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 Good morning, Watermark Church. So this morning, we will look at Ecclesiastes chapters 5 and 6.

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 So it's going to talk about possession and also contentment. Starting in chapter 5, verse 8, we read,

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 The oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness.

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 Do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

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 But this is gain for a land in every way, a king committed to cultivated fields.

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 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income.

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 This also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them.

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 And what advantage has their owner but to see them with your eyes?

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 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich would not let him sleep.

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 There is a grievous evil that I have sinned under the sun.

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 Riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture.

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 And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

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 And he came from his mother's womb, he shall go again, naked as he came,

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 and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.

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 This also is a grievous evil.

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 Just as he came, so shall he go.

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 And what gain is there to him who toils for the win?

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 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, in much vexation and sickness and anger.

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 Behold, what I have sinned to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil,

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 with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him.

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 For this is his lot.

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 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them,

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 and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil.

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 This is the gift of God.

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 For he will not much remember the days of his life,

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 because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

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 There is an evil that I have sinned under the sun,

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 and it lies heavy on mankind.

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 A man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor,

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 so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires,

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 yet God does not give him power to enjoy them,

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 but a stranger enjoys them.

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 This is vanity.

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 It is a grievous evil

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 if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years,

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 so that the days of his years are many,

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 but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things,

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 and he also has no burial.

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 I say that a stillborn child is better off than he,

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 for it comes in vanity and goes in darkness,

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 and in darkness its name is covered.

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 Moreover, it has not sent the sun or known anything,

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 yet it finds rest rather than he,

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 even though he should live a thousand years twice over,

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 yet enjoy no good.

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 Do not all go to the one place?

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 All the toil of man is for his mouth,

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 yet his appetite is not satisfied.

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 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool?

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 And what does the poor man have

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 who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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 Better is the sight of the eyes

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 than the wondering of the appetite.

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 This also is vanity

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 and the striving after wind.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thank you, Iris.

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 Let's pray together as we come to this passage.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 a sovereign Lord of all creation,

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 as we sang earlier,

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 all glory to you, God.

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 May you be glorified, God,

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 with the words of our mouths,

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 the attitude of our hearts,

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 the work of our hands.

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 God, we long to see you glorified.

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 And I pray, God,

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 even in the next 30 minutes,

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 as we look at your word,

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 may you be honored and glorified.

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 May we see you, Jesus.

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 God, as we pray,

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 we just consider some of the things in our world,

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 and as we consider our new chief executive

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 coming in to office this week,

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 we pray for John Lee.

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 Pray for your favor on him.

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 We pray that you give him

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 both wisdom and a heart of justice,

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 that he will serve the great people of this city.

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 God, we pray for a fear of God in him,

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 that he will make decisions

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 that are honest and just

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 and for the good of the people.

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 We really bring him before you.

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 We bring the ceremony on Friday before you.

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 And we ask for your blessing on his life, God.

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 Won't you protect him

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 and protect him from wickedness?

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 God, we pray, Lord, also for Amelia,

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 who's with us today,

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 but soon going back to Taiwan

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 and just her work with the Hakka people there.

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 God, we're so thankful for her life

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 and her faithfulness to you

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 and the way she serves you

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 and serves your people.

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 God, we pray today for your blessing

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 to rest upon her.

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 Strengthen her, God,

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 when it's tough.

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 God, encourage her with,

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 may she see some of the fruits of her labors.

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 God, we pray for your blessing

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 to rest on Amelia and her work in Taiwan.

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 God, we pray for those in our own community,

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 those that maybe are sick.

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 We know many of us have had COVID

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 or are currently struggling with it.

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 God, we pray just for your grace

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 and those that are at home and sick,

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 those that are distant from family

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 and are unable to see them soon.

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 Lord, we pray for those that are traveling

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 in the coming weeks and months.

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 Won't you be with our community

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 and keep us safe?

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 Lord, we bring all these things before you

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 in your great and your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I should have introduced myself earlier.

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 If you're new to Watermark,

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 my name's Kevin

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 and it's great to have you with us.

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 Welcome if you're new for the first time.

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 We are working through the book of Ecclesiastes

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 and today we come to chapter five and chapter six.

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 Now, Boris Becker was a star tennis player

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 at the very top of the tennis world.

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 He, in his lifetime,

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 won around 50 million US dollars of earnings.

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 He had houses all over the world

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 and was the star of the tennis world.

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 He, and yet he was on the brink of suicide.

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 He writes, he says,

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 I had won Wimbledon twice over,

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 once as the youngest player ever to do so.

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 I had all the material possessions I needed,

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 yet it's the old song of movie stars and pop stars.

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 They had everything and yet they are so unhappy.

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 I had no inner peace.

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 I was a puppet on a string.

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 Well, as we,

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 the Bible has lots to say about wealth and money.

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 Jesus talks about it in almost a third of his parables,

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 reference money,

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 and over 2,000 verses in the scripture

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 talk about the concept of wealth.

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 And so it's not surprising when our teacher

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 in the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 Kohelet,

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 the one who,

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 his words encompass most of the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 he's considering the world around him.

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 He's trying to make sense of life around him.

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 And he considers toil,

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 and he considers pleasure,

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 and he considers wisdom and education.

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 And so it's not surprising that as he looks at the world around him,

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 he considers the role of wealth and money

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 in the pursuit of meaningness and happiness.

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 And he considers the subject of wealth.

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 And many of us in this room are very financially savvy.

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 Some of us have made a career out of wealth,

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 whether wealth creation or wealth preservation.

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 And the Bible says that,

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 never says that money or wealth or being wealthy is a bad thing,

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 or a wrong thing,

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 or a morally wrong thing,

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 or an unspiritual thing.

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 The Bible never says that wealth is a bad thing,

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 but what it does say is that it's a treacherous thing.

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 It's a dangerous thing in some ways.

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 And that's what our passage today is going to look at.

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 The teacher, Kohelet,

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 he's reflecting and grappling on the subject of wealth and money.

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 And as he does so,

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 he's grappling with the paradox of wealth.

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 And he comes to the conclusion,

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 he says,

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 wealth or money can be a great blessing in your life.

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 And you can thank God for it.

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 But it can also be a great curse in your life,

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 depending on how you relate to it.

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 The author says that wealth has the ability to control you or to serve you.

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 And so look to wealth to give you meaning or purpose,

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 sign over the power of attorney to wealth,

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 to the treasures of your heart.

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 And oh, it can be so disappointing.

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 It can embitter you.

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 It can rob you of joy.

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 Because wealth is the one treasure that has the power to make you poor.

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 But, he says,

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 on the other hand,

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 if you will master the love of money,

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 if you will regain over it so that it doesn't control your emotions and your affections,

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 your love and your joys,

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 your anxieties and your fears,

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 money can actually be a great blessing,

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 a great sense of joy.

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 Wealth, says the teacher,

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 is a terrible master,

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 but a great servant.

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 That's what we're going to look at today.

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 And so let's see how the teacher arrives at this point.

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 Firstly, consider, he says,

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 those who look to money or financial success for meaning and purpose in life,

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 he says,

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 consider how wealth has the ability to be a source of pain.

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 Look at how he says this in verse 13.

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 If you've got your bulletin,

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 you'll need to look at it.

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 He says,

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 13,

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 there is a grievous evil that I've seen.

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 Another translation says,

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 a sickening tragedy.

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 There's a tragedy that I've seen under the sun.

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 Riches were kept by their owner to his own hurt.

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 He says,

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 the gaining of wealth,

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 the increases of riches,

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 the growing portfolio,

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 rather than being a blessing,

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 in some instances,

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 has actually been a curse.

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 It's actually caused disappointment and pain.

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 Rather than enriching its owner,

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 it's ended up impoverishing them.

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 Well, how so?

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 Well, he gives us three examples of what he means.

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 Look at verse 13 and 14.

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 He says,

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 a man comes into some wealth.

