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 we are today drawing to a close our series, Generous God.

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 The thrust of this series has been that God's generosity to us

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ produces a life of generosity,

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 pervasive generosity, generosity in all areas of life,

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 generosity with our time, with our talents, treasures,

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 our testimony, with our relationships, hospitality,

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 with forgiveness, all of life, all of life.

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 And one of the challenges has been is that it's possible to be generous

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 in one area of life without being generous in another area of life.

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 It's quite possibly generous here but stingy over here.

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 It's possible to give away large portions of our finances and assets

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 while not willing to serve in a ministry.

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 What that tells us is that our time is more valuable to us

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 than anything else.

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 or to not draw close to others,

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 not to spend time but to share our hearts,

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 to share our emotions, our feelings,

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 because our privacy is more valuable to us

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 than our time or our possessions.

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 The radical generosity of God to us in Jesus Christ,

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 it is a holistic salvation,

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 produces a holistic, pervasive generosity

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 in all of life of those who follow him.

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 Radical generosity is so much more than money

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 but it's not less than what we do with our money.

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 That's why we've not really focused on the issue of money

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 in this entire series right through,

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 I dabbled in a little bit earlier on,

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 but right through this whole term,

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 we've not really touched on the issue of money

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 until right today, right at the end.

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 Because I didn't want you to think it was all just about money.

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 And I know you've been busting,

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 waiting for the money one to come.

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 And so here it is today,

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 just to complete the whole series for you.

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 Now, why are we doing it right now?

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 Why are we doing it?

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 There's three reasons I want to talk about money.

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 Number one, it's because I actually want us to celebrate today.

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 While we have had,

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 and you've been aware of this in communications,

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 we've had some significant financial challenges

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 this year as a church,

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 due to the childcare centre not coming off earlier this year.

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 and we've, however,

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 continued to give as a church,

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 which has been fantastic.

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 Back in 2014,

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 can't believe it was only 10 years ago,

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 part of the funding to redevelop our entire site here

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 was for us to take out a mortgage

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 of about a bit over $400,000.

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 We started this year

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 with about $93,000 or so left to pay off on that mortgage.

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 As of the end of last month,

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 that is entirely paid off.

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 St. Paul's is now debt-free

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 for the first time since 2014.

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 That's a celebration moment.

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 That is a phenomenal effort.

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 So as I talk about money today,

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 I'm talking about it with a heart of celebration for us as a church.

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 I think it's a phenomenal response that we've had this year.

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 Secondly,

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 I want to talk about money

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 because in Luke's gospel,

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 Jesus talks about money, possessions, greed, and wealth,

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 a whole lot.

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 One third of his parables in Luke

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 are about this issue.

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 He warns of the dangers

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 and what it looks like to have a life of pervasive generosity.

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 So Jesus talked about it

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 and we want to talk about it.

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 Thirdly,

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 crucially,

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 our perspective on money and possessions and wealth

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 and how we handle them

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 lie at the very heart of the Christian life.

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 At the very heart of the Christian life,

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 at the very center,

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 the core of the Christian life.

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 If you think that's an overstatement,

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 it is not.

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 I'm not using hyperbole here.

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 The Bible emphatically demonstrates

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 that what we do with our finances

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 significantly influences eternity.

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 Not just to other people's,

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 yours.

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 God has recorded in the Bible

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 everything we need to know

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 about his investment priorities,

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 his high standard of management

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 and the rewards he offers

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 his faithful stewards.

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 The issue of riches and wealth and money

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 come up again and again and again

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 as Jesus takes his journey towards Jerusalem.

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 And as he draws near to Jerusalem,

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 he's asked a question by a man known for centuries

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 as the rich young ruler,

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 which is our text this morning.

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 And with this interaction with Jesus,

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 there are three things to learn about money,

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 wealth and possessions.

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 And if you've got the St. Paul's app in front of you,

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 I'd encourage you to open it up

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 and you see the three points there in front of you.

