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 Oh, good. Good morning. It's great being with you again this morning as we close off our mission month here at St. Paul's.

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 We have been looking at raising funds for a variety of ministries, but particularly looking at raising the profile for us as a church to seek to share what God has given to us,

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 but also to seek to shape us as a church of compassion and mercy as we look into the future.

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 So I'd like to pray before we launch in to this final message and wrapping up this mission month for us.

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 Gracious God, we thank you that you are the God of radical generosity.

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 We thank you that in the Lord Jesus, you have taken us from spiritual poverty and bankruptcy,

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 and you have overwhelmed us in such a way that we are rich in you beyond all measure,

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 beyond any comparison, we are overwhelmingly wealthy.

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 We pray that the good news of the gospel will shape our hearts and our lifestyles.

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 And so use this time now in your word to speak to us and to reform our hearts, we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

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 A little over three years ago now, Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest gathered the media and politicians together to announce

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 that he will give away $400 million of his personal fortune.

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 It is the largest single donation by a living person in Australian history.

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 Forrest said, and I quote,

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 All of us who have done well have been blessed by good fortune.

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 And so the generous person, the loving person gives back.

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 Now at the time of making that donation,

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 Andrew Forrest ranked as the sixth wealthiest Australian with a personal fortune of $6.84 billion.

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 Today he's apparently worth something in the order of $10 billion.

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 Forrest then said as part of the announcement,

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 Now that he was in a better financial position, he was able to be generous.

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 Now that statement, now that he is financially secure, which is probably an understatement in some ways.

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 Now that he is financially secure, he is able to give back to Australians and to be generous.

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 The assumption is that I can't afford to be generous.

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 I can't afford to help is in fact one of the biggest roadblocks that we have to a life of mercy and justice.

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 So can I just encourage you now to get your Bibles, open them up and also go to the St. Paul's app.

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 And you've got a bit of an outline of where we're going to head in today's message.

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 If you have just tuned into this series, we have been using the Good Samaritan in Luke chapter 10 as our foundational text for mission month.

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 And the purpose of the parable of the parable of the parable of the parable of the good Samaritan is to answer the question that was posed to Jesus by an expert in the law, Jewish law.

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 And the question that he posed to Jesus is, who is my neighbor?

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 And we are told that the man was seeking to justify himself.

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 He wanted Jesus to reduce the command, to make it manageable so that he could love his neighbor in an attainable kind of way.

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 Trying to narrow the command so that he could in fact obey the command.

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 And Jesus' answer is clear.

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 There is no limits to mercy.

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 And in fact, Jesus sets a standard for us in the parable of the good Samaritan that is unattainable.

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 His true goal in the parable of the good Samaritan was to show the law expert and us that he and we are in fact spiritually poor.

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 We are bankrupt.

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 And he wants to prepare us to seek the spiritual riches that are the mercy of God.

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 What is the mercy that Jesus is preparing the law expert for and us for?

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 Well, here it is.

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 All of humanity is like that man beaten on the road in the parable of the good Samaritan.

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 Lying in our own blood, waiting for death.

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 We are spiritually bankrupt.

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 We are lost.

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 Unable to help ourselves.

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 And yet God has provided spiritual health and wealth and healing and life in the Lord Jesus.

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 And the way he did that was he impoverished his own son, the Lord Jesus, on a cross so that all of Jesus' riches and his health and his righteousness and his life could be given to those who put their trust in him.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 5, 21 in the New Testament reveals this merciful transaction so clearly when it says,

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 God made him, this is talking about Jesus, who had no sin to be sin for us so that we in him might become the righteousness of God.

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 That we might become wealthy beyond our imagination.

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 So the foundational core element of the Christian faith is that though we are spiritually bankrupt, we have been made rich beyond our comprehension through the mercy of God.

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 Now one powerful effect that the gospel of grace, the core element of Christianity has on a person is that it creates a life of radical generosity.

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 We saw it again in the parable of the good Samaritan.

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 That the aid that the Samaritan rendered to the injured man was expensive.