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 Maybe he inherits something from his parents.

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 Maybe he pulls off a great deal at work

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 and gets paid a massive bonus.

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 However it is,

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 he comes into some great wealth.

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 And he's thinking what to do with this wealth.

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 And he's thinking,

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 if I invest this well,

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 this can work out for me.

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 He's got a son.

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 Recent,

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 he and his wife have just had a son.

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 And he hears about this thing called,

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 let's just say,

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 cryptocurrency, right?

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 And he hears it's on this massive rise.

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 And he thinks,

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 I've got to get in there quickly.

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 You know,

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 everyone,

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 I'm getting left behind.

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 All my friends are making tons of money.

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 And so he dives in

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 and he lies awake at night

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 and he's thinking,

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 if I played this thing right,

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 my son can go to the best school.

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 In fact,

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 he can go to the best Ivy League university.

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 And no one else in my family has gone there.

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 My son will be the first one in my family

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 to study abroad

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 and go to this Ivy League university.

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 I will be the envy of my family.

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 And as he lies awake at night,

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 he starts to think,

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 if this really works out,

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 actually maybe we can buy a holiday home

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 in the Maldives as well.

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 And he's thinking and speculating

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 and so he dives in.

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 And every day he's watching the price

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 and he's going up

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 and he's getting excited

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 until one day,

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 what happens?

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 The market crashes.

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 The Fed pulls some levers.

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 The shipment sinks off the Pacific.

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 His Arabian camels get hijacked

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 in the Arabian desert.

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 Something happens

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 and he loses it all.

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 And now not only is the son

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 not going to go to Ivy League university,

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 he's not going to go anywhere.

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 All is lost.

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 Look at verse 13 and 14.

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 There is a great evil I've seen under the sun.

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 Riches kept by the owner,

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 two is hurt.

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 And those riches were lost in a bad venture.

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 Though he is the father of a son,

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 he has nothing in his hand.

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 The love of money, he says,

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 has a way of getting into our hearts

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 and actually rather than enriching us,

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 impoverishing us.

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 But look at also, he says,

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 the love of money can destroy relationships.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 It says,

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 when goods increase,

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 they increase also who eat them.

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 And what advantage has the owner

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 but to see them with his eyes?

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 The teacher here is commenting on the fact

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 that those who get rich quickly

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 suddenly find themselves

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 with a whole lot of friends

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 that they didn't know that they had.

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 I'm sure you've read the stories online.

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 Somebody wins the lottery,

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 $50 million,

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 the Mark VI,

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 or somebody inherits a whole pile of money

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 from some long lost relative

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 they didn't know about.

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 And suddenly they are the talk of the town.

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 Right?

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 And they've got all these friends

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 that they didn't know

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 that they had before.

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 All these estranged family members

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 suddenly contact them

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 and want to get in touch

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 and rebuild the relationship.

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 Right?

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 You know that feeling?

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 You know what I'm talking about?

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 Or maybe their colleagues

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 and their neighbors

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 suddenly now recognize

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 how wealthy they are

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 and want to get in.

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 And they talk to them

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 and say,

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 oh, you know,

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 I've got some debt

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 and I wonder if you can help me.

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 And so they run into

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 all these friends and family members.

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 But what happens?

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 Invariably a year or two later,

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 the friends are gone.

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 The money's gone.

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 The relationships are broken down.

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 The family's a mess

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 and they're in more debt

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 than they ever had before.

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 I remember talking to a friend of mine

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 who pastored a church

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 in upstate New York

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 many years ago.

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 And the place where he pastored

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 was extremely, extremely wealthy people.

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 And he said to me,

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 he said,

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 one of the things

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 with extremely wealthy people

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 is they never know

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 who their real friends are.

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 Because they're always wondering,

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 the people in my life,

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 are you just here

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 because you want to be friends with me

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 because I've got money?

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 Or maybe because we move

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 in the same social circles.

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 But if I lost everything,

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 would you still be my friend?

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 And the problem

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 that the teacher notices there,

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 that thing,

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 he says,

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 when goods increase,

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 so do those who eat them.

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 Suddenly you've got

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 all these people around,

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 these hangers-on

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 that want to be friends with you

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 and get in your life

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 because of your wealth.

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 But the other problem

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 that the teacher notices,

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 he says that

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 when people's wealth increases,

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 so do their lifestyles.

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 He says,

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 when wealth increases,

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 so do the bills

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 who eat them up.

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 You're generally

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 very content

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 with what you have.

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 You get a nice bonus

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 and suddenly you drive

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 past the showroom

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 of the car that you drive

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 and you start recognizing

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 all the little things

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 in your car

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 that previously

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 you're very content with.

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 But now suddenly

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 an upgrade seems appropriate.

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 Or maybe you're very happy

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 with your laptop

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 and you get a bonus at work

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 and you walk past

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 the iStore

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 and suddenly there's a special.

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 And you realize,

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 oh yeah,

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 I think it would be

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 a good investment

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 to my career

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 for me to upgrade

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 my laptop, right?

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 When goods increase,

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 he says,

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 so do those bills

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 that eat them up.

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 Suddenly when wealth

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 masters you,

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 it has a life of its own.

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 You get a big check,

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 you make a big deal,

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 you get paid handsomely

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 and suddenly a few weeks

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 or months later

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 it's all gone.

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 Because either you find

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 you have new friends

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 that you didn't know

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 that you had before

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 or you find

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 you have new bills

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 and things in your house

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 that you find new things

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 that you need

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 that you didn't know

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 that you needed beforehand.

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 But here's another way

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 he says that

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 the money can hurt us.

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 He says it steals your peace.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 It says,

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 The sweet is the sleep

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 of the laborer,

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 whether he eats much

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 or little,

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 but the full stomach

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 of the rich

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 will not let him sleep.

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 The teacher's commenting

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 on what we all know

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 so well, right?

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 He says,

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 financial wealth

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 promises freedom,

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 but it so easily

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 ends up enslaving you.

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 It actually,

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 it's a peace thief.

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 It steals your rest.

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 He's saying,

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 who sleeps better

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 at night?

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 The laborer

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 that's worked hard,

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 had a good day's work,

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 and crashes on his bed,

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 or the person

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 that checks the opening

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 of the New York Stock Exchange

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 just before going to bed

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 and seeing that investment crash,

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 right?

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 Who's going to sleep better?

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 We all know.

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 Now,

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 some people say,

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 okay,

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 I know that money

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 doesn't buy you wealth,

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 but I'd rather be unhappy

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 in a Lamborghini

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 than unhappy on the streets,

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 right?

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 You ever heard somebody

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 say that?

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 If you're a high schooler here,

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 a youth,

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 maybe you've thought about that.

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 Look,

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 I know it doesn't buy me

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 happiness,

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 but rather let me be unhappy

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 with money

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 than unhappy without it.

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 But,

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 but look at what

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 the writer's saying.

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 He's saying,

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 it's true that

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 money and wealth

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 is not a bad thing.

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 It's not wrong

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 or immoral.

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 If God has blessed you

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 with wealth,

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 that's not a bad thing.

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 But it's also not

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 a neutral thing.

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 It has an ability

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 to get into your heart

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 and to change you.

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 Wealth has an ability

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 to take on a life

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 of its own

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 and to enslave you.

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 He says,

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 it's not bad,

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 but oh,

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 you need to be careful.

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 It has a unique power

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 to it.

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 It's not just that

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 it can make you happy.

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 It has a way

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 of owning you.

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 Unless you master it,

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 it will master you.

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 He says,

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 the apostle Paul

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 in the New Testament

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 writes this.

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 He says,

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 those who desire

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 to be rich

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 fall into a temptation,

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 into a snare,

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 a trap,

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 into many senseless

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 and harmful desires

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 that plunge people

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 into ruin

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 and destruction.

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 The teacher looks

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 at those around him

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 and he says,

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 here is a grievous evil,

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 a sickening tragedy.

