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 Making our way through the gospel of Luke, Jesus and His mission.

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! Jesus is on a mission, and His mission is to seek and to save that which was lost.

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 And when He comes, He shows us how to live our life as well.

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 That we're to be on mission for Him, that we're to share the gospel with others,

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 and He's kind of showing us the way that we should live our own life.

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 And so we're going to see that again here this morning.

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 And we found our place there in Luke chapter number 12.

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 We'll begin reading in verse number 13.

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 The Bible says this,

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 And one of the company said unto him,

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 Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.

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 And he said unto him,

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 Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

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 And he said unto them,

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 Take heed and beware of covetousness.

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 For a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

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 And he spake a parable unto them,

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 The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

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 And he thought within himself, saying,

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 What shall I do?

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 Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.

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 And he said,

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 This will I do.

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 I will pull down my barns and build greater.

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 And there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

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 And I will say to my soul,

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 Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years.

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 Take thine ease,

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 Eat, drink,

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 and be merry.

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 But God said unto him,

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 Thou fool,

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 This night thy soul shall be required of thee.

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 Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

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 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,

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 And is not rich toward God.

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 Maybe in your Bible it has a little heading,

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 The rich fool.

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 You think,

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 Well, it doesn't apply to me because I'm not rich.

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 It's much more than just possessions.

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 It's the spirit that we see here.

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 Because it is possible to have full barns and an empty soul.

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 And that's what this man's problem was.

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 He spent his whole life trying to live for himself

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 And to get what the world said you have to have

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 And missed the one thing that mattered.

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 And Jesus wants us to make sure that we don't follow that same path.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at this morning.

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 Full barns, empty souls.

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 So let's go to the Lord in prayer and ask his blessing on our time.

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 Father, thank you for this time that we can't open up the word.

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 Lord, I'm so thankful you've given us the word of God

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 To help us live our life the way that you intend for it to be

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 And to be designed to live.

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 What I do pray is we've already prayed once

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 That if there's somebody here today that's trying to be a good person,

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 Trying to do the right thing,

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 That maybe their faith and trust is in that,

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 But you would make it clear that it needs to be in you

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 And your work on the cross of Calvary.

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 Lord, that we wouldn't live our life just accumulating a bunch of things

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 And miss the one thing that matters.

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 Lord, I pray you'd be with me now.

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 You would empty me of self.

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 You would cleanse me of sin.

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 You'd fill me with your spirit.

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 Lord, I need you.

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 I need your words.

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 I need your help.

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 Lord, I pray that you would just

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 Help this be a blessing to your people today.

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 And we ask it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you so much for standing.

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 You may be seated.

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 I heard a story about a man who died,

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 And he was known as a compulsive hoarder.

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 I'm not coming after you.

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 Anybody like to collect things?

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 I like the show American Pickers.

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 Anybody ever watch that show American Pickers?

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 Like I wish my grandpa had a barn.

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 His barn is not full of cool stuff.

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 It's full of a bunch of stuff we're going to have to throw away one day.

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 You know, but I watch that show and they walk in there and they're like,

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 Oh, it's a Model T that's never been driven.

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 You know, like that's a cool way to hoard.

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 But this gentleman in this particular story was not that way.

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 When he passed away, he really didn't have much family.

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 And so the workers went to his house and began cleaning it out.

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 And they found newspapers from decades ago.

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 And, you know, boxes are kind of piled to the ceiling.

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 Broken appliances everywhere.

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 His clothes that were in the closet that had never been worn.

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 Really, room after room was filled with things that he had just collected and stored.

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 But as the workers made their way through the house,

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 they soon began to discover something kind of shocking.

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 Hidden in the bottom of boxes and in certain areas and closets,

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 there was envelopes full of cash.

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 Full of savings bonds.

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 And they started collecting all of them.

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 They counted.

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 And when they counted, it was over a million dollars of cash just scattered around this house.

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 Now, I'm about that.

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 That's what I would like to find.

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 But that's not how he lived.

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 When neighbors found out that they had found over a million dollars in the house,

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 they said, we didn't see this one coming.

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 He wore the same old worn out clothes every day.

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 He refused to turn the heat on in the house because he didn't want to pay for it.

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 He ate the cheapest food he could find.

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 This man had wealth all around him but never enjoyed it.

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 He had all the money.

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 He had all the property that he lived on.

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 All the possessions.

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 And everything he spent his life storing up and saving and collecting went to somebody else.

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 And I'm sure you've heard stories like this.

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 And if you're like me, I think, man, what a waste.

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 Man, if I had that money, we start thinking about,

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 if I had this, then I would do this.

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 And we think, how could somebody live like that?

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 But as we come to our text here this morning in Luke's gospel,

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 Jesus says something even more sobering than maybe a fictional story like that.

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 He reminds us that it is possible to spend your entire life accumulating and saving

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 and storing and collecting and end up when it's all said and done with nothing to show for it.

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 In fact, something worse than that, to be spiritually bankrupt,

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 to have a soul that is neglected.

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 You can have full barns and an empty soul.

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 So here in Luke chapter number 12, Jesus tells us a story about a man like the one in our story

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 that had all these things and really he was doing very well on the outside.

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 I mean, he had a booming business.

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 The harvest was abundant in his case and really his future looks secure.

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 But we read that verse there in verse number 20, when God spoke up, here's what he said,

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 you're a fool.

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 Wow.

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 And the question that Jesus wants his listeners then,

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 and I believe he wants us today to wrestle with is this,

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 is how does somebody end up there?

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 With a man that had all the goods of life

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 and how does a person who appears successful and seems secure

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 and really has more than enough end up to a place where at the end of his life,

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 God says, thou fool.

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 And really in this parable, Jesus walks us step by step down the road this man took

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 so we don't travel the same road.

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 Because here's the reality.

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 You don't wake up one day and suddenly have an empty soul.

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 No, no, no, it's a gradual process.

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 It's little decisions.

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 It's mixed up priorities.

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 It's one misplaced treasure at a time.

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 And an empty soul, it begins with a selfish heart.

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 It grows into a covetous spirit.

