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 Take out the copy of God's Word I hope you brought with you today.

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 Go ahead and turn to 1 Timothy chapter 6.

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 And we started out this series in 1 Corinthians chapter 9, kind of set as our theme for it, verses 22 and 23, which read,

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 I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.

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 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.

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 And so we see that Paul was in this process as he lived in this world of self-denial and self-control,

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 of denying himself some of the privileges bought for him in the gospel, but for a greater joy.

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 He was willing to trade some of his liberty to do certain things, act certain ways,

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 in order that he might see some come to know Christ and share with them in its blessing.

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 And so we have picked up a number of topics and addressed it from this perspective.

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 And this morning's topic is Christ and money.

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 And we certainly live, as Americans, in a culture that is incredibly consumeristic.

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 I would say if there's a defining characteristic of American culture, it is consumerism.

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 It controls how we think.

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 It controls our desires.

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 We live in a place that is about consumption.

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 So how should we as Christians think about this part of our culture?

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 How should we act in regards to it?

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 And how should we interact with it for the sake of the gospel, to advance God's kingdom in this world?

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 The scriptures certainly are not silent on this topic.

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 It doesn't take me long to find a main text or proof text.

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 The hard thing about preparing a sermon of this nature is to decide what to disclude.

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 What do we not talk about?

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 What proof verses do I not use?

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 Because the Bible is full of conversation about money.

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 Christ talks about it.

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 Paul talks about it.

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 John talks about it.

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 James talks about it.

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 It is everywhere about the scriptures.

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 So before we begin plowing through much of that, let's pray together.

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 And I'll get cranky.

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 Father, we love you and I thank you for these people.

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 I thank you that you have drawn us together this morning and that you care about all of our eternal souls.

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 I thank you that we hold in our hands the written word of God that certainly was written by men and addressed to men, but was inspired by your Holy Spirit.

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 And it means something for our lives today.

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 So I pray, God, by your spirit that you will apply the truths we discussed today to our individual lives.

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 We might understand what it looks like to worship you with all that we have.

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 And I pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So let me start not with the main text that I had to turn to.

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 Although I promised to get there very briefly.

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 But let me start in Mark chapter 4, verse 18 and 19, which is the parable of the sower.

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 You're welcome to try to keep up with me, but I'm going to cruise and not wait for the flipping pages to stop.

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 Okay.

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 The way I want to start this is with a stern warning.

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 Wealth, money has been given to us for our benefit, but it has many, many dangers.

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 And so I want to start this morning by setting the stage of the danger of possession.

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 So Mark chapter 4, verses 18 and 19, towards the end of the parable of the sower.

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 Jesus says,

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 And others are the ones sown among thorns.

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 They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches

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 and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

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 These are those who the truth of Christ has been sown into their lives,

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 but because of the deceitfulness of treasure, the deceitfulness of consumerism,

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 that truth is choked out.

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 1 Timothy chapter 6, verse 10,

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

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

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 and pierced themselves with many pains.

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 Luke chapter 18, verses 24 and 25,

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 Jesus says,

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 How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God,

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 for it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Because why?

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 Because they love their money.

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 And I'll remind you that right after that, his disciples said,

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 Then how can anybody get in?

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 He said, With God, all things are possible.

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 But that's an aside.

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 Luke chapter 12, verse 33 and 34,

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 Jesus instructs,

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 Sell your possessions and give to the needy.

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 Provide yourselves with money bags that do not grow old,

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 with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail,

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 where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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 For where your treasure is,

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 there your heart will be awesome.

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 Where your value, where you place value is what you desire.

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 It's reflective of what you most desire.

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 Money has value, right?

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 In America, the value of our money is declining rather rapidly.

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 But the bills that we pull out of our wallets,

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 the coins that we carry,

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 the zeros and ones that are represented by our bank accounts and on our cards,

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 have value.

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 We've all decided together that we will use this currency to buy and sell goods.

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 But beyond that, it has value to show what we value.

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 College students, you value education.

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 So you spend money on education.

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 Lots of money on education.

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 We all value entertainment.

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 I'm sure way too much.

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 So we spend money on Netflix and baseball games.

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 Things of that nature.

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 I'm not saying these things are bad.

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 But what I'm saying is that the way we spend our money shows what we most care about.

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 And nothing, nothing in this world is free.

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 Save the free gift of the gospel.

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 But nothing else is free.

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 A group of us yesterday from Christ's family went with Set Free Ministries out of Gainesville

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 to Atlanta to minister to homeless people living under bridges.

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 Doesn't sound like an expensive thing to do,

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 but we rode together in a 12-passenger van that consumes fuel.

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 And we had to fuel it up to get down there.

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 And gas costs money.

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 Everything that we do as a church and as Christians is going to cost us something to accomplish it.

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 So how we're spending our money is going to show what we most value.

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 Luke chapter 16, verse 13.

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 Jesus says,

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 No servant can serve two masters.

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 For either he will hate the one and love the other,

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 or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve God and money.

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 And here's the shocking truth about American Christianity.

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 The church is failing, failing to serve God with its money.

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 I'll say I believe that this church does a much better job of this than most.

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 So I'm not mostly getting on to you at this point.

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 But the American church is failing.

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 I read a, I was going to say a great article,

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 it was actually kind of a repressing article in Christianity Today

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 that was written out of a study called Passing the Plate.

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 And in this article I discovered that Christian evangelicals,

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 so not all Christians in America,

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 but just those who claim to be evangelicals,

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 those who believe that the church's modus operandi

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 is to share the gospel and to carry the gospel to the world.

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 The average evangelical Christian gives 2.3% of their income.

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 2.3%.

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 Now, get this.

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 If they gave 10%,

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 which I believe is the easy minimum,

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 if they gave 10%,

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 Christian evangelicals would be giving

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 $85.5 billion more per year.

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 What a staggering figure.

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 I can't even begin to tell you what that would accomplish.

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 I can't even wrap my mind around $85.5 billion more.

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 That's a figure, I abbreviated it.

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 We don't even write that out.

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 That's a crazy large number.

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 $85.5 billion per year.

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 Now, of those Christians who say they're committed Christians,

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 I would argue the definition here,

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 but committed Christians who say they attend church

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 at least twice a month.

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 But we're narrowing the field a little bit more.

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 Those who attend at least twice a month,

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 catch this.

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 Those who make less than $12,500 a year

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 give 7% of their income,

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 which is a figure that's not even touched

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 until a household makes more than $90,000 a year,

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 and they give 8.8%.

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 So if you have any idea that someday

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 when you make more money,

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 you'll begin to give.

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 You don't really give now

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 because things are real tight now.

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 But, you know, someday you're going to get freed up

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 to give more,

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 and you're planning on doing that.

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 The statistics say you're not going to

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 until you hit six figures.

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 And even those still aren't reaching 10%,

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 8.8%.

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 These are these six-figure salaries.

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 It's shocking.

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 The American church is failing

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 to serve God with its money.

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 And the world looks on.

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 We are totally disillusioned

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 if we don't think that unbelievers

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 are watching what we're doing.

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 They pay attention to the buildings that we build.

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 And I'm not against large buildings.

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 Large buildings house lots of people.

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 I think that's great.

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 But I am dead set against decadent buildings.

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 People drive by and see what we care about

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 when they look at our buildings.

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 I went through the drive-thru at McDonald's this morning.

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 You know who else is going through the drive-thru

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 at McDonald's this morning?

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 People going to church.

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 Everyone, I would guess, going to church.

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 The people working minimum wage at McDonald's

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 pay attention to the kind of cars we're driving.

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 They pay attention to what we're ordering.

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 They notice what we care about.

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 And if we're going to live in a consumeristic culture,

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 I think this is one way,

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 not the only way,

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 but this is one way

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 that we can so easily,

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 as believers,

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 set ourselves apart

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 from the rest of the world.

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 Not without personal sacrifice.

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 I'm not saying it'll be easy personally.

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 But a simple thing

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 that can change about the way we live

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 and show people

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 that we care about something different

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 than what they care about.

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 So this morning,

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 I want you to hear me

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 so carefully

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 that my heart is the heart of Paul

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 in 2 Corinthians 12, 14,

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 when he said,

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 I seek not what is yours,

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 but you.

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 This is not a guilt you into giving

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 sermon

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 for our sake.

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 This is a guilt you into giving sermon

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 for your sake.

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 We have denied you discipleship.

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 We don't teach you

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 that you ought to give

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 all that you have

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 for the cause of Christ.

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 We are denying you

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 immense joy.

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 We don't do that.

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 So let's look.

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 1 Timothy,

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 17

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 through 19.

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 All right.

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 As for the rich

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 in this present age,

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 charge them not to be haughty,

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 nor to set their hopes

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 on the uncertainty of riches,

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 but on God,

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 who richly provides us

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 with everything to enjoy.

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 They are to do good,

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 to be rich in good works,

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 to be generous

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 and ready to share,

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 thus storing up treasure

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 for themselves

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 as a good foundation

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 for the future,

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 so that they may take hold

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 of that

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 which is truly

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 life.

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 Well,

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 this morning,

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 I just have

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 two points

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 from our exegesis

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 of this text,

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 and then

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 four practical steps

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 that we can take.

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 Let me begin by saying

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 many of you already

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 may have

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 dismissed this text

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 previously

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 or maybe even

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 this morning

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 as I read

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 as for the rich

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 in this present age

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 in your mind

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 immediately said,

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 great,

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 I'm off the hook.

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 Fantastic.

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 You're not rich

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 from your perspective,

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 but you are rich

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 from the perspective

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 of the rest

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 of the world.

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 College students,

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 you are in

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 the 90th percentile

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 of income earners

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 in the world.

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 90th percentile.

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 90% of the world

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 makes less money

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 than you do.

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 As strapped as you are,

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 you are wealthy

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 in comparison.