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 I have seen

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 under the sun

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 riches kept

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 by the owner

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 to their own hurt,

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 to their own demise.

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 Look what else

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 he says here.

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 He says,

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 the desire to get rich

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 has the ability

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 to perpetuate injustice.

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 Look at verse 8 and 9.

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 It says,

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 if you see in a province

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 the oppression of the poor

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 and the violation

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 of justice and righteousness,

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 don't be amazed,

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 don't be surprised,

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 for the high official

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 is watched by a higher one

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 and there are yet higher ones

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.279
 over them.

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 So what's he saying?

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 He's saying somebody

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 in the land,

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 they want to try

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.759
 and get some money quickly

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:21.359
 and so they cut some corners,

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.519
 but there's someone

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.119
 watching them

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 so they need to pay them off.

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 But that person

00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.419
 is being watched

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 by someone else

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 so maybe they need to pay off

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 the person above them.

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 And that person

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 needs to cover their tracks

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 so the person above them

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 doesn't get in trouble.

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 And the whole system

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:37.419
 of oppression

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 and injustice

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 continues.

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 He's warning us here

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 saying,

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 it's very easy

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 for us to say,

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 it's just a little shortcut.

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 Nobody will notice.

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 It won't make any difference.

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 They're saying,

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:50.680
 oh,

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.940
 you get into a system

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 and the system

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.400
 gets hold of you.

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 You think you've got

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.920
 a control of it,

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 but actually,

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.380
 it can soon

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.259
 control you.

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 I don't know

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 if this is inappropriate

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.359
 to say this,

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 but coming from South Africa,

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 I could tell you

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.099
 lots of stories

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:09.559
 of bribery

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.299
 and corruption

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.559
 and how it gets hold

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.400
 of the system.

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 One quick story,

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 a few years ago,

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 the deputy finance minister

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 got called into

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 the private house

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 of a private citizen.

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 And this private citizen

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 says,

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 I happen to know

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 that the finance minister

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 is going to get fired

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 from his job

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 in a few weeks' time

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 and we have selected you

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 to take his place.

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 Here is a briefcase

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 with 50 million Hong Kong dollars.

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 It's the first

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 of five installments

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 as an introductory gift

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 just to help you

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 on your way.

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 The gift wasn't

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 an act of generosity.

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 It was the first installment

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 of bribery and corruption.

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 And thankfully,

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 that man turned around

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 and said,

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 no thank you,

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 I don't do business

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 with private citizens

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 like that.

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 And he lost his job

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 very soon after that.

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 The point is that,

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 maybe you say this,

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 one of the things

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 as a pastor

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 that I've been very interested

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 in by in recent years

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 is the multiple falls

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 that pastors

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 and people in ministry have.

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 You have these pastors

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 that have affairs

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 or steal money

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 or are controlling

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 and manipulative

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 or abusive

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 and pretty soon

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 they lose their job.

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 And one of the things

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 that's interesting

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 is almost no pastor

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 goes into ministry

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 with that goal in mind.

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 They always start off

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 with the best of intentions.

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 Everyone goes into ministry

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 saying,

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 I want to serve people

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 and love and serve God.

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 Right?

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 But somewhere along the line,

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 the power

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 and the authority

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 gets to the head

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 and changes you.

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 And the author is saying

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 the same thing

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 with money here.

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 The love of money

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 has a power,

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 it has an ability

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 to change you.

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 Nobody starts off

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 in their 20

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 and says,

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 I want to be corrupt

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 and steal

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 and I want to,

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 you know,

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 be a corrupt person.

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 But when you get to 60

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 and you find yourself

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 like there,

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 how did you get there?

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 It started with small decisions.

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 Okay, look at,

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 look at another thing

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 he says here.

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 Ultimately,

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 he says,

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 wealth gives no guarantee

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 of the satisfied soul.

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 It doesn't satisfy.

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 Now,

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 last week I mentioned

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 the song by the birds,

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 Turn, Turn, Turn.

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 And I asked if anyone knew it

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 and much to my disappointment,

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 very few of you knew it.

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 Henry knew it

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 and Ayush knew it.

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 There we go.

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 Ayush, thank you.

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 And Oscar nodded his head.

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 Well,

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 let's see if anyone's heard

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 of the Rolling Stones.

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 Anyone heard of them?

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 Okay,

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 still nobody.

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 Ed?

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 Okay,

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 thank you.

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 Florence?

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 Great.

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 Well,

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 they came up with a song.

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 I think we should come up

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 with a song each week,

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 right,

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 in Ecclesiastes.

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 Last week was the birds.

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 This week the Rolling Stones.

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 You know this song?

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 You can't get no satisfaction.

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 I can't get no satisfaction.

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 Well,

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 that's what he's saying here.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 He says,

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 He who loves money

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 will not be satisfied with money,

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 nor he who loves wealth

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 with his income.

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 This also is a vanity,

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 a tragedy,

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 he says.

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 Someone makes all sorts

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 of sacrifices.

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 They sacrifice relationships.

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 They sacrifice community.

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 They sacrifice their spiritual disciplines,

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 their Bible reading

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 and their prayer.

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 They pass by

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 on some of the most powerful moments

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 in their children's lives.

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 Maybe they miss

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 their children's birth.

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 They miss birthday parties.

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 They miss their children's plays

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 at school

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 in the pursuit of that goal

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 to get that career advancement,

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 to gain a treasure.

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 And when they get there,

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 what do they find?

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 It doesn't satisfy.

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 Two weeks ago,

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 Neils gave you that quote

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 by Jim Carrey.

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 He says,

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 I think everybody

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 should get rich and famous

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 and do everything

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 they ever wanted

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 just to see

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 that that is not the answer.

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 There are many stories like this.

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 Jack Higgins,

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 one of the most successful authors

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 of all time,

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 1970s,

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 he wrote that book,

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 The Eagle Has Landed,

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 sold 50 million copies alone.

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 All his books have sold

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 a quarter of a billion copies.

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 That's a lot of books to sell.

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 One of the wealthiest,

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 richest men,

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 authors of all time.

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 He lived in Jersey,

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 tax haven,

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 so even his wealth

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 wasn't taxed.

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 He died earlier this year.

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 In the interview,

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.740
 someone asked him,

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 what do you wish

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 that you had known

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 as a boy?

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 And without skipping a beat,

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.960
 he straight away answered,

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:25.360
 I wish somebody had told me

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 that when you get to the top,

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 there's nothing there.

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 There's nothing there.

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 And this is what the teacher,

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.279
 Kohelet,

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.600
 is trying to tell us.

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 That when we think that

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:41.240
 wealth and money

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.059
 and possessions

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:44.240
 are the key to our happiness,

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:46.079
 the key to meaning,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:48.380
 the key to satisfaction in life,

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.019
 when you hand over

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:51.299
 the keys of your life,

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.279
 when you sign over

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.440
 the power of attorney,

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.740
 to possessions

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.220
 to give you meaning

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.120
 and satisfaction,

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:59.299
 you allow that thing

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.440
 to master you,

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.080
 to own you,

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.799
 to control you.

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.440
 But the problem is

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.600
 that when you master it,

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:08.740
 you become its slave.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.759
 And ultimately,

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.120
 it does not satisfy.

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.860
 And so look at chapter 6,

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.759
 verse 2 with me.

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.539
 This is,

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:18.880
 he summarizes his point here.

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.240
 He says,

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.720
 there is an evil

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.019
 that I've seen under the sun.

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.639
 It's like a burden

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.379
 that's heavy

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.859
 on mankind's hearts.

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.720
 A man to whom God

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.819
 gives great wealth

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.500
 and possessions

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.339
 and honor

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.819
 so that he lacks

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:33.440
 nothing of all he desires.

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.539
 He sees that Lamborghini

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.059
 and he says,

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.680
 I'll take one.

