some experience. 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:46.539 Then I'm going to move to London 00:09:46.539 --> 00:09:48.279 or move to New York. 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.159 You can make great money 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:51.700 in these great big cities. 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:54.600 Then I'm going to come home 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:55.280 and, well, 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:56.860 I'll start up my own business 00:09:56.860 --> 00:09:59.480 and the sky's the limit. 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.520 Or perhaps maybe you're a little bit older 00:10:03.520 --> 00:10:04.280 and you're thinking, 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:05.379 well, 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:06.540 I've been working a while. 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:08.100 I need to do some more training, 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:08.800 upskill, 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.100 and get a better salary. 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.780 I'll get my mortgage paid off early, 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.460 cash in my shares, 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:16.400 move into a bigger house, 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:18.540 start drawing on my pension, 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:19.360 and, 00:10:22.719 --> 00:10:24.439 what are your plans 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:25.679 for making money? 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:27.740 Well, 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:28.819 there's nothing wrong 00:10:28.819 --> 00:10:29.620 with planning. 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:31.299 Nothing wrong 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:32.339 with making money. 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:34.240 It's wise and responsible. 00:10:34.719 --> 00:10:35.219 In fact, 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:36.539 the scriptures warn 00:10:36.539 --> 00:10:37.339 against those 00:10:37.339 --> 00:10:38.259 who are lazy 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:40.559 and don't plan. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:42.419 Listen to this 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:43.599 from Proverbs 10, 00:10:43.719 --> 00:10:44.339 verse 4. 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:47.180 Lazy hands 00:10:47.180 --> 00:10:49.160 make for poverty, 00:10:50.160 --> 00:10:52.060 but diligent hands 00:10:52.060 --> 00:10:53.600 bring wealth. 00:10:54.940 --> 00:10:55.860 Here's another one, 00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:57.060 Proverbs 21, 00:10:57.259 --> 00:10:57.840 verse 4. 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.540 The plans of the diligent 00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:01.840 lead to profit, 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:05.340 as surely as haste 00:11:05.340 --> 00:11:07.399 leads to poverty. 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:09.139 You see, 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:10.639 it's good to plan out 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.580 and think about 00:11:11.580 --> 00:11:13.160 how we are making money. 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:14.919 We need money to live. 00:11:15.059 --> 00:11:16.600 We need money to buy things. 00:11:17.319 --> 00:11:18.699 It's not wrong. 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:20.659 But, 00:11:21.259 --> 00:11:23.579 if the desire for wealth, 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:25.719 if making money 00:11:25.719 --> 00:11:27.819 becomes my one priority, 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.240 then we need to wake up. 00:11:32.699 --> 00:11:33.899 Look at what James 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:35.719 has to say to us. 00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:37.399 First, 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:39.679 we do not control the future. 00:11:39.819 --> 00:11:40.939 Look at verse 14. 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:42.980 Why? 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:45.820 You do not even know 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.880 what will happen 00:11:46.880 --> 00:11:47.780 tomorrow. 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.040 What are your plans 00:11:51.040 --> 00:11:53.200 for making money tomorrow? 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:54.780 Well, 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.340 tomorrow, 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.280 you might wake up 00:11:57.280 --> 00:11:58.480 with a pain in your head 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.060 and discover 00:11:59.060 --> 00:12:00.640 you have a cancerous tumour. 00:12:02.640 --> 00:12:03.240 Tomorrow, 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:05.760 your boss may tell you 00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:07.760 that they need to make cuts 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:09.059 and, well, 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:10.039 you've been let go. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:12.600 Tomorrow, 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:15.000 the housing market 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.139 may take a dive 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:17.379 and you'll discover 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:18.100 that you're living 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:19.460 with negative equity 00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:21.720 and you can't pay off 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:22.439 your mortgage. 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:24.919 You're a fool 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:25.899 if you think 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.439 you know 00:12:26.439 --> 00:12:27.559 what is going to happen 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:28.100 tomorrow 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:30.220 or that your plans 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:32.519 are never going 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.679 to be interrupted. 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.500 tomorrow, 00:12:35.939 --> 00:12:37.239 your dreams 00:12:37.239 --> 00:12:38.079 and desires 00:12:38.079 --> 00:12:38.739 for wealth 00:12:38.739 --> 00:12:39.899 can be shattered 00:12:39.899 --> 00:12:41.599 in a moment. 00:12:43.719 --> 00:12:44.919 We do not 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:45.599 control 00:12:45.599 --> 00:12:46.759 the future. 00:12:49.599 --> 00:12:50.579 And second, 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:51.799 we do not live 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.179 forever. 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:52.939 Look at the rest 00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:53.879 of verse 14. 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.959 What is your life? 00:12:56.579 --> 00:12:57.679 How do you think 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:58.539 about your life? 00:12:59.240 --> 00:12:59.479 Well, 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.299 here's the answer. 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:02.219 You are a mist 00:13:02.219 --> 00:13:03.299 that appears 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:04.319 for a little while 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:05.879 and then 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.719 vanishes. 00:13:09.099 --> 00:13:10.319 I was reminded 00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.120 of this again 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:12.439 as I listened 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:13.099 to the news 00:13:13.099 --> 00:13:13.740 this week. 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.339 Did you see 00:13:15.339 --> 00:13:15.939 what happened? 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:18.319 Those two young 00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:19.919 athletic lads, 00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:20.799 their lives 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:21.579 and careers 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:22.379 before them 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.759 take a swim 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.699 on a sunny day 00:13:24.699 --> 00:13:25.459 in a quarry 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:27.679 and both drown. 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:29.519 Their life 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:30.480 snapped out. 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:33.059 A young father 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:34.220 providing 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:35.100 for seven 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:35.879 of his children 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.980 on the way 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.699 to the beach 00:13:37.699 --> 00:13:39.000 turns a corner, 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.259 hits a tractor 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:42.439 and tragically 00:13:42.439 --> 00:13:42.980 dies. 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.759 Or the innocent 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:48.220 loving grandfather 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.059 who goes off 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:49.699 to the gym 00:13:49.699 --> 00:13:51.100 early one morning 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:54.019 and gets shot 00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:55.519 in some other 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.980 gang-related attack. 00:13:56.980 --> 00:14:00.860 Well, 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:01.720 we might escape 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.420 those things. 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:03.279 We might live 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:04.360 until we're 70, 00:14:04.560 --> 00:14:04.860 80. 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:05.759 Who knows, 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.840 with medicine 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.279 today, 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:07.960 we might even 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:08.700 reach 90. 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:10.940 We may go 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.539 through life 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:12.440 enjoying great 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.759 health, 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.680 but sooner 00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:15.360 or later 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.539 we will all 00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:17.820 die. 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.860 Our plans 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.639 to make money, 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:21.259 our hopes 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.980 to enjoy 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.539 our wealth 00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:23.740 will disappear 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.700 like a puff 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.360 of smoke. 00:14:26.780 --> 00:14:28.020 End of verse 14, 00:14:28.920 --> 00:14:30.200 you are a mist. 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.080 You're just 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.820 a vapor 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.700 that appears 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:35.020 for a little 00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:35.420 while 00:14:35.420 --> 00:14:37.420 and then 00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:37.920 vanishes. 00:14:40.140 --> 00:14:41.440 We do not 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.600 control the future. 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.440 We do not 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:44.900 live 00:14:44.900 --> 00:14:46.060 forever. 00:14:47.280 --> 00:14:47.960 So, 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.620 we need to 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.200 live with 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.040 God's 00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:52.160 priorities 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.899 in mind. 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.719 Verse 15, 00:14:53.839 --> 00:14:54.319 instead, 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:55.779 we ought 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.319 to say, 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:58.079 if it is 00:14:58.079 --> 00:14:59.000 the Lord's 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.259 will, 00:15:00.219 --> 00:15:00.779 we will 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.240 live 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.259 and do 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:02.719 this 00:15:02.719 --> 00:15:03.639 or that. 