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 And what that does is it really shapes a self-centered life.

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 And at the end, you're bankrupt.

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 And that's where this man is.

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 So if you're taking notes today, we could summarize it like this.

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 The path to an empty soul.

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 The path to an empty soul.

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 And the first step down this road begins with something we see in the crowd

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 before he even gets to the story.

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 Number one, a selfish heart.

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 Jesus is here and he's, and if you've been with us for the past few weeks,

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 I mean he's teaching some really great eternal principles.

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 He's really been leaning into not being a hypocrite.

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 Because the Pharisees and the religious crowd,

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 they would have been in that situation where they looked really good on the outside.

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 I mean they look like this man in the story.

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 Everything looks like they have it together.

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 But in the inside, they were dead and they were just putting on a facade.

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 And Jesus began to teach that to those that were following,

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 listen, you don't need to fear man.

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 You need to fear God.

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 Because they were living in fear of keeping all of these rules

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 and not running into the Pharisees.

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 And really, Jesus says,

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 you've got to make sure who your allegiance lies to.

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 That it's either man or it's to God.

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 And in the middle of all of this,

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 when he's dealing with matters of eternal importance,

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 a man interrupts the sermon.

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 And he's like,

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 hey Jesus,

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 make my brother give me my inheritance.

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 You think,

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 what is the deal here?

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 I mean you talk about a selfish request.

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 This man kind of seems way off.

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 He's not saying,

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 Lord,

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 teach us something spiritual.

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 He's like,

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 Lord,

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 give me my money.

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 I mean that's what's going on right here.

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 Kind of in the middle of Jesus' sermon.

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 Because if your Bible's like mine,

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 there's a bunch of red letters.

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 And then there's this guy asking a really dumb question.

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 And just write this down.

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 There is such things as a dumb question.

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 You know,

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 there is.

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 This is one of them.

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 But I'm glad he asked,

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 because Jesus is going to use this opportunity

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 to teach us a great principle.

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 Because we notice this man's tone

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 when he says,

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 Master,

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 speak to my brother

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 that he divide the inheritance with me.

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 He doesn't ask Jesus to evaluate the situation.

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 He doesn't ask Jesus for wisdom.

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 No,

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 I think you see there,

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 he demands it.

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 You know,

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 that's kind of how my kids do sometimes.

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 Tell them to be nice.

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 Tell them this is not theirs.

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 Anybody else's kids like that?

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 Just mine?

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 Okay,

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 I thought so.

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 You know,

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 we do it the same way.

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 You go to your boss,

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 tell them that this is mine,

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 you know.

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 We still have that.

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 But here's really what he's saying

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 in verse number 13.

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 Jesus,

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 take my side.

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 That's what he's wanting.

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 He's wanting somebody

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 with a little bit of clout.

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 Somebody that has

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 some authority

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 to tell his brother

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 he's wrong.

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 That I want what I want.

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 And really,

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 he's so consumed

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 with what he believes

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 belongs to him

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 that he interrupts Jesus

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 when he's teaching

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 about the importance

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 of these eternal matters.

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 And while speaking about the soul,

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 this man's worried about his estate

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 that he feels like

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 he's getting gypped on.

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 And that's kind of where he's at.

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 And I love Jesus' response.

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 He doesn't say,

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 hey man,

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 he didn't say,

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 you're a great guy.

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 He said,

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 who do you think you are?

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 And that's verse 14.

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 When he said,

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 man.

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 This wasn't a kind tone.

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 This wasn't a normal greeting.

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 He was kind of putting

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 this man in his place.

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 He's saying,

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 man,

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 who made me a judge?

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 This is not what I'm here for.

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 This is not my mission

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 is what Jesus says.

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 He's telling this guy,

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 listen,

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 I didn't come here

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 to be a probate judge.

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 He's like,

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 this isn't on my docket.

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 I'm not here to settle

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 family estates.

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 Now as we walk through

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 the Gospel of Luke,

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 we realize this.

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 Jesus came to deal

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 with something far more important.

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 Our heart.

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 That's what he's searching for.

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 That's what he's desiring.

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 That's what he wants

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 from all of us.

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 And the problem

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 with this man's heart,

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 it was in the wrong place.

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 Now don't misunderstand,

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 and we'll kind of walk

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 through it here in a minute,

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 but the real issue

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 is not the inheritance.

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 Like, you know,

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 if you want to put me

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 in your inheritance,

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 go ahead.

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 I'm cool with that.

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 I mean, yeah,

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 just write me in there.

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 Listen,

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 there's nothing wrong

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 with an inheritance.

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 Some of you have received some.

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 But here's the problem

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 with this man,

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 his obsession with it.

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 He wants it.

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 He wants it now.

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 He's got,

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 he needs more of it

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 because he needs

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 all the things

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 because no doubt,

00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:36.340
 maybe he's already

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 bought the things

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 that he's going to buy

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 with an inheritance

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 and now the collectors

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 come and do for it.

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 That's maybe where he's at.

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 He's like,

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 hey, I need this money

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 kind of like right now

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 because I put the jet ski

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 on layaway.

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 I don't know if they had

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 jet skis back then,

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 but probably so.

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 See, money and possessions

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 really have a way

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 of revealing

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 what we truly value.

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 I mean,

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 they expose our heart.

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 They really expose

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 our priorities,

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 our desires.

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 They expose our idols.

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 We don't like to think

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 about it like that,

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 but they do.

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 Money is a way

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 of bringing out

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 the worst in people.

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 And this situation

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 wasn't unique

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 to the first century Israel.

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 I think we see it

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 in everyday life.

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 You probably have seen it

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 around you

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 that families

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 that have gotten along

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 for years

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 suddenly fracture

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 when an inheritance

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 is involved.

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 And it becomes

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 this messy situation

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 and siblings

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 stop speaking

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 to each other

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 and arguments erupt

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 over houses

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 and land

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 and furniture

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 and money

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 and Jesus is saying,

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 listen,

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 this is not an illegal dispute.

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 It's a spiritual problem.