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 And the first one that he highlights

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 is the danger of money and wealth.

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 And that's our first point.

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 We see it in the middle of the passage.

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 We're at Luke 18.

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 So I open that up if you haven't got it in front of you.

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 Luke 18 verse 24.

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 Jesus looks right at this rich young man

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 and he says to him,

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 how hard it is for the rich

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Indeed, it is easier for a camel

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 to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for someone who is rich

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Now, John touched on this last week.

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 He strayed into my passage, unfortunately,

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 but that's okay.

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 I'm not correcting him on anything that he said.

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 I'm just gonna remind you of what he said

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 because it's so essential.

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 Jesus is using the metaphor of impossibility.

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 The camel was the largest land animal

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 the people knew at that time.

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 The eye of the needle was the smallest hole.

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 It is impossible, in other words,

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 he's saying here.

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 It is impossible for the rich to get into heaven.

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 Now, as I was writing this out,

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 the richest person in the world at that time

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 had a personal fortune of $251 billion.

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 I don't know if it's gone up or down since then,

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 but it probably doesn't matter to him a whole lot.

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 I personally do not appear on any of the published rich lists.

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 And yet, when Jesus says this,

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 he's talking to me.

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 He's talking to you.

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 Everyone sitting in this room here,

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 he's talking to us.

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 He is saying that it is easier for a camel

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 to go through the eye of a needle

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 than it is for us

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 to get into heaven.

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 Notice the reaction of those who are listening to this.

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 Verse 26.

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 Well, who then can be saved?

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 You see, the disciples were confused by this

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 because in their culture, their day and age,

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 they thought it was the rich ones

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 who were particularly blessed by God.

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 Everything they had came from God.

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 So it must have been God

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 who had obviously particularly blessed them

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 because of their righteousness

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 or in some way.

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 And Jesus' response here is,

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 what is impossible with men

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 is possible with God.

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 Notice Jesus did not say,

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 what is impossible for rich people,

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 it's possible with God.

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 He says, what's impossible with men

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 is impossible.

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 In other words,

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 what is impossible for all people,

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 it's possible for God.

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 He's saying,

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 all salvation is a miracle.

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 It is impossible for anyone

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 to save themselves

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 because as Romans 3 tells us,

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

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 It's not possible for anyone

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 to save themselves

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 except for God intervening

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 and doing the impossible.

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 Now, the reason why Jesus raises that issue here

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 is because the same thing

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 that makes salvation impossible for all of us

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 is made worse

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 by wealth, money and possessions.

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 In the Old Testament book of Proverbs,

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 it's a great book

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 if you have never read it,

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 it's about,

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 really about primarily concerned

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 with how to navigate life

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 in God's world well.

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 The Proverbs talks a lot about money

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 and it talks,

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 it's particularly got two very important things

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 to say

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 about the spiritual power of money.

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 Firstly,

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 it says that money has the power

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 to distract you

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 from what's important in life.

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 Distracted enough

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 so that you actually don't ask

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 the really important questions of life

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 or why am I here

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 and what am I really meant to accomplish in life?

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 In fact,

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 it can even be so distracting

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 for Christians

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 that they don't think

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 about the deeper issues of life.

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 What are my priorities?

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 What is my next step?

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 Proverbs 11 verse 4 says,

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 wealth is worthless

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 in the day of wrath

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 but righteousness delivers from death.

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 What that's saying there is

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 money can't help you.

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 It can't save you.

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 When the troubles of life hit,

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 it can't help you.

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 It does try to give you

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 some sort of a delusion

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 into think that if you've got enough money,

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 it will help you in those moments.

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 I get the cancer diagnosis,

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 I've got enough money,

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 I can go to the best doctors

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 to try and get that solved.

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 I've got a leg up there.

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 Get myself in trouble with the law,

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 got enough money,

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 I can hire the best barristers

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 to get me out of trouble.

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 It gives you the illusion

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 that it will keep you safe.