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:04.980 Instead 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.740 of making 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.439 arrogant 00:15:06.439 --> 00:15:07.079 statements 00:15:07.079 --> 00:15:08.519 of what 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.219 I will do 00:15:09.219 --> 00:15:09.839 and where 00:15:09.839 --> 00:15:10.559 I will live 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.500 and when 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:11.959 I'm going 00:15:11.959 --> 00:15:12.659 to move 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.279 and how 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.879 much I'm 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.339 going to 00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:14.839 make in 00:15:14.839 --> 00:15:15.199 life, 00:15:16.439 --> 00:15:17.240 I humbly 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:17.860 acknowledge 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.519 that my 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.139 life is 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.600 in the 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.079 sovereign 00:15:20.079 --> 00:15:20.600 hands 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.060 of my 00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:21.600 creator 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.019 God, 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:22.899 the God 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.759 who gives 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.399 me life, 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.159 the God 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.460 who is 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:25.980 giving you 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.639 the breath 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:27.060 that you 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:27.940 breathe right 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.300 now, 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.840 the God 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.700 who orders 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:31.519 my life, 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.779 who rules 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.460 my life, 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.360 the God 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.740 who, 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:35.899 when he 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:36.639 decides, 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:39.019 will take 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:40.019 my life. 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.060 I am 00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.500 not in 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.100 control of 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.860 my destiny. 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:45.060 I do 00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:45.660 not live 00:15:45.660 --> 00:15:46.100 on this 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.480 earth 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.139 forever. 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.879 And to 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.480 live any 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.120 other kind 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.560 of way, 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.940 well that's 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.259 to put 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.200 myself in 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.700 the place 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.200 of God. 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:54.539 Look at 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.279 verse 16. 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.060 As it 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:56.419 is, 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.980 you boast 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.539 in your 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.060 arrogant 00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.940 schemes. 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.980 Of all 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.580 the things 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.120 we're going 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.519 to do 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:03.960 and all 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.440 the ways 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:04.820 we're going 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.139 to make 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.500 money, 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.679 all such 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.340 boasting 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:10.279 is evil. 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.279 If our 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.279 desire for 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.639 wealth, 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.080 if our 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.919 plans to 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.480 make money 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.899 is our 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.500 priority, 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.399 if my 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.740 sole goal 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.379 in life 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:19.960 is just 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.340 to be 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.820 rich, 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.360 it's an 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:23.639 evil 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.159 boasting. 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.700 It's 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:26.100 saying, 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.539 my will 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:28.060 be done, 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.919 my 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.840 kingdom 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.560 come. 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.940 Remember 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.419 what the 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:37.200 apostle Paul 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:37.740 reminded 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.320 Timothy, 00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.139 and well, 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.799 he reminds 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.539 us through 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:40.980 God's 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.299 word. 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.720 For the 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.899 love of 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.259 money, 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.200 not money, 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:47.960 the love 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.680 of money, 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.040 is a 00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:50.440 root of 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.220 all kinds 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.700 of evil. 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:52.980 Some 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.560 people, 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.540 eager for 00:16:54.540 --> 00:16:54.879 money, 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.040 have wandered 00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.520 from the 00:16:57.520 --> 00:16:59.259 faith and 00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.740 pierced 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.660 themselves with 00:17:00.660 --> 00:17:01.920 many griefs. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.279 You see, 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:04.920 if I am a 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.220 Christian, 00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.779 if I am 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.380 seeking to 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:06.900 follow the 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.480 Lord Jesus, 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.380 then I 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.740 should be 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.700 seeking God's 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:09.880 will, 00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.559 God's 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.019 desires. 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.860 What is 00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.460 God's 00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:13.980 heartbeat? 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:16.799 Not what 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.240 do I 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.720 want. 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.740 Verse 17, 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.500 if anyone 00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.420 then knows 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.120 the good 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.759 they ought 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.360 to do 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:25.059 and doesn't 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.680 do it, 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.880 it is sin 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.259 for them. 00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:27.819 If you 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.400 know what 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:28.880 God's 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.259 will is, 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.079 what God's 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.900 word says, 00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.620 and you 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.279 don't do 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.680 it, 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.000 and you 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.559 live your 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.539 own desires 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.440 about making 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:37.940 your own 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.640 plans of 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.000 how you're 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.240 going to 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.839 make money, 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.440 well, 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:42.759 that is 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.059 sin. 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.299 If I 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.880 am so 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.680 eager for 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.339 riches, 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.640 so busy 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.200 at work 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.640 that I 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:51.660 neglect time 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.140 with my 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.779 wife and 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.240 kids, 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.640 it's 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:55.980 sinful. 00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:58.380 If I 00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.900 desire 00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.759 wealth so 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.839 much that 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.220 I haven't 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.860 got time 00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.440 to meet 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.200 with God's 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:04.620 people, 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.779 it's 00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.099 sinful. 