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.920
 Sees that house

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.660
 in the Maldives,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.420
 I'll have one of those.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.299
 He lacks nothing

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.299
 of all he desires.

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:43.359
 Yet God does not give him

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.039
 the ability

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.819
 to enjoy it.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.240
 Man has everything

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.299
 he could possibly want,

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.539
 but he is not happy.

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:51.200
 He is not content.

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.700
 This is futile,

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:55.240
 a sickening tragedy,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.940
 says the teacher.

00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:01.359
 Money is a terrible master.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.500
 But did you notice

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.720
 when Iris read to us

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.259
 this morning,

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.460
 there is one place

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.099
 in this passage

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.599
 where he talks about

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.500
 what is positive.

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.639
 He says,

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.059
 behold,

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.420
 I've seen what is good

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.079
 and fitting.

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.859
 Four times he says to us,

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:19.039
 there is a grievous evil,

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.119
 a sickening tragedy.

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.399
 But one time he says,

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.159
 behold,

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.139
 there's something good

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:24.399
 and fitting in this world.

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:25.899
 He says,

00:26:25.979 --> 00:26:26.279
 behold,

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.439
 verse 18,

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.359
 I have seen,

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.500
 what I have seen

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.399
 to be good and fitting

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.959
 is to eat and drink

00:26:31.959 --> 00:26:33.399
 to find enjoyment

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.379
 in all the toil

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.439
 with which one toils

00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.119
 under the sun

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.839
 these few days

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.319
 of his life

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.240
 that God has given him.

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.740
 For this is his lot.

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.219
 But there's something else

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.819
 going on here

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:46.259
 because compare

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.460
 chapter 5,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.079
 verse 19

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.179
 with chapter 6,

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.839
 verse 2.

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.919
 These two sentences

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:53.759
 are almost identical,

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.259
 almost word for word

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.740
 the same,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.079
 except one is positive,

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.019
 one is negative.

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.679
 Look at chapter 5,

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.359
 verse 19.

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.779
 He says,

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:04.159
 everyone to whom God

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.919
 has given wealth

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.539
 and possessions

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:07.139
 and power to enjoy them

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.619
 and to accept his lot

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.879
 and to rejoice in his toil,

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:12.159
 this is the gift of God.

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.440
 But then in 6,

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.900
 verse 2,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.380
 he says almost the same thing.

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.700
 A man to whom God

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.300
 gives wealth

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.880
 and possessions

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.440
 and honor

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.400
 so that he lacks

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.160
 nothing of all

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.960
 that he desires,

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.480
 but God does not

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.340
 give him the power

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.180
 to enjoy them,

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.300
 but a stranger

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.259
 enjoys them.

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.320
 So here are two sentences,

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:29.460
 almost identical,

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.440
 one positive,

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.160
 one negative.

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:33.000
 So what's going on here?

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.120
 If you,

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.560
 by the way,

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.460
 if you're new to church

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.340
 and new to the Bible,

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.900
 the biblical authors

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.000
 want us to take note

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.800
 of things like this.

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.940
 This is no coincidence.

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.099
 It's the way

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:45.059
 the Bible writers

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.159
 want us to sit up

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:47.139
 and to ask questions.

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.779
 And their point in doing this

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.940
 is to ask,

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.000
 what's going on here?

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.759
 So what is going on here?

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.319
 What does the author

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.419
 want to tell us?

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.639
 Well,

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.819
 there's two things.

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.200
 The first thing

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.079
 is he's telling us

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.779
 that our lives

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.639
 are under the hands

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:02.059
 of the sovereign God.

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.599
 We tend to think

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.599
 that we are the captains

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.180
 of our faith,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.899
 the masters

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:07.119
 of our own happiness,

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.539
 right?

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.500
 But he says,

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.539
 don't you believe it?

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.779
 One person

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:12.159
 builds their dream house

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:13.819
 and fills it

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.359
 with children

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.059
 and grandchildren.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.399
 Another couple

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:17.579
 builds their dream house

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.940
 and dies in a car accident

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.579
 before they get

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.259
 to possess it.

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.839
 One person

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.659
 has everything,

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.680
 they get to enjoy it.

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.240
 One person

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.799
 has everything,

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.940
 they don't enjoy it.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.519
 And notice,

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.240
 he doesn't attribute this

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.859
 to fate

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:30.200
 or to chance

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.339
 or to karma.

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.099
 Who does he attribute it to?

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.339
 The hand

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.639
 of the sovereign God.

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:35.680
 God.

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:37.160
 The author here

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.860
 says,

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.980
 God gives

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.160
 and God takes away.

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.680
 Now the point

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.440
 of Ecclesiastes

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.600
 is not to make us

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.900
 pessimistic cynics,

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.200
 right?

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.360
 The point is to

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.340
 lift your eyes

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.620
 off of what you can see.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.780
 See God,

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.720
 consider God,

00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.960
 consider the sovereign God.

00:28:52.280 --> 00:28:53.780
 Your life is in his hands.

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.340
 You are not the captain

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:56.000
 of your faith,

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:57.340
 the master of your destiny,

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.140
 the sovereign God is.

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.200
 But there's something else

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.320
 he wants us to see here.

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:05.359
 He's wanting to contrast

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.319
 wealth

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.559
 and possessions

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.500
 with contentment.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.279
 He's comparing

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.460
 and contrasting

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.559
 possessions

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.240
 with contentment.

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.960
 Look at what he says here.

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.679
 He says in effect,

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.960
 have much money

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.559
 doesn't mean anything.

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.359
 Be very wealthy

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.039
 doesn't mean

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.079
 you're going to be satisfied.

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:26.159
 Wealth and contentment

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.819
 says the author

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:28.059
 are not synonymous

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:31.139
 nor are they causally linked.

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.660
 having one

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.520
 doesn't mean

00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:34.620
 you have the other.

00:29:35.320 --> 00:29:36.060
 Wealth is not

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.860
 the determinant

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:38.600
 of a contented life.

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.520
 One person gets rich

00:29:40.520 --> 00:29:41.980
 and enjoys wealth.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.420
 Another person gets rich

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.980
 and loses the ability

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.720
 to enjoy it.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.840
 And the lesson

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:48.100
 for both is this.

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:50.120
 Don't set your heart

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.900
 on riches.

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.880
 Don't set your heart

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.500
 on wealth.

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:55.280
 It is a fragile

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:58.720
 and an unstable base

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.920
 for your contentment,

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.720
 your joy

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.880
 or your satisfaction

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.740
 in life.

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.259
 That's his point

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.620
 in verse 6-3.

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.100
 He says,

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.700
 okay,

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.340
 let's consider something else.

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.200
 Let's park money

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.680
 for a while.

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.840
 Let's consider

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.060
 the blessed life.

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:14.019
 In the ancient world,

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.660
 how was somebody

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.539
 considered blessed?

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.779
 Well,

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.680
 what is the signs

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.820
 of a blessed life?

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.400
 You lived a long life.

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.960
 You had many children.

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.320
 You had a good

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:23.220
 and decent burial.

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.600
 Right?

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.340
 Three signs

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:26.100
 of a prosperous life.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.920
 Well,

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.640
 look at what he says.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:27.980
 He says,

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.720
 you can have all three

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.259
 of those things.

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.460
 You can live a thousand years.

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.220
 You can live twice

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.100
 a thousand years.

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.660
 You can have a hundred children.

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.519
 Doesn't mean anything.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.120
 If you don't find

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:38.680
 contentment and satisfaction

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.059
 in all those things,

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.240
 what's the point?

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.920
 Meaningless,

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.480
 meaningless.

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.319
 A vanity,

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.720
 a grasping

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.740
 after the wind.

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.600
 Look at verse 9.

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.039
 He says,

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.519
 better is the sight

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.259
 of the eyes

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.039
 than the wondering

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.019
 of the appetite.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.860
 What does he mean?