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 Now,

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 I understand the cost

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 of living in America

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 is higher.

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 I'm not saying

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 that you should live

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 on a dollar a day

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 like some people

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 in the world

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 are able to do.

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 I get that.

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 But I believe

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 that Paul's writing

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 as he's carried along

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 by the Spirit of God

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 is for us

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 as for the rich.

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 none of us.

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 Probably shouldn't

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 just say that,

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 but I don't think

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 any of us

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 have ever really

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 been hungry.

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 I'll be hungry

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 later.

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 I mean,

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 probably that's how

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 I'll know

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 I should be wrapping

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 things up.

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 My stomach will begin

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 telling me I'm hungry,

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 but I've never

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 really been

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 truly hungry.

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 I've never really

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 lacked.

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 I might think

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 I've lacked.

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 I might think

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 I haven't had

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 something that

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 I really needed.

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 I've always had

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 everything I needed.

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 I never worried

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 about where

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 my next meal

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 would come from.

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 There's always

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 been food in my

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 cabinet and in my

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 fridge.

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 I have never

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 walked it

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 for anything.

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 We are rich.

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 If we have

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 any lack,

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 it's so easy

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 to go get

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 what we need.

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 There's so much

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 wealth in this

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 country.

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 We are the

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 rich.

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 So point

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 number one,

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 hope in money

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 is no hope

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 at all.

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 Hope in money

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 is no hope

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 at all.

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 Verse 17,

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 Paul instructs

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 Timothy to

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 instruct us

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 that we ought

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 not to be

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 haughty.

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 Why?

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 Because riches

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 are uncertain.

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 The NASB

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 renders the

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 word haughty

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 as conceited.

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 The Greek

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 word means

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 high-minded

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 or proud.

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 We ought

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 not think

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 we are

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 something

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 because we

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 have things.

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 We ought

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 not think

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 we have

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 figured it

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 out,

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 that we

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 have earned

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 it,

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 that we

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 are something

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 to be

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 bragged

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 about.

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 Why?

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 Because God

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 gave it to you.

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 You may

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 have a high-paying

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 job, but you

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 have worked

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 very hard

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.339
 to get.

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 But you

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 have worked

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 very hard

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 by what

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 power?

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.579
 God's.

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 The talents

00:17:13.959 --> 00:17:14.279
 that you

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 employ to

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.299
 earn income

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.439
 given to you

00:17:17.439 --> 00:17:18.199
 by God.

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 You have

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 nothing apart

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 from him.

00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:24.019
 Previously,

00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.059
 in this chapter,

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 7,

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 Paul writes,

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 we brought

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 nothing into

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 the world,

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 and we

00:17:30.439 --> 00:17:31.419
 cannot take

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 anything out

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.179
 of it.

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 I'm sure

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.620
 you've heard

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 this before,

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 you never

00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:37.080
 see the

00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:37.400
 U-Haul

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.820
 behind the

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 hearse.

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 It can't

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 go with

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.640
 you.

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 All

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 throughout

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 history,

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.279
 wealthy

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.620
 men have

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 been trying

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 to take

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 possessions

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 with them.

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 That's

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 what the

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 pyramids

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.220
 are about,

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 massing

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.600
 up their

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 wealth so

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 that they

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.820
 could have

00:17:47.820 --> 00:17:47.980
 it in

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 the

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 afterlife.

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:48.860
 Guess

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:49.220
 what?

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 It was

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 dug up,

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 and people

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.500
 took it

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.779
 and put

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.019
 it in

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.120
 the

00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.340
 museum.

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 It

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 didn't

00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.340
 go with

00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.539
 them.

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.279
 You

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.799
 cannot

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.720
 take it

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.060
 with you.

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.460
 It was

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.180
 given to

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.840
 you as a

00:17:57.840 --> 00:17:58.060
 gift,

00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.519
 and it

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.360
 came from

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:03.480
 my

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.740
 mother's

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:03.960
 womb,

00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.640
 and naked

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.200
 shall I

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.580
 return.

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 The Lord

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.700
 gave,

00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.440
 and the

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:07.779
 Lord is

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.420
 taken away.

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:08.820
 Now remember,

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.660
 he says this

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.480
 right after his

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.200
 whole family

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.420
 is taken from

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.580
 him,

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.440
 and all of

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.880
 his possessions.

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.060
 His health

00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:15.440
 hasn't been

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.880
 attacked yet,

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.640
 but everything

00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:17.779
 he owned,

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.039
 gone.

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.100
 And then he

00:18:20.100 --> 00:18:20.360
 says,

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.460
 blessed be

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.000
 the name

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.640
 of the

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:22.900
 Lord.

00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.960
 Did Job

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.660
 hope in

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:25.940
 what he

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.360
 had,

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.259
 or in

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.600
 the God

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:27.840
 who had

00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:28.200
 given it

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.560
 to him?

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.299
 Most

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.700
 certainly,

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.779
 the God

00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.120
 who gave

00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.480
 it to him.

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.960
 God richly

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.680
 provides for

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.420
 us everything

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:38.320
 to enjoy.

00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:40.180
 Have you

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.560
 ever heard

00:18:40.560 --> 00:18:41.860
 this pulled

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.460
 right out

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:42.680
 of its

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.200
 context?

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.440
 I have,

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.920
 about every

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.259
 time I've

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.600
 ever talked

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.080
 about money,

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.380
 any group

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:47.820
 of Christians.

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.440
 Yeah,

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.779
 but Nathan,

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.259
 God gives

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.539
 us everything

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.100
 to enjoy.

00:18:51.820 --> 00:18:52.220
 Yeah,

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:52.660
 you should

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:52.900
 read the

00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.140
 rest of

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.660
 that chapter.

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.720
 It concludes

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.340
 in a much

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:55.779
 different way

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.019
 than you

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.400
 think.

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:57.940
 Let's

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:59.120
 look quickly

00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.500
 at 1

00:18:59.500 --> 00:18:59.860
 John

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.460
 chapter 2,

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:00.980
 15 through

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.440
 17.

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.279
 The little

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.399
 context,

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:03.960
 even if

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.180
 we don't

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.440
 read the

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:04.740
 rest of

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.160
 the text.

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.720
 In 1

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.019
 Timothy,

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.200
 John writes,

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.480
 Do not

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:08.740
 love the

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.160
 world or

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:09.500
 the things

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.740
 in the

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:09.920
 world.

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.299
 If anyone

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.759
 loves the

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:10.980
 world,

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.319
 the love

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.480
 of the

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.700
 Father

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.200
 is not

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.599
 in him.

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.039
 For all

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.259
 that is

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.480
 in the

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.680
 world,

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.319
 the desires

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.579
 of the

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.879
 flesh,

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.180
 and the

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.500
 desires

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.720
 of the

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.039
 eyes,

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.519
 and pride

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.920
 of life,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.639
 is not

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:17.940
 from the

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.220
 Father,

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:18.940
 but is

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.240
 from the

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.500
 world.

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.420
 And the

00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.759
 world is

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.119
 passing

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.639
 away,

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:21.980
 along

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.279
 with its

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.720
 desires,

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.539
 but whoever

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.099
 does the

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.399
 will of

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:24.700
 God

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.480
 abides

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.500
 forever.

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:28.400
 This word

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.279
 abides is

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.640
 the Greek

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:29.859
 word

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.200
 meno,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.740
 and it

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:32.119
 means to

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.519
 live,

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.000
 but it

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.359
 means it

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.720
 in a much

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.579
 different way

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.299
 than we

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.619
 would use

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:35.900
 the word

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.400
 live.

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.519
 Some of

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.940
 your translation

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.640
 may say

00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.180
 does the

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.380
 will of

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.559
 God

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.220
 lives

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.640
 forever,

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.180
 but the

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.900
 idea behind

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.319
 it is

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.539
 a tarrying

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.640
 in Christ.

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.099
 It's life

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.960
 in Christ.

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.859
 It's true

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 life.

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 It's not

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 just being

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 cognizant

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 and aware,

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 it's being

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 with the

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 one we were

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 meant to be

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 with.

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 It's about

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 being found

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 in Christ

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 that our

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 redemption

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 is complete,

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.079
 that our

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 relationship

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.139
 with God

00:20:03.139 --> 00:20:04.159
 is restored.

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 True

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.839
 life.

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 Which

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 brings us

00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:10.279
 to my

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 second point.

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 Firstly,

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 hope in

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 money is

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 no hope

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 at all.

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 Secondly,

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 we are

00:20:17.179 --> 00:20:17.959
 given money

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 for our

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 eternal

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 joy.

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 And that's

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 what people

00:20:22.199 --> 00:20:22.699
 miss when

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 they read

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 this and

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 think that

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 it's a

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 justification

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 to just

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 amass for

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 themselves

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.039
 stuff and

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 things to

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 enjoy here

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 and now.

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 They miss

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 that there's

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 an eternal

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 purpose for

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 the things

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 that they've

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 been given.

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 Verse 18

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 and 19,

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 they are to

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 do good,

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 to be rich

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 in good works,

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 to be generous

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 and ready to

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 share.

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 Thus storing up

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 treasure for

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 themselves is a

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 good foundation

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 for the future

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 so they may

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 take hold of

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 that which is

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.700
 truly life.

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 life.

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 The things

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 given to you

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.819
 are not given

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 to you to

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.819
 enjoy the

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 things.

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 They're given

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 to you as a

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 resource for

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.940
 what?

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.819
 Verse 18,

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 to do good,

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.680
 to be rich in

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.160
 good works,

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 to be generous,

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 ready to share.

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 That's why they

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.759
 were given to

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.019
 you.

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 Why?

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.059
 For your

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:11.380
 eternal joy,

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.440
 that you might

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.180
 store up

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.360
 treasure and

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.240
 take hold of

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.860
 that which is

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.720
 truly life.

