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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 Great to see you.

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 If I've not met you before, my name is Steve,

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 lead pastor here at St Paul's.

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 And you have caught us in the middle of this series

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 or towards the end of this series on rhythms of grace.

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 And we come to the one which is the one

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 we particularly don't want to talk about in our day and age,

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 and that has to do with money and giving,

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 probably because it's one of the biggest idolatries

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 of our day and age.

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 It's deeply connected to who we are as people.

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 So let me pray because this one probably tends to be

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 the most difficult one for us to hear.

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 And as I preach, the tendency will be to listen

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 to the voices in my heart and the voice of society

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 coming up with all kinds of excuses and reasons

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 and justifications as to why we don't need

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 to obey God's word at this point.

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 So let's pray.

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 Gracious God, you are magnificent.

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 You are worthy of all of our honour and praise.

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 You are the God who has called us,

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 who has made us and called us as your people

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 into obedience to you.

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 Lord, you have gifted us with everything good.

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 You are a radically generous God.

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 You are the God who owns all things,

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 and you have called us to be your stewards.

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 And yet we are existing in a day and age and a culture

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 with hearts that love to build our identity

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 on all sorts of things,

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 but primarily in this day and age

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 on the accumulation of things,

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 of wealth and security.

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 We love the idea of security.

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 We love the idea of comfort.

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 And so, Lord, challenge us that we might lean into you more

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 and that we might experience your generosity

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 and joy in you more.

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 So let us hear your word today.

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 We pray for whatever is needed for each heart that is gathered,

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 that you would speak through your word,

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 by your spirit and bring change.

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 And we ask it for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 It's a well-sighted fact that in the three years

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 of Jesus' earthly ministry,

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 he said more about money and possessions and greed and wealth

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 than he did about faith or sex or family or anything else.

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 And that in a day and age,

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 which was when under Roman oppression,

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 where the family unit and the idea of society

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 as a collective unit was prominent

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 in the way that they, in terms of their value system,

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 and yet he spoke more about money

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 than he did about anything else.

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 One-third of his parables are on the topic of money.

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 Our perspective on money and possessions and wealth

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 and how we handle them,

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 therefore, lies at the very heart of Christian discipleship,

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 which is the concern that we have at the moment

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 for our vision series.

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 What we do with our resources will influence eternity.

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 And God has recorded in the Bible

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 everything that we need to know about his investment priorities.

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 What does it mean to be a steward of the resources

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 that he's given us?

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 He's recorded everything we need to know

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 about the high standards he has set for management

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 and the rewards that he offers his faithful stewards.

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 The New Testament gives us plenty of examples

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 of the good that is done by a life of financial generosity.

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 2 Corinthians 8 and 9,

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 we see that sacrificial giving is acceptable to God

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 in verses 11 and 12.

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 It supplies the needs of others and relieves hardship

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 in verses 14 and 15.

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 It stirs up generosity in others in chapter 9, verse 2.

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 It enhances Christian fellowship and partnership

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 in chapter 9, verse 14.

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 And it leads to the praise of God in chapter 9, verses 12 to 15.

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 But it is what financial generosity does to our own hearts,

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 our own lives, that is just as important

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 and why we would include it in our list of rhythms of grace,

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 Christian disciplines, holy habits,

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 that it should be a regular thing that we are constantly practicing

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 to drive the big truths of God down into our heart

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 and out into the way we view the world.

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 So Jesus connects our hearts and our wealth

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 when he encouraged his disciples

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 to store up for themselves treasures in heaven in Matthew 6.

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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 And wherever your heart is will drive the course of your life,

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 what your value, what your priorities are,

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 how you behave, what you commit to,

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 what you say yes to day in and day out.

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 Maybe we also think that the Apostle Paul was using hyperbole

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 when he wrote, the love of money is the root of all evil.

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 The spirit of our age actually prefers Mark Twain's version of that verse

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 where Mark Twain wrote, the lack of money is the root of all evil.

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 Maybe we think Paul was overreaching when he wrote in 1 Timothy 6.10

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 that an eagerness for money causes some people to wander from the faith,

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 piercing themselves with many griefs.

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 He must be talking about someone else.

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 He must be clearly talking about the very rich people.

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 How could money be that tightly connected

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 to eternal issues like salvation?

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 And so we come to Luke 18, James just read out to us,

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 where Jesus has an interaction with a guy

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 who through the centuries has become known as the rich young ruler.

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 He's rich, he's young, and he's a powerful figure.

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 And in this interaction, there are three things to learn

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 about money and wealth and possessions

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 and the life of generosity.

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 And you'll see them on the screen.

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 That's our journey today.

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 First of all, the danger of wealth.

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 We see that in the middle of the passage, Luke 18,

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 if you've got your Bibles open at that point.

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 There's also an outline for today on the St. Paul's app

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 if you want to follow along and take notes

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 as we're cruising along as well.

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 So 24, verse 24, Jesus looks right at this rich young man

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 and says,

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 how hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God.

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

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 than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Basically, what Jesus is doing here

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 is using a metaphor of impossibility.

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 The camel was the biggest land animal

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 that people knew of that time.

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 The eye of the needle was the smallest hole

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 that they could imagine.

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 And so it's the impossibility of the rich

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 entering into heaven, into God's kingdom.

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 That's the impossibility.

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 And when Jesus speaks about rich people here,

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 he isn't referring to people

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 on the Forbes annual rich list in the world,

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 you know, the billionaires.

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 He's referring to people like you and me.

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 When it comes to...

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 It's interesting in our culture,

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 whenever it comes...

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 This is one of the issues

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 because money and wealth and possession

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 is such a key issue for us,

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 is that whenever it comes to wealth,

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 we always naturally look up the line

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 and look to people who are wealthy in us.

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 And we compare ourselves to people who are wealthy in us.

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 And when it comes to issues of morality,

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 we always look down the line

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 and we look at people who are less moral than us.

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 Either way, we feel better than those people

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 and we're not quite as good as those people.

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 And so whenever Jesus is referring to issues of morality,

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 well, he mustn't be referring to me.

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 He must be referring to those people.

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 When he talks about the rich,

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 he's clearly not talking to me.

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 He must be talking to those people.

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 And so we let ourselves off the hook

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 on every instance.

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 So I'm a pastor

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 and my wife is a teacher

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 and I think I've said this before.

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 We saw a financial advisor once

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 and he said to us,

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 you're not giving me much to work with here.

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 Come back when you've got other jobs

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 or you've got more money to play with.

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 Anyway, so we got rid of him

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 and got another financial advisor.

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 Anyway, so if I get my income

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 and I type it in

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 so you can actually get this website,

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 Global Rich List,

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 where it's not just about the Forbes Rich List,

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 it's where you can put your income

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 pre-tax or post-tax

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 into a website

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 and it will calculate for you

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 where you sit on the Global Rich List.

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 As it turns out,

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 more than 90% of the world's population

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 are poorer than my wife and I

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 based on just income.

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 Nothing else, just income.

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 90% of the world's population.

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 That means that if we own assets

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 in a place like Chatswood

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 or our surrounds,

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 then you are way higher than 10%.

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 In other words,

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 what I'm getting at here

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 is that Jesus may well be having

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 this conversation with you.

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 That's the point that I'm making.

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 It's easier for a camel

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 to go through the eye of a needle

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 than it is for us to be right

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 with our Creator God.