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.079
 He says,

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.059
 better to be content

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.919
 with what you have

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.839
 in your hands

00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:00.619
 than always lying awake

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.480
 in bed thinking

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.619
 about the next thing

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.839
 to buy and consume.

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.419
 If only I can get

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.460
 that upgraded laptop.

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.919
 If only I can get

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.619
 the new iPhone.

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.099
 If only I can

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:12.039
 get a new house.

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.960
 If only this.

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.639
 Better to be content

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.779
 with what you have

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.299
 than always longing

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.079
 and lusting

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.919
 for the next

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.720
 greatest thing.

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.099
 This too

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.980
 is a vanity,

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.899
 a striving

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.919
 after the wind.

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:25.779
 And this is the point

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.440
 that the teacher

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.500
 wants to come to.

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:29.080
 He's got this long passage

00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:29.920
 and in the middle

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.620
 of his passage

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.000
 he says,

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.759
 vanity, vanity, vanity, vanity.

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.460
 But in the middle

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.240
 he says this,

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.940
 here is something good.

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.800
 Here is something worthwhile.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.160
 The climax

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.960
 of his passage

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.259
 is this,

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.500
 seek contentment,

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:45.000
 not possessions.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.580
 If your goal

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.200
 is possessions,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.039
 your possessions

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.320
 will possess you.

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.420
 They will own you.

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.279
 Wealth is a terrible

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.799
 master

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.299
 but a decent

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.980
 servant.

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.660
 Look at how

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.500
 the Apostle Paul

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.639
 writes it in the New Testament.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.079
 He says,

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.980
 those who desire

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.740
 to be rich

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.240
 easily fall

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.139
 into a temptation,

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.160
 a snare,

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.879
 a trap

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:08.480
 into many senseless

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.539
 and harmful desires

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.779
 that plunge people

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.500
 into ruin

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.119
 and destruction.

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.720
 For the love

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.160
 of money

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.200
 is a root

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.000
 of all kinds

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.440
 of evil

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.720
 and it is through

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.319
 this craving

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.819
 that some

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.259
 have even

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.940
 shipwrecked

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.460
 their faith,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.440
 wandered from

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.879
 their faith

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.519
 and pierced

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.059
 themselves

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.240
 with many

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.019
 pangs.

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.659
 This is what

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.139
 the teacher

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.059
 sees and observes,

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.839
 a futility

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.700
 and meaninglessness,

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.839
 wealth and possessions

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.379
 and honor,

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.799
 so that he has

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.299
 it all that

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.960
 but he lacks

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.799
 contentment,

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.220
 a vanity,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.940
 a chasing

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.899
 after the wind.

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.119
 Now,

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.460
 the message

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.259
 of Ecclesiastes

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.720
 is pretty clear

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.440
 and straightforward.

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:44.980
 You don't need

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.539
 to be a rocket

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.000
 scientist

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.059
 or a nuclear physicist

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.879
 to work it out,

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.179
 right?

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.240
 He says,

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.099
 make sure

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.539
 that money

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.440
 is your servant,

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.419
 not your master.

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.099
 But the challenge

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.359
 is,

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.079
 how do we do

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.440
 that?

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.700
 The challenge

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.700
 is not understanding

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.179
 the message,

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.679
 it's actually

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.460
 applying it

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.519
 or obeying it.

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.399
 Ask any addict,

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.079
 it is one thing

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.839
 to know that

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.899
 something is dangerous,

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.899
 it's another thing

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.659
 to walk away

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.200
 from it.

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.619
 And so the question

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:09.940
 is,

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.879
 how do you keep

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.659
 yourself from being

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.799
 mastered by the

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.379
 love of money?

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.679
 And that could look

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.419
 like either being

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.059
 incessant spending

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.579
 or incessant saving,

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:18.960
 right?

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.039
 How do we keep

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.759
 ourselves from being

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.019
 mastered by the

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.559
 love of money?

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.039
 That's a great

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.480
 question.

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.940
 200 years ago,

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.139
 there was a

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:34.019
 Scottish pastor

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.779
 by the name

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.500
 of Thomas

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.000
 Chalmers,

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.660
 and he preached

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.700
 an amazing sermon

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.160
 called,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.980
 The Expulsive

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.700
 Power of a

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.639
 New Affection.

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.099
 Listen to

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.960
 what he says.

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.740
 He says,

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.740
 A man's desire

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.700
 is not to be

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.660
 gotten rid of

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.880
 simply by

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.980
 destroying it.

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.480
 It must be

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.319
 gotten rid of

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.680
 by substituting it

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.799
 with another desire

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.680
 in its place.

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.700
 The most effective

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.940
 way of withdrawing

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.420
 the heart

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.420
 from one object

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.019
 of desire

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.319
 is not by

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.019
 turning it to

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.700
 nothingness,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.319
 but by presenting

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.039
 to it

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.199
 another object

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.079
 which is more

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.659
 alluring.

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.139
 The heart

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.500
 is so

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.260
 constituted,

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.900
 so built,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.680
 that the only

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:15.119
 way to

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.960
 dispossess it

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.519
 of an old

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.980
 affection

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.360
 is by the

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.079
 expulsive

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.740
 power

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:21.039
 of a new

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.320
 one.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.119
 You see what

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.599
 Chalmers is

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.920
 saying?

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.139
 He's saying,

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.720
 if you want to

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.300
 be free

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.840
 from being

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.720
 mastered by

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.160
 the love

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.680
 of something,

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.800
 you can't

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.200
 just tell

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.619
 yourself,

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.660
 don't love

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:31.820
 it,

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.539
 don't love

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.720
 it,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.360
 don't love

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.660
 it.

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.660
 Your heart

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.059
 has to

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.700
 form more

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.059
 in love

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.680
 with something

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.099
 else.

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.700
 You can't

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.220
 just turn

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.619
 away from

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.920
 what you

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.460
 love to

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.079
 nothingness,

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.700
 you've got

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.059
 to fall

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.539
 more in

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.879
 love with

00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:45.199
 something

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.639
 else.

00:34:46.419 --> 00:34:46.659
 And so

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.199
 the question

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:47.359
 is,

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:47.619
 something

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.039
 else has

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.399
 to become

00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:49.139
 more precious,

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:49.939
 more beautiful,

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.159
 more reassuring,

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.980
 more delightful

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.539
 to you,

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.619
 otherwise you'll

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.259
 always be

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.000
 enslaved by

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.339
 the thing

00:34:55.339 --> 00:34:55.599
 that you

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.939
 love the

00:34:55.939 --> 00:34:56.299
 most.

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.599
 And so

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.119
 the question

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.539
 is this,

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.359
 where do

00:34:59.359 --> 00:34:59.839
 you find

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.460
 something

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.319
 to master

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:03.480
 you without

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.019
 destroying

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.379
 you?

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:05.899
 Where do

00:35:05.899 --> 00:35:06.299
 you find

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.960
 a master

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.819
 that you

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.399
 can hand

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:08.759
 over the

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.539
 controls of

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.960
 your life

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.259
 to,

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.099
 and yet

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.839
 that master

00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.659
 won't enslave

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:12.859
 you,

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.539
 won't oppress

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.840
 you,

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.619
 won't commit

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.159
 injustice

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.860
 against you,

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.179
 but will

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.759
 actually set

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.179
 you free?

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.759
 Where are we

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.239
 going to find

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.039
 a master,

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.920
 a Lord,

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.820
 that will

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.800
 own us

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.480
 and control

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.960
 us,

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.920
 but also

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.079
 love us?

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.219
 Where will

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.800
 we find a

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:29.000
 master who

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.519
 will capture

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.119
 our hearts

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.619
 attention,

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.300
 that we can

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.179
 so love,

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.119
 that we can

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.599
 be free

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.759
 from false

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.420
 masters in

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.679
 love?