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 It's about where

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 our heart is

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 because where our

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 treasure is

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 is where our heart

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 is also.

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 Jesus told us

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 that in the Sermon

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 on the Mount.

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 He's going to tell us

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 in a few sermons later

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 as we move

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 through the Gospel of Luke

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 the same truth.

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 And before we move on

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 and kind of get into

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 the actual parable

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 that Jesus gives,

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 I think it's worth

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 stopping and asking

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 ourselves an honest question.

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 What does money

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 tend to surface

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 in our own life?

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 when it comes up

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 and there's a situation

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 about what we feel

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 like we deserve

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 and what we need.

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 It might not look like

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 interrupting Jesus

00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:16.860
 in the middle of a sermon

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 but it might look like

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 a constant preoccupation

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 with financial gain.

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 Listen,

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 God doesn't want you

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 to go to work

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 and be the worst employee ever.

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 It's not,

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 it's not,

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 Jesus is not saying,

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 well,

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 don't go for a raise,

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 go for a demotion.

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 It's not what it's saying.

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 But what's your focus?

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 Is your focus just

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 more and more and more?

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 How many of you

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 have ever gotten a raise

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 in your life?

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 Only two people?

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 Wow.

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 Y'all are the worst

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 workers ever,

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 I guess.

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 Hypothetically,

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 you got a raise.

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 Let's say you got a raise

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 last year and your boss

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 says, hey,

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 I want to give you a raise.

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 No,

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 I'm good.

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 I don't think anybody

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 in this room,

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 gas prices,

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 you're going to need one soon.

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 I'm like,

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 what in the world?

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 There's nothing wrong

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 with those things.

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 But is that your

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 constant preoccupation?

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 Is that what drives you?

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 Maybe there's anxiety

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 in your life

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 that every time,

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 it rises every time

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 that money gets tight.

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 And listen,

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 I understand that.

00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.399
 We've all been in

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 situations like that.

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 Maybe it's frustration

00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:20.259
 when somebody else

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 seems to get

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 what you think

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 you deserve.

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 And that should have

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 been your promotion.

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 That should have been

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 your raise.

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 That should have been

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 your job.

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 And maybe it's this

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 quiet resentment

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:30.139
 when it just feels

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:31.219
 like life isn't fair

00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:31.899
 and you're trying

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 to do the right thing

00:14:32.660 --> 00:14:33.080
 and you're trying

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 to serve the Lord

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 and you're trying

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 to give

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.060
 and you're trying

00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.420
 to go

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 and it just seems

00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:37.000
 like nothing's

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.019
 working out for you.

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 And sometimes

00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:41.060
 the most revealing

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:42.639
 thing about our hearts

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.139
 when it comes

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.899
 to the things

00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.259
 of money

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 is not what we say

00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:45.639
 in church

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.800
 and nod to a sermon

00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:48.120
 but what occupies

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:48.660
 our thoughts

00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:49.440
 throughout the week.

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 And Jesus wants

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.279
 to address that.

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.920
 Because this request

00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.379
 right here,

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.399
 it exposed

00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.440
 what mattered

00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.660
 most to this man.

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 It's like

00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.580
 he's sitting there

00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.240
 in this sermon

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.180
 and Jesus is teaching

00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:03.060
 all this life-changing

00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:04.000
 truth and he's thinking

00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.660
 I'm going to wait

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 until he pauses

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 and I'm going to

00:15:05.780 --> 00:15:06.639
 ask my question.

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 I mean that's kind

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 of how it is.

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 I mean as soon as you,

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 Jesus, I mean he was

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.000
 ready to go.

00:15:12.940 --> 00:15:14.200
 And it just showed

00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.220
 where his heart was.

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 And Jesus responds

00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:18.300
 to him we saw

00:15:18.300 --> 00:15:18.920
 in verse 14

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 but he didn't say

00:15:19.780 --> 00:15:20.400
 okay I'll settle

00:15:20.400 --> 00:15:21.000
 the argument.

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.460
 No he does something

00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:23.300
 far more important.

00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:24.139
 He exposes

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.240
 the heart behind

00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.820
 the request.

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 Because the real danger

00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:29.800
 wasn't with the

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.859
 inheritance dispute.

00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.719
 It was with the

00:15:31.719 --> 00:15:32.740
 covetous spirit

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:34.139
 that was driving it.

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 That's where

00:15:35.219 --> 00:15:36.319
 the problem lies

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 and that's why

00:15:36.979 --> 00:15:38.159
 Jesus gives us

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:39.199
 a warning here

00:15:39.199 --> 00:15:40.379
 in verse number 15

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 that applies

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.939
 to every one of us.

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 He says listen

00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.819
 the path to an

00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.359
 empty soul

00:15:44.359 --> 00:15:45.240
 it starts with

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.679
 a selfish heart

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.620
 but it ends up

00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.279
 turning into

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.620
 a covetous spirit.

00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:50.899
 Look at the very

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.399
 first part of

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.059
 number 15.

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 Verse 15.

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 And he said

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 unto them

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.679
 this is everybody

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.240
 listening so

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.919
 this man addresses

00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.919
 Jesus but Jesus

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 addresses the crowd.

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 Take heed

00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:03.059
 and beware

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:04.779
 of covetousness.

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.579
 So Jesus

00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.599
 really is exposing

00:16:07.599 --> 00:16:08.699
 the deeper problem.

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:10.319
 You know I feel

00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:10.919
 like Jesus would

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.379
 have been very

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.240
 stern in this

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.799
 situation.

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.079
 Anybody's dad

00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:15.759
 ever used their

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 their dad voice

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 on you?

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 You know my dad

00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:20.519
 yeah yeah

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:22.179
 yeah that's what

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.740
 I'm talking about.

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 I mean he knows

00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.319
 what's up.

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 And I know

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 you know my dad

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 was a pretty easy

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.399
 going guy but

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.000
 when the dad

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 voice came out

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.080
 you better

00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:32.019
 check yourself

00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:33.300
 before you wreck

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 yourself is kind

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.779
 of what what

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.159
 happened.