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 Verse 26,

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 the disciples hearing this go,

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 well then,

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 who then can be saved?

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 You see,

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 in their culture,

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 they thought it was the rich ones

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 who were particularly blessed by God.

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 And so if the rich can't get in,

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 well, who can?

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 And Jesus responds,

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 what is impossible with men

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 is possible with God.

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 Notice Jesus doesn't say,

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 oh, well, look,

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 what is impossible for the rich people?

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 It's possible.

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 He actually says,

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 what is impossible for all people

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 is possible with God.

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 That is,

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 the point he's making here is

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 salvation is a miracle.

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 It is in fact an impossibility,

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 rich or poor,

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 for anyone to be saved

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 because Romans 3 says,

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 all have sinned

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 and fallen short of God's glory.

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 It's not possible

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 for any human beings

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 to be saved

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 except that God would intervene

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 and do the impossible.

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 That God would intervene

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 and be radically generous

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 with those who don't deserve it.

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 Now, the reason Jesus raises that here

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 with this rich young man

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 is because the same thing

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 that makes salvation

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 for all of us

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 impossible

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 is made even worse

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 with wealth.

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 The Old Testament book of Proverbs

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 is a book really,

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 it's about wisdom,

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 it's about how to navigate life

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 in God's world well.

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 And it says two really important,

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 it says lots of things about money,

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 by the way,

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 but it says really two important things

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 about the spiritual power of money.

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 Not just the, you know,

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 fiscal power of money,

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 but the spiritual power of money.

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 And the first thing it says

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 is that money is distracting.

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 Money has this spiritual power

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 to distract us

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 from what matters most in life.

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 distracting us

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 from asking

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 the really important questions

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 of

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 so what am I here for?

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 What am I really,

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 what is my purpose in life?

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 What am I seeking to accomplish in life?

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 Proverbs 11.4 says,

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 wealth is worthless

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 in the day of wrath,

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 but righteousness delivers from death.

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 What that means is

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 wealth is worthless

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 in the day of wrath,

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 is that money can't help you

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 when the troubles in life hit.

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 And yet it wants to confuse us

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 to think that it can.

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 Because we have this assumption,

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 the more of it we have,

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 the greater level of security we have.

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 It gives us that delusion

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 that we are safe.

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 But we're never safe.

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 We are never safe

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 from grief and bereavement.

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 We are never safe

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 from illness.

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 We are never safe

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 from disaster.

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 And ironically,

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 you're never even safe

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 from financial ruin.

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 Money can't stop death.

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 It can't stop tragedy.

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 It can't stop heartbreak.

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 It can't even stop poverty.

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 And when it comes,

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 we are totally unprepared.

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 Totally unprepared.

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 Money has the power

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 to distract us

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 from the important questions of life.

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 The other thing it says

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 is that,

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 that is,

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 Proverbs says,

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 it can distort

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 our self-image.

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 So,

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 Proverbs 30,

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 verses 8 and 9 says,

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 Give me neither poverty

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 nor riches,

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 but give me only

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 my daily bread.

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 Otherwise,

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 I may have too much

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 and disown you

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 and say,

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 who is the Lord?

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 What Proverbs is saying,

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 and you may be able

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 to see this

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 in your own life,

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 to see a person

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 humbled,

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 growing in humility,

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 under a growth

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 of prosperity,

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 it would have to be

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 one of the greatest

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 rarities in the world.

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 One of the greatest

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 rarities,

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 that is,

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 the growth in wealth

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 and accompanying growth

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 downward in humility

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 are not connected.

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 Wealth leads to pride.

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 It leads to pride.

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 It puts me in a place

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 where we say,

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 who is God?

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 I don't need God.

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 Look at me

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 and look at all

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 that I have.

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 I am a self-made man.

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 And of course,

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 the Proverbs also says,

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 give me not poverty

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 so that I might not

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 shake my fist at God

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 and say,

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 what are you doing

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 in my life, God?

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 It puts us in a place

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 of who is God?

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 Why do I need God?

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 That's the danger of wealth.

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 So,

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 why is it so dangerous?

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 Let's go back

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 to the beginning

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 of this passage.

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 We're talking about

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 Luke 18 here

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 and unpack it,

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 why it is so dangerous.

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 Verse 18,

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 right at the beginning.

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 A certain ruler

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 asked him,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Jesus says to him,

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good

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 except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 You shall not

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 commit adultery.

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You shall not give

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 false testimony.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 All these

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 I have kept

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 since I was a boy,

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 he said.

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 Now,

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 if you're a Christian

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 sitting in the room

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 and you'd know

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.659
 anything about

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 the core message

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 of Christianity,

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 when you

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 read that,

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 you should be shocked.

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 You should be shocked.

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 You should be shocked

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 that Jesus

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 says to this guy,

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 the answer

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 to his question

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 of what must I do

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 in return,

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 Jesus says to him,

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 go and obey

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 As if somehow

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 that is how

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 you get right with God.

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 Why on earth

00:17:17.780 --> 00:17:18.360
 would Jesus

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 say that to him?

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 Because right

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 before this interaction,

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 Jesus tells the story,

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 another parable,

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 about a Pharisee

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 and a tax collector

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 where the obedient

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 religious man

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 pursuing the Ten Commandments

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 went home

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 not saved,

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 not right with God

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 and the sinner

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 was saved.

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 The one who lived

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 a life of disobedience

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 was saved.

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 And again

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 and again

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 and again

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 throughout the New Testament,

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 we see

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 it is impossible

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 to save ourselves

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 by being good,

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 by being religious,

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 by being moral.

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 So why does

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 Jesus

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 not say

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 to this guy

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 in this moment

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 when he rocks

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.299
 up to him,

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 what must I do

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.140
 to inherit

00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:15.319
 eternal life?

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.360
 Why does Jesus

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 not grab

00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:18.059
 his blackboard

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 and his whiteboard

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 marker

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 and draw him

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 six boxes

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 and run through

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 two ways to live

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 or run through

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 for him

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:30.859
 the four

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 spiritual principles

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 of life?

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 Why does

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 he not

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.099
 say to him,

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 I'm on the way

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 to Jerusalem,

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 I'm going to die

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 on the cross

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 to pay a ransom,

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 to take the penalty

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 that you deserve

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 for your sin

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 and if you put

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.439
 your trust in me

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.279
 then you will

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.279
 have eternal life.

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.759
 Why does

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.379
 Jesus not

00:18:51.379 --> 00:18:52.059
 do that?

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 Because

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.460
 that's what's

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 been said

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.480
 for

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:58.119
 20 centuries

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 since Jesus.

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 Well,

00:19:05.719 --> 00:19:06.439
 because in this

00:19:06.439 --> 00:19:06.879
 moment

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.779
 to say to this

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 rich young man

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 I've come to die

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 for your sins

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.539
 would be

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.479
 entirely

00:19:12.479 --> 00:19:13.779
 incomprehensible

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.379
 to him.

00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.559
 You see,

00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.399
 the rich young

00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:22.039
 ruler at this

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.419
 point

00:19:22.419 --> 00:19:24.699
 is in fact

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.719
 like

00:19:25.719 --> 00:19:27.459
 most people

00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:28.640
 in our

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.279
 society.

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.779
 The vast

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.680
 majority

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.380
 of people

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:33.900
 in our

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.380
 neighbourhood

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:35.579
 are

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:38.039
 basically

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.440
 good.