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.880
 Friends,

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.199
 where will

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.779
 we find a

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.860
 master whose

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.579
 promises are

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.480
 not illusionary,

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.579
 but will keep

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.219
 his promises

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.079
 even at the

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.500
 cost of

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.799
 his own

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.179
 life?

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.699
 Where will

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.279
 we find a

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:47.259
 master who

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.579
 will set

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.939
 us free

00:35:47.939 --> 00:35:48.339
 from the

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:49.000
 mastery of

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.439
 wealth so

00:35:49.439 --> 00:35:49.739
 that we

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.419
 can enjoy

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:51.359
 it and be

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:52.139
 content with

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:53.059
 it without

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.959
 being controlled

00:35:53.959 --> 00:35:54.599
 by it?

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.839
 On one

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.639
 Thursday night,

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:01.339
 2,000 years

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.759
 ago, it was

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.879
 Passover weekend,

00:36:04.919 --> 00:36:05.480
 and Jesus

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.139
 Christ is

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.579
 celebrating

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.739
 Passover with

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.379
 his disciples,

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:11.579
 and that

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.099
 night he's

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.400
 going to be

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.820
 betrayed,

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.380
 he's going

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.680
 to go to

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.180
 the cross

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:15.140
 and die

00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.340
 on the

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.559
 cross,

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:15.960
 but while

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.160
 he's

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.539
 celebrating

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.920
 Passover,

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.360
 at the end

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.599
 of the

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:17.980
 Passover

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.420
 meal,

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.599
 he gets

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.900
 up and

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.280
 he takes

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.720
 off his

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.900
 cloak and

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.280
 he puts

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.660
 on the

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.380
 attire of

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:23.820
 a servant,

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.559
 and he

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.900
 gets a

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.260
 bowl of

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.619
 water and

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.920
 he puts

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.460
 a towel

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.920
 around his

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.320
 hand,

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.380
 and he

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.840
 does the

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.360
 one thing

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.140
 that no

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:32.079
 respectable

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.800
 rabbi,

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.720
 no respectable

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.460
 human being

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.900
 would do in

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.260
 the ancient

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.700
 world.

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.880
 He does

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.240
 the one

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.599
 thing that

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.380
 even servants

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.699
 in the

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:38.940
 ancient

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.139
 world were

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.739
 not required

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.099
 to do.

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.799
 He washes

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.559
 the feet

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.539
 of his

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.039
 disciples,

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.880
 and Peter,

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.279
 the one

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:46.619
 disciple,

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:46.860
 says,

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.059
 no,

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.199
 no,

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.299
 no,

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.500
 Lord,

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.480
 you can't

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.920
 do this,

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.299
 this is

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.960
 inappropriate,

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.319
 and Jesus

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.599
 says,

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.400
 if I don't

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.000
 wash you,

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.619
 you'll never

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.239
 be clean.

00:36:55.319 --> 00:36:55.960
 Jesus is

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.400
 talking about

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.860
 the fact that

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.360
 the next day

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.579
 he's going

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:57.819
 to go to

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.400
 the cross

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.940
 and shed

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.460
 his blood,

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.480
 and then

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.920
 at the end

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.299
 of washing

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.920
 his disciples

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.539
 feet,

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.259
 he says,

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.980
 you call

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.519
 me Lord

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.139
 and Master,

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.639
 and you

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.000
 write,

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.579
 for that

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.019
 is what

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.619
 I am.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.000
 See what

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.400
 Jesus is

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.659
 saying?

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.440
 Jesus is

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.679
 saying,

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.260
 I am the

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.900
 Lord and

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.539
 the Master

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.019
 of the

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.539
 universe.

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.780
 I am the

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.199
 King of

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.840
 all creation.

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.320
 I am the

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.900
 sovereign God.

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.719
 I am Lord

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.440
 and Master.

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.840
 But what

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.300
 kind of

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.880
 Master is

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.039
 he?

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.420
 He's not

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.780
 the kind

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.159
 of Master

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.460
 that's going

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.039
 to control

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.599
 you and

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.000
 oppress

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.900
 you and

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.139
 commit

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.539
 injustice

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.880
 against

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.139
 you.

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.280
 He's not

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:31.099
 the kind

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.719
 of Master

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.800
 that's going

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.679
 to impoverish

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:33.940
 you.

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.019
 He's the

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.740
 one Master

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.240
 who will

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.579
 get on

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.099
 his knees

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.720
 and serve

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.579
 you and

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.000
 set you

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.300
 free.

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.840
 Jesus

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.340
 Christ says,

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.760
 you call

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.179
 me Lord

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:42.619
 and Master

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.920
 and you're

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.079
 right,

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.420
 for that

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.700
 is what

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.099
 I am.

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.740
 But look

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.000
 at what

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.340
 kind of

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.599
 Master

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.059
 I am.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.159
 I'm the

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.519
 Master

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.880
 that will

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.300
 set you

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.619
 free.

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.039
 Later on,

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.780
 Jesus says,

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.659
 if you want

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.579
 true rest,

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.220
 if you want

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.940
 true grace,

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.360
 if you want

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.880
 to experience

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.280
 my rest,

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.579
 you've got

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:56.900
 to come

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.320
 to me as

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.639
 Master.

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.700
 You've got

00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:59.059
 to let

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.519
 me control.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:37:59.840
 You've got

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.280
 to hand

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.619
 over the

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.260
 controls of

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.619
 your life

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.000
 to me.

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:03.259
 But if

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.619
 you come

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.940
 to me,

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.299
 I won't

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.679
 oppress

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:04.920
 you.

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.219
 I'll

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.799
 truly set

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:06.199
 you free.

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.539
 Do you

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.719
 remember

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.059
 Jesus'

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.759
 famous words

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.139
 in Matthew

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.519
 11?

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.559
 Come to

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:10.779
 me,

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.400
 all you

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.799
 who are

00:38:11.799 --> 00:38:12.199
 weary

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.199
 and heavy

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.739
 laden,

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.880
 and I

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.339
 will give

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:15.940
 you rest.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:16.980
 Take

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.659
 my yoke

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.099
 upon me.

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.259
 Do you

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.400
 know what

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.779
 that means?

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.039
 In the

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.579
 first century,

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.960
 to take

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.359
 someone's

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:20.900
 yoke upon

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.259
 you means

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.659
 to come

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.139
 under the

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.539
 authority,

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.359
 to submit

00:38:23.359 --> 00:38:23.779
 your life

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.079
 to them,

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.719
 to surrender

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.139
 to them.

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:26.099
 Jesus

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.299
 says,

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.779
 take my

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.159
 authority

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.679
 upon you.

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.519
 Take my

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.980
 lordship,

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.659
 come under

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:29.900
 me.

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.539
 Take my

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.840
 yoke

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.460
 upon me.

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.539
 Learn from

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.699
 me,

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.139
 for I am

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.400
 gentle and

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.059
 lowly of

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.380
 heart,

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.059
 and you

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.679
 will find

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.760
 rest for

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.340
 your souls.

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.800
 Come to

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:39.960
 me,

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.320
 you who

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.340
 are frantic

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.079
 and anxious,

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.840
 worried and

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.900
 frustrated

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.780
 about life.

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.860
 Those of

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.139
 you who

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.840
 are frigidly

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.539
 and heavily

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.300
 burdened,

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.300
 come to

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.639
 me and

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.199
 submit to

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.340
 me,

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.820
 and I

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.320
 will give

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:53.019
 you rest.

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.539
 Jesus

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.099
 Christ says

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.420
 he's the

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.079
 one lord

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.440
 and master.

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.800
 He says

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.159
 he's the

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.460
 sovereign

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.800
 God.

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.100
 Remember

00:38:59.100 --> 00:38:59.780
 how Colossians

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.600
 says he

00:39:00.600 --> 00:39:00.840
 is the

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.360
 one by

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.980
 whom and

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.300
 through

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.840
 whom and

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.480
 for whom

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.300
 all things

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.700
 are made.