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.259 If I'm 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.079 so busy 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.680 and so 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.660 preoccupied 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.400 about thinking 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.079 about money 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:14.139 and what 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:14.919 money I'm 00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.199 going to 00:18:15.199 --> 00:18:15.779 lose and 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.259 how I'm 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.519 going to 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.199 make ground 00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:17.679 with it, 00:18:17.859 --> 00:18:19.720 if I'm 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.019 so preoccupied 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.460 I haven't 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.019 got time 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.019 to listen 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.679 to God's 00:18:23.679 --> 00:18:24.240 word or 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.019 talk to 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.339 God, 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.839 it's 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.159 sinful. 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.720 When the 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.679 desires for 00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.779 wealth control 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.319 us and 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.359 consume us, 00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:35.039 it's making 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.679 money our 00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.139 God. 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.779 And James 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.199 is saying 00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:39.699 to us, 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.140 we need 00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:41.900 to change 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.319 our 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.120 priorities 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:44.220 and 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.720 quickly. 00:18:46.080 --> 00:18:46.279 Verse 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.779 15, 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.380 instead we 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.880 ought to 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.200 say, 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:50.880 if it is 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.700 the Lord's 00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:51.920 will, 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.700 we will 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.200 live and 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.880 do this 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.259 or that. 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:56.960 What does 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.019 God desire 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.460 of my 00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.860 life? 00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.860 So the 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.600 desire for 00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:03.860 money, 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.860 those who 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.539 want 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.259 wealth. 00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:09.000 But then 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.379 he moves 00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.799 on to 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.319 talk about 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.200 the danger 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.779 of 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.539 riches, 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.480 those who 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.900 have 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.420 wealth. 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.279 Look at 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.980 chapter 5 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.619 verse 1. 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.279 Now 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.960 listen, 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.079 listen, 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.940 you rich 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.440 people, 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.279 weep and 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.099 wail because 00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.720 of the 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.460 misery that 00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.099 is coming 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:31.019 on you. 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.740 What sobering 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.519 words to be 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.859 reading. 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:35.699 If riches 00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.159 is our 00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:36.779 goal and 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.439 riches is 00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:37.899 what we 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.359 get, 00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.139 then in 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.559 a sense 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.559 that's all 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.159 we're going 00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:42.659 to get. 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.099 Our 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.179 financial and 00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.779 material 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.479 resources 00:19:45.479 --> 00:19:46.639 will be 00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:46.899 our 00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:47.539 earthly 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.099 and 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:48.719 temporary 00:19:48.719 --> 00:19:49.459 reward 00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:50.240 and that 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.599 will be 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.939 it. 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.339 Rather than 00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:53.959 eternal 00:19:53.959 --> 00:19:54.439 riches, 00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.459 rather than 00:19:55.459 --> 00:19:56.219 enjoying the 00:19:56.219 --> 00:19:56.919 beauty and 00:19:56.919 --> 00:19:57.439 the fullness 00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:58.240 of God's 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.839 eternal 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.339 kingdom, 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.959 we will 00:20:00.959 --> 00:20:01.539 live for 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.419 an eternity 00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:02.879 without 00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.659 Christ. 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.479 That's 00:20:04.479 --> 00:20:05.359 behind these 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.559 words here 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.279 in verse 1. 00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:08.000 Weep and 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.299 wail. 00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:09.159 It's the 00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.679 one who's 00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:10.799 standing before 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.379 God's 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:12.779 judgment with 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.659 nothing to 00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.079 offer, 00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.959 only a 00:20:15.959 --> 00:20:16.979 wasted life 00:20:16.979 --> 00:20:18.240 of living 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.959 for self. 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.740 You see, 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.259 what we 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.059 think about 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.799 wealth and 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.439 how we 00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:27.119 use the 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.759 wealth that 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.339 God has 00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.919 given to 00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:30.059 us has 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.899 eternal 00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:31.879 consequences. 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.100 wealth. 00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.780 And James 00:20:33.780 --> 00:20:34.440 is warning 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.120 those who 00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.920 have wealth, 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.220 and by the 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.740 way, that's 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.740 all of us, 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.900 he's asking 00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.900 us, are we 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:44.920 guilty of 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.140 misusing the 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.800 wealth that 00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:47.300 God has 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:48.020 given us? 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:51.140 Well, let's 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.020 have a look, 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.540 shall we? 00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.840 Let's see 00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:55.320 and examine 00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:56.800 how we are 00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:57.840 using our 00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.280 wealth. 00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:02.399 first, am 00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:02.879 I a 00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.599 wasteful 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.319 hoarder? 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.940 I'm sure 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.420 you've seen 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.960 the TV 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.700 programs, 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.619 hoarders. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.160 They haven't 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.779 room to 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.119 move in 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.639 their house 00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.039 with the 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.579 pile of 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.079 stuff they 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.319 have 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.680 everywhere. 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.700 Well, here's 00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.639 hoarders for 00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.160 you, verse 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.500 2. 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.359 Your wealth 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.139 has rotted 00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:23.000 and moths 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.500 have eaten 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.359 your clothes. 