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.519
 And to

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.460
 walk in

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.240
 and say

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.440
 you need

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.180
 a saviour

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.059
 is

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:47.039
 entirely

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:48.340
 incomprehensible

00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:48.920
 to people

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.240
 in our

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.799
 day and age

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.519
 as it was

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.860
 for this

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.319
 rich young

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.559
 ruler.

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.940
 See his

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.319
 words,

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:57.000
 verse 21?

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:58.980
 All these

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.440
 I have

00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.819
 kept

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.880
 since I

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.200
 was a

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.460
 boy.

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.340
 In other

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.680
 words,

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.019
 I don't

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.340
 need a

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.660
 rescuer.

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:07.900
 I'm a

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.519
 good person.

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:08.960
 I might

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.220
 not be

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.600
 perfect,

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.160
 but I

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.340
 don't

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:10.620
 need a

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:11.000
 rescuer.

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.200
 You know,

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.460
 when I

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.740
 look at

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.160
 the people

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.740
 down below

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.140
 me in

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.620
 the chain

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:14.779
 of

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.220
 morality,

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.779
 I am

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.279
 so much

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.980
 better than

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.779
 the vast

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.240
 majority

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.120
 of people.

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.259
 all I

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.539
 need

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.939
 here from

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.179
 you,

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.539
 Jesus,

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:22.099
 is just

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.519
 a little

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:22.779
 bit of

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.139
 a push,

00:20:23.239 --> 00:20:23.599
 just a

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:23.899
 little bit

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.379
 of assistance,

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.879
 just a

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.159
 little bit

00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.699
 of guidance

00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:26.679
 to ensure

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.000
 that I

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.439
 get over

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:27.919
 the line

00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.379
 in the

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.819
 end.

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.099
 And yet,

00:20:31.739 --> 00:20:32.419
 he still

00:20:32.419 --> 00:20:33.179
 comes running

00:20:33.179 --> 00:20:33.599
 up to

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.079
 Jesus.

00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:36.919
 Despite

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.759
 the life

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.079
 that he

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.919
 has lived,

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.359
 deep down,

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.859
 he wasn't

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.379
 entirely

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.919
 confident.

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.019
 He knew

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.480
 he wasn't

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.900
 entirely

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.259
 right.

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.759
 Something's

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:47.960
 wrong,

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.460
 something's

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.819
 missing.

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.160
 Why would

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.740
 he ask

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.559
 the question

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.440
 about securing

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.519
 eternal life

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.779
 if he thought

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.259
 that he had

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.059
 had it secured

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.660
 through his

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.119
 morality?

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.460
 If we

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:05.680
 think we

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.039
 can get

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.779
 right with

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.680
 God by

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.839
 being good,

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.599
 we'll

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.480
 always feel

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.079
 insecure.

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.839
 Have I

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.420
 done enough?

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.160
 Am I

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.740
 doing enough?

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:18.319
 Even those

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.819
 who project

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.339
 an image

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.700
 that they've

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:19.960
 got it

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.559
 all together

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.079
 on the

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.599
 outside,

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.079
 on the

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.720
 inside,

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.639
 they know

00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.279
 better because

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.740
 in the

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.460
 deep

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.720
 recesses of

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.259
 the heart

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.079
 that no

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.500
 one else

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.119
 sees day

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.819
 by day,

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.579
 there is

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.059
 that dark

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.319
 corner that

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.980
 we hope no

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.319
 one will

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.960
 ever see.

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 We know

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.480
 the things

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.819
 that we've

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.240
 done and

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.579
 the things

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:38.980
 that we've

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.420
 thought that

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.759
 we could

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.339
 hide,

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.599
 but we

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.500
 cannot hide

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.639
 them from

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.420
 our own

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.279
 conscience.

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:49.039
 Jesus is

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.480
 reminding

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.139
 this young

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.059
 man that

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.740
 his first

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.539
 and fundamental

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.460
 problem is

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.000
 that he is

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.559
 in fact not

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:54.920
 good.

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.039
 That's where

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.400
 he had to

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.759
 go.

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.960
 No mere

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.599
 mortal is.

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.000
 What's the

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.319
 point of

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.099
 verse 19?

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.259
 Jesus then

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.839
 goes on to

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.379
 show him

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.379
 exactly where

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.180
 he is not

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.559
 good.

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.839
 In verse

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.500
 22,

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.319
 when Jesus

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.879
 heard this,

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.379
 he said to

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.579
 him,

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.000
 you still

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.660
 like one

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:10.980
 thing,

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.240
 sell

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.900
 everything you

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.319
 have and

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.799
 give to the

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.379
 poor and

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.720
 you'll have

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.220
 treasure in

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.980
 heaven and

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.600
 then come

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.120
 follow me.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.020
 What's

00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.720
 Jesus doing

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.040
 here?

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.120
 Again,

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.260
 what is he

00:22:22.260 --> 00:22:22.860
 doing?

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.660
 I mean,

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.700
 he has never

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:26.300
 suggested to

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:28.080
 anyone that

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.680
 the way to

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.520
 be saved is

00:22:29.520 --> 00:22:30.500
 to give all

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.800
 of your

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.720
 money away

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.240
 to the

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.100
 poor and

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:34.300
 become poor

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:34.920
 yourself.

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.880
 He's never

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.780
 suggested that.

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.640
 So why

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.080
 now?

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.620
 Why now?

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:42.439
 Because it

00:22:42.439 --> 00:22:42.939
 is a

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.500
 brilliant

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.859
 strategy to

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.500
 help this

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.519
 man see

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.419
 his heart

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.099
 and where

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.859
 he needs

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.659
 a saviour.

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.239
 You see,

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.879
 what Jesus

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.659
 does here

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.339
 is he

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.719
 targets his

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.679
 deepest

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.739
 sense of

00:22:56.739 --> 00:22:57.359
 security,

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.979
 his deepest

00:22:58.979 --> 00:22:59.739
 identity

00:22:59.739 --> 00:23:00.299
 marker,

00:23:00.479 --> 00:23:01.279
 his idol.

00:23:02.959 --> 00:23:03.679
 This is the

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.239
 thing that

00:23:04.239 --> 00:23:04.799
 he's looking

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.219
 to,

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.139
 to give

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.699
 him what

00:23:06.699 --> 00:23:07.439
 only God

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:07.959
 can give

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:08.179
 him.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.640
 You see,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.060
 for this

00:23:09.060 --> 00:23:09.620
 rich young

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.000
 ruler,

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:10.980
 money is

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.480
 not just

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.640
 some tool

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.380
 for him,

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.100
 it is,

00:23:14.340 --> 00:23:14.580
 in fact,

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.460
 an identity

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.740
 scorecard.

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.600
 It is his

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.120
 security,

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.000
 it is his

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.320
 hope.

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.039
 This is the

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.900
 thing that

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.360
 is, in

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.560
 fact,

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.259
 squeezing

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.279
 God out

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.600
 of his

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.100
 life.

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:25.880
 And when

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.380
 Jesus presses

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.720
 in on him,

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.299
 he sees

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.120
 for the

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:32.120
 first time

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.660
 in his

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.380
 life

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:36.500
 that he

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.900
 hasn't,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.360
 in fact,

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.940
 obeyed the

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.200
 Tenka

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.519
 Moans

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.059
 at all,

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.480
 that he's

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.920
 not,

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.700
 in fact,

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.680
 good at

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.220
 all.