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 Luke chapter 10 verse 35 says,

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 The next day he took two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, looked after him, he said,

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 And when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense that you may have.

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 So this man, this Samaritan, obviously ignored his schedule when he showed mercy.

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 Wherever it was that he was heading in that moment, he didn't get there on that particular day.

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 He also risked his own safety to stop on such a dangerous road to bring aid to an enemy.

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 He also took the man to a hotel where he got cared for him during the course of the night.

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 And the next day, he paid the owner of the hotel for the room until the guy recovered whenever that was going to be.

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 His mercy in reality to his enemy is open-handed because he says,

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 When I return, I'll reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.

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 Now in the past number of weeks, we have been looking at this issue in the Bible.

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 And it raises a big question for us.

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 One that I want to unpack for the rest of our time today.

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 Is it possible for us to share hope, which is what this whole series is about.

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 Is it possible to share hope without radically altering our lifestyle?

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 Now over the years, there have been many proponents of Christians adopting what could be called a simple lifestyle.

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 Possibly the most famous historical model was John Wesley.

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 When Wesley died, his estate consisted of a coat and two silver spoons.

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 When I've mentioned this to people recently, they go, what did he have two spoons for?

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 I mean, I don't know why he had two spoons.

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 But it's not much.

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 A coat and two silver spoons.

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 And that was despite the fact that the sale of his sermons and his books meant that in the latter stages of his life,

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 he earned as much as 1400 pounds a year.

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 Which is equivalent nowadays of $331,000 a year in Australian dollars.

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 When his income increased 40-fold over the years, his lifestyle never did.

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 He was able to maintain the cost of his living to 40 pounds a year all of his life.

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 That's basically $10,000 a year in today's money.

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 Wesley once wrote,

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 If I leave behind 10 pounds, you and all of humanity can bear witness against me that I lived and died a thief and a robber.

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 In a sermon on Matthew chapter 6 verses 19 to 23,

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 and the exhortation for us not to store up our treasures in heaven,

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 sorry, not to store up our treasures on earth,

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 he stated that any Christian who has more than the plain necessities of life lives in open, habitual denial of Christ,

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 and they gain both riches and hell.

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 So the idea of a simple lifestyle wasn't just confined to Wesley, though.

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 This is not just one guy out there on the periphery.

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 It was very common teaching in the evangelical churches of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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 John Newton was another one.

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 The Bible says two things very clearly about our lifestyle.

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 Is Wesley right?

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 Is the question.

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 Well, let's have a look at what the Bible says about two things.

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 And I'll give you the answers now, and then I'll unpack a bit more.

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 First of all, it says moderate lifestyle.

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 And secondly, it says be content with your lifestyle.

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 Now, there are no lack of passages which urge Christians to live a moderate lifestyle.

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 Hebrews 13 verse 5, let me just read that to you.

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 That is, we cannot be happy if we are not free from the love of money and covetedness,

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 which is defined as a continual drive to increase the standard of our living.

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 Hebrews 13 is not particularly specific in terms of understanding what that sort of standard of living might be.

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 But 1 Timothy 6 verses 6 to 10 is much more specific.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 Godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

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 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

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 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap,

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 and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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

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 Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

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 So up there earlier in that passage, talked about food and clothing.

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 Some suggest that food and shelter, instead of food and clothing, is in fact a better translation.

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 Either way, Paul seems to be saying here that we need a lifestyle that is sufficient enough to preserve our health.

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 A lifestyle where we live below our means.

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 Let me just clarify, below our means, not a lifestyle within our means, and certainly not above our means.

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 Listen, what Paul is saying here is, with that you can be satisfied, you can be content.

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 The word content occurs in both Hebrews 13 and in 1 Timothy 6.

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 And it's a word that means genuine soul satisfaction.

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 I'm filled up on the inside by Jesus.