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.920 Your gold 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.660 and silver 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.660 are corroded. 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.380 The corrosion 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.440 will testify 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.279 against you 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.940 and eat 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.840 your flesh 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.860 like fire. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.700 You have 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.340 hoarded 00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:36.960 wealth 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.240 in the 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.100 last days. 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.480 I wonder 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.160 if someone 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.779 were to go 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.420 through your 00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.960 house, 00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.860 through your 00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.500 possessions, 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.720 just free 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.440 reign to 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.180 rummage and 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.519 root, 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.460 what would 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.080 they find? 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.380 Designer 00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.240 clothes in 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.819 your wardrobe 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.620 that you've 00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:59.160 bought but 00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.920 never wore? 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.420 The latest 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.519 techno gadget 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.359 that's still 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.779 in an 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.339 unopened 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.920 box? 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.299 Maybe 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.940 unused 00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.539 furniture 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.240 that sits 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.220 collecting dust 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.960 in the attic? 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.400 Well, we're 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.019 all guilty, 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.579 aren't we? 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.220 We are, by 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.819 nature, 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.099 wasteful 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.759 hoarders. 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.380 We buy 00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.079 things we 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.920 don't need. 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.820 We store 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.720 stuff we 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.620 never use. 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:28.259 We accumulate 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.380 books that 00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.860 are not 00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.340 read, 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.880 toys for 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.560 our children 00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:33.220 that never 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.880 get played 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.220 with, 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.259 fitness 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.240 machines we 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.039 never use, 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.180 power tools 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.720 that never 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.340 get plugged 00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:39.660 in. 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.700 Yes, I 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.259 buy those 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.019 bargains in 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.740 Aldi too. 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.400 There's 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.880 someone else 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.259 who does 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.740 too, or 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.080 somebody. 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.980 Just because 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.880 we can. 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.680 I've got 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.339 the money, 00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.620 so I 00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.539 spend the 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.819 money. 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.319 Why not? 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.000 I've earned 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.440 it, I've 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.920 worked for 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.500 it, it's 00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.180 mine to 00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.720 do as I 00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.279 please. 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.599 All this 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.519 wasteful 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.319 hoarding 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:05.039 is actually 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.180 evidence against 00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.440 us. 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.880 Look at the 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.180 end of 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.740 verse 3. 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.140 Their 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.740 corrosion 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.920 will testify 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.019 against you 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.759 and eat 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.339 your flesh 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.620 like fire. 00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.879 it will 00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.959 be evidence 00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:21.000 that condemns 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.599 us in 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.039 judgment. 00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:23.739 What have 00:23:23.739 --> 00:23:24.359 we done 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.039 with all 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:26.099 that hoarding? 00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.779 Well, here's 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.219 another one. 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.539 If that 00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.879 wasn't 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.419 uncomfortable 00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:32.119 enough for 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.519 us, what 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.299 about this? 00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.939 Greedy 00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.539 oppression. 00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:36.979 Verse 4. 00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.139 Look, 00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.099 the wages 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.059 you fail to 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.539 pay the 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.239 workers who 00:23:43.239 --> 00:23:43.959 mowed your 00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:45.539 fields are 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.539 crying out 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.319 against you. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.359 If you're 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.019 an employer, 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.420 do you 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.139 pay your 00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.940 employees 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.980 fairly and 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.399 promptly? 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.019 We don't 00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.539 need to 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.019 own a 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.440 company. 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.039 When someone 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.619 comes to 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.299 do work in 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.839 your house 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.220 or you 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.619 need to 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:04.960 have your 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.879 car fixed, 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.460 do you 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.920 pay them 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.420 everything 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.180 that should 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.720 be paid 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.319 and ought 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.680 to be 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.059 paid? 00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.819 And if 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.259 they happen 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.920 to under 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.619 charge you 00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.059 or they've 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.439 missed 00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.059 something, 00:24:16.739 --> 00:24:17.099 do you 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.599 remind them 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.939 and say, 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.479 actually, 00:24:19.479 --> 00:24:20.500 I should 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.979 be paying 00:24:20.979 --> 00:24:21.459 you a bit 00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.799 more? 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.039 Or do you 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.439 just keep 00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:23.939 quiet and 00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.139 go, 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.539 saved a few 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.219 more pennies 00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.519 there? 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.719 Of course, 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.159 we never 00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.599 like to 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.000 think of 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.439 ourselves 00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.159 as greedy 00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.959 oppressors. 00:24:33.719 --> 00:24:34.419 That's the 00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.299 corporate world, 00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.839 isn't it? 00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.119 Well, 00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.679 think about 00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.239 the food 00:24:39.239 --> 00:24:39.799 we buy 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:41.200 or the 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.579 fashion 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.359 labels we 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.680 wear. 