AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>SO THIS IS THE TENTH
COMMANDMENT: YOU ARE NOT TO HAVE
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AN ILLICIT DESIRE FOR
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S POSSESSIONS,
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POSITIONS, OR PERSONS.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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>>WELL, HAPPY SABBATH, FRIENDS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO ISSUE A SPECIAL
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WELCOME TO ANY
VISITORS WE MAY HAVE HERE TODAY.
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AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN COMING
LATELY, OR IF YOU'RE ONE OF OUR
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REGULAR MEMBERS, YOU'LL KNOW
THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A
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SERIES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THOSE LAWS OF LOVE
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- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - AND
THEY'RE ALSO LAWS OF LIBERTY.
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BUT TODAY WE ARE DEALING
WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE TENTH
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COMMANDMENT AND I'VE
TITLED IT 'A GREEDY HEART'.
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IT'S THE MYTH OF
MORE, YOU MIGHT SAY.
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WE ARE BOMBARDED IN OUR
DAY AND AGE WITH MATERIALISM -
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HYPER-MATERIALISM.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST
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SNIFFING IT, WE'RE
MAINLINING MATERIALISM.
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THERE IS NO TIME IN THE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD - NEVER BEFORE HAS
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THERE BEEN A CULTURE
THAT HAS HAD TO INGEST SO MUCH
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ADVERTISING THAT IS DESIGNED
- THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST AND
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THE MOST POWERFUL MINDS IN THE
WORLD ON MADISON AVENUE INVEST
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BILLIONS OF DOLLARS -
APPROXIMATELY 500 BILLION
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DOLLARS EVERY YEAR IS SPENT
ON MARKETING IN NORTH AMERICA -
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ENCOURAGING YOU TO BE
DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE,
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OR THE BRAND THAT YOU HAVE,
OR HOW MUCH YOU HAVE, OR WHO YOU
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HAVE, AND YOU ONLY THINK
HAPPINESS WILL COME FROM GETTING
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MORE OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
YOU'RE BEING TOLD OVER AND OVER
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AGAIN THAT THE GRASS IS GREENER
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
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A LOT OF US, IN OUR
HEARTS, ARE DISSATISFIED.
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THE STORY OF ONE SUCH PERSON IN
THE BIBLE - YOU WOULD THINK IF
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YOU WERE KING FOR
A DAY YOU'D BE HAPPY.
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BUT SOMETIMES EVEN KINGS AREN'T
HAPPY. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO 1 KINGS
CHAPTER 21 AND WE READ THERE
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ABOUT A KING BY THE NAME
OF AHAB. 1 KINGS CHAPTER 21 -
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YOU START WITH THE FIRST VERSE,
"AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE
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THINGS THAT NABOTH THE
JEZREELITE HAD A VINEYARD WHICH
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WAS IN JEZREEL, NEXT TO THE
PALACE OF AHAB KING OF SAMARIA."
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SO ADJACENT TO THE PALACE,
NABOTH - WHO WAS ONE OF THE
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CITIZENS - HE WAS A - PROBABLY
HAD A LARGE FAMILY, AN OLDER
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GENTLEMAN - HE HAD A FIELD
WHERE HE HAD A NICE VINEYARD.
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VINEYARDS WERE THE PRIZE - THAT
WAS THE BEST THING, IF YOU HAD A
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GOOD VINEYARD. AND SO
AHAB'S LOOKING OVER HIS
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WALL THINKING, 'WELL, I MIGHT
HAVE A PALACE AND I MIGHT HAVE
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MY OWN BARNS AND VINEYARDS
BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE.
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I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY
UNTIL I DO HAVE THAT ONE - "SO
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AHAB SPOKE TO NABOTH, SAYING,
'GIVE ME YOUR VINEYARD, THAT I
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MAY HAVE IT FOR A VEGETABLE
GARDEN.'" - WHAT A SHAME TO
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PLUCK UP VINES THAT TAKE FOREVER
TO GROW AND PUT TURNIPS IN -
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"GIVE ME YOUR VINEYARD, THAT
I MAY HAVE IT FOR A VEGETABLE
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GARDEN, BECAUSE IT IS NEAR,
NEXT TO MY HOUSE;" - IT'LL BE
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CONVENIENT - "AND FOR IT I
WILL GIVE YOU A VINEYARD BETTER
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THAN IT. OR, IF IT
SEEMS GOOD TO YOU, I
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WILL GIVE YOU ITS WORTH IN
MONEY." - 'WHAT DO YOU WANT?