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.240
 life in Christ.

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 That you might

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:22.140
 have more of

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.940
 Him,

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 not more

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.819
 stuff.

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 And you see

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.839
 the deceitfulness

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:29.079
 of the stuff.

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.059
 You see that we

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.819
 have it and we

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.920
 want it and

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 Satan tells us

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.420
 it's okay to

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 have it.

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 And constantly

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.240
 throughout the

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.480
 scriptures we're

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.960
 taught it's for

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 you but for a

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:42.200
 greater thing.

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 You trade it

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.740
 for greater joy.

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 That's the way

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.600
 we're called

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.719
 to live.

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 Good works.

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.639
 Ephesians 2,

00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.119
 verse 10,

00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:52.779
 for we are His

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.219
 workmanship,

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.559
 created in Christ

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:56.439
 Jesus for good

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.859
 works,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.879
 which God

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:59.119
 prepared beforehand

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.939
 that we should

00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:01.079
 walk in them.

00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:02.679
 I can't tell you

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:04.019
 exactly what you

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.539
 should do with

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.879
 all of your

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.599
 resources and

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.019
 where you should

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.719
 serve and how

00:22:06.719 --> 00:22:07.619
 you should spend

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.500
 that money,

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.039
 but certainly

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.659
 God can.

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.759
 Because you're

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.339
 His workmanship,

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.439
 created in Christ.

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.219
 You have the

00:22:16.219 --> 00:22:16.719
 Spirit of God

00:22:16.719 --> 00:22:17.259
 within you.

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.819
 For good works,

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:21.119
 prepared beforehand

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.819
 that you should

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.539
 walk in them.

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.179
 God's got

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:24.779
 marching orders

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.279
 for you,

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.099
 so don't ask

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.500
 me what you

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.959
 should do with

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.319
 your money.

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.159
 Ask Him.

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.439
 I promise

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:30.019
 He'll tell you.

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.019
 And we're to be

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.459
 generous and

00:22:33.459 --> 00:22:34.259
 ready to share.

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.179
 I don't know

00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:36.959
 how often you

00:22:36.959 --> 00:22:37.819
 read your

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.559
 English translations

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:40.399
 and wonder why

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:41.619
 things seem

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.139
 redundant.

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:45.360
 that felt redundant

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:45.940
 to me when I

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.100
 read it.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.380
 Paul, why

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.759
 did you say

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.960
 generous and

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.560
 ready to share?

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.320
 Those are two

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:49.940
 things kind of

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.360
 synonymous,

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.700
 and that always

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.900
 causes me to

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:54.600
 learn Greek a

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.100
 couple of days

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.600
 ahead of you

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.320
 so that I can

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.860
 help you

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.480
 understand it.

00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.120
 Fascinating here.

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 Both of these

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.259
 words in Greek

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.960
 are adjectives.

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 They are

00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:03.700
 speaking of,

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.500
 they're modifying

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.100
 the subject,

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.960
 which is

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.860
 the rich,

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.199
 us,

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:10.319
 we are to be

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.099
 generous and

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.719
 ready to share.

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.419
 And they

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:16.199
 mean simply

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:16.819
 we're to be

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.459
 generous actively.

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.719
 So the word

00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.299
 translated generous

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.879
 is a pretty good

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.359
 translation.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.319
 We're to be

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.699
 philanthropic,

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.179
 giving.

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.399
 We're to hold

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:27.339
 loosely to money

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.959
 and be willing

00:23:27.959 --> 00:23:28.879
 to share it

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.339
 with others.

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.279
 The Greek

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.339
 term translated

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.379
 ready to share

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.859
 carries with it

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:36.039
 the idea of

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.679
 maintaining social

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.019
 activity in

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.600
 such a way

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.500
 that you are

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.220
 forcing others

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.320
 to take

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.259
 what is yours.

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.940
 So it's a

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.860
 constant

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:48.299
 pouring out

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.880
 of the things

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.160
 that have been

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.880
 given to you

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:51.019
 into the hands

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.500
 of others.

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.660
 Generous

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.560
 actively.

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.700
 I think that's

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:55.920
 cool.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.779
 And we are

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.740
 to live in

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.279
 this way

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.840
 with the things

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.580
 that we have

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:04.759
 not to be

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:06.120
 depressed,

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.060
 not to

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.059
 God's

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.359
 called me

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.619
 to give

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:08.980
 away the

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.299
 things I

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.619
 have.

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.319
 I'll do

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.000
 that because

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.359
 I'm going

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:11.539
 to be

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.980
 obedient.

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:12.519
 We're not

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.159
 stoics.

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.899
 Stoicism was

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.460
 a horrible

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.419
 movement in

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.159
 Christian religion

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.019
 and it still

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:20.119
 kind of infects

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.359
 us.

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.299
 All of this

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.299
 is for our

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.099
 greater good.

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.859
 And it's so

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.519
 cool how every

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.200
 time we're

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.720
 bringing more

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.480
 honor and glory

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.980
 to God,

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.159
 we benefit.

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.700
 It's so

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.700
 rad that as

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.299
 we exalt

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.700
 him, we get

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.559
 more of him,

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.759
 we are involved

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.419
 in his process,

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.940
 we get to

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.539
 see him,

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.160
 and it's

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.279
 good for us.

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.259
 You just

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.840
 think certain

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.340
 things are

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:43.180
 better for you

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.779
 than Christ.

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.600
 That's never

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.640
 true.

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.539
 Never.

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.180
 It's idolatry

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.420
 to think that.

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:55.080
 In your life,

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.240
 ask the question,

00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:00.279
 would I be

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.079
 happier if I

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.839
 had, fill in

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.440
 the blank to

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.700
 that, I would

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.180
 be so much

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.019
 happier if I

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:10.019
 had, whatever

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.819
 drops into that

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.359
 spot in your

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.299
 mind is an

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.500
 idol.

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.960
 What you should

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.359
 put in that

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.779
 spot, Christ.

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.120
 I would be

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.599
 happier if I

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.880
 had more

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.279
 Christ.

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.759
 Awesome, because

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.099
 that's a free

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.380
 offer.

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.079
 And he's

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.420
 going to keep

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:21.740
 on giving

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.380
 himself to me.

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.359
 Never going

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.880
 to run out of

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.579
 more Christ.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.620
 I am not a

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.279
 decadent person.

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.400
 I am actually

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.279
 not very tempted

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.759
 to live lavishly.

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.319
 But there's an

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.079
 area of my life

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.279
 that I do this

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.180
 in because I

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.240
 hate car trouble.

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.120
 I just despise

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.240
 it.

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.660
 It's such an

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.359
 inconvenience.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:43.079
 I'm kind of

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.799
 mechanically minded,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.220
 but I never

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.339
 really learned

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.960
 how to work on

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.299
 cars.

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.920
 Some guys are

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.259
 like, cool,

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.660
 the car's

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.920
 broken.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.259
 I get to

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.539
 spend some

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.440
 time fixing

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.720
 it.

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.960
 No thank

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.140
 you.

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.599
 And I don't

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.480
 want new

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.740
 vehicles for

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.500
 the cool

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.019
 factor of a

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.400
 new vehicle.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.839
 I don't

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.240
 care about

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.559
 that at

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.799
 all.

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.099
 I just

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.720
 want reliable

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.160
 cars.

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.339
 And Sam

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.720
 and I have

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.160
 cars that

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.460
 are paid

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.720
 for.

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.980
 We believe

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.259
 that we've

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.539
 been led

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.779
 to do

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.019
 that.

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.980
 They're not

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.559
 incredibly

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.059
 reliable.

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:10.559
 And I'm

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.139
 just nervous

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.940
 driving everywhere

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.500
 I go.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:12.940
 And I'm

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.339
 going to get

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.859
 to the place

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.619
 that I'm

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.980
 hoping to

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.200
 get to.

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.639
 My truck

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.000
 has over

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.599
 200,000

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.039
 miles on it.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.279
 I don't

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.579
 know what's

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:17.740
 going to

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:17.960
 happen.

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.980
 And often

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.639
 in my mind

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.359
 I think I

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.859
 would just

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.500
 be more

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:25.139
 comfortable if

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.440
 I had a

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.920
 newer car.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.920
 I would

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.519
 just feel a

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.000
 little bit

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.120
 better about

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.320
 my life if

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:33.039
 I had a

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.360
 car.

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.519
 No car

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.080
 reliable.

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.300
 It's all

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:38.240
 turning to

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.539
 dust.

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.259
 It's all

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.700
 fading away.

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:41.100
 It's not

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.480
 eternal.

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:41.840
 And I

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.480
 should say

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.860
 praise God

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.180
 that I can

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.519
 hope in

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.759
 him.

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.180
 He gave me

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.600
 this truck.

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.400
 If he wants

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.740
 it to run

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.140
 it'll run.

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.759
 If he wants

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.240
 it to die

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.019
 it'll die.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.500
 And I'll

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.759
 have the

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.340
 time to

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.900
 fix it and

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.220
 the money.

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.240
 because he

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.680
 cares about

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:52.880
 it.

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.740
 That should

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.819
 be our

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.140
 attitude.

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.200
 1 Corinthians

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.039
 15.32

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.420
 Paul talks

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.759
 about the

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.220
 resurrection.

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.039
 And he's

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.620
 talking about

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:06.740
 the trouble

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.299
 of Christian

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.600
 living.

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.319
 And he

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.660
 says if

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:09.960
 there is

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.440
 no God

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.759
 if the

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.200
 dead aren't

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.680
 raised

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.819
 what should

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.100
 we do?

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.440
 We should

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.400
 eat and

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.480
 drink and

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.960
 be merry

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.460
 for tomorrow

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.860
 we die.

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.319
 We should

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.920
 spend everything

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.500
 we have on

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.579
 us if there

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.160
 is no God.