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 You know it's

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.560
 because hey we're

00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:36.860
 not gonna do

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.440
 that oh my

00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:37.879
 goodness.

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 We when dad

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 used a certain

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.399
 voice we knew

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 he was serious

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:46.740
 and that's exactly

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.639
 what Jesus is

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.200
 doing here.

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.920
 I just want to

00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:50.860
 remind us that

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.659
 Jesus is not

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.379
 sometimes who we

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.340
 think he is based

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.980
 on some paintings

00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.840
 we've seen from

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.440
 the renaissance.

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.880
 Jesus didn't

00:16:56.880 --> 00:16:57.440
 mess around

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:57.740
 here.

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 He's not

00:16:58.880 --> 00:16:59.620
 saying well

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.620
 let's all be

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.240
 kind and get

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.540
 along.

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.100
 No here's what

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.860
 he says take

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:04.340
 heed beware.

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 He's showing

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 the seriousness

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.820
 of the issue

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 of the heart

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.100
 problem.

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 That word take

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 heed means this

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 hey pay

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 attention.

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 Don't miss

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.320
 this.

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 He because

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 apparently this

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 man has missed

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 everything else.

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 He said listen

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 I need you to

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 pay attention

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 right here.

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 I need you to

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 take heed.

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 I need you to

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 beware.

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 Here's what he's

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 saying.

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 You got to

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 guard your

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 heart.

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 Because this

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 man wasn't

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 guarding his

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 heart.

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 He had let

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 all these

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 things in and

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 this selfishness

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 is really coming

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 to the surface.

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 And these are

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 strong words.

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 Jesus isn't

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 casually offering

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 some financial

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 advice.

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 He's issuing a

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 warning.

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 We ask ourselves

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 why such a

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 serious warning?

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 I mean it's

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 just a request

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 that a lot of

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 people in the

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 crowd probably

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 had.

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 I think the

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 warning is so

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 serious because

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 covetousness is a

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 serious sin.

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 Jesus looks at it

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 that way.

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 So what is

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 covetousness?

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 It's not a word

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 we go around

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 using all the

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 time but the

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 idea is it

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 refers to this

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 boundless desire

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 to have more.

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 More money.

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 More possessions.

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 More success.

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 More security.

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 It's a spirit in

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 our life that

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 constantly whispers

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 if I just had a

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 little bit more

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 then I'd be happy.

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 If I just got that

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 raise, if I just

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 did this, if I just

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 got rid of that,

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 then I would be

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 happy.

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 But that's not how

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 it works.

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 Because we all in

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 this room have

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 gotten that raise

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 and gotten that

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 promotion and

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 bought that car and

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 did all those

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 things and guess

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 what?

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 You're thinking,

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 well, I guess I

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 just need that then.

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 I guess I just

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 need that next

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 thing.

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 I just need that

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 other thing and

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 it's that constant

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 reminder that it

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 will never satisfy

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 us.

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 I mean, you try to

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 take care of your

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 new things.

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 You get a new car

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 and nobody's allowed

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 to eat in it.

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 And I mention this

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 all the time, I bet

00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:01.540
 your car smells like

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 french fries right

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 now.

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 You know, because

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 it's like, well,

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 I'll get a new one

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 sooner or later.

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 Listen, the Bible

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 calls us to deal

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 with the spirit of

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.700
 covetousness

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 drastically.

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 Here's what Paul

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 tells the Colossians

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 in Colossians 3, 5.

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 Mortify, which

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 means kill it.

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 Mortify, therefore,

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 your members which

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 are upon the earth,

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 fornication, uncleanness,

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:26.439
 inordinate affection,

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 evil concubinance,

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 and covetousness.

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 See, we wouldn't

00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:33.059
 maybe put covetousness

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 in a category with

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 some of these other

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 sins, but the word

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 of God does.

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 And he says,

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 here's the problem,

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.399
 all of these things,

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 which is idolatry?

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 That it replaces God

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 in our life.

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 And the reason

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:48.279
 covetousness is dangerous

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.000
 is because it

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 convinces us that

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.359
 life can be secured

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.339
 without God.

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 And that we can find

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:55.319
 satisfaction apart

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.240
 from Jesus.

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 That's impossible.

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 There is no

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.980
 satisfaction in life

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:02.099
 outside of Christ.

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.440
 That job may satisfy

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:04.960
 for a while,

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.700
 but it can be gone

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.160
 like that.

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 Your health might be

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:07.700
 good right now,

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.440
 but it can be gone

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.859
 like that.

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 Listen, we've got to be

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.860
 careful where we're

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:12.000
 placing our trust

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.819
 and we're looking

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.559
 for satisfaction

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.519
 because other than

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.620
 Christ, it will all

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 fail.

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 And Jesus reminds us

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 of that.

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 And really, the Bible

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 warns us of this

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 danger over and over

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.580
 and over.

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 Solomon, the wisest

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 man who ever lived,

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 did some dumb things

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 and he learned from it.

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 And he wrote the

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 book of Ecclesiastes.

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 And he said in

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.400
 Ecclesiastes 5.10,

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 He that loveth silver

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:34.740
 shall not be satisfied

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.559
 with silver,

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 nor he that loveth

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.740
 abundance with

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 increase.

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 This is also vanity.

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 He said it's empty.

00:20:42.280 --> 00:20:42.640
 And we're talking

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.280
 about a man that

00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:43.900
 had more money

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.480
 than he knew

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.080
 what to do with.

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.940
 He had so much money,

00:20:46.020 --> 00:20:46.460
 he just started

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.380
 overlaying everything

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.860
 with gold.

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.500
 He said it doesn't

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.080
 satisfy.

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.560
 He kept looking

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.620
 and he kept searching.

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.940
 Paul told Timothy,

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:57.120
 for the love of money

00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.780
 is the root of all evil.

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.840
 Listen, money in and

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:02.000
 of itself is not evil.

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.840
 It's not.

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:06.320
 We can use it for good

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.360
 and we can use it

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:07.740
 for evil.

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.920
 Here's the problem

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.280
 with money,

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.300
 when you love it.

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.420
 When it's your desire.