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.640
 Jesus

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.480
 pushes him

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.940
 to give it

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.400
 all up for

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.880
 the poor,

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.100
 give it

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.519
 all up,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.880
 in other

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.220
 words,

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:54.559
 give it

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.420
 all up

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.500
 for God

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.340
 and follow

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.920
 me,

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.259
 follow

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.700
 Jesus.

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.660
 And he

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.140
 couldn't do

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.340
 it.

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.580
 He

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.160
 couldn't do

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.320
 it.

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.299
 Verse 23,

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.440
 it says,

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.340
 he became

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:08.480
 very sad.

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.539
 The words

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.700
 say,

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.259
 he is

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.000
 deeply

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.100
 grieved.

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.779
 He is

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.460
 deeply

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.820
 distressed.

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.620
 What is

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.140
 he deeply

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.660
 distressed

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.100
 about?

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.500
 He's

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.840
 deeply

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.460
 distressed

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.039
 because for

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.480
 the first

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.240
 time in

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.080
 his life,

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:31.039
 he has

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.740
 understood

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.079
 good that

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.440
 he is

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.900
 in fact

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.359
 not

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.900
 good.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.279
 You see,

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.299
 his money

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:44.539
 is just

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.940
 a means

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.240
 to an

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.740
 end for

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.099
 him as

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.339
 it is

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.660
 for any

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:46.960
 of us

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.759
 and his

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.539
 money is

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.059
 not just

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.900
 money for

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.240
 him,

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.559
 it is

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.279
 his worth,

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.740
 it is

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.380
 his hope,

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.759
 it is

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.400
 his security,

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.380
 it is

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.039
 in fact

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.799
 his

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.579
 greatest

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.620
 treasure

00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.460
 and he

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.120
 does not

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.960
 want God

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.740
 to get

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.220
 in the

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.600
 way

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.600
 of that

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:05.900
 and he

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.579
 understands

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.880
 for the

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.340
 first time

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.600
 in his

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.059
 life that

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.200
 he has

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.640
 not obeyed

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:08.960
 the Ten

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.440
 Commandments

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.079
 at all

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.279
 because he

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.680
 has not

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.279
 even got

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.279
 past the

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.860
 very first

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.200
 one.

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.319
 You

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.700
 shall have

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.100
 no other

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.620
 gods but

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:17.920
 me.

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.240
 It

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.680
 wasn't

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.380
 until

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.340
 Jesus

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.960
 took him

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.279
 to

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.819
 you

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.319
 shall

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.779
 not

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.420
 covet

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.180
 and

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.559
 because

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.340
 coveting

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.900
 of all

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.240
 the Ten

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.920
 Commandments

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.500
 coveting

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.580
 is the

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.080
 one that's

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.539
 an attitude

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.000
 of the

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.480
 heart

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.660
 not an

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.000
 action.

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.600
 It's an

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:38.880
 attitude

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.240
 of the

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.580
 heart

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.420
 and the

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.779
 attitude

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.220
 of the

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.500
 heart

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.980
 has now

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.220
 been

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.920
 exposed

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.320
 in such

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.759
 a way

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.259
 that he's

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.840
 understood

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:47.340
 that God

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.820
 is not

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.019
 his

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.340
 greatest

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.740
 treasure.

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.880
 Of all

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.680
 the things

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.360
 that Jesus

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.900
 could have

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.380
 picked on

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.640
 let me

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.140
 just land

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.519
 this for

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.860
 us for

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.080
 a little

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.360
 bit

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.779
 of all

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.019
 the

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.539
 things

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.779
 that

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.240
 Jesus

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.559
 could

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.719
 have

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.019
 picked

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.419
 on

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:03.219
 he

00:26:03.219 --> 00:26:03.719
 sets

00:26:03.719 --> 00:26:04.119
 up

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.679
 money

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.539
 as

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.759
 the

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.419
 alternative

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.099
 God

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.399
 when he

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.859
 said you

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.179
 cannot

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:09.759
 serve

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.059
 both

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.419
 God

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.699
 and

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.059
 money.

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.339
 We

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.479
 are

00:26:12.479 --> 00:26:12.799
 devoted

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.039
 to

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.359
 one

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.599
 or

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.740
 the

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.039
 other

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.799
 but

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.000
 you

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.439
 cannot

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:15.939
 have

00:26:15.939 --> 00:26:16.459
 both.

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:16.779
 You'll

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:16.899
 be

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.279
 mastered

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.579
 by

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:17.919
 one

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.199
 or

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:18.359
 the

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.619
 other.

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.279
 You

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.419
 will

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.599
 never

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:19.819
 be

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.179
 mastered

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.439
 by

00:26:20.439 --> 00:26:20.879
 both.

00:26:24.219 --> 00:26:24.819
 So how

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.019
 do we

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.500
 escape

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.000
 the danger

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.379
 of money?

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.779
 Jesus

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.279
 the rest

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.459
 of the

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:30.659
 Bible

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.179
 tells me

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.379
 that

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.699
 wealth

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.099
 money

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.919
 materialism

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.319
 is

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.979
 incredibly

00:26:33.979 --> 00:26:34.579
 dangerous.

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.539
 It's

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.799
 one of

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:35.959
 the

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.319
 major

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.000
 distractions

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.539
 for those

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.679
 who

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:37.919
 follow

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.319
 Jesus

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.219
 and I

00:26:39.219 --> 00:26:39.399
 would

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.819
 add

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.419
 it's

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.719
 one of

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:40.899
 the

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.740
 I

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:41.939
 would

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.119
 say

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.539
 it's

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.659
 got

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:42.740
 to

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:42.859
 be

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.240
 close

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.379
 to

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.519
 one

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.599
 of

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:43.740
 the

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.099
 most

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.719
 primary

00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:45.339
 distractions

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.619
 in

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:46.759
 the

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.359
 21st

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.799
 century

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.639
 in

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:48.979
 Western

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.899
 civilization

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:51.659
 distractions

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:51.919
 in

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.099
 terms

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.219
 of

00:26:52.219 --> 00:26:52.459
 following

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.939
 Jesus.

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.419
 Now

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.519
 I've

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.659
 got

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:56.939
 three

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.320
 things

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:57.480
 we

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.620
 can

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.740
 do

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:57.920
 to

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.240
 guard

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.799
 against

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.340
 the

00:26:59.340 --> 00:26:59.799
 hazard

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.820
 of

00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.380
 wealth

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.960
 while

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.320
 also

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:03.160
 maximizing

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.400
 the

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.059
 helpfulness

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.500
 of

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.360
 wealth

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.620
 and

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.880
 money.

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.039
 The

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.220
 first

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.519
 thing

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.200
 is

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.380
 to

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.880
 assume

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.680
 that

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:08.900
 we're

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.019
 in

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.420
 denial.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.299
 That's

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.420
 the

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.640
 helpful

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:10.980
 thing.

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.640
 You

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.100
 start

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.460
 there.

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.279
 Assume

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.279
 that

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.440
 you're

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.559
 in

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:14.940
 denial.

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.400
 You

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.559
 and

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.740
 me

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:15.920
 we're

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.039
 all

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.160
 in

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.480
 denial

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.900
 here

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.640
 because

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.039
 Jesus

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.480
 is

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.160
 entirely

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.820
 blunt

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.539
 because

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.140
 that's

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.600
 what this

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.860
 rich

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.080
 young

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.320
 ruler

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.740
 was.