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I NEED TO HAVE IT.'
WELL, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
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ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW
YOU'RE NOT TO SELL YOUR FAMILY'S
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INHERITANCE FROM YOUR
TRIBE TO A DIFFERENT TRIBE.
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"BUT NABOTH SAID TO AHAB, 'THE
LORD FORBID THAT I SHOULD GIVE
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THE INHERITANCE OF
MY FATHERS TO YOU!'" -
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WELL, WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?
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"SO AHAB WENT INTO HIS HOUSE
SULLEN" - HE WAS DEPRESSED THAT
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MEANS - "AND DISPLEASED BECAUSE
OF THE WORD WHICH NABOTH THE
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JEZREELITE HAD SPOKEN TO HIM;
FOR HE HAD SAID, 'I WILL NOT
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GIVE YOU THE INHERITANCE OF MY
FATHERS,' AND HE LAY DOWN ON HIS
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BED, AND TURNED AWAY HIS
FACE, AND WOULD EAT NO FOOD."
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- THAT'S CALLED A FULL-GROWN
TANTRUM. NOW, I KNOW THAT JUST
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WAS PECULIAR WITH HIM.
NO OTHER ADULTS DO THAT WHEN
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THEY CAN'T GET WHAT THEY
WANT. SO JEZEBEL COMES HOME.
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SHE'S WONDERING, 'WHY IS
YOUR SPIRIT SO DEPRESSED?
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH
YOU?' "I SPOKE TO NABOTH THE
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JEZREELITE, AND SAID TO
HIM, 'GIVE ME YOUR VINEYARD FOR
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MONEY; OR ELSE...AND HE
ANSWERED, 'I WILL NOT GIVE YOU
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MY VINEYARD.'" -
AND SHE SAID TO HIM,
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"YOU NOW EXERCISE
AUTHORITY OVER ISRAEL!
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ARISE, EAT FOOD, AND LET YOUR
HEART BE CHEERFUL; I WILL GIVE
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YOU THE VINEYARD.'" HE HAD A
TANTRUM AND HIS LITTLE WIFEY WAS
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GOING TO HELP HIM
GET WHAT HE WANTED.
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WELL, WHAT THAT MEANT WAS SHE
PROCLAIMED A FEAST AND HIRED TWO
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FALSE WITNESSES TO SAY THAT
NABOTH WAS GUILTY OF CURSING GOD
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AND CURSING THE GOVERNMENT
AND ON BOTH FRONTS - BY THE WAY,
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THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WITH JESUS,
THEY SAID THAT HE WASN'T OBEYING
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THE LAWS OF GOD OR THE LAWS OF
CAESAR AND THEN THEY IMMEDIATELY
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TOOK HIM OUT BEFORE THEY COULD
HAVE MUCH OF A TRIAL - OUT OF
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THE CITY - AND
THEY STONED NABOTH.
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THIS INNOCENT MAN
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
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THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MAFIA
- YOU DON'T GIVE THEM WHAT THEY
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WANT, THEY HAVE WAYS
OF GETTING WHAT THEY WANT.
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AND JEZEBEL,
THAT'S HOW SHE OPERATED.
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SO NOW AHAB IS
FINALLY GOING TO BE HAPPY.
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JEZEBEL COMES HOME AND
SAYS, 'I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS.
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GO TAKE POSSESSION,
THE VINEYARD IS YOURS.
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YOU'RE GOING TO
GET WHAT YOU WANT.
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NOW YOU'LL BE HAPPY.' SO
AHAB DOESN'T WANT TO ASK ANY
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QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
SHE WORKED THAT OUT.
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HE SUSPECTS THAT THERE WAS FOUL
PLAY BUT, AS LONG AS HE GETS
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WHAT HE WANTS. SO
WHILE HE'S WALKING AROUND AND
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SURVEYING NABOTH'S VINEYARD AND
THINKING, 'I'LL CUT THAT DOWN
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HERE AND I'LL PUT THE VEGETABLES
HERE AND I'LL HAVE THE FOUNTAIN
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OVER...' GUESS WHO
SHOWS UP AND SPOILS HIS PARTY?
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HIS OLD NEMESIS
ELIJAH THE PROPHET.
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AND ELIJAH CAME DOWN - HE SAID
- AS SOON AS AHAB SEES HIM HE
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SAYS, 'OH, HAVE
YOU FOUND ME MY ENEMY?'