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.039 Coffee and 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.859 bananas have 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.579 fair trade 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.299 stickers on 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.819 them for a 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.139 reason. 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.740 You see, 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.139 when we 00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.819 opt for a 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.259 cheaper 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.319 coffee, 00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.180 well, 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.440 we're 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.259 exploiting 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.039 the producer. 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.559 We're happy 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.119 to get it 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.720 for 50 00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.619 cents less 00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:00.460 without a 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.500 single thought 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.180 of a farmer 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:03.059 who only gets 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.819 two dollars 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.279 a day. 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.279 Or think 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.720 about the 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.299 clothes that 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.899 we're wearing. 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.460 maybe wearing 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.160 right now. 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.380 Designer 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.940 clothes, 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.440 fashion 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.900 labels. 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.320 We can 00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:15.920 pay 100 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.660 euros for 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.000 a pair 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.400 of shoes, 00:25:17.540 --> 00:25:18.560 150 for 00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:18.980 a top, 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.620 no bother. 00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:21.800 But think 00:25:21.800 --> 00:25:22.180 of the 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.000 exploitation 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.940 that takes 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.500 place in 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.960 the sweat 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.620 jobs that 00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.320 produce them. 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.240 If we 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.900 continue to 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.460 buy from 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.300 companies that 00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:31.140 use child 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.580 labour, 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.000 their cries 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.100 will sound 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.680 our 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.660 judgment. 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.240 Look at 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.800 the end of 00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.759 verse 4. 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.540 the cries 00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.080 of the 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.960 harvesters 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.120 have reached 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.880 the ears 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.259 of the 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.519 Lord 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.080 Almighty. 00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.519 When we 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.460 misuse 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.960 our money 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.460 for our 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.240 own self, 00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:51.580 well, 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.460 the cries 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.580 are crying 00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.060 out. 00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:55.560 Verse 6. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.640 You have 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.300 condemned 00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:58.300 and murdered 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:59.120 the innocent 00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.800 one who 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.259 is not 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.200 opposing you. 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.600 You say, 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.960 just because 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.600 of things I 00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:05.920 buy, 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.460 I haven't 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.840 killed 00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.259 anyone. 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.359 man. 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.460 Well, 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.980 maybe not 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.680 directly, 00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.900 but indirectly, 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.640 the way we 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.180 use our 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.539 money, 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.319 the knock-on 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.960 effects it 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.579 has down 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.099 the line, 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.220 poor working 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.059 conditions, 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:23.539 means that 00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.140 people do 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.519 die. 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.539 What does 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.400 these words 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.079 have to say 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.740 to us who 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.720 live in 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.519 our affluent 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.039 West? 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:36.059 wasteful 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.559 hoarders, 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.000 greedy 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.799 oppressors, 00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.000 selfish 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.680 extravagance. 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.119 Verse 5. 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.500 You have 00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.220 lived on 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.759 earth in 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.139 luxury and 00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.980 self-indulgence. 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.480 You have 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.000 fattened 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.740 yourselves in 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.480 the day of 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.039 slaughter. 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.079 While we 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.659 indulge 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.480 ourselves and 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.039 fatten 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.799 ourselves up 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.259 with things 00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.700 we don't 00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.139 need to 00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.460 eat, 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.519 others die. 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.480 We spend 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.840 what we 00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.279 have on 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.920 luxuries, 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.500 not 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.940 necessities. 00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.900 We justify 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.740 our wants 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.620 while ignoring 00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.059 others' 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.660 needs. 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:12.779 things. 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.519 Well, let 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.900 me share 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.259 with you 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.640 something 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.300 personal, 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.200 something that 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.259 I'm ashamed 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.680 of, 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.420 something that 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.980 is sinful. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.279 When I 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.740 was in 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.160 Ghana 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.759 recently, 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.779 I bought 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.080 this small 00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.640 wooden 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:32.279 carving as 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.759 a gift. 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.560 Clearly, 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.380 the lady who 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.880 was selling 00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.519 it didn't 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.040 have much 00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.380 money. 00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.980 Obviously, 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.740 she was in 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.779 great need. 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:43.240 nevertheless, 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.180 I asked how 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.639 much it 00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.039 was, 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.079 and then I 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.680 immediately 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.200 offered less. 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.000 I walked 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.660 away very 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.440 proud that 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.759 I had 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.420 haggled the 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.220 price down. 00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.599 When I 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.139 got home, 00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.619 I discovered 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.299 that during 00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.019 my trip I 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.500 had lost 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.200 a 50 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.960 euro note. 00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.839 It annoyed 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.319 me for 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.879 days. 