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.039
 But there

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.559
 is.

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.339
 1 Timothy

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.880
 chapter 5

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.420
 verse 6

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.420
 Paul's

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.180
 talking about

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.480
 widows who

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.940
 are self

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.779
 indulgent and

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.279
 he says but

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.279
 she who is

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.960
 self indulgent

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.440
 is dead even

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.380
 while she

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.680
 lives.

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.440
 If you live

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.400
 to serve you

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.180
 with your

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.620
 resources

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:43.079
 you're dead.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.460
 And the two

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.160
 options are that

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.900
 you're not

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.339
 found in

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.700
 Christ.

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.700
 You don't

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.140
 know him.

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.519
 You've never

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.960
 placed your

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.400
 faith in him.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.819
 He hasn't

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.299
 changed your

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.860
 heart at all.

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.400
 You don't

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.079
 desire him.

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:53.339
 If you

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.140
 spend all of

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.400
 your money

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.960
 on you

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.819
 because you're

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.059
 not a

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.480
 Christian that

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.900
 makes a

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.579
 lot of

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:57.980
 sense.

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.519
 You have

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.039
 it acknowledged

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.440
 with your

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.839
 heart or

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.100
 with your

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.440
 mind that

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.740
 there even

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.120
 is a

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.339
 God.

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.700
 That the

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.420
 eternal state

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.140
 even matters.

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.539
 So you better

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.920
 eat, drink,

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.100
 and be

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.539
 merry because

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.839
 this is all

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.259
 you've got.

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.079
 The rest of

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.620
 your existence

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.500
 is going to

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.839
 be hell.

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.900
 But if there

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.380
 is a God

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.680
 and there

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.160
 is and you

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.860
 are known

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.819
 by him,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.240
 you're

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.879
 found in

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.359
 Christ,

00:28:19.979 --> 00:28:20.879
 and you

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:22.199
 don't live

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.639
 for him,

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.979
 you just

00:28:24.979 --> 00:28:25.199
 need to

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.679
 wake up.

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.879
 You've

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.699
 been lulled

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.359
 to sleep

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.240
 by our

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.619
 culture.

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.979
 You have

00:28:30.979 --> 00:28:31.639
 been told

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.299
 that you

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.500
 need certain

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.659
 things to

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.139
 be happy.

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.179
 Begin really

00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:37.779
 paying attention

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.379
 to commercials.

00:28:39.979 --> 00:28:40.199
 You know

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:40.719
 what marketing

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:41.699
 people do?

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.959
 Their job

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:43.659
 is to convince

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.700
 you that

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.180
 you're not

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.540
 happy,

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.220
 that you're

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.960
 less of a

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.300
 person,

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.200
 that you

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.980
 can't possibly

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.620
 be content

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.100
 if you don't

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.620
 have the

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.040
 thing they're

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.380
 trying to

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.540
 sell.

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.140
 It's with

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.980
 everything.

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.040
 Ladies,

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.000
 makeup,

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.400
 all of that

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.860
 is about

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.420
 making you

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.120
 feel ugly

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.900
 so you'll

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.180
 buy the

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.660
 products so

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.000
 you can be

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.000
 pretty like

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.360
 the girl

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.160
 commercial.

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.880
 Guys,

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.460
 have you

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.460
 noticed how

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.019
 many guy

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.540
 products are

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:08.200
 sold to us

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.660
 with women?

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.720
 If you use

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.540
 this deodorant,

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.620
 you'll have

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.819
 these women.

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.639
 It makes no

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:16.059
 sense whatsoever.

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.759
 We are so

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.639
 stupid.

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.459
 We buy it.

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.879
 We buy it.

00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:21.419
 We swallow

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.059
 it right up.

00:29:23.479 --> 00:29:24.159
 For a while,

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.759
 I lived with

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.139
 Jamie and

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.319
 Chris.

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:25.579
 They were

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.179
 gracious enough

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.559
 to me when

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.759
 they were

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.500
 living in

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.859
 Swanee,

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.219
 and I

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:28.599
 worked for

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.879
 Chris.

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.099
 Every day,

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.479
 I had to

00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:30.959
 drive through

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.399
 the Mall of

00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:31.719
 Georgia,

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.099
 make that

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.579
 little trek

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.079
 through there.

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.379
 Even just

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.379
 going through

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.099
 an area like

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.379
 that where

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.139
 everything is

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.879
 shiny and

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.179
 new,

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.439
 and there's

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.779
 all those

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.299
 new cars,

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.859
 and everybody's

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.439
 driving new

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.759
 cars,

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.519
 and I

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.759
 think at

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.019
 the time

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.220
 I was

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.660
 driving an

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.160
 old Jeep,

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.860
 and it

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:47.660
 just suddenly

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.240
 starts to

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.580
 work into

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:48.640
 you.

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.940
 I'm not

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.380
 happy.

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.720
 I don't

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.080
 have

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.480
 everything

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.900
 else that

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.180
 everybody

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.840
 else has.

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.700
 Dead.

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:55.920
 How

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.460
 miserable.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.059
 You've

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.440
 been granted

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.799
 true life

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.000
 now to

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.500
 experience

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.880
 Christ by

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.360
 moment of

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.900
 each day,

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.059
 and to

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.600
 have him

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.400
 forever.

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.940
 Why do we

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.500
 spend money

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.660
 on the

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.019
 things we

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.460
 spend money

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.660
 on?

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:12.320
 Turn with

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.519
 me to

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.920
 Luke chapter

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.420
 12.

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.259
 Derive this

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.019
 point with

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.880
 a parable

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.460
 that Jesus

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.800
 told.

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.940
 Luke chapter

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.460
 12, and I'm

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.660
 going to start

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.060
 reading in

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.720
 verse 13.

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.460
 Luke records,

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.920
 someone in

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.180
 the crowd

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.500
 said to

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.660
 him,

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.240
 Teacher,

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.299
 tell my

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.700
 brother to

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.420
 divide the

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.799
 inheritance

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.279
 with me.

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.740
 But he

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.079
 said to

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.240
 him,

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.700
 Jesus said

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:42.980
 to him,

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.079
 Man, who

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.720
 made me a

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.519
 judge or

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.279
 arbitrator over

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.539
 you?

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.779
 So he

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.299
 basically said,

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.200
 you're asking

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.880
 me a question

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.900
 that's not

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.420
 my job.

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.960
 My job is

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.400
 not to tell

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.240
 you how the

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.539
 inheritance

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.860
 should get

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.340
 worked out.

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.220
 That's not

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.640
 why I came.

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.700
 So then he

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.120
 turns to the

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.440
 crowd.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.880
 Notice the

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.579
 pronoun change.

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.079
 Verse 15,

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.759
 and then he

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.519
 said to them,

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.140
 so all those

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.340
 who were

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.799
 gathered to

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.100
 hear him,

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.160
 he says,

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:05.140
 take care and

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.519
 be on your

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.480
 guard against

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:08.080
 all covetousness.

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.019
 My assumption

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.540
 is he knew

00:31:10.540 --> 00:31:11.140
 this man was

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.580
 coveting the

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:11.920
 inheritance.

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.960
 Against all

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.500
 covetousness.

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.200
 For one's

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.860
 life does not

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:16.100
 consist in the

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:17.600
 abundance of

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.140
 his possessions.

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.560
 Now, note

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:22.180
 here, he says

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:23.840
 all covetousness.

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.580
 You don't have

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.180
 to have things

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.500
 to worship

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.860
 things.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.220
 You can

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.519
 certainly

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.240
 worship things

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.600
 and have

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.300
 nothing.

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:33.339
 And he

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.799
 told them a

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.419
 parable saying,

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.879
 verse 16,

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.299
 he told them

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.879
 a parable saying

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:37.099
 to the whole

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.419
 crowd,

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.379
 the land of a

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.720
 rich man

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.220
 produced

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.819
 plentifully.

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.259
 And he

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.500
 thought to

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.759
 himself,

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.299
 what shall I

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.539
 do?

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.059
 For I have

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.680
 nowhere to

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.139
 store my

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.500
 crops.

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.299
 And he

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.480
 said,

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.919
 I will do

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.200
 this.

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.619
 I will tear

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.919
 down my

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.399
 barns and

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.859
 build larger

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.180
 ones.

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.879
 And there I

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.159
 will store

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.500
 all my

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.019
 grain and

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.440
 my goods.

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.000
 And I

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.200
 will say

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.460
 to my

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.700
 soul,

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.240
 soul,

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.819
 you have

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.319
 ample goods

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.680
 laid up for

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.200
 many years.

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.779
 Relax,

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.519
 eat,

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.159
 drink,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.200
 be merry.

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.619
 That's not

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.799
 familiar?

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.740
 God said to

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.059
 him,

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.059
 fool,

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.559
 this night

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.180
 your soul

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.740
 is required

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.119
 of you.

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.680
 And the

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.180
 things you

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.879
 have prepared,

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.759
 whose will

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.119
 they be?

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.399
 So is the

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.899
 one who lays

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.299
 up treasure

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.980
 for himself

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.859
 and is not

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:12.339
 rich toward

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.779
 God.

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.159
 That's an

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.500
 interesting

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.839
 phrase.

00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.200
 It's the only

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.599
 place it's

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.399
 found in the

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.799
 New Testament

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:19.059
 is not rich

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.460
 toward God.

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.740
 And I

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.039
 think it

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.639
 means simply

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.119
 this,

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.759
 that we

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.339
 are to take

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.919
 the possessions

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.659
 we have and

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.599
 in being rich

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.259
 toward God,

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.960
 we're meant

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.079
 to tell the

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.339
 world what

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.839
 we value.

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.579
 Certainly

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.599
 not what

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.939
 this rich

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.240
 man was

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.439
 doing.