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:22.880
 He

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.019
 was

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.580
 entirely

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:24.259
 in

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.660
 denial

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.200
 and

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.380
 that

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.519
 is

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.700
 in

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.900
 fact

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.040
 the

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:26.220
 very

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.820
 nature

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.100
 of

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.540
 addiction.

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.380
 And

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.820
 addiction

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.580
 will

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.300
 constantly

00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:31.980
 say

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.600
 I'm

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:33.900
 not an

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.240
 addiction.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.180
 I'm

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.340
 not

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.840
 addicted to

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.000
 this

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.180
 thing.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.519
 I don't

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.779
 have a

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.040
 problem

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.240
 with

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.460
 this

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.740
 thing.

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:40.720
 So

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.240
 assume

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.660
 that

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:41.799
 we're

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:41.940
 in

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.400
 denial

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.839
 because

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.120
 the

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.620
 dominant

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.299
 philosophy

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.759
 of

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:44.960
 our

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.640
 time

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.279
 is

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.539
 what

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.799
 is

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.319
 known

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.299
 technically

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.279
 as

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.880
 philosophical

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.759
 naturalism.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.279
 That's

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.440
 the

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.720
 world

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:52.900
 view.

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.120
 That's

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.259
 the

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.519
 dominant

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.839
 world

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:53.980
 view

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.120
 of

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.240
 our

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.420
 day

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.539
 and

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.779
 age.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.799
 Philosophical

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.500
 naturalism.

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.440
 It's

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.720
 what a

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.000
 secular

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.339
 age

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.500
 is

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.759
 built

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.059
 on.

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.500
 And

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.259
 what it

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.660
 does,

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.120
 philosophical

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.359
 naturalism

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.160
 asserts

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.839
 that there

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.039
 is

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.779
 nothing

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.579
 beyond

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.379
 the

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.720
 natural

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.220
 world.

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.399
 Nothing

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.679
 beyond

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:09.839
 the

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.079
 natural

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.419
 world.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.619
 And

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:12.759
 the

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.039
 common

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.460
 term

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.720
 that we

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:13.980
 use

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.379
 for it

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.699
 is

00:28:14.699 --> 00:28:15.500
 materialism.

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.539
 And

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.720
 the

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.159
 goal

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.559
 of

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.599
 materialism,

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.079
 of

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.480
 philosophical

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.199
 naturalism

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.759
 is if

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:21.919
 there's

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:22.099
 nothing

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.740
 beyond

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.139
 this

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:23.679
 world,

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.960
 then

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.299
 the

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.879
 goal

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.199
 of

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:26.819
 life

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.579
 is

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.859
 to

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.579
 consume

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.059
 as

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.579
 much

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.759
 of

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:29.939
 this

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.359
 material

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.740
 world

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.019
 as

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.579
 possible.

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.779
 As

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.240
 possible.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.259
 To

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.619
 make

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.079
 life

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.399
 as

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:35.899
 joyful

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.299
 and

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.460
 as

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.740
 happy

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.019
 for

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.379
 you

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.019
 as

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.659
 possible.

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.059
 And

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.419
 so,

00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.000
 if

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.220
 you're

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.680
 one of

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.839
 the

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.220
 older

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.980
 generations,

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.319
 baby

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.700
 boomers

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:43.940
 and

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.619
 above,

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.680
 the

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.899
 whole

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.480
 goal

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.720
 for

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.139
 you

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.899
 has

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.240
 been,

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.579
 you've

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.899
 inherited

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.139
 it from

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.299
 your

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.740
 parents

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:49.940
 and

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.079
 your

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.440
 grandparents

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.720
 who

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:50.899
 came

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.099
 through

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.299
 World

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.519
 War I

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.619
 and

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.779
 World

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.680
 War II,

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.399
 is

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:53.779
 to

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.500
 have

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.519
 financial

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.500
 security

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.079
 in

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.619
 life.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.299
 Until

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.839
 you get

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.419
 almost to

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.659
 the

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.000
 end

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.180
 of

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.339
 your

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.819
 life,

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.720
 and

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.899
 then

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.460
 you blow

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.000
 it all

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.620
 on

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:06.420
 tours

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.880
 and

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.380
 trips

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.200
 and

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.940
 comforts

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.160
 and

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.120
 leather

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.860
 lounges

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.240
 that

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.900
 get to

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.360
 your body

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:14.960
 temperature

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.720
 and

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.380
 bigotiva,

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.420
 it's all

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.120
 comfort and

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.680
 security.

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.579
 If you're one of the

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.460
 younger generations,

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.960
 you go,

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.819
 screw that,

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.460
 I want it now,

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.180
 and with the

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.880
 benefit of credit

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.260
 and everything

00:29:26.260 --> 00:29:26.660
 else,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.420
 I'm going to

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.760
 live the

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.320
 high life

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.200
 now,

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:33.300
 but mainly

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.220
 so you

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.560
 splurge on

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.380
 your resources

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.480
 and accumulate

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.460
 experiences

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.020
 in life.

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.940
 So one

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.600
 generation is

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:41.920
 financial

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.500
 security,

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.240
 another

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.880
 generation

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.580
 is

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.400
 experiences,

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.700
 and it's

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.400
 all coming

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.740
 from

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.400
 philosophical

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.900
 naturalism.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.180
 Now,

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.980
 the goal

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.340
 here,

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.000
 if you like,

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.620
 assume that

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:54.800
 you're in

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.240
 denial,

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.620
 on this.

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.920
 You see,

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.380
 in this

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.660
 country alone,

00:30:01.260 --> 00:30:01.820
 $20

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.700
 billion

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:05.060
 is spent

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:06.340
 every year

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.460
 keeping us

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.380
 marinating

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.320
 in the

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:10.180
 materialism

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.940
 worldview.

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.860
 $20

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.720
 billion just

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.100
 in this

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.380
 world,

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.320
 in this

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.680
 country,

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.360
 which,

00:30:16.520 --> 00:30:17.280
 by the way,

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.360
 is vastly

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.560
 more than

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:19.960
 what this

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.640
 country gives

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.440
 annually to

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.640
 charities and

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.460
 non-profits.

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.120
 So the

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.640
 first thing

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.240
 to assume

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.980
 is that

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.260
 you are

00:30:29.260 --> 00:30:29.840
 under the

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.780
 influence of

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.320
 that very

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.000
 well-spent

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.440
 $20

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.100
 billion to

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.540
 get your

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.760
 life aligned

00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:36.720
 with

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.260
 philosophical

00:30:37.260 --> 00:30:38.060
 naturalism as

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.580
 a philosophy.

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.940
 Assume that

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.460
 some of the

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.120
 message is

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.780
 having some

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.180
 level of

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.800
 impact on

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.040
 you.

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.700
 Assume that

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.200
 the amount

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.020
 of money you

00:30:47.020 --> 00:30:47.720
 think you

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.840
 need is

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.480
 more than

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.900
 what you

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.740
 really need.

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.980
 And assume

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.140
 also that

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.559
 the amount

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.980
 of money

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.539
 you think

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.900
 you can

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.660
 give away

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.400
 is in

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.440
 fact less

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.099
 than what

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.640
 you really

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.380
 can give

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.779
 away.

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.940
 The Bible

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.799
 tells us

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.500
 that money

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.279
 makes us

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.859
 blind.