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 But you're not safe.

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 You're not safe from grief,

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 from bereavement,

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 from illness,

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 from disaster.

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 Ironically,

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 you're not even safe

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 from financial ruin

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 if you've got lots of money.

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 Money can't stop death,

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 it can't stop tragedy,

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 heartbreak,

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 and when it comes,

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 if you've spent your life

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 pursuing it,

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 trusting in it,

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 living for it,

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 it won't give you anything back.

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 Money has the power

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 to distract us

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 from the important questions

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 of life.

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 The second thing

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 that Proverbs says

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 about money

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 is it distorts

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 your self-image.

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 In Proverbs 30,

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 verses 8 and 9,

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 it says,

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 give me neither poverty

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 nor riches,

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 but give me only

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 my daily bread,

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 otherwise I will have

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 too much

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 and disown you

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 and say,

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 who is the Lord?

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 To see a person

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 humbled under prosperity,

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 to see a person

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 humbled under prosperity

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 would have to be

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 one of the greatest

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 rarities in the world.

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 In fact,

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 I remember reading once,

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 someone said,

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 it's amazing how

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 the wealthy self-made person

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 becomes an expert

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 at everything

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 in life.

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 Not just their area

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 of expertise,

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 but everything

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 in life.

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 Only the self-made

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 wealthy person

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 seems to have

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 that problem.

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 It puts the person

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 into a place

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 where they say,

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 who is God?

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 Why do I need him?

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 That's the danger

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 of wealth.

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 So why is it so dangerous?

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 We're going to go back

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 to the beginning

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 of this passage

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 and unpack

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 the second point,

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 why wealth

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 is so dangerous

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 for us.

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 So again,

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 Luke 18,

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 verse 18.

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 A certain ruler

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 asked him,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Why do you call me

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 good?

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 Jesus answered,

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 no one is good

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 except God alone.

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 You know the commandments,

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 you shall not commit adultery,

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 you shall not murder,

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 you shall not steal,

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 you shall not give false testimony.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother,

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 all these I have kept

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 since I was a boy,

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 he said.

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 Now,

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 when we read that,

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 we should be shocked.

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 We should be shocked

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 by Jesus' answer

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 to the question,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Because it appears,

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 in fact,

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 not just appears,

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 it's what Jesus says,

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 obey the Ten Commandments.

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 We should be shocked

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 by that.

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 The implication is

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 that's how on earth

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 you get salvation.

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 Be good

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 is what Jesus says.

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 This should shock us

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 because immediately

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 before this,

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 Jesus tells the story

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 the Pharisee

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 and the tax collector

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 where the obedient

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 religious man

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 went home

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 not saved.

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 But the sinner

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 is saved.

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 So,

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 what's Jesus do?

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 I mean,

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 come on Jesus.

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 Why did you not

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 just pull out

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 two ways to live?

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 You know,

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 take the guy

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 through Alpha

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 for goodness sake.

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 Why say that?

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 Why did he not say,

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 I am on my way

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 to Jerusalem

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 to die on a cross

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 to pay a ransom

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 to take the penalty

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 that you deserve

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 for your sin

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 and if you put

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 your trust in me

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 you'll have eternal life

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 and salvation.

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 Why did he not say that?

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 Given it's consistent

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 with the New Testament

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 and everything else he said.

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 that's because

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 to say to this young man

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 I've come to die

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 for your sins

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 would have been

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 incomprehensible

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 to him.

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 Like most people

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 he didn't think

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 he had a problem.

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 His culture told him

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 he didn't have a problem.

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 Look at what he says

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 in verse 21.

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 All these I've kept

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 since I was a boy.

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 In other words

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 I don't need

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 a rescuer.

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 I'm a good person.

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 I may not be perfect

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 but I don't need

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 a rescuer.

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 So what Jesus is doing

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 in his response here

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 is he's trying

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 to target the heart.

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 He's trying to dig deeper

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 into this man's heart.