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.039
 His sin

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.539
 was not

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.039
 that his

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.679
 fields produced

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.119
 plentifully.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.240
 It's okay

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.799
 to have a

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.240
 job that

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.699
 pays you

00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:45.119
 well.

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.199
 We'll get

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:46.480
 to that.

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.839
 I hope

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.159
 you do.

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.859
 That was

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.220
 not his

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.419
 sin.

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.980
 His sin

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.220
 was that

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.639
 he took

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.699
 it and

00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.240
 he used

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.039
 it for

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.379
 him.

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.139
 He said

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.379
 to the

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.659
 world,

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.679
 what I care

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.680
 about is

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.140
 comfort.

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.920
 I care

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.259
 about

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.120
 parties.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.660
 I want

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.980
 to just

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.660
 hang out,

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.440
 eat,

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:05.799
 drink,

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.920
 be merry.

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.320
 It's a

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.660
 common

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.759
 Greek phrase.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.160
 It was

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.320
 a

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.380
 c'est la vie,

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.580
 enjoy life,

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.380
 hedonism.

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.259
 That's what

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.220
 that phrasing

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.799
 meant.

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.980
 He used

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.980
 that and

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.840
 said to

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.360
 the world,

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.120
 I don't

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.580
 care about

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:22.920
 God.

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.759
 I'm not

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.000
 going to be

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.380
 rich toward

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.539
 him,

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:24.700
 I'm going

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.820
 to be

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.320
 rich toward

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.659
 me.

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.819
 And so

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.179
 why

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:27.759
 ultimately

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.439
 was his

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:30.039
 soul

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.500
 required

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.859
 of him?

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.099
 Why

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.599
 was he

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.399
 damned?

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.839
 It's

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.200
 because he

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.579
 didn't

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.299
 treasure

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.579
 God.

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.779
 He

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.099
 treasured

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.500
 himself.

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.960
 Now note

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.799
 he turns,

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.799
 again we

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.740
 have a

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.139
 turning of

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.439
 attention

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:44.759
 in verse

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.159
 22.

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.659
 He says

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.279
 to his

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.359
 disciples,

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.619
 so he's

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.000
 making a

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.519
 general call

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.759
 to the

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.279
 crowd to

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.619
 say,

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.119
 if you

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.720
 are part

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.079
 of my

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.379
 kingdom,

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.800
 you're

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.060
 not going

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.220
 to be

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.400
 this

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.620
 fool.

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.320
 Then he

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.640
 turns to

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:58.800
 his

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.200
 disciples,

00:33:59.320 --> 00:33:59.600
 those who

00:33:59.600 --> 00:33:59.940
 were part

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.120
 of the

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.360
 kingdom,

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.300
 and he

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:03.160
 raises the

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.540
 bar a little

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:03.660
 bit,

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.440
 explains it

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.700
 a little

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.140
 bit more,

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.020
 and says,

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.480
 therefore I

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.840
 tell you,

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.660
 do not be

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.460
 anxious about

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.039
 your life,

00:34:09.160 --> 00:34:09.420
 what you

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.800
 will eat,

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.140
 nor about

00:34:10.140 --> 00:34:10.599
 your body,

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.320
 what you

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.599
 will put

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.920
 on.

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.940
 For life

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.519
 is more

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.200
 than food,

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.559
 and the

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.039
 body more

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.579
 than clothing.

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.079
 I believe

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.480
 he's talking

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.920
 about that

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.640
 true life

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.200
 in him.

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.260
 Consider

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.720
 the ravens

00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:21.980
 that have

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.360
 sowed or

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.539
 reap,

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.840
 they have

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.039
 neither

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.820
 storehouse nor

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.119
 barn,

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.659
 and yet God

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.199
 feeds them.

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.059
 Of how much

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.639
 more value

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.159
 are you

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.820
 than birds?

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.539
 I hope you

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.019
 know this

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.500
 morning you're

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.159
 way more

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.659
 valuable than

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.960
 birds.

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.440
 Created in the

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.940
 image of God,

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.099
 you're of

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.119
 infinite more

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.920
 value than

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.820
 birds.

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.460
 And which of

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.920
 you by being

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.519
 anxious can

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.159
 add a single

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.980
 hour to a

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.800
 span of life?

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.719
 If then you

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.599
 are not able

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.059
 to do a

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.679
 small thing

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.099
 as that,

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.380
 why are you

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.219
 anxious about

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.820
 the rest?

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.240
 Which time

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.500
 do we

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.480
 spend doing

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.960
 things,

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.680
 orienting our

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.019
 lives in

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.519
 such a way,

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.160
 even financially,

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.780
 thinking that

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.320
 we're extending

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.860
 our life?

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.480
 Jesus says

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.760
 that's a

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.300
 really small

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.680
 thing,

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.559
 and you

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.780
 can't

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.059
 accomplish

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.240
 it.

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.460
 Consider

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.920
 the lilies

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.240
 how they

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.500
 grow,

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:03.880
 that neither

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.380
 toil nor

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.680
 spin,

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.019
 yet I

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.400
 tell you,

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.100
 even Solomon

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.700
 in all his

00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.080
 glory was

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:07.460
 not arrayed

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.740
 like one

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.100
 of these.

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.820
 But if

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.240
 God so

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.620
 clothes the

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.160
 grass which

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.640
 is alive

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:10.980
 in the

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.500
 field today

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.059
 and tomorrow

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.500
 is thrown

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.760
 into the

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:12.980
 oven,

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.840
 how much

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.200
 more will

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.680
 he clothe

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:15.059
 you,

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.920
 or you

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.440
 of little

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.820
 faith?

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:18.220
 Do not

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.580
 seek what

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:18.780
 you are

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.180
 to eat

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.519
 or what

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.700
 you are

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.100
 to drink,

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.700
 nor be

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.140
 worried.

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.960
 For all

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.380
 the nations

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.800
 of the world

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.220
 seek after

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.880
 these things,

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.280
 and your

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.220
 Father knows

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.760
 that you

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.200
 need them.

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.100
 Instead,

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.860
 seek his

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.240
 kingdom,

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.260
 and these

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.200
 things will

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.600
 be added

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:31.200
 to you.

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:32.600
 Seek

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:33.760
 Christ.

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.460
 Take hold

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.940
 of that which

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.300
 is truly

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.620
 life.

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.080
 Store up

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.559
 for yourself

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.440
 treasure in

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.740
 heaven,

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.400
 for moth

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.780
 and rust

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.440
 does not

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.019
 destroy.

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.780
 Find your

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.640
 pleasure in

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.620
 God,

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.019
 and the

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.620
 necessities

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.160
 of life

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.699
 they'll

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.099
 be there.

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.879
 Fear not,

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.219
 little

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.619
 flock,

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.379
 for it

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.599
 is your

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.199
 father's

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.819
 good pleasure

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.319
 to give

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.659
 you the

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:55.960
 kingdom.

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.440
 Sell your

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.879
 possessions

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.519
 and give

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.779
 to the

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.059
 needy.

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.719
 Provide

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.179
 yourselves

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.619
 with money

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.099
 bags that

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.599
 do not

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.139
 grow old,

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.819
 with a

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:03.319
 treasure in

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:03.639
 the heavens

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.139
 that does

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.879
 not fail,

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.779
 where no

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.500
 thief approaches

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.539
 and no

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.099
 moth

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.859
 destroys.

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.359
 The writer of

00:36:09.359 --> 00:36:10.000
 Hebrews talks

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.420
 about a

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.899
 kingdom that

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.599
 cannot be

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.920
 shaken.

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.539
 For where

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.139
 your treasure

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.699
 is,

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.579
 there your

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.059
 heart,

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.519
 will be

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.839
 also.

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.219
 I fear

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.699
 that none

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:21.980
 of us

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.819
 really

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:25.259
 use our

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.599
 riches

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:27.679
 as a

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.099
 proper

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.639
 reflection

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.719
 of what

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.440
 we say

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.019
 we believe.

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.759
 Wes picked

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.079
 out two

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.559
 phenomenal

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.079
 songs

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.440
 before I

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.659
 got up

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:35.899
 here and

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.159
 preached.

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.519
 If we

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.420
 all really

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.039
 believed

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.920
 the verses

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.299
 of those

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.659
 songs,

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.339
 if we

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:41.839
 could sing

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.179
 them with

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.739
 such gusto

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.619
 and actually

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.500
 believe them

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.760
 and our

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.119
 lives

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.539
 reflected

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.760
 that,

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.219
 I have

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.579
 no need

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.880
 to preach

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.260
 this morning.

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.280
 I could

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.480
 have gone

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.679
 up and

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:48.880
 said,

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:49.960
 amen,

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.559
 and sat

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.900
 down.

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.239
 But we

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.739
 don't really,

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.340
 I don't,

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.300
 I say I

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.820
 treasure Christ

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.280
 above all

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.519
 else,

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:56.900
 but I

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.900
 don't always

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.619
 show that

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.280
 the way

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.519
 I use

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.460
 my resources.

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.639
 resources.

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.820
 So four

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.240
 practical

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:07.240
 application

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.460
 points from

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.980
 this text.

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.220
 Now I

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.539
 will tell

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.260
 you that I

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.880
 am really

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.539
 probably not

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.280
 the source

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.220
 of information

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.980
 on how

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.500
 you should

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.320
 manage your

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.500
 money.

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.760
 I probably

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.199
 could write a

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.800
 book about

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.519
 what not to

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.300
 do with

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.599
 your money

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.920
 and maybe

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.380
 a short

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.059
 essay on

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.280
 what you

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.720
 should do

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.500
 with your

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.659
 money.

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.940
 I praise

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.639
 God that I

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.400
 married a

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.119
 woman who

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:29.380
 is very

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.220
 careful with

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.500
 money.