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.440
 So assume

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.680
 you're in

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.940
 denial.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.559
 Secondly,

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.839
 look to the

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.319
 rich young

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.779
 ruler.

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.380
 To counter

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.259
 the constant

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.759
 messaging of

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.619
 our society,

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.660
 look to the

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.180
 rich young

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:22.539
 ruler as

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.000
 an example

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.740
 for us.

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.160
 And when I

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.900
 say that,

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.200
 you need to

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.480
 hear me

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.799
 this,

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.000
 I'm not

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.599
 referring to

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:31.960
 the guy

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.379
 that's in

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.740
 front of

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.180
 Jesus,

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.359
 talking to

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.680
 Jesus.

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.700
 I'm referring

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.119
 to the

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.680
 other rich

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.240
 young ruler

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.160
 in this

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.680
 passage.

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.000
 Jesus is

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.700
 around 30,

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.660
 32 when

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:42.879
 he was

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.319
 heading to

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.799
 Jerusalem

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.200
 to die

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.400
 on a

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.799
 cross.

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.980
 The Bible

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.539
 says that

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.079
 he existed

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.740
 with God

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.119
 for all

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.700
 of eternity.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.480
 He's the

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.960
 one who

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.259
 made

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.799
 everything.

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.559
 He's the

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.059
 one who

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.700
 owns

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.200
 everything.

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.619
 He is

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.059
 the one

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.660
 who rules

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.619
 and sustains

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.539
 everything.

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.980
 And he

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.900
 left all

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.420
 of that

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.200
 aside

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:02.660
 and came

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.160
 from heaven

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.940
 to identify

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.920
 with the

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.400
 spiritual

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.019
 poverty

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.200
 of humanity.

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.599
 And he's

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.140
 on the way

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.059
 to Jerusalem

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.440
 to die

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.940
 on a

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.519
 cross

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.059
 and into

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.660
 a

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:18.019
 physical

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.819
 and a

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.339
 spiritual

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.200
 and an

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.720
 emotional

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.559
 poverty

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.619
 deeper

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:24.299
 than any

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.240
 other human

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.039
 being has

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.960
 ever gone

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.240
 on the face

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.500
 of the

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.819
 earth.

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.920
 He will

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.660
 be stripped

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.960
 of everything.

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.960
 The one

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.920
 who is rich

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.119
 beyond all

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.700
 measure

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.460
 will be

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.119
 stripped of

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.879
 everything.

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:47.000
 and he

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.320
 does it

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.900
 for us.

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.680
 2 Corinthians

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.700
 8 verse

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.280
 9 puts

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:51.560
 it in

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.020
 economic

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.420
 terms

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.820
 for us

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.420
 the

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.840
 gospel

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.340
 of Jesus

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.920
 Christ.

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.260
 For you

00:32:56.260 --> 00:32:56.840
 know the

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.460
 grace of

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.860
 our Lord

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.140
 Jesus

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.620
 Christ

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.280
 that though

00:32:59.280 --> 00:33:00.160
 he was

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.920
 rich

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:02.800
 yet for

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.340
 your

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.880
 sakes

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.720
 he became

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.400
 poor

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.400
 so that

00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:06.780
 you

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:07.240
 through

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.580
 his

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.220
 poverty

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.160
 might

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.660
 become

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.420
 rich.

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:13.320
 he was

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:14.039
 drained

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.160
 of all

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.080
 riches

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.180
 so that

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.600
 we

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.420
 though

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.680
 spiritually

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.680
 bankrupt

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.860
 beyond

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.460
 measure

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.060
 can

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.759
 receive

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.140
 his

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.720
 riches.

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.480
 You see

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.140
 in Jesus

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.860
 we get

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.360
 adoption

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.180
 into God's

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.480
 family

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.840
 we get

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.279
 forgiveness

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.740
 we get

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.180
 pardon

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.560
 we get

00:33:31.560 --> 00:33:31.900
 eternal

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.440
 life.

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.880
 It is

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.580
 the only

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.880
 wealth

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.440
 that makes

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.000
 you truly

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.580
 secure

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.580
 not just

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.000
 in this

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.300
 life

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.779
 but beyond

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.279
 life

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.879
 we get

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.039
 the

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.859
 affirmation

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.440
 of the

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.859
 eternal

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.440
 God

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.819
 the

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.619
 praiseworthy

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.019
 says

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.399
 you are

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:45.599
 my

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.960
 much

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.639
 loved

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.240
 child

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.980
 in

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.460
 Jesus.

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.920
 It's

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.259
 the only

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.859
 security

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.420
 that this

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.660
 world

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:53.879
 cannot

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.220
 take

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.559
 away.