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.700 I wondered 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.220 where I 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.639 had lost 00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:07.899 it, 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.039 going through 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.420 all the 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.700 different 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.139 places. 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.519 Could it 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.740 have been 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.019 here, 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.399 could it 00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.559 have been 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.720 there, 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.579 I searched 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.200 my bags 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.960 over and 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.539 over again, 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.279 I checked 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.740 my money 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.279 belt at 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.000 least five 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.460 times, 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.980 turned it 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.639 inside out, 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.619 no 50 00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.319 euro note. 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.099 I was 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.879 desperately 00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.680 concerned 00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.399 for my 00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.000 money that 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.539 I had 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.019 lost. 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.240 And then I 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.039 realised that 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.599 I had not 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.160 given that 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.920 poor lady 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.819 a second 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.639 thought. 00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.519 I am 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.000 guilty 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.059 of selfish 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.180 extravagance, 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.720 greedy 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:41.740 greedy 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.420 oppression, 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.620 wasteful 00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.539 hoarding. 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.860 James 00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.980 is serious 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.640 in his 00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.320 warning to 00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.440 those who 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.279 are rich, 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.779 to those 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.840 who have 00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.500 wealth. 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.400 Craig 00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.120 Blomberg, 00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.759 an author, 00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.320 writer, 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.360 drives the 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.759 point home. 00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.160 Follow on 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.720 the screen. 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.440 this is what 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.839 he says, 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.660 if a person 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.920 claims to 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.259 be a 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.680 Christian, 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.480 is aware 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.960 of the 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.519 acute 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.100 physical 00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.880 needs of 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.539 desperately 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.120 poor 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.680 believers 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.360 at home 00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.299 or abroad, 00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.579 is in 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.259 any position 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.900 to help, 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.819 but never 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.319 does a 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.039 single thing 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.720 except to 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.220 wish them 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.640 well, 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.620 that person's 00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.480 inaction 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.680 disproves 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.579 his or 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.980 her 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.680 profession 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.299 of 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.720 faith. 00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.500 Challenging, 00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:35.700 eh? 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.180 True 00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.759 faith, 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.340 you see, 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.880 is seen 00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.900 by generous 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.400 giving, 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.360 not wasteful 00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.880 hoarding. 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.340 In 00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.799 seeking 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.640 justice, 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.720 not greedy 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.620 oppression. 00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.480 Through 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.880 self-sacrifice, 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.140 not selfish 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.820 extravagance. 00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.539 You see, 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.900 when it 00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.440 comes to 00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.980 giving of 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.420 all the 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.980 resources 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.519 and the 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.079 financial 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.539 wealth 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.160 we have, 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.940 when it 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.480 comes to 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.200 giving and 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.839 spending, 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.480 the question 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.920 should be 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.220 this, 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.539 and follow 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.240 this clearly, 00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.360 the question 00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.960 should be, 00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.980 how much 00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.819 can I 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.559 spend, 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.960 not how 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.440 much 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.880 should I 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.420 spend, 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.680 or should 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.120 I give 00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.460 rather? 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.500 In other 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.819 words, 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:25.019 what can 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.860 I spend 00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.539 out of 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.680 my giving? 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.059 Because 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.779 everything 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.299 that I 00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.919 have has 00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.559 been given 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.299 by God, 00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.500 belongs to 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.859 him, 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.279 it's not 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.720 mine, 00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:37.779 so I 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.220 need to 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.639 ask, 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.079 what can I 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.679 spend out 00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.039 of my 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.379 giving? 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.339 Once 00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.740 again, 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.659 as we 00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.279 look into 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.039 God's word, 00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.679 as James 00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.559 1 reminds 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.799 us, 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.279 it's like 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.079 looking into 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.579 a mirror, 00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.519 it reflects 00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.059 back on 00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.539 us, 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.019 revealing 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.519 us what 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.099 our hearts 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.759 are really 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.240 like, 00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.259 and showing 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.599 us our 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.159 desperate 00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.519 need of 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.000 Christ. 