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 there is no anxiety there's no gnawing regret or resentment towards people who have what i don't

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 have the difference between the christian and the non-christian is a trust in god for material

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 provision now that doesn't mean that the christian has no motivation for making money or increasing

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 their income there are i think at least two motivations in the bible to do that firstly

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 there is the pursuit of excellence in our work the bible calls us to be skillful to work hard

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 as a way of glorifying god and loving our neighbor making a contribution to shape the good of society

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 hard work often increases income although it's a consequence rather than the motive

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 it's the consequence not the motive proverbs 23 4 says do not wear yourself out to get rich

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 the second motive to increase income is to be fruitful in good works

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 paul was referring to thieves who had become christians when he wrote in ephesians chapter 4

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 anyone who's been stealing must steal no longer but must work doing something useful with their own hands

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 that they may have something to share with those in need

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 so wealth is to be accumulated strictly for doing good works of mercy and spreading the gospel of the lord

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 the lord jesus christ so matthew 6 makes it clear that wealth is not to be stored up for ourselves

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 and this is my second point what where does wealth fit then wealth and god's calling on our life should we

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 just therefore give all of our money away is substantial wealth if you see of someone who's

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 substantially wealthy uh is that a sign that they are wicked that they lack love and they lack mercy

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 well i don't think the bible supports either of those ideas the bible tells us several things about wealth

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 firstly 1 timothy 6 verse 9 says that those who want to get rich fall into a trap and yet later in the same chapter

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 it says command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth

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 which is so uncertain but to put their hope in god who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment

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 command them to do good to be rich in good deeds and to be generous and willing to share

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 in this way they will lay up they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age

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 so that they may take hold of the life which is truly life

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 notice what paul doesn't say there he doesn't say you wealthy stop being wealthy

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 that's not what he says he does however want them to think biblically about their wealth he wants them to

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 have a gospel orientation towards their wealth he tells them that god gives the wealth so the rich

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 person should not become arrogant and that's difficult for us to believe we often consciously or

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 unconsciously subconsciously subconsciously put our hard our wealth down to our hard work and our abilities

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 the the biblical perspective is that every ability that we have every effort every opportunity we have

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 all of our efforts have been provided to us by god himself and they are god's gifts to us

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 and the means by which wealth is accumulated then in verse 18 paul says he tells the rich to use their

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 money so as to be rich in good deeds now this is not mere tokenism this directly echoes what jesus says

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 in luke chapter 12 verse 33 sell your possessions give to the poor provide purses for yourselves that will

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 not wear out a treasure in heaven that will never fail when no thief comes near and no moth destroys

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 and then in matthew 13 22 jesus offers a strong warning the seed falling among the thorn refers to someone

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 who hears the word but the worries of this life the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word making it

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 unfruitful so i think what jesus and paul are both saying here is that disposable wealth

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 not put to use in god's work will threaten the very roots of your spiritual life

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 what we must conclude from both jesus and paul is that while there might be rich christians

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 there should not be rich living christians

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 middle and upper income christians are not required to give away all of their money and their assets

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 but they must invest in good deeds rather than in their own comfort a good steward for the lord knows that wealth

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 if held and managed properly will produce more good deeds over a longer period of time than if it was just

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 given away for good deeds all at once wealth is wrong and it is destructive if we build it up

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 so that we can say the words of luke 19 sorry 12 verse 19 you have plenty of grain laid up for many years

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 take life easy eat drink and be merry god calls such a person a fool

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 notice though that the call to be content and to live a moderate lifestyle

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 is written both to the affluent and those who have little

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 in 1 timothy 6 verses 6 to 8

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 it instructs the poor not to resent their lack of riches

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 but to be satisfied with their modest economic state

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 and his appeal instructs the rich not to be proud

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 but to voluntarily be satisfied with a more modest standard of living also

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 so how do we get the balance in our lifestyle

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 let's bring some of these principles to bear on our lifestyle

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 firstly first point we need to give we need to be radically generous to give

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 until we feel the burden of the needy ourselves on our lifestyle

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 the 17th century american pastor and theologian jonathan edwards gave a very vivid illustration of this

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 he says a poor man is walking along with a burden

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 a burden of discomfort and inconvenience

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 when a christian comes along and says

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 i can't afford to help the poor

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 he says when a person comes along and says

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 i can't afford to help the poor

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 they're actually saying

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 if i help you in this moment with your burden