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.000
 certainly a

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.079
 way that I

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.400
 am being

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.420
 sanctified and

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.500
 that we are

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.480
 better together

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.280
 than I was

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.739
 apart from

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:37.920
 her.

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.619
 Sam and I

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.420
 have rules in

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.780
 our house.

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.780
 We don't spend

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.059
 more than

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.800
 $20 without

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.500
 talking to

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.900
 each other.

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.820
 And that's

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.400
 really good for

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.900
 me because I

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.320
 tend to be a

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.559
 little bit

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.960
 impulsive.

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.500
 And it's

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.840
 good when I

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.159
 have to go,

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.579
 ooh, I'm

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:49.679
 going to have

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.000
 to talk to

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.320
 Sam about

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:51.360
 that and

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.139
 give it five

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.599
 minutes and I

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.380
 go, I don't

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.780
 need that.

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.940
 That is not

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.920
 something necessary

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.579
 in my life.

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.440
 Sam has

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.840
 actually no

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.519
 idea how many

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.920
 things I

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.480
 don't buy.

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.000
 because I

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.239
 know I

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.460
 have to

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.719
 talk to

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:01.940
 her about

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.079
 it.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.340
 So there's

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.840
 a chance you

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.300
 might be in a

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.059
 relationship or

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.719
 some day will

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.000
 be where you're

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.500
 both really,

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.079
 really weak in

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.480
 this area.

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.320
 And I'd

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.880
 suggest that you

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.440
 have somebody

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.780
 who's not be

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.360
 that accountability

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.280
 for you as a

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.539
 couple.

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.380
 But I don't

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.860
 intend to be

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.179
 quite that

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.699
 practical with

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.519
 you because I'm

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.820
 really not

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.619
 qualified for it.

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.099
 But here's the

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.619
 four things.

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.460
 Number one,

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.559
 treasure Christ

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.639
 more each day.

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.779
 The way you

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:30.059
 fend off the

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.659
 lies of this

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:32.119
 world, of this

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.759
 consumeristic culture,

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.719
 I mean, we're in a

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.940
 tough place to

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:37.500
 stand against this

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.779
 lie.

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:40.079
 It is all around

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.480
 us.

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.139
 You treasure

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:43.639
 Christ more each

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.940
 day.

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.900
 How do you do

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.219
 that?

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.279
 Take a look at

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.420
 him.

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.320
 Spend some time

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.420
 with him in his

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.639
 word.

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:52.259
 Get into the

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.880
 word of God

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.539
 every single

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.180
 day.

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.599
 That when you

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.180
 walk out the

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.539
 door in the

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.340
 morning, you're

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.019
 armed against

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.440
 that kind of

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:58.700
 stuff.

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.760
 Guys, I know

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.660
 a lot of us

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.340
 don't function

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.780
 well in the

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.019
 morning.

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.480
 Our brains

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.820
 don't really

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.380
 click along

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.720
 well.

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.320
 And you

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.740
 might say,

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.780
 I do better

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.400
 in the evening.

00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:07.820
 My quiet

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.360
 time is best

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:09.079
 spent in the

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.400
 evening.

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.800
 What are you

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.380
 doing all day

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.539
 then?

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.260
 Where's the

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.700
 armament?

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.680
 All day.

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.599
 If you're

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.180
 going to study

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.559
 in the evening,

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:16.099
 fine, that's

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.260
 good.

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.059
 Spend some time

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.440
 in the word of

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.960
 God before you

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.420
 head out the

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.500
 door in the

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.720
 morning.

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.480
 Number two,

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.619
 pray that God

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.400
 would kill the

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.500
 idolatry of

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.900
 your heart.

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.800
 All those

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.380
 things that you

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.059
 do worship,

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.559
 those things

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.139
 that you do

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:31.320
 need, you

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.699
 think you

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:33.659
 need, pray

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:35.340
 daily that God

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.099
 would kill that

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.820
 in you, that

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.579
 you might desire

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.840
 only him.

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:44.420
 Thirdly, earn

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:45.860
 so that you

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:47.139
 can give.

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:50.940
 again, I

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.379
 am really

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:52.440
 glad that the

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.219
 rich farmer's

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:54.440
 produce yielded

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.000
 well for him.

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.480
 He had a

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.500
 great opportunity

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.420
 to use his

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.199
 riches for his

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:01.940
 eternal joy.

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.579
 You should do

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.219
 the same.

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.059
 Young people,

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.019
 I don't know

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.279
 what you're

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.559
 supposed to

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.019
 major in.

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.339
 There are

00:40:08.339 --> 00:40:08.739
 some better

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.259
 majors out

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.500
 there than

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:09.779
 others.

00:40:10.839 --> 00:40:11.400
 I was a

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:12.119
 sociology major.

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.099
 I believed

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:13.539
 I was supposed

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.759
 to be.

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:14.099
 You can't

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.500
 make money

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.119
 as a sociology

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.379
 major.

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:17.559
 I hope

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.960
 that some

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.559
 of you are

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.180
 being called

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.599
 to and

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.340
 obedient to

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.740
 becoming

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.480
 businessmen,

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.400
 studying

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.980
 international

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.340
 business.

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.720
 I hope

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.000
 you go

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.480
 and make

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.900
 millions of

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:27.559
 dollars and

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.820
 then you

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.360
 spend it all

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.240
 generously on

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.460
 the kingdom

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.840
 of God.

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.019
 We need

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.340
 that.

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.140
 The kingdom

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.420
 of God,

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.980
 that 85.5

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.180
 billion needs

00:40:35.180 --> 00:40:35.940
 to be 300

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.340
 billion.

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:36.980
 We need

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.400
 people who

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.660
 are willing

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.360
 to go out

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.019
 and spend

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.740
 their lives

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:41.440
 spending for

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.800
 the kingdom.

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.240
 So earn

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.780
 so that you

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.400
 can give.

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:46.900
 John

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.320
 Piper is

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.720
 famous for

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.340
 saying it's

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.620
 okay to

00:40:48.620 --> 00:40:49.000
 have a six

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.460
 figure salary

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.060
 but not a

00:40:50.060 --> 00:40:50.500
 six figure

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.000
 lifestyle.

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:52.260
 I agree.

00:40:54.040 --> 00:40:54.840
 You didn't

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.160
 earn it.

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.840
 It's not

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.580
 yours.

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.180
 It's given

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:58.400
 to you as

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.820
 a gift.

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.760
 We have

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:00.180
 to really

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:01.200
 begin to

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.980
 talk about

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:03.340
 what we

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.080
 want and

00:41:04.080 --> 00:41:04.440
 what we

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:05.480
 need and

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.240
 how that

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:07.000
 plays into

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.500
 our Christian

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:07.760
 living.

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.360
 I could

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.080
 ramble for

00:41:10.080 --> 00:41:10.840
 hours about

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.340
 that and not

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:12.060
 really arrive

00:41:12.060 --> 00:41:13.660
 at anything

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.619
 tangible for

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.359
 your life

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:15.639
 but I

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.119
 constantly

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.759
 ask myself

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.319
 that question.

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.519
 I don't

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.819
 think it's

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.239
 wrong for

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.440
 me to

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.299
 have some

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.879
 things I

00:41:20.879 --> 00:41:21.339
 want.

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.399
 Okay?

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:24.359
 But mostly

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.980
 my life is

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.679
 about me.

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:27.920
 What's the

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.559
 trajectory of

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:28.819
 my life?

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.259
 Where is

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:30.179
 God taking

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.019
 me and how

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.279
 does he

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.940
 intend me to

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.239
 go along

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.899
 that way?

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.859
 And I

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.599
 mostly find

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:35.899
 that he

00:41:35.899 --> 00:41:36.379
 directs me to

00:41:36.379 --> 00:41:36.699
 spend my

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.379
 money only on

00:41:37.379 --> 00:41:38.440
 things that

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.599
 I need and

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.239
 not really

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:41.980
 much that I

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.279
 want.

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:45.180
 I really

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:45.860
 used to have

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.620
 a dream of

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:47.680
 owning a

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:48.240
 Porsche

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.720
 Speedster,

00:41:49.060 --> 00:41:50.220
 1952

00:41:50.220 --> 00:41:50.540
 Porsche

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:50.920
 Speedster.

00:41:51.060 --> 00:41:51.360
 It's the

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.180
 model of

00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.660
 car that

00:41:52.660 --> 00:41:53.440
 James Dean

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.100
 died in.

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:54.360
 If you've

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.680
 ever seen

00:41:54.680 --> 00:41:55.680
 him, that's

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:55.920
 a cool

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.260
 car,

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:56.940
 Porsche

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.260
 Speedster.

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:59.340
 And as

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.920
 God began

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.380
 to get a

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:00.720
 hold of

00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:01.340
 this area

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.620
 of my

00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:02.820
 life, I

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.120
 had to

00:42:03.120 --> 00:42:04.160
 realize I'm

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:04.620
 not going

00:42:04.620 --> 00:42:04.920
 to ever

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.580
 own a

00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:05.740
 Porsche

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.100
 Speedster.

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:07.800
 I had to

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.100
 die to

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:08.660
 that dream

00:42:08.660 --> 00:42:09.140
 of having

00:42:09.140 --> 00:42:09.440
 a Porsche

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.820
 Speedster.

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.420
 And some

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.680
 of you might

00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:10.940
 be thinking,

00:42:11.100 --> 00:42:12.200
 maybe someday,

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:13.180
 God gives

00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.580
 good things

00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:14.080
 to enjoy.

00:42:14.600 --> 00:42:14.960
 If somebody

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.620
 gave me a

00:42:15.620 --> 00:42:15.980
 Porsche Speedster,

00:42:16.040 --> 00:42:16.320
 if one of

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.640
 you has a

00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:17.060
 Porsche Speedster

00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.540
 in your

00:42:17.540 --> 00:42:18.940
 garage right

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.380
 now and

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.940
 you gave it

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:21.100
 to me, I

00:42:21.100 --> 00:42:21.500
 would sell

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.680
 it.