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.900
 Jesus

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.340
 Christ is

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.539
 the one

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.120
 who sits

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.560
 on the

00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:08.100
 thrones of

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:08.420
 the heaven.

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.760
 He's the

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.220
 one before

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:10.440
 whom angels

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.180
 will bow

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.840
 down and

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.160
 cry,

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.720
 worthy,

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.320
 worthy are

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.560
 you,

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.000
 our lord

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.460
 and king,

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.380
 to receive

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.060
 glory and

00:39:16.060 --> 00:39:16.600
 honor and

00:39:16.600 --> 00:39:17.080
 praise.

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.140
 Jesus

00:39:18.140 --> 00:39:18.640
 Christ is

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:18.980
 the one

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.680
 person before

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.519
 whom every

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:21.000
 knee is

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.300
 going to

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.800
 bow down

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.400
 and every

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.860
 tongue is

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.240
 one day

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.480
 going to

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.920
 confess,

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.720
 it is

00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:24.960
 true,

00:39:25.080 --> 00:39:25.320
 you are

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.720
 God.

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.640
 He's

00:39:26.640 --> 00:39:27.060
 lord and

00:39:27.060 --> 00:39:27.400
 master.

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.500
 master,

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.160
 but he's

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.559
 the lord and

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.820
 master who

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.220
 did not

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:31.660
 come to

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.500
 be served,

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.559
 but to

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.320
 serve and

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.720
 to lay

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.280
 down his

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.740
 life as

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.200
 a ransom

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:38.500
 to save

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.280
 us from

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.900
 our sins.

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.980
 Do you

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.380
 remember how the

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.000
 apostle Paul

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.519
 writes it?

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:45.000
 He's writing in

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.380
 prison.

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.740
 Paul is in

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.320
 Rome, he's

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.400
 got a collar

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.880
 around his

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.220
 neck, he's

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.780
 got chains

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.099
 on his

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:51.420
 hands, he's

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.260
 suffering in a

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.980
 Roman prison,

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.320
 and he

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.880
 writes a

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.980
 letter to

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.219
 some

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.800
 Christians in

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.380
 the city of

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.940
 Philippi and

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.360
 this is what

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.840
 he says,

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.900
 I have

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.380
 learned to

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.920
 be content

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:01.139
 in whatever

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:02.179
 circumstances I

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.460
 am.

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.460
 I have

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.719
 learned to

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.260
 be content

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.619
 whether I

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.139
 have little

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.179
 or content

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.619
 whether I

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.260
 have much.

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.539
 In all and

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.460
 any circumstances

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.199
 I have

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.800
 learned the

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.460
 secret of

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.219
 contentment,

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.039
 whether I'm

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:14.099
 well fed or

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.579
 whether I'm

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.920
 hungry,

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.860
 whether I'm

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.440
 in abundance

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.519
 or whether I

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.099
 am in need.

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.360
 Well what is

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.820
 the secret?

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.900
 How did

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.500
 Paul learn

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.800
 that?

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.680
 Do you

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:22.960
 remember what

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.260
 he writes

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.700
 earlier in

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.280
 Philippians?

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.880
 For to me

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.900
 to live is

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:28.280
 Christ and

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.380
 to die is

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.780
 gain.

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.880
 What did he

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.260
 write in

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.840
 chapter 3?

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.680
 He says,

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.500
 All my life

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.140
 I've pursued

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:34.640
 these certain

00:40:34.640 --> 00:40:34.900
 things,

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.480
 credentials.

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.720
 Now I

00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:37.380
 consider them

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.080
 rubbish, I

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.600
 consider them

00:40:38.600 --> 00:40:39.720
 loss compared

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.580
 to the all

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:41.539
 surpassing worth

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.100
 of knowing

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.840
 Christ Jesus

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.440
 my Lord.

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:44.480
 Friend, do you

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.780
 want to know

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.480
 the secret to

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.160
 contentment?

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.340
 It's knowing

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.160
 Christ Jesus

00:40:49.160 --> 00:40:49.680
 is Lord.

00:40:50.560 --> 00:40:51.440
 To live is

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.760
 Christ and

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.539
 to die is

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.220
 gain because

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.639
 you get to

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.059
 be with him.

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.639
 That's the

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.119
 secret to

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.820
 contentment.

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.539
 Remember the

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.240
 words of that

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.740
 old hymn?

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.940
 Were the

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.619
 whole realm

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.179
 of nature

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.460
 mine that

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.000
 were an

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.920
 offering far

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.659
 too small.

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.820
 Love so

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:08.380
 amazing, so

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:10.220
 divine, demands

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:11.740
 my life, my

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:13.220
 soul, my

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.559
 all.

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:17.259
 Robert Murray

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:18.279
 McShane was

00:41:18.279 --> 00:41:19.159
 a disciple of

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:19.480
 Thomas

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.039
 Chalmers.

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.219
 I don't

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.559
 know why I

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.920
 love these

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.579
 old Scottish

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.139
 guys, but

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.480
 there's

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.019
 something nice

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.480
 about them.

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.219
 Robert Murray

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.900
 McShane was a

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.539
 disciple of

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.360
 Thomas Chalmers

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.820
 and he

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.500
 famously wrote

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.820
 this.

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.199
 For every

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.039
 one look at

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:33.480
 yourself, take

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.360
 ten looks at

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.980
 the person of

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.400
 Christ.

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.519
 He is

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.940
 altogether

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:38.559
 lovely, such

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.579
 infinite majesty,

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.840
 and yet such

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.559
 meekness and

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.679
 grace, and

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.199
 all for

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:44.519
 sinners, even

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.299
 the chief of

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:46.239
 sinners like

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:46.519
 me.

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:47.960
 Friends, can I

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.519
 urge you for

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.279
 every one look

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.779
 at your bank

00:41:49.779 --> 00:41:51.039
 account, for

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.739
 every one look

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.259
 at your stock

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:53.119
 portfolio, for

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.879
 every one look

00:41:53.879 --> 00:41:54.619
 at your retirement

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.960
 fund, for

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.619
 every one look

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.279
 at that online

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:58.219
 shopping website,

00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.639
 take ten looks

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.199
 at Christ.

00:42:00.899 --> 00:42:01.179
 He is

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.819
 altogether

00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:03.739
 lovely, altogether

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:05.699
 precious, such

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:07.119
 meekness, such

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.839
 majesty, and

00:42:08.839 --> 00:42:10.279
 such grace, and

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:10.879
 all for sinners

00:42:10.879 --> 00:42:11.399
 like us.

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.099
 Friends, Jesus

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.819
 Christ is the

00:42:12.819 --> 00:42:13.500
 one Lord, who

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.159
 if you allow

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.960
 him to master

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.219
 you, if you

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:16.920
 hand over your

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.299
 life to

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:18.159
 completely, if

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.739
 you're willing

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:19.480
 to completely

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.239
 surrender to

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:21.000
 him, to have

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.659
 your way in

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:23.000
 my life, you'll

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.679
 find that he'll

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.759
 not only save

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.279
 you, he'll

00:42:25.279 --> 00:42:25.819
 completely

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.679
 satisfy you.

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.019
 Jesus will

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.799
 out-satisfy

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:29.360
 every other

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.019
 master in your

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.339
 life.

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.480
 Jesus will

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.139
 out-fulfill

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.779
 every other

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.319
 idol in your

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.619
 life.

00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:35.079
 Jesus will

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.139
 out-satisfy

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.920
 every other

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.000
 idol that you

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.559
 tempted to

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.719
 serve.

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.599
 Jesus Christ

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:41.179
 is the one

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.579
 Lord, the

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.439
 one master, the

00:42:42.439 --> 00:42:43.819
 one king, who

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.619
 will both save

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.139
 you from your

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.659
 sin and your

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.980
 shame, but also

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.980
 satisfy your

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.419
 hearts.

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:50.000
 Let's come to

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.239
 him.