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 i will have to carry some of the burden

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 it will cut into my lifestyle

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 some of the poor man's burden

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 would slide over onto me

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 the helper and i will have to carry it

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 edward responds

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 that's the point

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 that's the point

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 that's what the bible is calling us to live out

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 if our giving to the needy

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 to poor

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 to ministry

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 to compassion

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 means that we do not feel the burden

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 it doesn't cut into our lifestyle at all

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 edward says

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 and i think the apostle paul says

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 and jesus says

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 give more

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 it's possible to give

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 400 million dollars away

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 and it will

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 don't get me wrong

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 it will do an enormous amount of good

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 but if it hasn't put a dent in your lifestyle

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 in such a way that you feel the burden

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 of the recipients

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 then you can't call it radical generosity

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 you can call it kind

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 but you can't call it radical generosity

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 now this is a biblical principle

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 that has ramifications for all of us

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 edwards would say

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 if he was standing here right now

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 edwards would say

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 that the family that can give away

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 10% of their income

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 without any dent on their lifestyle

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 he says

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 you've got to give more

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 this is a word to those

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 who suggest

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 that all they need to do

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 is give 10%

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 of their income

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 no more

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 of course

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 bearing in mind

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 that

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 research

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 in the western world

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 indicates that

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 only 5%

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 of Christians

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.360
 actually give

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.440
 10%

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.160
 or more

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.299
 of their income away

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.879
 and so frankly

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.740
 this word

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.859
 is to

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.799
 potentially

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.240
 95% of us

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.899
 listening to it

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.639
 right now

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:19.460
 American author

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.000
 and pastor

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.779
 John Piper

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:22.019
 argues this point

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.059
 very strongly

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.240
 on the back of

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.039
 edwards comment

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.619
 he says

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.319
 it is a biblical truth

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.799
 beyond all dispute

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:32.819
 all of your money

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.799
 is God's

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.599
 Psalm 24

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.220
 verse 1

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:38.779
 and has been loaned

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.399
 to you

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.819
 as a steward

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.519
 to use

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.659
 in ways

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:44.339
 that maximize

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:46.139
 the glorification

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.279
 of God's mercy

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.159
 in the world

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:50.240
 Matthew 25

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.019
 verses 14

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.519
 to 30

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:53.420
 and it is irrational

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.220
 to think

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.380
 this is Piper still

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.720
 it is irrational

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.400
 to think

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.339
 that giving

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.079
 10%

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.980
 of that money

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.900
 to church

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.819
 settles the issue

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.640
 of good stewardship

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:06.059
 in a world

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.480
 of such immense need

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.680
 and in a country

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:10.539
 of such immense luxury

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:12.420
 and under the commission

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:14.200
 of such a powerful Lord

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:16.140
 the issue

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.980
 of stewardship

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.000
 is not

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:20.720
 should I tithe

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.980
 but rather

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:25.079
 how much

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.980
 of God's

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.319
 trust fund

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.099
 dare I

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.799
 surround

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:31.319
 dare I use

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.400
 to surround

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.960
 myself

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:34.099
 in comforts

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:35.940
 that's the issue

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:40.819
 so that's the first thing

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:42.819
 we need to give

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.519
 until we feel

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.000
 the burden

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.860
 of the needy

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.819
 second

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.779
 this is the other

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.860
 side of the equation

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.740
 we must

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.639
 not be

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:53.299
 so unwise

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.299
 in our giving

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.679
 that we

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.599
 and our family

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.439
 become liabilities

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.059
 to others

00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:01.159
 this is one of the most

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.319
 difficult balances

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.039
 to strike

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.559
 I think

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.879
 on the one hand

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.759
 you hear the likes

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.359
 of Wesley

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.159
 John Wesley

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.959
 John Piper

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.879
 Jonathan Edwards

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.859
 they're all John

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:12.379
 we hear them

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.759
 to say things like

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.559
 you shouldn't save

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.219
 lots of money

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:15.859
 and you should be

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.899
 radically generous

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.980
 and on the other hand

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:19.500
 1 Timothy 5 verse 8