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:23.700
 I'm not

00:42:23.700 --> 00:42:24.180
 driving through

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:24.720
 McDonald's

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:25.360
 drive-thru in

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.640
 a Porsche

00:42:25.640 --> 00:42:26.040
 Speedster.

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.420
 I'm not

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.760
 going to do

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:26.940
 it.

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.240
 I'm not

00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:28.600
 going to do

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:28.700
 it.

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.000
 I want to

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.320
 say to this

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:29.720
 world, with

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.380
 everything that

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.900
 I have,

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.780
 price is more

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.340
 precious to

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.780
 me than, I

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:33.960
 don't even

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.240
 know what that

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:34.460
 costs.

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:34.620
 I don't

00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:34.820
 want to

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:34.920
 know.

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.260
 Probably an

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.780
 $80,000

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.840
 vehicle.

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.000
 Right?

00:42:38.620 --> 00:42:39.019
 So if you

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.400
 care about

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.719
 it, don't

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.079
 give it to

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.340
 me because

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.539
 I'm going

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.780
 to sell

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:40.980
 it.

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.440
 It would

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.880
 be painful.

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:45.059
 But you're

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.219
 going to

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:46.139
 recognize that

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:46.900
 some dreams

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.400
 of your life

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:47.840
 are going to

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:48.460
 have to die.

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.259
 And as you

00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:49.960
 work hard and

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.719
 do things and

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:52.380
 you attain and

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:53.420
 you rise up in

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.199
 your company and

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:55.099
 you do all that

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.559
 which you should

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.360
 do, you're

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.900
 going to feel

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:57.559
 like in those

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.059
 moments that

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.719
 you've earned

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:01.219
 a little larger

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:02.119
 flat screen TV.

00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:03.360
 Got the money

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.579
 now.

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.099
 We should do

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.300
 it.

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.519
 Please trade

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.519
 those things for

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:09.000
 greater joy.

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:11.559
 The value of

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.360
 those things is

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:13.440
 so fleeting and

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.820
 passing.

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.780
 With a greater

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:15.639
 joy in Christ,

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.280
 you will

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:17.019
 appreciate

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:20.059
 forever.

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:21.079
 Have a

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.500
 kingdom,

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.739
 eternal mindset

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:24.559
 and earn so

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.219
 that you can

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:25.900
 give.

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.579
 And then

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.039
 number four,

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.780
 be a

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.579
 disciplined,

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.159
 cheerful

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.659
 giver.

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.920
 I don't

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.360
 think that

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:35.539
 we here

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.360
 have actually

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.280
 put enough

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:39.000
 emphasis

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:40.039
 on giving.

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.659
 I know that

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.320
 personally,

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.760
 I've kind of

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:44.559
 treated money as

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.139
 the necessary

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:46.599
 evil to do

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.920
 things.

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.280
 We kind of

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.420
 go,

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.820
 we want to

00:43:48.820 --> 00:43:49.139
 give.

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.760
 I'm sure

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.159
 Chris will

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:51.559
 mention it.

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:51.920
 There's a

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.579
 can on a

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.440
 table as

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:53.860
 you go out

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.940
 the door and

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.260
 that's where you

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:55.559
 put your

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.920
 offering.

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:57.079
 It's kind of

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.780
 like we want

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.440
 to not make a

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.059
 big deal out of

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.219
 it.

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:00.000
 We don't want to

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.739
 guilt people by

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:01.380
 passing a plate.

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:01.840
 Things like that.

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:02.780
 I don't know if

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:02.980
 we're going to

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:03.360
 change it.

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.079
 I don't know.

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:04.500
 But I don't

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.880
 think we really

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.860
 emphasize it enough.

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.539
 It's been a

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.159
 disservice to

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.300
 you.

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.139
 It's an act of

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.880
 worship to come

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.659
 together and

00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:10.820
 give money to

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:11.340
 the work of the

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.519
 church.

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.079
 That's the

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:13.599
 primary place you

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.000
 should give your

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.199
 money.

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.000
 I'd say first and

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.659
 foremost you should

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.860
 give your money to

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.300
 the church.

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.679
 Sam and I have

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:21.320
 this little bookmark,

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:22.119
 so I bookmarked the

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.679
 text for today.

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.019
 We give to

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.440
 Compassion

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:24.860
 International.

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.480
 We have a little

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:25.900
 guy that we

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.460
 sponsor named

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.320
 Shevchenko.

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.119
 I call him

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:30.400
 Shev.

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.740
 $35 a month and

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:34.160
 we do that, but I

00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:35.860
 wouldn't do this in

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.960
 the neglect of

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.039
 giving to the

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.380
 church.

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.460
 You ought to do

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.300
 that first and

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:41.660
 foremost.

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:43.320
 My generation, I'm

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:46.000
 now 32, I went to

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.420
 a very large church

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.760
 coming up through

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.260
 middle school and

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.260
 high school, and I

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.380
 saw no value in

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:51.860
 giving to that

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.200
 church.

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.700
 They were

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:53.519
 building massive

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:54.639
 buildings debt-free.

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.300
 I didn't see the

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.660
 point.

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.619
 And I wanted to

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:58.660
 see directly, I

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.500
 wanted to see my

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:01.719
 check go to

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.480
 something really

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:02.739
 good.

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.440
 I actually started

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.300
 sponsoring a child

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:05.699
 in those days, and

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.840
 I didn't give to

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:08.239
 the church, to my

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:08.659
 regret.

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:10.079
 I didn't give to

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.760
 what was going on

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:10.940
 there.

00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:13.559
 No one who

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:14.460
 comes here wants

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.300
 the money that they

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:16.000
 give here to go to

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.440
 electricity.

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:17.179
 Am I right?

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:17.739
 In fact, if I

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.760
 said, hey, why don't

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:19.159
 you give to the

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:19.880
 kingdom by turning

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.420
 the lights on?

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:22.059
 People go, no,

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.519
 no, no, I want

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:22.840
 to see it go

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:23.679
 directly to ministry,

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:24.219
 but you know that

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:25.599
 lights are valuable.

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:27.179
 You can see what

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:27.639
 we're doing this

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:28.320
 morning as a result

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.619
 of them.

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.579
 You can hear me

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:30.420
 talk because we're

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.000
 running AC.

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:32.839
 If it were, I'm

00:45:32.839 --> 00:45:33.880
 guessing, 105 degrees

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.940
 in here, if we

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.440
 weren't running the

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:36.639
 AC, you would be

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.659
 totally checked out.

00:45:37.759 --> 00:45:39.159
 There's value in

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.779
 those types of

00:45:39.779 --> 00:45:40.119
 things.

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:40.920
 And for us to be

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.519
 able to as a

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.539
 church to go beyond

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.339
 that and begin to

00:45:43.339 --> 00:45:44.159
 reach this community,

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:45.239
 it's going to take

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.900
 money.

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:48.859
 We have kind of a

00:45:48.859 --> 00:45:50.659
 directive that we've

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.819
 prayed about together

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.559
 as a church and

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:54.420
 decided that we're

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:55.440
 working toward what

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.839
 we call the 90-10

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.360
 endeavor.

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.140
 I don't know that

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.680
 we'll ever get

00:45:59.680 --> 00:45:59.900
 there.

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.360
 I hope that we

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:01.860
 will, but what

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:03.000
 that means, it is

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.780
 our hope one day

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.880
 that 10% of the

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.420
 money that comes

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:05.980
 into our church

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:06.720
 will go to the

00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:07.680
 administrative types

00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:09.180
 of things, paying

00:46:09.180 --> 00:46:10.280
 utility, things of

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:11.280
 that nature, replacing

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:11.780
 light bulbs.

00:46:12.620 --> 00:46:13.840
 But the rest of it

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:15.100
 will go to directly

00:46:15.100 --> 00:46:16.880
 affect people's lives.

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:19.800
 Set that out ahead

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.000
 of us.

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.440
 We get a little

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.240
 closer to it every

00:46:21.240 --> 00:46:21.760
 budget year.

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:23.220
 I hope one day

00:46:23.220 --> 00:46:24.300
 that we'll achieve

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:24.480
 that.

00:46:24.560 --> 00:46:25.080
 I'm not even sure

00:46:25.080 --> 00:46:25.720
 if it's mathematically

00:46:25.720 --> 00:46:27.580
 possible, but we

00:46:27.580 --> 00:46:28.560
 put that before us

00:46:28.560 --> 00:46:30.020
 because we want to

00:46:30.020 --> 00:46:31.040
 see money go and

00:46:31.040 --> 00:46:32.080
 change people's

00:46:32.080 --> 00:46:32.520
 lives.

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:33.920
 Help us go.

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:34.880
 Take us to Atlanta

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:36.360
 to share our day

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:37.040
 with people on the

00:46:37.040 --> 00:46:37.260
 bridges.

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:39.180
 But we have to have

00:46:39.180 --> 00:46:40.100
 it to be able to do

00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:41.000
 those things.

00:46:41.160 --> 00:46:42.380
 So it's important

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:44.400
 that we be disciplined

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:47.020
 and cheerful givers.

00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:48.340
 So just as an

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:49.500
 example, and I

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:50.920
 don't do this to

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:53.619
 praise me because

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:54.780
 I'm more of a

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:55.539
 failure with money

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:56.019
 than I am a

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.760
 success with it.

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:58.860
 Sam and I give

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:00.680
 more than 10% to

00:47:00.680 --> 00:47:01.119
 the church.

00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:01.900
 We do it every

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:03.159
 month, first of the

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:03.400
 month.

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.420
 I write a check,

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:06.180
 and I won't get

00:47:06.180 --> 00:47:06.740
 into the details,

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.920
 but we do do more

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:08.780
 than 10%.