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 Deep down

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 despite his goodness

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 he must have been

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 feeling unsettled

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 in some way.

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 That something

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 wasn't right.

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 something was missing.

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 Otherwise why would he

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 come to Jesus

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 with a question

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 in the first place?

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 It's understandable

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 really his predicament.

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 If we think

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 that we can get

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 right with God

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 by being good

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 we will always

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 feel insecure.

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 Even those

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 who project

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 an image

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 that they've got

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 it all together

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 on the outside

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 deep down

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 on the inside

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 they know better.

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 We know better too.

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 We all know better.

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 We know the things

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 that we've done.

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 We know the things

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 that we've thought.

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 We know the things

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 that we

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 would work

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 our entire life

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 to hide

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 from everyone else

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 so that they

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 do not see

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 the true us.

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 The things

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 that we cannot hide

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 from our own

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 consciences.

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 Jesus is reminding

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 this man

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 that his first

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 and his fundamental

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 problem

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 is that he

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 is in fact

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 not good

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 at all.

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 No mere

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 mortal

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 is.

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 And then

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 Jesus starts

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 to prime

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 us to show

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 him where

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 he's not good.

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 Verse 22

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 when Jesus

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 heard this

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 he said to him

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 you still lack

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 just one thing

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 wouldn't that be great

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 just one thing.

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 Sell everything

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 you have

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 give to the poor

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 and you will have

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 treasure in heaven

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 and then come

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 follow me.

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 should be crucial

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 to point out

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 again that

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 Jesus has

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 never

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 never

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 suggested

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 to another

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 individual

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 that the way

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 to be saved

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 is to give away

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 all of your money

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 to the poor.

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 He's never done

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 that before

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 and never does

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 it after this.

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 He's doing it

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 here

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 as a brilliant

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 strategy

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 to help

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 this young

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 man see

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 that he

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 has a need

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 of rescuing.

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 he targets

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 his heart

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 his idol

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 is what he

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 does

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 the core

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 of his life

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 that he's

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 living for

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 the thing

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 that he's

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 looking to

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 to ultimately

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 make him

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 approachable

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 to God

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 or God

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 to like him

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 in some way.