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HE SAID, 'I'M YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE
YOU SOLD YOURSELF TO WORK
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WICKEDNESS AND YOU KILLED
AN INNOCENT MAN AND TOOK HIS
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VINEYARD.' AND HE SAID, 'NOW,
BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THIS' -
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WELL, LET ME READ IT TO YOU OUT
OF THE BIBLE, "BEHOLD, I WILL
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BRING CALAMITY ON YOU. I
WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR POSTERITY
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AND WILL CUT OFF FROM AHAB EVERY
MALE IN ISRAEL, BOTH BOND AND
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FREE. I WILL MAKE
YOUR HOUSE LIKE THE
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HOUSE OF JEROBOAM THE SON
OF NEBAT, AND LIKE THE HOUSE OF
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BAASHA THE SON OF
AHIJAH," - THEY WERE WIPED OUT.
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THEY WERE TOTALLY ELIMINATED -
"BECAUSE OF THE PROVOCATION WITH
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WHICH YOU HAVE PROVOKED ME
TO ANGER, AND MADE ISRAEL SIN."
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IT SAYS THERE WAS NO ONE
LIKE AHAB - VERSE 25, "WHO SOLD
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HIMSELF TO DO WICKEDNESS IN
THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BECAUSE
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JEZEBEL HIS
WIFE STIRRED HIM UP."
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- VERSE 27, "SO IT WAS, WHEN
AHAB HEARD THOSE WORDS, THAT HE
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TORE HIS CLOTHES AND PUT
SACKCLOTH ON HIS BODY, AND
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FASTED AND LAY IN SACKCLOTH,
AND WENT ABOUT MOURNING."
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NOTICE, THE CHAPTER BEGINS
BY HIM THINKING, 'I'LL NEVER BE
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HAPPY UNLESS I GET NABOTH'S
VINEYARD.' HE WAS COVETING
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ANOTHER MAN'S FIELD AND WHEN HE
FOUND OUT HE COULDN'T HAVE IT HE
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THOUGHT, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE IT.
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BY HOOK OR CROOK I'VE GOT TO
HAVE IT.' WHEN HE FINALLY GOT
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IT, NOW HE'S HAPPY. IS HE
HAPPY? NOW HE'S MORE UNHAPPY.
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HE TEARS HIS CLOTHES
AND GOES ABOUT MOURNING.
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WHEN YOU COVET WHAT YOU SHOULD
NOT COVET, SHOULD YOU EVER GET
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IT, THE LORD WILL NOT BLESS
AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE HAPPINESS.
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A MAN'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN
THE ABUNDANCE OF THINGS THAT HE
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POSSESSES. PSALMS
119, VERSES 36 AND 37,
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"INCLINE MY HEART TO
YOUR TESTIMONIES, AND NOT TO
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COVETOUSNESS. TURN
AWAY MY EYES FROM LOOKING
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AT WORTHLESS THINGS,
AND REVIVE ME IN YOUR WAY."
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WE MAY NOT THROW OURSELVES
ON THE GROUND AND HAVE A TANTRUM
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BUT, IN OUR OWN WAYS, MANY HAVE
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GREEDY HEARTS AND
WE'RE NOT SATISFIED.
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NOW THE TENTH COMMANDMENT - I'M
ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE
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TENTH COMMANDMENT IS, BUT LET ME
READ IT TO YOU AND YOU'LL FIND
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IT NOT ONLY IN EXODUS 20, VERSE
17 - YOU'LL FIND IT AGAIN IN
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DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 5, VERSE 21
AND VARIOUS AND SUNDRY PLACES IN
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THE NEW TESTAMENT AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE BIBLE.
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AND WE READ - EXODUS 20:17 -
THESE WORDS THAT GOD SPOKE: "YOU
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SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
HOUSE; YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR
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NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, NOR HIS MALE
SERVANT, NOR HIS FEMALE SERVANT,
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NOR HIS OX, NOR HIS DONKEY,
NOR ANYTHING THAT IS YOUR
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NEIGHBOR'S." SO THIS IS THE
TENTH COMMANDMENT: DO NOT COVET
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ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DESIRING.
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IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE
OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND I
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SAY THAT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF THE
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COMMANDMENTS HAVE TO DO WITH
OUTWARD BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT.
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THE LAST COMMANDMENT POINTS BACK
TOWARD THE SOURCE OF ALL SIN.