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.759
 When it's your force

00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.320
 behind it.

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:16.120
 When the Bible tells us

00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.340
 in 1 Timothy 6,

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.380
 which while some

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.300
 coveted after,

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.340
 they have erred

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.940
 from the faith

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.759
 and pierced themselves

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.380
 through with many sorrows.

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:26.040
 See, money promises

00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:26.700
 satisfaction,

00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:27.780
 but it never delivers.

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.440
 Book of Proverbs says

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.300
 it gets wings

00:21:30.300 --> 00:21:30.940
 and flies away.

00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:31.540
 Anybody's bank

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.280
 can't work like that?

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.060
 You know,

00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.180
 I just tried this new thing.

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.940
 Don't look at the bank

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.800
 and you won't be disappointed.

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.859
 You know,

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:40.039
 that doesn't work either,

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.440
 by the way.

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.099
 Joking.

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.579
 So Jesus says,

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:43.740
 hey,

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.079
 take heed,

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.639
 pay attention,

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.440
 beware.

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.639
 I want you to see this.

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.240
 Why?

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.839
 Because he tells us

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.659
 in the end of verse 15,

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.019
 for a man's life

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.840
 consisteth not

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.580
 in the abundance

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.519
 of the things

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.940
 which he possesses.

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.440
 You can have

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.759
 all the toys

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.480
 in the world

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.660
 and have an empty soul.

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:04.940
 I mean,

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.840
 your house can be

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:07.640
 full of possessions

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:09.320
 with nothing to show.

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.380
 I mean,

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.019
 we see it in our world

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.480
 all the time.

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.300
 We see celebrities

00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:14.160
 that have all these things

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:15.120
 and they end up

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.880
 wrecking their life,

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.400
 they end up taking

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.740
 their life,

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:16.980
 and you think,

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.320
 man,

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.379
 if I had all those things,

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.339
 I'd be happy.

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.379
 No,

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:20.879
 you wouldn't.

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:21.899
 No,

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.319
 you wouldn't.

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.759
 Because those things

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.399
 don't satisfy.

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.379
 The things in your life

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.200
 don't satisfy.

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.839
 The only place

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.119
 that true life is found,

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:31.779
 satisfaction and joy

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.960
 that cannot be touched,

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:34.259
 is in a relationship

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.659
 with Jesus Christ.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.799
 That's where joy is found.

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.899
 Read John chapter 15.

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:40.960
 When we abide in him,

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:42.819
 we will experience joy.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.359
 And we just can't assume

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.779
 that we're immune to this.

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.500
 Listen,

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.299
 covetousness,

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.980
 it slips in quietly

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.279
 to everyday life.

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.500
 You say,

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.240
 what does it look like?

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.299
 Well,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.759
 it can look like

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.779
 constant comparison.

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.759
 We think we're fine.

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.200
 But every time

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.240
 a really nice car drives by,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.519
 I'm like,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.980
 ooh,

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.559
 don't act like

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.440
 you don't do that.

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.539
 I mean,

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.180
 I was driving down,

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.759
 we were kind of

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.119
 in Fort Worth,

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.639
 I guess they were having

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.420
 some sort of car show,

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.259
 and they had,

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.139
 at the racetrack,

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.220
 they had all kinds

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.799
 of hot rods.

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:14.899
 I was like,

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.099
 Lord,

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.000
 if you really loved me,

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:19.119
 I would take a 57 Chevy.

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.079
 I mean,

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.599
 I would.

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.359
 For you,

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:22.799
 of course,

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.599
 I'd put a Central Baptist

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.439
 sticker on it.

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.599
 Follow me to Central Baptist,

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.039
 you know.

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.240
 But I look at people

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.639
 and I'm like,

00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.699
 why do they have that?

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.119
 Like,

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.519
 I wish I had that.

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.559
 And I kind of

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.099
 begin to compare my life,

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:39.159
 and maybe we measure

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:40.119
 success sometimes

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.779
 by what we have.

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.559
 We live in a culture

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:45.019
 that the world

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.339
 looks and says,

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:45.539
 well,

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.039
 they're successful

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.799
 because look at their house,

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.199
 look at their car,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.519
 look at this,

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.919
 look at that.

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.419
 I think we all know

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.879
 this in the room.

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.919
 We still fall prey to it,

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.199
 but we know,

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.899
 that doesn't mean

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.439
 you're successful.

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.879
 It's going to shock us

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.959
 when we get to heaven

00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.500
 one day,

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.699
 and the people

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.139
 the Lord

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:02.059
 gives all the crowns to,

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.599
 there's going to be

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.059
 somebody you've probably

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.939
 never even heard of.

00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:06.019
 Some little old widow lady

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.299
 that nobody even knew about,

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.019
 but she may have been

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.899
 the most faithful prayer

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:10.180
 that anybody's ever known.

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.879
 It's not based

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:13.039
 on worldly success,

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.039
 and maybe we think

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.740
 that we look at this

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.960
 and it creeps into our life,

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.940
 this covetous spirit,

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.960
 because we think

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.940
 one more purchase

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.539
 will satisfy.

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.180
 Maybe you're saving up.

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.740
 I'm not here to,

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.200
 listen,

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.839
 God's not against things,

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.399
 but he is against things

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.000
 having you.

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.960
 And maybe the thing

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.019
 that you're trying to get

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.079
 and you're pushing towards

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.919
 and you're working overtime

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:33.000
 is not really

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:34.039
 what he wants you to have.

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.259
 It's not really

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:37.159
 what he's calling you to do.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:39.399
 And maybe it creeps in our life

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.460
 by believing life

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.180
 will feel a little bit more secure

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.519
 when we reach that financial goal.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.099
 You should have financial goals.

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.639
 The Bible tells us

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.919
 the ants prepare for winter.

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:50.200
 There's a good in that,

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.500
 but that's not what

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.559
 your life is about.

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.440
 That's what this man's life

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.799
 was about.

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.919
 That's what Jesus is showing.

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.859
 And to make sure

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:58.339
 that no one misses this warning,

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.599
 he tells a parable,

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:02.680
 a story that they would have understood

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:04.359
 to kind of bring it to life.