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 You see

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.180
 money for him

00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.660
 is not just

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 a tool

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 it's his

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 scorecard

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 it's his

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 security

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 it's his

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 hope

00:18:26.060 --> 00:18:27.800
 this is

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 the thing

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 that he's

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.580
 squeezing

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 God

00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.519
 out of

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 his life

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 and when

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 Jesus

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 presses him

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 on this

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 one issue

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 he finally

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 sees that

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 in fact

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 he's not

00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.460
 obeying

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 the commandments

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 at all

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 he can't

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.259
 even get

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 past the

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 first one

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 you must

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 have no

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 other gods

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 before me

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 his money

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 was his

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 God

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 because he

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.120
 walks away

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 sad

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 refusing to

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 surrender it

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 and that

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.319
 puts Jesus

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.759
 up

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 where he

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.299
 puts money

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.019
 up as the

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 alternative

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.440
 God

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.000
 he could have

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.400
 used a whole

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.840
 range of

00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:09.460
 things but he

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.340
 only ever

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.880
 puts money

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 up as the

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.340
 alternative

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 God

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 you cannot

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.360
 serve both

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:16.160
 God and

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.480
 money

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 you're devoted

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 to one

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 or the

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 other

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.039
 but it

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.420
 can't be

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 both

00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:21.039
 that

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 is why

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.860
 wealth

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 is so

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 so

00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.840
 dangerous

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 which brings

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.279
 me to the

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.900
 last point

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 how do you

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 therefore

00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.640
 escape

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 the danger

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:38.279
 my landing

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.880
 point here

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.160
 is you

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.660
 escape the

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.019
 danger

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.360
 through a

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:40.660
 life of

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:40.920
 radical

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.440
 generosity

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.160
 the first

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.500
 thing

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.600
 to escape

00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:47.200
 the danger

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:49.460
 is to

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.259
 assume

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:51.480
 that you

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.980
 are in

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.519
 denial

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.440
 just

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:54.820
 assume

00:19:54.820 --> 00:19:55.120
 it

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:58.320
 Jesus

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:58.920
 is so

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.259
 blunt

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.700
 with this

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 guy

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.779
 because he

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.279
 was in

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.740
 denial

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:03.920
 and that's

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.180
 the very

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.680
 nature of

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.059
 addiction

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:06.480
 the very

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.900
 nature of

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.279
 addiction

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.980
 is that

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.180
 you're

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.299
 in

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 I'm not

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 addicted

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 I don't

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 have a

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 problem

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 I've got

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 it under

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 control

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 the first

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 thing that we

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 need to do

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 is to

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 assume

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 that we're

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 under the

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 influence

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 especially

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 living in

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 a society

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 that is

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 deeply

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 deeply

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 committed

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 to

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 materialism

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 where

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 your

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 personal

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 scorecard

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 is

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 your

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 assets

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 your net

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 worth

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 is your

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 self-worth

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 that's

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 our

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 materialistic

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 culture

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 so assume

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 that you

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 are marinating

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 in that

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 culture

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 all the

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 time

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 and it

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 is

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 having a

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 significant

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 influence

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 on your

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 priorities

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 assume

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 that the

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 amount

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 of money

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 that you

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 think

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 you need

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 is more

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 than what

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 you really

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 need

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 and assume

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 also that the

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 amount of

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 money that you

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 think you can

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.599
 give away

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 is less

00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.019
 than what you

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 actually really

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.779
 can give away

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 assume both of

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.359
 those things

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 assume it

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 the bible

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 says that

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 money makes

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 us blind

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 in a way

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.539
 that other

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.579
 sins don't

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:28.579