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.380
 says anyone

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.040
 who does not

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.720
 provide for their

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.240
 relatives

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.200
 and especially

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.900
 for their own

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.420
 household

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.280
 has denied the

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.640
 faith

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.420
 and is worse

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.800
 than any

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.380
 unbeliever

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:29.240
 now wisdom

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.180
 tells us

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.460
 that we must

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.480
 not give away

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.380
 our income

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.980
 and all of our

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.400
 possessions

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.259
 in such a way

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.600
 that our children

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.940
 our elderly

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.500
 parents

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.120
 or whoever it is

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.100
 become financial

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.660
 burdens

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.420
 for others

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.380
 to feed

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.980
 to house

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.640
 to clothe

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.960
 in future years

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.880
 now I think

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.579
 we have a tendency

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:50.019
 to rationalise

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.380
 too much

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.079
 investment

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.759
 into our

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.299
 family

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.539
 rather than

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.340
 in the poor

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:58.000
 our children

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.700
 are well

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.539
 provided for

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.160
 if they are

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.779
 clothed

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.299
 if they are

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.160
 schooled

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.940
 if they are

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.460
 fed

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.059
 and they have

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.680
 a roof over

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.059
 their head

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.420
 and they have

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.039
 access to

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.880
 medical attention

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.180
 they are well

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.840
 provided for

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:12.419
 and we teach

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.220
 our children

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.720
 a great lesson

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.299
 when with

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.619
 them

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:18.439
 as a family

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:20.119
 we work

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.659
 together

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.619
 to surrender

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.539
 our convenience

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.799
 and our comfort

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.919
 for the sake

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.759
 of the needy

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:29.759
 so perhaps

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.779
 it's best

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.079
 not to call

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.939
 us into

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:35.659
 simple living

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:37.240
 but to call

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.019
 us into

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.620
 justice

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.339
 living

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.759
 a justice

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.559
 lifestyle

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:47.039
 simple living

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.120
 is a

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.299
 helpful term

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.380
 but it

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.180
 carries the

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.900
 idea that

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.279
 it's an

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.980
 option for

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.240
 me

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.240
 what the

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.599
 Bible

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.559
 is calling

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.079
 us to

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.799
 is not

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.680
 an abstract

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.480
 exercise

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.180
 in self

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.620
 denial

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.980
 but rather

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.339
 as a means

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.980
 to an end

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.900
 in direct

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.700
 ministry

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.640
 to the

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.079
 needy

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:10.519
 how then

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.839
 do we

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.279
 determine

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.139
 do we

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.539
 determine

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.119
 how much

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.419
 to give

00:29:13.419 --> 00:29:13.779
 away

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:16.659
 radical

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.339
 generosity

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.299
 cuts into

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.159
 our lifestyle

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:20.579
 in such

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.059
 a way

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.480
 that we

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.079
 feel the

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.399
 burden

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.819
 of the

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.240
 needy

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.919
 so this

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.240
 is a

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.679
 calling

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.240
 here for

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.000
 every person

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.699
 and family

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:29.480
 every church

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.399
 in Christ

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.720
 to live

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.759
 below

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.659
 their means

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.939
 below

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.879
 their means

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.460
 in order

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.960
 to share

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.260
 hope

00:29:37.260 --> 00:29:37.440
 with

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.840
 others

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:39.200
 so let

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.300
 me

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.660
 point

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:39.980
 you

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.540
 to

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:41.020
 four

00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:41.580
 things

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:42.840
 that we

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.140
 have an

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.500
 opportunity

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.260
 to address

00:29:44.260 --> 00:29:45.500
 right now

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.020
 today

00:29:46.020 --> 00:29:46.840
 by the end

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.300
 of today

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:50.140
 number one

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.240
 since

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.080
 COVID-19

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.700
 has hit

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.180
 us

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.100
 our own

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.520
 parish

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.200
 offertory

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.680
 has been

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.260
 down by

00:29:56.260 --> 00:29:57.000
 $10,000

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.740
 a month

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.480
 that's the

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.960
 first thing

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:01.380
 where people

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.160
 were giving

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.860
 we're now

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.559
 pulling back

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:05.640
 number two

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.759
 we have

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.440
 raised

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:09.500
 from when

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.079
 I wrote

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.620
 this early

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.279
 this morning

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:14.279
 $10,944

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.940
 of our

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.579
 targeted

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:18.180
 $20,000