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:06.019
 And this parable is about a man

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.919
 who had everything

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.859
 the world said he needed.

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.579
 I mean, he had the house,

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.359
 he had the cars,

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.479
 he had the jet ski,

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.619
 he had all the stuff.

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.159
 But in the end,

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.079
 he lost what mattered.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.619
 And so we see a path

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.240
 to an empty soul.

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:19.199
 It starts with this selfish heart

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:20.539
 and a covetous spirit,

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.500
 and it creates

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.619
 a self-centered life.

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.879
 A self-centered life.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.679
 See, what started

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:29.219
 as something

00:25:29.219 --> 00:25:29.839
 that kind of was just

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.759
 under the surface,

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.399
 now is shaping

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.019
 how this man lives.

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.420
 Look in verse number 16.

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.420
 And he spake a parable

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.259
 unto them, saying,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.380
 the ground of a certain rich man

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.780
 brought forth plentifully.

00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.660
 And he thought within himself,

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.060
 saying,

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.320
 what shall I do?

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.820
 Because I have no room

00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:48.720
 where to bestow my fruits.

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.680
 Now what we know about this man

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.500
 from these first few verses

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.040
 is this,

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.080
 he was prosperous.

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.940
 He had an abundant harvest.

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.580
 And from the outside,

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.400
 he looked like

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.740
 an absolute success story.

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.180
 The world would look around

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.380
 and say,

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.700
 man, I don't know what

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.640
 he's putting on his field,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.360
 but it's growing.

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.080
 I mean, he's got the best food

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.600
 at the market,

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.980
 and we want to be involved

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.240
 with him.

00:26:08.260 --> 00:26:09.620
 We want to invest here,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.800
 and his investments

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.520
 are paying off,

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:13.120
 and he's got all the things

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.340
 that he wants.

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:17.000
 But I think when we read

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.780
 through these verses,

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.700
 and we won't take down

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.480
 to read the rest of them,

00:26:20.020 --> 00:26:21.440
 Jesus is inviting us

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.140
 to see something.

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.940
 This conversation

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.900
 is happening

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:26.360
 within his own head.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.440
 He's talking to himself.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.240
 He's preaching a sermon

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.519
 to himself.

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:34.320
 Yeah, he had a lot

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.140
 going for him,

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:37.200
 but what he doesn't have

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.480
 is that he doesn't ask God

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.080
 what he should do.

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.200
 God's the one blessing.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.019
 Hey, the rain,

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.900
 it rains on the just

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.360
 and the unjust.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.019
 He might have been

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.500
 a good farmer,

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.259
 but you know what he still

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.480
 needed?

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:47.980
 Rain.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.299
 He still needed

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.120
 the right temperatures.

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.019
 He still needed

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.799
 the right season.

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.559
 He still needed

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.400
 a lot of things

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.039
 to work for him,

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:55.080
 but he doesn't ask God

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.640
 what he should do.

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.220
 He doesn't thank God

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.980
 for his harvest.

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.360
 He doesn't consider

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.319
 helping others.

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.120
 I mean,

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.140
 he has an overabundance.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.140
 He can't even store it all.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.059
 Instead of saying,

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.079
 hey, how can I help

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.880
 my neighbor around him?

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.480
 You know what I need?

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.440
 Bigger barns.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.819
 Really, the idea is this.

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.339
 His only concern

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.519
 is what to do

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.860
 with his own abundance.

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.440
 My fruit,

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.680
 my barns,

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.700
 my goods.

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.200
 And in these few verses

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.680
 right here,

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:22.400
 11 times the word

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:23.940
 I or my is mentioned.

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.860
 That's what it's about.

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.579
 God is never mentioned

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.439
 in his conversation.

00:27:28.979 --> 00:27:30.319
 Eternity is never considered.

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.439
 Other people are

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.839
 way out of the question.

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.959
 And so he's preaching

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.779
 the sermon to himself

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.679
 and he has an epiphany,

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.500
 a little light bulb

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.559
 over his head in verse 18.

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.219
 This will I do.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.199
 I'll just build bigger barns.

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.199
 You know,

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.699
 these barns are old anyways.

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.679
 I'll just get newer ones.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.539
 And we look at it and say,

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.419
 well, that's just

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.559
 good business, preacher.

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.439
 I mean,

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.979
 he's just doing

00:27:51.979 --> 00:27:52.619
 the right thing.

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:52.899
 I mean,

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:54.959
 it's good business planning.

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.259
 He's bigger barns

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.400
 and increase of storage.

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.920
 And really,

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.660
 he's just preparing

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.160
 for the future.

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.579
 What's wrong with that?

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.759
 Well, here's what's wrong.

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:06.120
 It's not about the barns.

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.759
 It's about the heart.

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.259
 That's what Jesus

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.019
 is showing us

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.779
 in this story.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:11.840
 See,

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.600
 this man saw

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.640
 his prosperity

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:15.059
 as something

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.220
 to possess,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.799
 not something

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.700
 to steward.

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.860
 Listen,

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.960
 we're just stewards.

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.079
 Everything we have,

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.960
 I'm pretty sure

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.559
 James told us

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.299
 every good gift

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.159
 and every perfect gift

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.980
 is from above.

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:29.139
 It comes from God.

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.960
 And we begin

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.859
 to think to ourselves

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.500
 if we're not careful

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.879
 like this,

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.039
 man,

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.399
 hey,

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.659
 I worked hard for this.

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.599
 This is my stuff.

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:35.960
 No,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.059
 we're just the steward

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.000
 of all the blessings

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.740
 God has given us

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.259
 in our life.

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:41.019
 And he viewed it as,

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.399
 no,

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.159
 they're mine.

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.559
 He never considered

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.139
 the harvest

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.059
 was a gift from God.

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.759
 He never considered

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.500
 the abundance

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.519
 might come

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.439
 with responsibility.

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.099
 No,

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.559
 instead,

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.819
 we see in verse 19,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.000
 he assumed

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.939
 that the blessings

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.659
 of his life

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.980
 existed purely

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.939
 for his own comfort.