 no one

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.539
 commits adultery

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 and doesn't

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 realise that's

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 what they're

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.379
 doing

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:33.740
 they know

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 exactly what

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 they're doing

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 but not

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.440
 when it

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:38.759
 comes to

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.000
 money

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.380
 we're

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.799
 blind

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.319
 to this

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.680
 issue

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.920
 the second

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.279
 way to

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.839
 escape

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.120
 and the

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.539
 key way

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.120
 to escape

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:52.160
 the danger

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.799
 of wealth

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.539
 is to look

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.259
 to the rich

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.960
 young ruler

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.039
 as your

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.360
 hope

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.640
 your salvation

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.440
 and your

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.960
 motivation

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.059
 salvation

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:03.039
 why would

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.400
 you do

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.779
 that

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.539
 when this

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.100
 rich young

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.759
 ruler walks

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.200
 away

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.380
 and rejects

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.680
 Jesus

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.240
 why would

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.700
 we look

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.240
 to him

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.660
 for our

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.019
 hope and

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.740
 our salvation

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.680
 well it's

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.539
 because I'm

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:13.960
 not referring

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.440
 to him

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.960
 I'm referring

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.559
 to the other

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.000
 rich young

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.380
 ruler in

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.900
 this passage

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.460
 there's two

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.819
 of them

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.079
 Jesus is

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.740
 around 30

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.360
 to 32

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.600
 when he

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.059
 is headed

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.880
 to Jerusalem

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:25.160
 the bible

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.799
 says that he

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.480
 existed with

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.160
 God for all

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.779
 of eternity

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.639
 he's the

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.039
 God who

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.339
 made

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.799
 everything

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.559
 he's the

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.940
 God who

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.299
 rules

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.879
 everything

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.579
 he's the

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:32.980
 God who

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.500
 owns

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.319
 everything

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.139
 sustains

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.720
 everything

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:39.899
 and he

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.740
 left that

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:43.759
 came from

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.240
 heaven to

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.160
 identify with

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.839
 the spiritual

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.559
 poverty of

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.099
 humanity

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:50.720
 he is on

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.379
 the way to

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.359
 Jerusalem to

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.180
 die on a

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.660
 cross

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:55.920
 and into

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.660
 a poverty

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:58.580
 deeper

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.720
 than any

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.640
 human being

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.480
 has ever

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.560
 ever experienced

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.519
 in the entire

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.700
 history of

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.180
 humanity

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:07.519
 he will know

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.200
 and experience

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.860
 a humanity

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.759
 deeper than

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.480
 anyone has

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.500
 ever experienced

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.700
 he will

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.420
 experience the

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.100
 abandonment

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.700
 and loss

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.540
 like no one

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:16.040
 has ever

00:23:16.040 --> 00:23:16.740
 experienced

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:19.140
 he will be

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.880
 stripped of

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.440
 everything

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.279
 including his

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.800
 life

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:21.899
 life

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:23.599
 and what

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:23.919
 he has

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.539
 done for

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.899
 us

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.759
 2 Corinthians

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.319
 verses

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.180
 chapter 8

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.839
 verse 9

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.819
 puts in

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.879
 economic terms

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.559
 for us

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.759
 for you know

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.539
 the grace of

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.200
 our Lord Jesus

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.639
 Christ

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.299
 that though he

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.059
 was rich

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.259
 yet for your

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.799
 sake he

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.819
 became poor

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:39.359
 so that you

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.220
 through his

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.779
 poverty

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.879
 might become

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.359
 rich

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.680
 he was drained

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.839
 of all riches

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.879
 chose to do

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.539
 that so that

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.019
 we

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.119
 though we

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.039
 are spiritually

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.940
 poor and

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.879
 bankrupt can

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:54.119
 receive the

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.799
 abundance of

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.619
 his riches

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:58.079
 his bank

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.839
 account has

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.440
 been swapped

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.220
 with ours

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:03.500
 in Jesus we

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.279
 get adoption

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.119
 into God's

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.619
 family

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.059
 forgiveness

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.099
 we get

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.779
 pardoned

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.099
 we get

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.099
 eternal life

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.400
 it is the

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.240
 only wealth

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.900
 that makes us

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.759
 truly secure

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.400
 even in and

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.200
 beyond death

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.539
 and so we

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.259
 need to look to

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.660
 the true

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.200
 rich young

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.500
 ruler

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.900
 the true

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.400
 rich young

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.700
 ruler

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.940
 until we

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.080
 get excited

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:26.000
 excited over

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.160
 what he has

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.840
 achieved for

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.160
 us

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.259
 what he has