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.819
 towards

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.259
 Lowe's

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.759
 ministry

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.640
 of planting

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.100
 the church

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.340
 in the

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.819
 Gold Coast

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.240
 that is

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.019
 we have

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.740
 so far

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.120
 in the

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.680
 last five

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.039
 weeks

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.319
 got

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.559
 54%

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.079
 of our

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.640
 target

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:30.060
 we have

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.620
 raised

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:33.120
 $4,376

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:34.320
 of our

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.720
 target

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.620
 $10,000

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.480
 for Narrabri

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.240
 Drought Appeal

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.820
 that's

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:39.100
 43%

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:41.160
 of that

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.620
 target

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.500
 in the

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.040
 last five

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.420
 weeks

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:46.840
 and as

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.160
 you would

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.660
 also be

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.080
 aware

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.920
 we now

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.380
 have a

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.100
 St Paul's

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.940
 Hope Fund

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.259
 that is

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.880
 operating

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.700
 and we

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.140
 could do

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.600
 I think

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:55.940
 with at

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.200
 least

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.000
 $2,000

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.859
 in it

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.559
 to be

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.920
 ready

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.539
 to meet

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.319
 needs

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.700
 ready

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.160
 to meet

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.579
 needs

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.380
 as they

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.920
 arise

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:06.859
 let me

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.259
 just say

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.519
 that we

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.980
 have been

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.940
 in stronger

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.559
 positions

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.420
 than this

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.440
 in previous

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.480
 mission

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.960
 months

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.279
 it is

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.779
 possible

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.799
 that some

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.319
 of us

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.279
 right now

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.160
 are being

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.839
 cautious

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.920
 because of

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.299
 recent

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.980
 announcements

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.500
 of our

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.839
 country

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.200
 being

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.559
 in a

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.019
 recession

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.740
 I

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.099
 understand

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.539
 that

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.799
 let me

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.259
 just say

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.599
 though

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:34.900
 if you're

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.319
 sitting here

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 and you're

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.099
 listening to

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 this

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 right now

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 and you're

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 a member

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 of St Paul's

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 if the

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 income

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 is still

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 coming

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 in

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 today

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.779
 is the

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 day to

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.420
 serve

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.880
 the Lord

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.720
 let him

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 worry about

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 tomorrow

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 let him

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 worry about

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 a month

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 and a year's

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 time

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 today

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 is the

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 day

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 to

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 serve

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 him

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 and

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 trust

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 him

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 with

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 the

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 future

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 heed

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 this

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 warning

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 Jesus

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 and the

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.200
 apostles

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.420
 considered

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.139
 money

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:06.119
 hazardous

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 and

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 helpful

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 it's

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 hazardous

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 and

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 therefore

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.460
 I

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 encourage

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 you

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 to put

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 limits

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.059
 on how

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.359
 much

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.579
 you

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 keep

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 for

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.859
 yourself

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 don't

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 put

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.299
 limits

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.619
 on how

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.839
 much

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.019
 you

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.579
 make

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 but

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.379
 how

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.599
 much

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.779
 you

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 keep

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 secondly

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 it's

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.199
 helpful

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:31.459
 which

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.959
 means

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.859
 you

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.319
 get

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.159
 and

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:35.119
 you

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.279
 get

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.459
 this

00:32:35.459 --> 00:32:36.240
 incredible

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.939
 joy

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.359
 of

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.740
 giving

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.500
 more

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.839
 and

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.319
 more

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.179
 and

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:40.879
 sharing

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.039
 the

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.639
 radical

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.299
 generosity

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.919
 of the

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.099
 Lord

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.399
 Jesus

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.959
 Christ

00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:45.599
 to

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.179
 us

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:47.199
 to

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:47.699
 others

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:49.100
 Amen