00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.659 So the 00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.339 desire for 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.599 money, 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.419 the danger 00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.179 of riches, 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:16.319 which leads 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.980 us to 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.779 something 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.500 encouraging 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.099 for us 00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.399 all, 00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.679 that the 00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:22.439 poor and 00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.839 rich, 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.799 we all 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.500 need 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.500 Christ. 00:31:26.719 --> 00:31:27.359 You see, 00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:27.740 whatever 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.599 economic 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.559 status we 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.159 may think 00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.579 we are 00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.859 in, 00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.679 we all 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.079 need 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.639 Christ. 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.179 Here's 00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:35.879 what James 00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.539 says to 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.059 those who 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.719 desire 00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.219 wealth, 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.759 and those 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.319 who have 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.559 wealth, 00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.079 those who 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.579 would say, 00:31:42.179 --> 00:31:42.859 I need 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.219 money, 00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.039 and those 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.500 who say, 00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:44.839 well, 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.000 no, 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.539 I have 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.039 money. 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:48.639 He's 00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:48.879 already 00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.460 told us 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.980 about it. 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.460 Go back 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.940 to chapter 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.359 1, 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.379 verse 9 00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.960 and 10. 00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.240 James 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.000 chapter 1, 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.759 verses 9 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.220 and 10. 00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.500 Believers 00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.680 in humble 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.519 circumstances, 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.279 those who 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.619 don't have, 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.200 those who 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.960 struggle, 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.759 financially, 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.779 believers 00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.799 in humble 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.839 circumstances 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:21.700 ought to 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.519 take pride 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.940 in their 00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.000 high position. 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.000 But the 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.440 rich, 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.079 those who 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.639 have, 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.039 well, 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.440 they should 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.259 take pride 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.920 in their 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.839 humiliation, 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.799 since they 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.440 will pass 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.079 away like 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.759 a wild 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.519 flower. 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.519 Look, 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.859 he's saying, 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.319 if your 00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.960 economic 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.960 status means 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.599 you don't 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.559 have much, 00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.200 or that 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.599 you have 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.139 needs and 00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.819 you struggle 00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.639 to pay 00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.179 your rent 00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.480 or you 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.259 struggle to 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.259 meet your 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.899 bills. 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.939 Verse 9, 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.159 believers in 00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.759 humble 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.839 circumstances, 00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.519 well, 00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.399 take pride 00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:00.000 in your 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.339 high position. 00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.659 He's saying, 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:04.079 remember the 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.559 gospel. 00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.759 Remember what 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.699 Christ has 00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.439 done for 00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.819 you. 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:11.359 you may 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.179 financially 00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:13.000 struggle, 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.599 but through 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.460 Christ and 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.179 in Christ 00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:16.639 and through 00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.359 faith in 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:17.639 him, 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.539 you are 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.379 spiritually 00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.059 rich. 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.399 You don't 00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.179 need to have 00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.059 great wealth 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.859 to make it 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.359 in life, 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.939 to be 00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.500 someone. 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.539 In 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.539 Christ you 00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.359 have made 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.559 it, 00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.279 you are 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.799 someone. 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.079 You belong 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.839 to Christ. 00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:35.879 You are 00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.339 his. 00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:38.539 and through 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.079 him you 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.819 have received 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.759 great blessing, 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.059 forgiveness of 00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.639 all of your 00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.039 sins, 00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.019 the presence 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.579 of the 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.599 Holy Spirit, 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.220 his peace 00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.000 upon you, 00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.480 and an 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.059 eternal 00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.919 inheritance, 00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.659 the kingdom 00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.319 of heaven 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.899 itself, 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.899 the new 00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.559 heavens and 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.959 the new 00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.799 earth that 00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.639 can never 00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.720 be taken 00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:00.039 from you. 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:04.559 believers in 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.180 humble 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.180 circumstances, 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.099 take pride 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.639 in your 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.719 high position. 00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.599 Don't 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.539 grumble at 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.239 the rich 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.019 and make 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.659 money your 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.340 goal and 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.279 your priority. 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.099 Rejoice 00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.960 that you 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.840 have every 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.719 spiritual 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.259 blessing in 00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:26.179 Christ. 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.460 Christ. 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.179 If you 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.799 are in 00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.339 Christ, 00:34:29.919 --> 00:34:30.659 you will 00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.179 never be 00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.659 lost, 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.139 but you 00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.779 are his 00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.519 forever. 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.399 On the 00:34:38.399 --> 00:34:39.079 other hand, 00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.559 if your 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.579 economic status 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.419 means that 00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:43.059 you have 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.039 plenty and 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.919 well you're 00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.559 in great 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.059 wealth, 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.039 look at 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.619 verse 10. 