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.460
 gifted to

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.019
 us

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.980
 this is what

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.840
 this series on

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.580
 generous God

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.279
 has been all

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.800
 about from

00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:36.360
 start to

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:36.720
 finish

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.720
 it's been

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.140
 about the

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.500
 gospel

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.360
 the good

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.779
 news of

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.600
 Jesus Christ

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:42.779
 look to the

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.980
 glorious news

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.040
 of God's

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:46.160
 grace and

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.940
 riches to us

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.480
 in the Lord

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.440
 Jesus Christ

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.519
 until it

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.960
 drains all

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.779
 the power

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.680
 out of

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.320
 money and

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:53.840
 possessions

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.820
 until it

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.620
 no longer

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.580
 becomes your

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.320
 scorecard

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.240
 until it

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.820
 just merely

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.759
 is currency

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.039
 it is no

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.860
 longer your

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.660
 security and

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.120
 your self

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.700
 esteem

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.380
 your hope

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.140
 your salvation

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.340
 salvation

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:11.480
 and so that

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.000
 leads me to

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.440
 the third

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.820
 thing that

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.259
 we need to

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.540
 do to

00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:14.000
 escape

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.259
 and that

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.520
 is a

00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:15.900
 life of

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.180
 radical

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.780
 generosity

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:19.160
 have a

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.740
 plan to

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.220
 use your

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.759
 wealth with

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.320
 purpose

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:23.420
 to use it

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.100
 with eternity

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.860
 in mind

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.080
 as stewards

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.360
 of God's

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.920
 resources

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.400
 and I got

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.080
 four steps

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.580
 here very

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.000
 quickly

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.820
 four steps

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.960
 number one

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.220
 investigate

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.579
 what percentage

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.279
 of your

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.079
 income you're

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.740
 currently giving

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.139
 away

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:40.980
 how much

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.539
 goes to

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.899
 Christian

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.599
 ministry and

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.019
 charity

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.419
 Christian

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.099
 ministry to

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.559
 help people

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.099
 out of

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.639
 spiritual

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.220
 poverty

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.899
 charity to

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.460
 help people

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.179
 out of

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.740
 physical and

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.159
 emotional

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.679
 poverty

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.819
 investigate

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.779
 what percentage

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:54.700
 that's not

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.139
 hard to

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.460
 do

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:57.379
 number two

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.940
 if

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.059
 that

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.579
 percentage

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:02.059
 is not

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.859
 at least

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.759
 10%

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.420
 the very

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.259
 least amount

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.559
 that the

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.139
 disciples are

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.359
 to give

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.740
 away

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.619
 the very

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.220
 least

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759
 biblical

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.240
 amount

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.240
 is 10%

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.099
 work out

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.039
 how you

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.859
 could aggressively

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.960
 move towards

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.759
 10%

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.740
 before the

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 end of

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.559
 this year

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:20.519
 which means

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.299
 step three

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.759
 work out

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.240
 what sacrifices

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.920
 you are going

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.480
 to make

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.900
 to get

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.299
 there

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:28.960
 selling

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.619
 stuff

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:33.299
 cutting

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.740
 back on

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.500
 expenses

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:39.619
 if it

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.059
 is not

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.740
 sacrifice

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.460
 to get

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.980
 there

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.480
 then it's

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.059
 not radical

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.680
 generosity

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:47.940
 if you

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.440
 don't need

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.740
 to make

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.460
 sacrifices

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.160
 to give

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.779
 10%

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:52.000
 then you

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.359
 aren't

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.619
 giving

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.139
 enough

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:54.399
 sacrificial

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.839
 giving

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.599
 is not

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.139
 about a

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.679
 percentage

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:58.039
 it is

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.679
 about our

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.699
 living standard

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.500
 changing

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.979
 in such a

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.659
 way that we

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.479
 feel lost

00:27:03.479 --> 00:27:04.179
 so that others

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.919
 might gain

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:07.099
 that's what

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.799
 sacrificial

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.519
 giving is

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.919
 that's what

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.240
 radical

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.779
 generosity

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.519
 is

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.459
 it's not

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:12.000
 a percentage

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.299
 it's about

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.079
 you feeling

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.740
 lost that

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.419
 others might

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.959
 gain

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:21.100
 let me add

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:21.440
 to what

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.140
 Jesus says

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.460
 here at

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.759
 the end

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.779
 of these

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.220
 verses

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.900
 having seen

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.500
 the rich

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.140
 young ruler

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.960
 walk away

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.480
 Peter pipes

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.039
 in verse