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:11.079
 Guys, 10% is

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:12.860
 biblical tithing.

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.720
 In the Old

00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.720
 Testament, God gave

00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:16.360
 that to the people

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:17.320
 of Israel to provide

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:18.240
 for the Levites.

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:19.740
 That's how they made

00:47:19.740 --> 00:47:20.340
 their living because

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.900
 they spent all

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:22.760
 of their time serving

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:23.519
 the people in the

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:23.760
 temple.

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:25.240
 That's how they

00:47:25.240 --> 00:47:25.660
 lived.

00:47:26.700 --> 00:47:28.059
 We're beyond that

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:28.400
 now.

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:30.440
 So it's not a,

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:31.599
 oh, freedom in

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.240
 Christ, let me just

00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:32.900
 figure out, let me

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.579
 pray about what I

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.019
 should do.

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:35.599
 2.3%.

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:37.700
 Those things should

00:47:37.700 --> 00:47:38.740
 still be happening.

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:41.039
 Jesus chastises the

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:42.840
 Pharisees because they

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:44.079
 were so legalistic

00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:44.680
 about the tithe.

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:46.340
 They tithed even

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:47.720
 their herbs, their

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:49.320
 herbs, their dill,

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:49.880
 their mint.

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:51.300
 They even tied that.

00:47:52.100 --> 00:47:52.720
 And Jesus said,

00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:53.880
 this you should be

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.120
 doing.

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.820
 You should be giving

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:57.720
 10%, but you should

00:47:57.720 --> 00:47:58.360
 also be seeking

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:58.960
 justice.

00:47:59.220 --> 00:48:00.120
 And he took them

00:48:00.120 --> 00:48:01.640
 even beyond that.

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:03.200
 And so I have no

00:48:03.200 --> 00:48:04.320
 hesitation to say to

00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:06.600
 you, start at 10%.

00:48:06.600 --> 00:48:07.900
 If you're not doing

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:08.740
 that already, start

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:10.000
 doing it, and then

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.880
 pray about going up

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.220
 from there.

00:48:11.620 --> 00:48:12.200
 I don't think you

00:48:12.200 --> 00:48:12.620
 even need to pray

00:48:12.620 --> 00:48:13.079
 about 10%.

00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:13.619
 Just do it.

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:16.199
 And then go up

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:16.539
 from there.

00:48:17.319 --> 00:48:18.639
 And I know because

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:19.480
 I've been there in

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.159
 my life, I'm there

00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:20.539
 right now.

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:21.679
 Honestly, I would

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:22.299
 say to you, I can't

00:48:22.299 --> 00:48:23.900
 afford to give 10%

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.759
 of our income.

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:26.239
 You can't do that.

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:26.719
 You can.

00:48:27.799 --> 00:48:28.119
 You can.

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:29.480
 God has given you

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:30.539
 everything that you

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:30.840
 have.

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:32.639
 He's commanded you

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:33.759
 to give to the work

00:48:33.759 --> 00:48:34.380
 of the church.

00:48:35.539 --> 00:48:36.819
 He's going to reward

00:48:36.819 --> 00:48:37.079
 that.

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:38.420
 He's going to keep

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.440
 it coming.

00:48:40.279 --> 00:48:40.920
 I promise.

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.719
 He'll do that.

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:43.799
 There is a generation

00:48:43.799 --> 00:48:46.159
 of givers, sadly,

00:48:46.459 --> 00:48:47.599
 that's passing away.

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:50.559
 Sid and Ruth are

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.099
 hanging on.

00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:51.919
 I'm so glad that

00:48:51.919 --> 00:48:52.299
 they're here.

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:53.219
 These are people

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:54.480
 that understand that.

00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:55.219
 They've given

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:57.139
 faithfully year after

00:48:57.139 --> 00:48:58.059
 year after year

00:48:58.059 --> 00:48:58.619
 after year.

00:48:58.839 --> 00:48:59.959
 And Sid, in our

00:48:59.959 --> 00:49:01.299
 times together, has

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:02.599
 said, God has never

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:03.519
 failed.

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:05.899
 Sid, 83 years?

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:08.119
 83 years.

00:49:09.259 --> 00:49:10.359
 I've got 32.

00:49:10.359 --> 00:49:11.279
 He's never failed me.

00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:13.319
 Let my life and Sid's

00:49:13.319 --> 00:49:14.179
 life be a testimony

00:49:14.179 --> 00:49:14.980
 of you that he will

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:16.719
 never fail you.

00:49:16.839 --> 00:49:17.519
 So give.

00:49:17.959 --> 00:49:18.579
 Be disciplined.

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:19.659
 Be cheerful.

00:49:20.919 --> 00:49:22.079
 Start at 10 and go up.

00:49:22.859 --> 00:49:23.339
 You know, a lot of

00:49:23.339 --> 00:49:23.939
 churches now do

00:49:23.939 --> 00:49:24.779
 online giving.

00:49:24.959 --> 00:49:25.639
 You can automatically

00:49:25.639 --> 00:49:26.719
 have it deducted out

00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:28.539
 of your account.

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:31.719
 I don't want to say

00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:32.379
 we'll never do

00:49:32.379 --> 00:49:33.099
 something like that,

00:49:33.179 --> 00:49:34.119
 but I find that so

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:35.159
 easy.

00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:37.319
 I want you to have to

00:49:37.319 --> 00:49:38.440
 think about what

00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:38.920
 you're doing.

00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:41.219
 Not be forgetful.

00:49:41.399 --> 00:49:42.379
 Don't forget that

00:49:42.379 --> 00:49:43.119
 part of what we do

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:44.460
 together is give for

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:44.819
 the kingdom.

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:47.139
 Consider it an act of

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.379
 worship.

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:48.379
 Be disciplined in it.

00:49:49.739 --> 00:49:50.539
 And be a cheerful

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:50.839
 giver.

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:53.019
 So I hope that this

00:49:53.019 --> 00:49:54.319
 morning, as we talk

00:49:54.319 --> 00:49:56.159
 about Christ and

00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:58.179
 culture, that you're

00:49:58.179 --> 00:49:59.519
 allowing this truth to

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.359
 run into you.

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:01.480
 I can't see how it's

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:03.539
 possible that any of

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:05.720
 us is just okay with

00:50:05.720 --> 00:50:06.019
 this.

00:50:06.220 --> 00:50:07.720
 That we've all, that

00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:08.240
 we've just got it

00:50:08.240 --> 00:50:08.760
 figured out.

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:10.059
 And so I believe as a

00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:11.720
 result that some

00:50:11.720 --> 00:50:13.059
 response is necessary.

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:16.360
 I think after any

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:17.480
 sermon, we ought to be

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:18.420
 responding to God.

00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:19.980
 As he's spoken to us,

00:50:20.019 --> 00:50:20.760
 we ought to speak back

00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:21.099
 to him.

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:23.680
 So we have a time that

00:50:23.680 --> 00:50:24.300
 we do every Sunday

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:26.059
 together, taking the

00:50:26.059 --> 00:50:26.760
 Lord's Supper together.

00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:28.720
 It's one of my

00:50:28.720 --> 00:50:29.559
 favorite times.

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.820
 I hope that it

00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:32.400
 hasn't become dogmatic

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:32.940
 for you.

00:50:33.759 --> 00:50:34.940
 Another motion to go

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:35.139
 through.

00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:36.199
 But we believe that

00:50:36.199 --> 00:50:37.239
 together, if we haven't

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:39.039
 already, we ought to

00:50:39.039 --> 00:50:41.259
 really point to the

00:50:41.259 --> 00:50:42.480
 cross of Christ.

00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:43.440
 Where his body was

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:44.699
 broken, his blood was

00:50:44.699 --> 00:50:46.059
 spilled on our behalf.

00:50:46.179 --> 00:50:48.320
 That if we're going to

00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:49.559
 treasure him more and

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:50.299
 more each day, we

00:50:50.299 --> 00:50:50.980
 certainly should do

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.940
 that on Sunday as we

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:52.860
 gather together as his

00:50:52.860 --> 00:50:53.500
 redeemed people.

00:50:53.779 --> 00:50:54.739
 We ought to celebrate

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:56.099
 the work that he did

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:56.500
 for us.

00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:57.739
 And it's not just that.

00:50:57.820 --> 00:50:59.340
 We're looking back to

00:50:59.340 --> 00:51:00.300
 the sacrifice of

00:51:00.300 --> 00:51:01.340
 Christ for the

00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:02.460
 redemption, but we're

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:03.680
 also looking forward to

00:51:03.680 --> 00:51:04.660
 his return.

00:51:05.640 --> 00:51:06.600
 That's a guaranteed

00:51:06.600 --> 00:51:07.900
 thing, that our

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:09.440
 redemption is going to

00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:10.600
 be completed, that he

00:51:10.600 --> 00:51:11.640
 started it and he's

00:51:11.640 --> 00:51:12.740
 promised to finish it.

00:51:12.760 --> 00:51:13.860
 He's coming back for

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.240
 us.

00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:16.320
 Eternal promises.

00:51:16.539 --> 00:51:17.300
 We should live for

00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:17.600
 that.

00:51:18.640 --> 00:51:19.420
 Take hold of that

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:20.240
 which is truly life

00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:22.160
 now, and that which

00:51:22.160 --> 00:51:24.100
 will be forever and

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 ever.

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 Praise God.

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 And the guys are

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 going to come play

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 right after I get

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 done praying.

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 We'll have some

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 stations set up.

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 I just ask that you

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 take some time to ask

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 God to examine your

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 heart and reveal to

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 you any hidden sin.

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 I don't expect that

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 you'll get this all

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 figured out in the

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 next five minutes, but

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 that you'll take some

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 time, that you might

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 take the Lord's

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 Supper with a clean

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 conscience.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Let's pray together.

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