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IT'S SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.
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YOU CAN BE COVETOUS - YOU CAN BE
JUST A RANK COVETOUS PERSON AND
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OUTWARDLY YOU CAN LOOK
LIKE THE FINEST CHRISTIAN.
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JESUS TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO PRAYED LONG PRAYERS AND THEY
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WENT TO CHURCH BUT THEY
DEVOURED WIDOWS' HOUSES.
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THEY WERE COVETOUS - BUT THEY
WERE VERY RELIGIOUS - BECAUSE
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IT'S LOOKING ON THE
DESIRES OF THE HEART.
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IT'LL EVENTUALLY
PLAY OUT IN THE LIFE.
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EXODUS 18:21 - WHEN THEY WERE TO
PICK JUDGES, "MOREOVER YOU SHALL
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SELECT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE ABLE
MEN, SUCH AS FEAR GOD, MEN OF
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TRUTH, HATING COVETOUSNESS."
- AND MAKE THEM RULERS -
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THAT WAS THE CRITERIA
- THAT THEY WERE TO HATE
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COVETOUSNESS. THAT GREED FOR
WHAT OTHERS HAVE - IF THEY'VE
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GOT THAT IN THEIR HEARTS
THEY'LL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE
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TO BRIBES AND TWISTING JUDGMENT.
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NOW, AS WE DEFINE COVETOUSNESS,
I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT
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IS NOT WRONG TO
DESIRE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
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YOU WOULD BE HOMELESS AND SINGLE
RIGHT NOW - ALL OF YOU - IF YOU
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DIDN'T AT SOME POINT DESIRE
OR COVET SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
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IT IS NOT WRONG TO WANT A HOUSE.
IT IS NOT WRONG TO WANT A FIELD.
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IT IS NOT WRONG TO WANT AN OX OR
A DONKEY OR A CAR OR A SPOUSE.
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MATTER OF FACT, IT IS
RIGHT TO WANT THOSE THINGS.
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GOD PLACED THOSE
DESIRES IN YOUR HEART.
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THE BIBLE EVEN TELLS US THERE
ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE COMMANDED
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TO COVET. SO IT'S NOT THAT
COVETING IS WRONG. SOMETIMES YOU
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TAKE HALF A COMMANDMENT AND
YOU GET THINGS ALL MIXED UP.
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THE COMMANDMENT SAYS, 'DO NOT
MAKE UNTO THEE THE LIKENESS OF
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ANYTHING IN THE HEAVEN ABOVE, OR
THE EARTH BENEATH OR THE WATER
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UNDER THE EARTH' AND PEOPLE
STOP RIGHT THERE. THEY SAY,
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'DON'T HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH,
IT'S A LIKENESS OF SOMETHING.
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DON'T HAVE A PAINTING
OF FLOWERS ON YOUR WALL.
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IT'S A LIKENESS OF SOMETHING.'
AND PEOPLE HAVE NO ART.
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THEY HAVE NO PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THEIR KIDS BECAUSE IT'S
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IDOLATRY. THEY
DON'T READ THE REST OF THE
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COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
'AND BOW DOWN TO THEM.' RIGHT?
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SAME THING WITH
THE COVET COMMANDMENT.
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IT DOESN'T JUST SAY 'DON'T COVET
ANYTHING' - IT SAYS 'DON'T COVET
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THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
TO DESIRE.' SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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SO, WHAT IS COVETOUSNESS?
OH, BY THE WAY, I WAS GOING TO
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GIVE YOU A VERSE - 1 CORINTHIANS
12:31 - WHAT CAN YOU COVET?
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HE SAYS, "BUT COVET EARNESTLY"
- WE'RE COMMANDED TO COVET
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EARNESTLY - "THE BEST GIFTS:
AND YET SHEW I UNTO YOU A MORE
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EXCELLENT WAY." IF
YOU'RE GOING TO COVET
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SOMETHING, THE BEST THING TO
COVET - TO LONG AFTER - TO CRAVE
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- IS THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS - THE
BEST GIFTS - THE GIFT OF LOVE IS
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WHAT HE MENTIONS.
WHAT IS COVETOUSNESS?
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IT IS A FORBIDDEN DESIRE;
AN ENVIOUS EAGERNESS TO POSSESS
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WHAT IS NOT LAWFULLY OBTAINABLE;
EXCESSIVE AND CULPABLY DESIROUS
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OF THE POSSESSIONS OF ANOTHER;
INAPPROPRIATE OR INORDINATE
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DESIRE FOR THE POSSESSIONS,
POSITIONS, OR PERSONS THAT
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BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE.