00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.599 But the 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.379 rich should 00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.139 take pride 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.819 in their 00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.839 humiliation, 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.819 since they 00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.399 will pass 00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:56.039 away like 00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.579 a wild 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.059 flower. 00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.400 Again, 00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.759 he's 00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.559 directing us 00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.800 saying, 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.739 remember the 00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.159 gospel, 00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.119 remember 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.719 Christ. 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.239 You may 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.199 buy all 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.880 you want, 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.320 but you 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.199 cannot buy 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.739 what you 00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.739 most need, 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.639 God's 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.699 grace and 00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.059 mercy. 00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.679 You may 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.619 have savings 00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.239 and wealth 00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.719 for your 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.739 entire life, 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.719 but remember 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.079 this, 00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.659 verse 10, 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.039 you will 00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.759 fade away 00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.219 like a 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.539 flower. 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.659 You can 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.400 have shares 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.500 and pensions, 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.340 but without 00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.139 Christ's 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.099 intervention in 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.639 your life, 00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.039 you are 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.760 spiritually 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.260 bankrupt. 00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.599 You have 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.019 nothing. 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.519 You are 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.260 nothing without 00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.880 Christ. 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.940 Don't pride 00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.720 yourself in 00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.639 how well you've 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.660 done financially, 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.820 about how 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.760 secure your 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.720 future is. 00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.940 Humbly see 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.680 what great 00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.700 needs you have 00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.559 spiritually. 00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.960 Whoever we 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.279 are, 00:35:58.439 --> 00:35:59.339 whatever our 00:35:59.339 --> 00:36:00.000 economic 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.179 status may 00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.559 be, 00:36:02.419 --> 00:36:03.460 we all 00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.059 need 00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.960 Christ. 00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.359 And when 00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:08.119 we come 00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:09.239 to Christ, 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.439 the low 00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:12.119 are lifted 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.699 up, the 00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.079 higher 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.259 taken down 00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.480 and, 00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.559 well, we 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.299 become one. 00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.519 There's an 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.379 equal playing 00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:19.299 field before 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.039 the cross. 00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:23.340 Brothers and 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.180 sisters in 00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:25.300 Christ united 00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:27.180 together, not 00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:28.100 one above the 00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:29.640 other, not 00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.360 one thinking 00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.000 better than 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.460 the other. 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.500 With Christ, 00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.960 I can say, 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.320 I have 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.060 everything. 00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.560 Without 00:36:39.560 --> 00:36:41.660 Christ, I 00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.500 have nothing. 00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.559 everything. 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.579 How do you 00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.219 think about 00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:49.380 your economic 00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.639 status today? 00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.079 Are you 00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.739 desiring 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.219 money? 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.139 Wanting 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.599 wealth? 00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.599 Or are you 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.519 in danger for 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.219 the riches you 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.980 have and your 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.860 misuse of 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.099 wealth? 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.860 We all 00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.619 need to go 00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.360 to Christ, 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.239 for with 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:10.039 Christ I 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.039 have everything. 00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.119 nothing. 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.679 Without 00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:14.679 Christ, I 00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.300 have nothing. 00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.960 Let's pray 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.980 together. 00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.039 Let's pray. 00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.820 You can look on 00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.920 the screen for 00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:41.240 our prayer as 00:37:41.240 --> 00:37:43.280 we reflect 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.460 on what we've 00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.000 been thinking 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.420 through. 00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.880 Keep 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.860 falsehood and 00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.960 lies far 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.519 from me. 00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.599 Give me 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.659 neither poverty 00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.860 nor riches, 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:58.180 but give me 00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.260 only my 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.139 daily bread. 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.740 Otherwise, 00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:03.240 I may have 00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.180 too much and 00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:05.000 disown you and 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:06.019 say, who is 00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.559 the Lord? 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.900 Or I may 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.739 become poor 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.400 and steal 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.119 and so 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.960 dishonor the 00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.460 name of my 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:14.840 God. 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.599 Father, would 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.619 you keep us 00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:20.219 running to 00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.360 Christ, for 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.079 he is our 00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.880 all and our 00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.739 everything, only 00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:26.420 he can truly 00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.099 satisfy. 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.719 And would you 00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:31.159 help us in 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.019 our plenty 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:34.460 to give to 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.300 those who are 00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.000 most in 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.400 need, 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.679 generously, 00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.139 sacrificiously, 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.059 lovingly, 00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:44.599 just as 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.239 you poured 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.800 out your 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.460 love to 00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.920 us. 00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.019 Help us, 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.559 Father, we 00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.920 pray, in 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.699 Jesus' name. 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.960 Amen. 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.099 Amen. 00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:59.940 Well, if 00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.559 we believe 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.880 Christ is 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.920 everything, we 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.599 will want to 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.980 sing this 00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:06.000 song, Christ 00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:07.059 is my 00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.839 reward and 00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.779 all of my 00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.319 devotion.