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.180
 The only

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.700
 identity

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:58.039
 and so

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.920
 the second

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.379
 thing

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.960
 is

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.619
 we need

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.200
 to look

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.779
 to the

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.019
 rich

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.279
 young

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.599
 ruler

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.240
 until

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.920
 we get

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.480
 weepingly

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.139
 excited

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:10.179
 over

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.799
 what he

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:10.940
 has

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.359
 achieved

00:34:11.359 --> 00:34:11.779
 for us

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.079
 what he

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.279
 has

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.619
 gifted

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.099
 to

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.579
 us

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:16.819
 look

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.219
 to the

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.900
 glorious

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.900
 news

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.539
 of God's

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.099
 grace

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.599
 and his

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.940
 riches

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.460
 to us

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.739
 in the

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:22.920
 Lord

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.339
 Jesus

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:24.379
 until

00:34:24.379 --> 00:34:24.940
 it

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.619
 drains

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.119
 us

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.679
 of

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.920
 all

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.639
 power

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.619
 of

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.199
 all

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.379
 the

00:34:29.379 --> 00:34:29.779
 power

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.019
 of

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.319
 money

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.559
 and

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.059
 possessions

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:34.219
 let me

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.400
 just

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.759
 swing

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.000
 this

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.460
 back

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.380
 to

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.460
 what

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.799
 I

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:39.059
 wanted

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.239
 the

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.539
 earlier

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.039
 message

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.619
 if

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.960
 you

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.239
 are

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.639
 not

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.000
 in

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.440
 God's

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.699
 word

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:42.960
 and

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.320
 meditating

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.820
 on

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.059
 his

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.480
 word

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.900
 and

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.599
 experiencing

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.099
 day

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.440
 in

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.739
 and

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.039
 day

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.440
 out

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.940
 the

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.599
 wealth

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.340
 of

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.599
 what

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.799
 you

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.239
 have

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.619
 in

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.199
 Christ

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.900
 and

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.299
 pushing

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.579
 that

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.900
 down

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.079
 in

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.279
 your

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.699
 heart

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.139
 if

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.360
 you

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.579
 are

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:54.820
 not

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.159
 doing

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.420
 that

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.900
 daily

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.679
 then

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.079
 you

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.779
 must

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.480
 assume

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.699
 that

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.840
 you

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:58.980
 are

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.199
 in

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.639
 denial

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.360
 because

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.780
 you

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:00.940
 are

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.599
 marinating

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.940
 in

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.440
 20

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.940
 billion

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.340
 dollars

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.579
 worth

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.780
 of

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.500
 advertising

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.160
 and

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:05.440
 it

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.680
 is

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.059
 winning

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.440
 the

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.840
 war

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.340
 against

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.599
 your

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:07.960
 soul

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:10.780
 if

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:10.960
 you

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.120
 are

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.400
 not

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.019
 daily

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.420
 in

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.740
 his

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.320
 word

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.280
 then

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.599
 the

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.059
 messaging

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.599
 of

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.000
 our

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.780
 society

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.160
 and

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.500
 where

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.800
 you

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.120
 get

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:18.380
 your

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.940
 security

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.599
 identity

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.420
 is

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.800
 most

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.660
 definitely

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.200
 winning

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:27.400
 and

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.599
 so

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.059
 look

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.900
 to

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.099
 the

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.480
 glorious

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.840
 news

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.039
 of

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.440
 God's

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.940
 grace

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.960
 and

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.200
 these

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.500
 riches

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.720
 to

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:32.900
 us

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.019
 in

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.140
 the

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.320
 Lord

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.680
 Jesus

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:34.320
 until

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.820
 it

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.519
 drains

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.940
 all

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.600
 power

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:37.120
 out

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.300
 of

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.660
 money

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.320
 and

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.860
 possessions

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.539
 it

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.680
 just

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:40.900
 becomes

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.200
 money

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.400
 and

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.880
 things

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.120
 it's

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.300
 no

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.539
 longer

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.780
 my

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.300
 security

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.620
 or my

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.059
 identity

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:46.000
 and so

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.519
 the

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.800
 third

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.120
 thing

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.840
 is

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.160
 to

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.400
 have

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.539
 a

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.980
 plan

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.280
 to

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.800
 use

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.500
 your

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.019
 wealth

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.100
 with

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.640
 purpose

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:52.900
 to

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.160
 use

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.300
 it

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.500
 with

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.059
 eternity

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.380
 and

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.420
 as

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.260
 stewards

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.579
 of

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.059
 God's

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.019
 resources

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.300
 resources

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:59.960
 while you

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.300
 have

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.639
 them

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.940
 so

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.119
 here's

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.440
 a couple

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.800
 of steps

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.159
 for you

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.719
 step

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:03.980
 number

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.400
 one

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.139
 take

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.340
 the

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.940
 time

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.500
 to

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.099
 investigate

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.840
 how much

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.079
 am I

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.559
 actually

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.820
 giving

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.099
 away

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.360
 at the

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.659
 moment

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.840
 based

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.480
 on my

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:13.159
 wealth

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.340
 how much

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.519
 am I

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.860
 giving

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.440
 away

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.259
 and how

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.519
 much

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.860
 of that

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.420
 is going

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.679
 to

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.059
 Christian

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.519
 ministry

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.820
 and

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.340
 charity

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.340


00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.099
 Christian

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.559
 ministry

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.119
 to help

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.579
 people out

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.119
 of spiritual

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.619
 poverty

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.420
 charity

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.699
 to help

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.099
 people out

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.519
 of physical

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.019
 poverty

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.639
 step

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:25.880
 number

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.219
 two

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.860
 if it

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.340
 is not

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.920
 at least

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.199
 10%

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.460
 and this

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.739
 is not

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.159
 a sermon

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.820
 on tithing

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.500
 which is

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.000
 the biblical

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.719
 mark here

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:33.739
 if it's

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.199
 not at least

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.239
 10%

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.619
 the very

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.639
 least amount

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.360
 the disciples

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.639
 are the

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.039
 giveaway

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.920
 work out

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.360
 how you

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.219
 can start

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.980
 moving

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.780
 aggressively

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.460
 towards

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.219
 10%

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:47.360
 step

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.599
 number

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.059
 three

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.539
 work out

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.659
 what sacrifices

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.199
 you are going

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.619
 to make

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.000
 in order

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.519
 to get

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.880
 there

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:55.500
 as I

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.820
 said

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.780
 I think

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:56.940
 it was

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.280
 last

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.619
 week

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:59.559
 if

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.980
 we

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.340
 don't

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.579
 need

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.019
 to make

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.920
 sacrifices

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.460
 to give

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.019
 10%

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:04.079
 then we

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.360
 aren't

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.760
 actually

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.059
 giving

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.539
 enough

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.640
 radical

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.240
 generosity

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.220
 is about

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:09.220
 sacrifice

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:10.599
 sacrificial

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.019
 giving

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.460
 is not

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.960
 a percentage

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.059
 it's

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.400
 when our

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.640
 living

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:14.300
 standards

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.500
 change

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.119
 in such

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.420
 a way

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.740
 that we

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.000
 feel

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.500
 loss

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.320
 for the

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.640
 benefit

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:18.960
 of

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.519
 others

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.720
 if

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:20.900
 our

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.240
 giving

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.660
 does not

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:21.940
 burden

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.300
 us

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.800
 if

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:22.900
 it

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.019
 does

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.200
 not

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.460
 cut

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.760
 into

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:23.980
 our

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.420
 lifestyle

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.720
 in

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:24.960
 any

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.360
 way

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:27.360
 then

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.120
 you

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:28.460
 need

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.580
 to

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:28.720
 give

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.039
 more

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:31.600
 American

00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:32.100
 pastor

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.400
 John

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.800
 Piper

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.280
 argues

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.560
 this

00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:33.900
 point

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.280
 very

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.840
 strongly

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.480
 I

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.940
 didn't

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.140
 put it

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.360
 on the

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.680
 screen

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.900
 I

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.400
 just

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.560
 want

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:38.680
 to

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.240
 read

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.360
 it

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.480
 to

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.519
 you

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.680
 just

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:39.820
 let

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:39.960
 us

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.260
 sit

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:41.519
 it

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.700
 is

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:41.900
 a

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.260
 biblical

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.840
 truth

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:43.220
 beyond

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.640
 all

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.220
 dispute

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.240
!