SOMETIMES WE COVET A PERSON'S
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POSITION. SOMETIMES
WE'RE COVETOUS BY COMPARISON.
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COLOSSIANS 3:5, "THEREFORE PUT
TO DEATH YOUR MEMBERS WHICH ARE
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ON THE EARTH:" - AND HE'S
TALKING ABOUT THESE FLESHLY
00:13:12.79\00:13:14.79
SELFISH DESIRES - "FORNICATION,
UNCLEANNESS, PASSION, EVIL
00:13:14.82\00:13:19.33
DESIRE, AND COVETOUSNESS,
WHICH IS IDOLATRY."
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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT
THAT COVETOUSNESS IS IDOLATRY?
00:13:23.50\00:13:27.70
YOU'D NEVER BOW DOWN TO AN IDOL,
BUT SOME OF US BOW DOWN TO THE
00:13:27.74\00:13:30.44
IDOLS OF FASHION. SOMEONE SAID
- I THINK IT WAS A PASTOR HADDON
00:13:30.47\00:13:39.28
R.W. ROBINSON, 'COVETOUSNESS IS
SIMPLY CRAVING MORE OF WHAT YOU
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ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH OF.'
COVETOUSNESS IS SIMPLY CRAVING
00:13:44.02\00:13:48.26
MORE OF WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE
ENOUGH OF. BUT WE'RE NOT HAPPY.
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I'M NOT DONE WITH MY VERSE
IN COLOSSIANS 3, "COVETOUSNESS,
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WHICH IS IDOLATRY.
BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS THE
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WRATH OF GOD IS COMING
UPON THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE."
00:14:00.04\00:14:03.07
IT'S - IT REPRESENTS AN
UNCONVERTED HEART WHEN WE'RE
00:14:03.10\00:14:07.08
CONSTANTLY DISSATISFIED.
IT'S NOT ONLY COVETING POSITION
00:14:07.11\00:14:13.45
AND POSSESSIONS, IT'S PERSONS.
'I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHO I HAVE.'
00:14:13.48\00:14:23.26
COVETING WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT
WANT NEVER BRINGS SATISFACTION.
00:14:23.29\00:14:29.33
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY
RELEVANT MESSAGE IN OUR DAY AND
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AGE BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE
BRANCH - IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN
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ANY ONE DENOMINATION - THERE IS
A WHOLE BRANCH OF CHRISTIANITY
00:14:38.37\00:14:41.98
IN NORTH AMERICA THAT'S CALLED
'PROSPERITY PREACHING' - THE
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PROSPERITY GOSPEL -
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT?
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THERE'S A WHOLE CADRE OF
PASTORS, AND EVEN DENOMINATIONS
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OUT THERE, THAT HAVE BOUGHT INTO
THIS IDEA THAT YOU FOLLOW JESUS
00:14:53.69\00:14:59.36
YOU TAKE UP A GOLDEN
CROSS AND YOU FOLLOW JESUS.
00:14:59.39\00:15:03.06
AND HE WANTS YOU TO BE
HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE.
00:15:03.10\00:15:05.40
AND IF YOU'RE NOT HEALTHY,
WEALTHY AND WISE AND IF YOU'RE
00:15:05.43\00:15:07.64
NOT BLESSED IN EVERY WAY, THEN
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
00:15:07.67\00:15:10.91
BUT IS THAT WHAT JESUS TOLD
US? IT SAYS IN LUKE 5:11, CHRIST
00:15:10.94\00:15:19.81
CALLED THEM TO FOLLOW HIM,
"SO WHEN THEY HAD BROUGHT THEIR
00:15:19.85\00:15:22.28
BOATS TO LAND, THEY
FORSOOK ALL AND FOLLOWED HIM."
00:15:22.32\00:15:28.29
HOW CAN YOU MARKET A GOSPEL LIKE
THAT IN SUCH A MATERIALISTIC
00:15:28.32\00:15:30.79
CULTURE? FORSAKE
EVERYTHING AND FOLLOW JESUS?
00:15:30.83\00:15:34.93
WHEN WE'RE BEING PROGRAMMED TO
BE DISSATISFIED AND WANT MORE?