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.579
 28

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.200
 we have

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.700
 left everything

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.079
 to follow

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.440
 you

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.460
 what about

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.880
 us

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:36.700
 and Jesus

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.500
 reassures

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.240
 his disciples

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.820
 that though

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.440
 they have

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.140
 sacrificed

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.060
 many things

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.960
 that they

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.760
 have left

00:27:42.760 --> 00:27:43.700
 many things

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.540
 they will

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.300
 never fail

00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:46.060
 to receive

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:48.000
 many more

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.520
 blessings

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:49.820
 now and

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.220
 forever

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:52.400
 truly I tell

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.820
 you Jesus

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.440
 said to them

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.400
 no one who

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:54.720
 has left

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.680
 home or

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.480
 wife or

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.040
 brothers or

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.640
 sisters or

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.140
 parents or

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.600
 children for

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.100
 the sake of

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.420
 the kingdom

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.980
 of God

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.980
 will fail to

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.660
 receive many

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.500
 times as much

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.220
 in this age

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.059
 and in the

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.440
 age to

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.799
 come

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.759
 eternal

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.259
 life

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:10.720
 when you

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.440
 choose to

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.099
 lose for

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.640
 others

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:14.759
 you actually

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.480
 gain

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:19.279
 you actually

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.839
 gain

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.140
 in other

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.599
 words when

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.299
 you choose

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.099
 to lose for

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.599
 others

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:26.799
 you're pursuing

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.640
 your joy

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:31.880
 step four

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:34.060
 decide what

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.440
 you're going

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.180
 to give

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.360
 and follow

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.900
 through with it

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.460
 make yourself

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.980
 accountable

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.480
 in other words

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.300
 our giving

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:41.760
 to ministry

00:28:41.760 --> 00:28:42.540
 and charity

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.740
 is a spiritual

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.300
 issue

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:45.500
 and like all

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.380
 spiritual issues

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.020
 we're accountable

00:28:47.020 --> 00:28:47.600
 for it

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:49.780
 to live radically

00:28:49.780 --> 00:28:50.600
 generous lives

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.220
 with our money

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.780
 our wealth

00:28:51.780 --> 00:28:52.080
 and our

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.240
 possessions

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.660
 you don't

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.920
 need courage

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.120
 as much

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.740
 as you need

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.280
 joy

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.680
 you need

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.119
 joy

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.519
 you need

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.299
 to understand

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.139
 everything that

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.819
 you have

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.599
 in Jesus

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.599
 what he

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.039
 God has

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.299
 already

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.980
 provided you

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.399
 with

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:09.099
 we need

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.399
 to be

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.000
 relaxed

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.339
 and at

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.660
 peace

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.279
 and secure

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.660
 enough

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.059
 to give

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.420
 away

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.799
 our

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.599
 resources

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.879
 and this

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.660
 joy only

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.399
 comes when

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.960
 we look to

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.480
 the true

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.099
 rich young

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.379
 ruler

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.240
 who lost

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.039
 everything

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.180
 so that

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.680
 we might

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.279
 gain

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.279
 absolutely

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.200
 everything

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.259
 for eternity

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:28.420
 and the

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.960
 more we

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.359
 look to

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.740
 Jesus

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.160
 and the

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.440
 riches

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.960
 we have

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.319
 in him

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.980
 the more

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.220
 we allow

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.879
 the gospel

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.619
 to be preached

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.359
 to our hearts

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.039
 and our minds

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.940
 day in and

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.680
 day out

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:40.299
 the freer

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.700
 we will

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.279
 live

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.660
 a pervasively

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.680
 generous life

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:45.339
 to have

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.000
 2 Corinthians

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.400
 8 verse 9

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.940
 with you

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.099
 every time

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.680
 you go into

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.359
 Westfield

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:56.099
 to have

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.379
 it in

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.799
 front of

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.039
 you

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.779
 before you

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.199
 choose to

00:29:59.199 --> 00:29:59.859
 upgrade your

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.299
 house

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.019
 or do the

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.839
 next renovation

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:04.459
 to have

00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:04.819
 that in

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.119
 front of

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.419
 you say

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:05.959
 here is

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.539
 my hope

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.959
 not this

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.419
 thing that

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:08.719
 I'm

00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.259
 holding

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.699
 from the

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.059
 rack

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:13.759
 Jesus

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.199
 is my

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:14.500
 hope

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:16.159
 fill

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.579
 yourself

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.199
 with gospel

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.740
 joy

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.319
 before

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.799
 you open

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.219
 your wallet

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.220
 phone

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:30.380
 you

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:35.279
 knew

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.660
 good

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:45.380
 okay

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.660
 I

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.519
 may

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.160
 oy

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.259
 but

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.900
 I

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.160
 don't

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.380
 okay