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.760
 there's

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:52.840
 a

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.060
 biblical

00:37:53.060 --> 00:37:53.460
 worldview

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.860
 here

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.640
 you've

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.039
 received

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.640
 everything

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.440
 you have

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.019
 including

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.580
 the ability

00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:58.019
 to make

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.360
 the money

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.660
 that you

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:58.960
 have

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.480
 and

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.580
 has been

00:38:01.580 --> 00:38:02.480
 loaned

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.260
 to you

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:04.200
 as a

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.800
 steward

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.680
 to use

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.420
 in ways

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.640
 that

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.380
 maximize

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.140
 the

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:09.080
 glorification

00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:09.760
 of God's

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.120
 mercy

00:38:10.120 --> 00:38:10.519
 in the

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.880
 world

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.740
 Matthew

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.519
 25

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.519
 verses

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.900
 14

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.380
 to 30

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.620
 and it

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:15.840
 is

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.420
 irrational

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.120
 to think

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:17.539
 that giving

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.220
 10%

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.579
 of that

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.919
 money

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:19.480
 to

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.039
 church

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.879
 settles

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.459
 the issue

00:38:21.459 --> 00:38:22.000
 of good

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.500
 stewardship

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.439
 in a

00:38:23.439 --> 00:38:23.719
 world

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.319
 of such

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:25.000
 immense

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.539
 need

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.159
 and in

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.319
 a

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:26.699
 country

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.299
 of such

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.039
 immense

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.839
 luxury

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.699
 and under

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.259
 the commission

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:30.759
 of such

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.519
 a powerful

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.099
 Lord

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.500
 the issue

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.439
 of stewardship

00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:35.679
 is not

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.500
 should I

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.939
 tithe

00:38:37.939 --> 00:38:38.459
 in other

00:38:38.459 --> 00:38:38.779
 words

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.719
 should I

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.119
 give just

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.739
 10%

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:42.679
 but rather

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:44.299
 how much

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.959
 of God's

00:38:44.959 --> 00:38:45.659
 trust fund

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.219
 dare I

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.719
 use

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.939
 to surround

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.360
 myself

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.559
 with

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.940
 comforts

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:52.200
 step

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.500
 four

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.800
 decide

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.380
 what you

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.740
 are giving

00:38:54.740 --> 00:38:55.440
 to and

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.059
 follow through

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.400
 with it

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.039
 make yourself

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.559
 accountable

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.460
 that is the

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.079
 reason we

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.420
 say that

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.860
 is that

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:01.320
 giving

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.880
 is a

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.720
 spiritual

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.179
 issue

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.159
 and like

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.599
 all

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.220
 spiritual

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.820
 issues

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.139
 we are

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.500
 accountable

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.460
 for it

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.940
 step

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.500
 five

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:10.159
 set

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.960
 aside

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.260
 electronically

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.280
 your

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.840
 regular

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.340
 gift

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.880
 to the

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.320
 church

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.700
 and then

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.280
 on top

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.840
 of that

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.620
 you add

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:19.480
 spontaneous

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.100
 gifts

00:39:20.100 --> 00:39:20.640
 like the

00:39:20.640 --> 00:39:21.079
 projects

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.420
 that we're

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.740
 doing at

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.160
 the moment

00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:23.000
 and other

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.400
 needs

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.200
 as they

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.800
 arise

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.840
 I take

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.440
 my cue

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.900
 here

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.620
 from the

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:28.400
 apostle Paul's

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.900
 teaching

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:30.280
 that giving

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.180
 should be

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.039
 two things

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.320
 it should

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.180
 be regular

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:36.539
 and it

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.980
 should be

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.680
 spontaneous

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.780
 it should

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.480
 be disciplined

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.260
 and it

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.920
 should be

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.780
 free

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:43.640
 1 Corinthians

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.260
 16

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.680
 2

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:47.019
 what it

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.299
 does

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:47.619
 here

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.379
 it

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:48.799
 points

00:39:48.799 --> 00:39:49.019
 to

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.239
 the

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.679
 wisdom

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.000
 of

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.500
 planned

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.199
 regular

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.799
 disciplined

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.359
 giving

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:56.000
 and that's

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.339
 what these

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.699
 whole

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.379
 rhythms of

00:39:57.379 --> 00:39:57.799
 grace is

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.159
 about

00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:00.579
 it's

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:00.839
 about

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:01.399
 in and

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:01.739
 out

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:02.279
 in and

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.639
 out

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:03.059
 in and

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.319
 out

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:03.519
 it's

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.659
 a

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:03.899
 rhythm

00:40:03.899 --> 00:40:04.099
 and

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.339
 habit

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:04.500
 of

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.960
 life

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:09.539
 as our

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.000
 income

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.740
 comes in

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:12.559
 rhythmically

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.679
 so we

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.059
 send it

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.500
 out

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.559
 rhythmically

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.539
 if it

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.260
 comes in

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.880
 rhythmically

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.300
 and I'm

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.840
 not sending

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.320
 it out

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.079
 rhythmically

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.240
 there's an

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:22.980
 indication

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.880
 there that

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.380
 I'm probably

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:25.820
 more captivated

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:27.019
 by

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.119
 the

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.420
 values

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.139
 of the

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.300
 world

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.639
 around

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.159
 us

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:33.900
 sporadic

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.340
 giving

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.579
 with no

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.240
 plan

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:37.559
 will most

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.500
 likely mean

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.900
 that we're

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.440
 not treating

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.320
 finance as

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.840
 an integral

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.500
 part of

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.680
 our

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.420
 discipleship

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:44.180
 to give

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.840
 radically

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.380
 generous

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:46.000
 lives

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.420
 with our

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.820
 money

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.320
 sorry to

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.619
 live

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.000
 radically

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.300
 generous

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.519
 lives

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.599
 with our

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:49.900
 wealth

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.039
 and

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.420
 possession

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.160
 actually

00:40:51.160 --> 00:40:51.619
 needs

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.180
 joy

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:53.119
 we need

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.519
 more than

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.740
 just

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.280
 courage

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:55.099
 we need

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.539
 joy

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.340
 we need

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.639
 to be

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.180
 relaxed

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:57.519
 and at

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.840
 peace

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.420
 and secure

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.820
 enough

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.660
 to do

00:40:59.660 --> 00:40:59.860
 it

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:01.340
 and this

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.960
 joy

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:03.159
 in

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.760
 radical

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.519
 generosity

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:06.059
 only

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.720
 comes

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:07.179
 when we

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:07.679
 look to

00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.099
 the rich

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.360
 young

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.720
 ruler

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:10.260
 it's

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.699
 the only

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.099
 source

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.440
 of it

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.460
 it

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.860
 only

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.260
 comes

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.559
 when we

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:14.880
 look to

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.300
 the rich

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.559
 young

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:15.880
 ruler

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.440
 who

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:16.900
 lost

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.940
 absolutely

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.760
 everything

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.079
 so that

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.679
 we could

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.360
 gain

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.260
 absolutely

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:23.480
 everything

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.960
 and the

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.440
 more

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.139
 we look

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.820
 to Jesus

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:28.260
 and the

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.559
 riches

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.039
 we have

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.619
 in him

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.859
 the freer

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.279
 we will

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.779
 be to

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.239
 live

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.960
 pervasive

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.819
 and generous

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.359
 lives

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:36.880
 rhythmic

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.400
 financial

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:37.779
 giving

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:39.079
 is a

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.719
 spiritual

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.839
 discipline

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:42.900
 that takes

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.019
 the knowledge

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.619
 of

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.839
 Jesus'

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:47.299
 generosity

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:48.400
 to me

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.259
 my

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:49.739
 created

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.380
 God's

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.099
 generosity

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.719
 to me

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.119
 in the

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.559
 gospel

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.759
 it takes

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.699
 that knowledge

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.119
 in the

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.519
 head

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:57.079
 and

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.380
 it

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.039
 pushes

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.699
 it

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.460
 down

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.179
 into

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:01.480
 my

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:02.019
 heart

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:03.219
 it

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.480
 takes

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.699
 the

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.119
 knowledge

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.559
 that

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.320
 Jesus

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:06.039
 is

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.860
 in fact

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.179
 my

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.719
 greatest

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:08.219
 treasure

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.259
 and it

00:42:09.259 --> 00:42:09.659
 pushes

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:09.920
 it

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.420
 down

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.860
 into

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.159
 my

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.739
 heart

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:15.320
 and the

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.679
 way it

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:15.960
 pushes

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.360
 it down

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.500
 into

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.699
 my

00:42:16.699 --> 00:42:17.119
 heart

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:19.219
 is by

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.500
 being

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.000
 regular

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:21.059
 and sporadic

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:22.119
 with

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.980
 the

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.300
 other

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.880
 greatest

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.300
 treasure

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.780
 in my

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.259
 life

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:26.420
 by

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.780
 giving

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:26.960
 it

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.380
 away

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.120
 in

00:42:28.120 --> 00:42:28.400
 eye

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.700
 popping

00:42:28.700 --> 00:42:29.320
 proportions