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.099
 Eat,

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.779
 drink,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.720
 and be merry

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.779
 because that's what

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.599
 life is all about.

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.379
 That's what he thought.

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.419
 And I would just tell you

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:07.919
 to look around

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.539
 outside this,

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.639
 in this world,

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.659
 that's what people

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.539
 still think life's about.

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.899
 And the reason

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:13.700
 this is such a serious

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.359
 warning is because

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.659
 it very easily

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.980
 creeps into our own life.

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.519
 We say things like this,

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.740
 well,

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:20.220
 I deserve this.

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.700
 Listen,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.079
 I'm not,

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.480
 I'm not trying

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.779
 to be mean.

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.100
 I like going on trips.

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.059
 I like eating good food.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.039
 I like stuff.

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.339
 God's not against that.

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:31.680
 But he wants our heart.

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.460
 And maybe some of the blessings

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.019
 that we have,

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.539
 God gave them to you

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.400
 and they weren't supposed

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.019
 to stop there.

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.559
 They were supposed

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.140
 to go there

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:39.200
 and go to somebody else.

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 That God wants to use you.

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.819
 And here's this man's

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.480
 fatal assumption.

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.740
 He believed

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.319
 he controlled tomorrow.

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.360
 That's what he thought.

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:50.319
 James tells us that

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.659
 at the end of James chapter 4.

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:52.459
 He said,

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.039
 what?

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:55.039
 You're here now

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.619
 and you're gone.

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.099
 Your life's just a vapor.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.279
 Like,

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.119
 we just assume

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.819
 we're going to be here tomorrow.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.000
 I know this is not fun

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.519
 to think about,

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.919
 but we're not promised tomorrow.

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:05.159
 We don't control tomorrow.

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.000
 I mean,

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.119
 this man assumed

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.339
 he had many years

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.759
 ahead of him.

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:11.339
 He believed his wealth

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.779
 had completely secured

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.279
 his future,

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:14.259
 so he was done.

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.599
 He was retiring.

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:17.179
 This is not against retirement,

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.220
 but it's against

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.240
 living for yourself.

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.539
 Listen,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.380
 you can retire

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.920
 and still be a blessing

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:24.480
 and a useful person

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.279
 in the kingdom of God.

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.220
 Sometimes people retire

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.880
 and they just kind of

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.840
 go off the rocker.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.060
 No, no,

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.019
 we're supposed to still

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.640
 serve the Lord.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.640
 All those blessings,

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.680
 the fact you can't retire

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.120
 is because God

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.220
 allowed that to happen.

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.080
 But he forgot

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.920
 that one truth

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.779
 that we must all remember,

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.539
 that life is fragile.

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:41.840
 See,

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.840
 a selfish heart

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:44.240
 and a covetous spirit

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.620
 and a self-centered life,

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.500
 it will always land you

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.859
 in spiritual bankruptcy.

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.159
 Verse number 20,

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.319
 But God said unto him,

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.739
 Thou fool,

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:57.079
 this night shall thy soul

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.079
 be required of thee.

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:00.359
 Then who shall those things be

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:02.819
 which thou hast provided?

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.819
 See,

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.419
 up to this point

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.959
 in the parable,

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.819
 the only voice we've heard

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.519
 is the rich man

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.099
 talking to himself,

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.719
 patting himself on the back,

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:13.019
 encouraging himself.

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:15.099
 But now God speaks.

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.960
 And everybody around this man

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.119
 said,

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.440
 Wow,

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.799
 you're the best businessman

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.279
 I know.

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:21.139
 I mean,

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.460
 teach me your secrets,

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.420
 write a book

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.539
 on how to be

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.619
 a successful farmer.

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.980
 Ten steps to

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.440
 being a successful farmer.

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.099
 But when God evaluates

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.759
 this man's life,

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:33.039
 the verdict is shocking.

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.339
 He said,

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:36.019
 Thou fool.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.359
 I want to remind us

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.500
 what scripture describes

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.960
 as a fool.

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.220
 A fool is not somebody,

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.680
 we may say fool

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.660
 like they lack intelligence.

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.799
 That's not what a fool is

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.220
 in the Bible.

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.799
 It's not somebody

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.940
 that lacks intelligence.

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.840
 A fool is somebody

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.660
 who lives

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.279
 as if God doesn't matter

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.579
 or he doesn't exist.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.000
 Psalm 14,

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.500
 The fool hath said

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.120
 in his heart,

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.720
 There is no God.

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.980
 That's what a fool is.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.860
 This man may have not

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:08.400
 verbally denied God,

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.500
 but he lived

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.500
 as if God

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.180
 had nothing

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.860
 to do with his life.

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:15.080
 He planned his future

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.660
 without God.

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.780
 He measured his success

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:18.300
 without God.

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.960
 He built all the security

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.540
 that he had

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:22.380
 without God.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.500
 And he was planning

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.100
 and building

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.800
 and drawing

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.500
 up the blueprints

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.920
 for all these bigger barns

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.440
 because he thought

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.560
 he had all these years

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:29.980
 and God said,

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.880
 You got one night.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.700
 And that's it.

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:35.539
 In a single moment,

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:38.720
 all the plans collapsed.

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.620
 All the barns

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.039
 meant nothing.

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.860
 All the stored grain

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.440
 meant nothing.

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:45.620
 All the financial security

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.440
 meant nothing.

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.680
 Because while he gathered

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.700
 and he stored

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.900
 and he accumulated

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.360
 all these things

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.840
 throughout his life,

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.340
 he neglected the only thing

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.900
 that mattered,

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.920
 his soul.

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.519
 And Jesus gives us

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.360
 the final warning there

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.940
 in verse 21.

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.620
 He says,

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.720
 So is he that layeth up

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.740
 treasure for himself

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:07.220
 and is not rich

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.420
 toward God.

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.160
 Notice Jesus

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.539
 doesn't condemn wealth.

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.259
 Nowhere in this parable.

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.720
 Even in the final warning.