00:42:50.939 --> 00:42:51.579
 Let's learn from

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.199
 the teacher of

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:52.839
 Ecclesiastes.

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:54.480
 Money is a

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.859
 great servant, but

00:42:55.859 --> 00:42:56.339
 a terrible

00:42:56.339 --> 00:42:56.819
 master.

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.399
 Let Jesus

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:59.179
 Christ be your

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.719
 master and your

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.879
 king, and be

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:02.139
 free from the

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:03.199
 lure of money.

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.119
 Let's pray

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.539
 together.

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:07.300
 Lord Jesus

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:09.460
 Christ, as we

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.279
 hear every week,

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.900
 you are the

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.279
 answer.

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:11.940
 You are the

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.279
 king.

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.380
 You are the

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.880
 one that we

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.340
 come to.

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.239
 Father, it's

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:17.239
 so easy to

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:18.239
 know the

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:18.900
 words of the

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.539
 scriptures and

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.219
 to know the

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:21.059
 lesson, but it's

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:22.400
 so much more

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.219
 trickier to

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:23.920
 obey it and

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.519
 apply it.

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.940
 Christ, I

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.699
 pray for my

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.079
 friends.

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:27.659
 I pray for

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:28.139
 myself.

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:29.340
 God, I pray

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.079
 for us as a

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:30.360
 church.

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.300
 Won't you, by

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.179
 your spirit, come

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.699
 and get hold of

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.159
 our hearts?

00:43:33.159 --> 00:43:34.460
 Won't you

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.399
 open the eyes

00:43:35.399 --> 00:43:36.000
 of our hearts

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.739
 that we may

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.699
 see you and

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.659
 be in awe of

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.819
 you, that we

00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:40.719
 may be enamored

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.299
 by you?

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:43.000
 Jesus, I pray,

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.759
 come and take

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.579
 your place.

00:43:48.899 --> 00:43:49.559
 Christ, come

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:49.960
 and have your

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.339
 way in our

00:43:50.339 --> 00:43:50.679
 lives.

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.119
 Christ, come

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.559
 and be our

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.139
 Lord and our

00:43:56.139 --> 00:43:57.899
 king and our

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.279
 master.

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.920
 friends, we're

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.319
 going to go to

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:05.000
 communion in a

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.359
 few minutes

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:05.779
 time, but

00:44:05.779 --> 00:44:06.199
 maybe just

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.799
 before that, I

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.359
 want to just

00:44:07.359 --> 00:44:09.099
 give us an

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:10.139
 opportunity to

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:11.099
 respond.

00:44:13.319 --> 00:44:13.920
 Friends, maybe

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.579
 you're here this

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.799
 morning and you

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:17.539
 are not a

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:17.920
 follower of

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.179
 Jesus.

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.039
 You've been

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:19.779
 mastered by all

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.279
 sorts of other

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:20.659
 things.

00:44:21.879 --> 00:44:22.299
 Why don't you

00:44:22.299 --> 00:44:22.940
 come to Jesus

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.440
 this morning?

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:26.000
 Why don't you

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.619
 surrender to

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:26.819
 him?

00:44:28.579 --> 00:44:29.179
 Why don't you

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:29.659
 hand over your

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.239
 life to him?

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:31.119
 Why don't you

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.619
 hand over your

00:44:31.619 --> 00:44:32.359
 life to him?

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.740
 Friends, why don't

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:34.280
 you come to

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:36.320
 Christ and ask

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:36.860
 him to be your

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.480
 king, your

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.079
 master, your

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.360
 Lord?

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:41.460
 The way to do

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.140
 that is just to

00:44:42.140 --> 00:44:42.660
 pray a very

00:44:42.660 --> 00:44:43.519
 simple prayer.

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.900
 To admit that

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:48.539
 you're a sinner,

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:50.099
 that Jesus

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.780
 Christ died on

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:51.460
 the cross to

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:51.900
 save you of

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.760
 your sins, to

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:53.360
 take your

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.180
 unrighteousness

00:44:54.180 --> 00:44:54.740
 and to give

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:56.720
 you his

00:44:56.720 --> 00:44:57.420
 righteousness in

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:58.099
 your place, to

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.740
 credit your

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.280
 account, his

00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.559
 goodness.

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.480
 Why don't you

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.940
 come to him

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.160
 and say,

00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:03.199
 Jesus, I

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.779
 need your

00:45:03.779 --> 00:45:04.239
 grace.

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.759
 I can't do

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:06.079
 it on my

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.379
 own.

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.039
 I need you

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.539
 to forgive

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.839
 me.

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:14.099
 Why don't you

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:14.539
 come to him

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.980
 this morning

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:15.480
 and say,

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:16.940
 God, I

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.679
 want to live

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:17.980
 for you.

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.399
 I want you

00:45:18.399 --> 00:45:18.879
 to be my

00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.379
 master and

00:45:19.379 --> 00:45:19.819
 my king.

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.199
 I want you

00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:22.719
 to have your

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:23.000
 way.

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.399
 I will

00:45:23.399 --> 00:45:24.059
 follow you.

00:45:24.839 --> 00:45:25.420
 I will

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:26.079
 trust you.

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.579
 I will

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.279
 obey you.

00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:29.940
 I will

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.300
 love you

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:30.960
 supremely.

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.000
 Why don't

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.260
 you do

00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:39.680
 that now?

00:45:43.140 --> 00:45:43.680
 Friends, maybe

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.280
 for some of us

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.740
 we are

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.519
 Christians already.

00:45:45.660 --> 00:45:45.980
 Maybe we've

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.440
 been Christians

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.840
 for many

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.280
 years or

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.880
 maybe a few

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.220
 weeks.

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:49.720
 But if you're

00:45:49.720 --> 00:45:50.400
 honest, something

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.880
 else has

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.440
 mastered you.

00:45:51.540 --> 00:45:51.920
 It might not

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:52.620
 be wealth or

00:45:52.620 --> 00:45:52.860
 money.

00:45:53.080 --> 00:45:53.440
 It might be

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.120
 something else.

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:56.119
 maybe what

00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:56.719
 people think

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.079
 of you.

00:45:58.179 --> 00:45:58.839
 Maybe some

00:45:58.839 --> 00:45:59.539
 other desire.

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.139
 Maybe you

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.679
 mastered by

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.319
 porn or

00:46:01.319 --> 00:46:02.059
 something else.

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.159
 Why don't

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.579
 you come and

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:04.159
 ask Christ to

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:04.619
 be your king

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:04.920
 and your

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.279
 master.

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.199
 Ask him to

00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:09.039
 come and be

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.659
 the most

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:11.239
 beautiful and

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:11.759
 attractive

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:13.819
 desire of

00:46:13.819 --> 00:46:14.359
 your heart.

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:20.199
 To be the

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.659
 expulsive

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:21.440
 power that

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:22.420
 drives those

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.019
 other masters.

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:28.599
 God, come

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.000
 and do that

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.500
 for all of

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:29.980
 us, Lord.

00:46:30.319 --> 00:46:30.900
 For all of

00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:31.359
 us, come and

00:46:31.359 --> 00:46:31.839
 be our king.

00:46:33.259 --> 00:46:33.900
 Lord, I pray

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.480
 that this week

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:35.639
 as we go into

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.739
 the marketplace,

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.339
 as we go to

00:46:37.339 --> 00:46:37.960
 work, as we

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.619
 go to school,

00:46:38.799 --> 00:46:39.139
 as we go to

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:41.599
 university, as

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.539
 we travel and

00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:43.339
 we see family

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:44.059
 and friends,

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.639
 God, won't

00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:46.119
 you come and

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:46.599
 be our king

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.059
 and our master?

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.659
 Won't you be

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.460
 first in our

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:48.779
 heart?

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:50.900
 We pray this

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.940
 in your

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.420
 wonderful and

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.799
 your gracious

00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:53.219
 name.

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.699
 Amen.

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:54.920
 Amen.