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.240
 The sin wasn't

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.960
 that this man

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:19.059
 was rich.

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.980
 The sin was

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.759
 that he was rich

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.380
 towards himself

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:25.559
 and poor towards God.

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.519
 That's the sin.

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:30.400
 That he thought,

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.800
 you know,

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.360
 as long as I'm

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:32.000
 a good person,

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.800
 as long as I'm

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:33.440
 doing good things,

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.920
 then hey,

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.420
 God's going to

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.120
 just let me in.

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.600
 But if you go back

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.180
 to the Sermon on the Mount,

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.000
 the very first thing

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.660
 Jesus says is,

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.259
 Blessed are the poor

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.560
 in spirit.

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.060
 You know what that,

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.980
 you know what he's saying?

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:44.820
 Blessed are those

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.500
 that realize

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.540
 they're spiritually bankrupt.

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.320
 Because when you realize

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.120
 you're spiritually bankrupt,

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.759
 here's what you do.

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.800
 You cry out to God.

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.759
 That's what changes

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.320
 your life.

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.440
 That's where

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.500
 true wealth is found.

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.360
 Blessed are the poor

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.700
 in spirit,

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.519
 for theirs

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.339
 is the kingdom of heaven.

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.079
 See,

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.579
 this man had it

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.019
 all backwards.

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.099
 As long as I get everything,

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.160
 God's got to let me in.

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.259
 He's got to,

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.480
 you know,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.619
 he wouldn't turn me away.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.519
 I'm successful.

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:08.400
 I do all the right things

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.699
 in the world's standards.

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.099
 Listen,

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.880
 he had invested

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.259
 everything in the earth

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.780
 and nothing in eternity.

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.880
 And that is a dangerous

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.699
 place to be.

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.019
 See,

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.900
 here's the big idea.

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.539
 The success

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.440
 in the eyes of the world

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.119
 doesn't guarantee

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.380
 success in the eyes of God.

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:29.000
 this man that interrupted

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.300
 was so worried

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.740
 about all his possessions,

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.440
 all his inheritance.

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.260
 He needed it.

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.780
 Jesus,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.619
 tell him to give me

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.140
 what's mine.

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.420
 But you can have

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.099
 full barns

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.400
 or a full bank account,

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:42.220
 a full retirement plan,

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.680
 and still stand before God

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.920
 with an empty soul.

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.079
 And the tragedy

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.920
 was that was true

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.880
 in this man's life.

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.099
 That his soul

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.599
 was empty.

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:54.719
 And Jesus said,

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.579
 I came to seek

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.420
 and to save

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.480
 that which was lost.

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.380
 But when you place

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.460
 your trust in the wrong things,

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.339
 you don't think you're lost

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.519
 because,

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:01.779


00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.519
 I have this and this.

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.839
 And if I have good things,

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.860
 then God has to love me.

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.380
 Listen,

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.519
 God's love isn't based

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.659
 on your material blessings.

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.739
 Just because you have things

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.699
 doesn't mean God loves you.

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.139
 That's a biblical principle.

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.879
 And the reason he found himself there

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:19.940
 is because he let that selfish heart

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:23.059
 morph into a covetous spirit.

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.500
 And it shaped the way

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.299
 he lived his life.

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.299
 His life wasn't about other people.

00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:29.940
 It was about himself.

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:32.139
 That's not how Jesus lived.

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:35.539
 Jesus came not to be ministered unto,

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:37.359
 but to minister,

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.980
 to serve,

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.599
 and to give his life

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.400
 a ransom for many.

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.180
 And if we're going to live on mission

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.880
 like Jesus did,

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.519
 you know what we should do?

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.519
 Minister.

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.019
 Serve.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.680
 Maybe God's blessed you financially.

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.940
 God's blessed you in other areas.

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.880
 You know what he wants you to do?

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.880
 Share it.

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.420
 Help others.

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:57.019
 Point others to Christ.

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.380
 And Jesus tells us

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.260
 this story right here

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.920
 so none of us end up

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.280
 where this man was.

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:05.280
 So as you go into this week,

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.220
 I want you to remember

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.980
 this simple truth.

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.780
 The question is not

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:10.240
 how full your barns are.

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.760
 The question is,

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.860
 are you rich towards God

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.580
 or rich towards yourself?

00:36:16.580 --> 00:36:17.740
 What's your trust in?

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.720
 Where's your security?

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:22.240
 Is it in all the abundance

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.060
 of things you have?

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.160
 Well, guess what?

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:25.080
 You can't take those with you.

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.800
 We've all heard a little saying,

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.140
 you've never seen a hearse

00:36:28.140 --> 00:36:28.820
 pulling a U-Haul.

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.560
 You don't take it.

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.580
 All the Egyptian pharaohs,

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:33.860
 they thought,

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:35.020
 I'm going to take all this stuff with me.

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.940
 Still sitting in those tombs over there.

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.740
 People just steal it.

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:40.399
 That's not what matters.

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.699
 And Jesus is going to get into this

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.000
 here in a minute.

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.859
 He's going to show us

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:44.379
 the same truths in the Sermon on the Mount

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:45.219
 in these next few sermons.

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.939
 That where our treasure is,

00:36:46.979 --> 00:36:47.659
 there where our heart be also.

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.579
 Brother Garrett preached it

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:50.279
 last Sunday.

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.039
 So the real question is,

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:54.079
 what are you living for?

00:36:55.439 --> 00:36:57.299
 Have you prepared for eternity?

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.359
 Are you thinking,

00:36:58.419 --> 00:36:59.419
 man, I've got plenty of time.

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.739
 I'm living my life.

00:37:01.419 --> 00:37:02.399
 Eat, drink, and be merry.

00:37:02.479 --> 00:37:03.379
 I mean, I've got so many things.

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.740
 I'll worry about that later.

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.200
 Now Jesus says,

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:07.340
 you need to worry about it right now.

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.119
 That's what matters.

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.740
 Would you stand with your heads bowed

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:12.119
 and with your eyes closed?

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.240
 Amen.

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.559
 Amen.

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.619
 Amen.

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.619


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