00:15:34.93\00:15:40.24
PAUL SAID, IN 1 TIMOTHY 6:9 AND
10, "BUT THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE
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RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION."
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IF WE
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NURTURE - IF WE FEED
THIS DESIRE TO BE RICH?
00:15:48.81\00:15:54.05
I HAD AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR TELL
ME ONE TIME - I SAID, 'OH, I
00:15:54.08\00:15:56.62
HEARD ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT OVER
HERE AND BOY YOU CAN GET, YOU
00:15:56.65\00:15:58.85
KNOW, TWELVE
PERCENT.' AND SHE SAID,
00:15:58.89\00:16:01.99
'HOGS GET SLAUGHTERED.'
HOGS GET SLAUGHTERED.
00:16:02.02\00:16:07.96
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
MAKE TOO MUCH TOO FAST -
00:16:08.00\00:16:10.27
IT DOESN'T END WELL.
00:16:10.30\00:16:11.47
AND THAT'S ALSO TRUE IN THE
CHRISTIAN REALM - THIS IDEA THAT
00:16:11.50\00:16:14.84
'I'M GOING TO COME TO JESUS
BECAUSE A PREACHER TELLS ME THAT
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IF I ACCEPT JESUS AND IF I
MAKE THIS BIG DONATION, ALL OF A
00:16:17.21\00:16:20.08
SUDDEN WINDOWS OF HEAVEN ARE
GOING TO OPEN AND I'M GOING TO
00:16:20.11\00:16:22.48
HAVE ALL THIS PROSPERITY AND I'M
GOING TO BE DRIVING" - AND A LOT
00:16:22.51\00:16:27.02
OF PREACHERS HAVE TURNED INTO
POSITIVE THINKING MOTIVATIONAL
00:16:27.05\00:16:30.65
SPEAKERS THAT TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO GET IF
00:16:30.69\00:16:34.22
YOU FOLLOW JESUS IN THE
WORLD. IF THAT'S YOUR REASON FOR
00:16:34.26\00:16:37.89
FOLLOWING JESUS THEN YOU SIGNED
UP FOR THE WRONG GROUP BECAUSE
00:16:37.93\00:16:42.00
YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW JESUS
BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM AND YOU
00:16:42.03\00:16:44.47
WANT YOUR SINS FORGIVEN.
YOU WANT TO BE WITH HIM FOREVER.
00:16:44.50\00:16:46.50
GOD CAN BLESS PEOPLE
- DON'T MISUNDERSTAND -
00:16:46.53\00:16:49.70
BUT PLEASE GET
THE PERCENTAGES RIGHT.
00:16:49.74\00:16:54.91
HERE'S THE PERCENTAGE - IT IS
EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH
00:16:54.94\00:16:58.81
THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN A
RICH MAN TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF
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HEAVEN. CAN IT BE DONE? YES.
00:17:02.25\00:17:05.02
IS IT THE RULE OR THE EXCEPTION?
JESUS SAID IT'S THE EXCEPTION.
00:17:05.05\00:17:09.69
IT IS HARD FOR A
RICH MAN TO BE SAVED.
00:17:09.72\00:17:12.79
THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF
JESUS - TAKE THAT UP WITH HIM.
00:17:12.83\00:17:15.03
THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE
PASTORS ARE TEACHING PEOPLE.
00:17:15.06\00:17:18.37
THEY'RE TEACHING PEOPLE THAT
JESUS WANTS YOU ALL TO BE RICH.
00:17:18.40\00:17:22.04
WHY WOULD HE SAY IT'S SO HARD
FOR YOU TO BE SAVED IF YOU'RE
00:17:22.07\00:17:23.71
RICH AND TELL EVERYBODY
HE WANTS THEM TO BE RICH.
00:17:23.74\00:17:26.57
YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE WHY THE
GOSPEL IS SPREADING THE FASTEST
00:17:26.61\00:17:30.35
IN THE POOREST COUNTRIES AND IT
COULD BE WHY, SPIRITUALLY, WE'RE
00:17:30.38\00:17:34.02
SO LUKEWARM IN THE PROSPEROUS
COUNTRIES WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH
00:17:34.05\00:17:37.99
MATERIALISM IT BECOMES A
GOD. PROSPERITY PREACHING.
00:17:38.02\00:17:43.49
YOUR COVETOUSNESS WILL PLAY
ITSELF OUT AND YOUR KIDS WILL
00:17:43.53\00:17:47.36
TYPICALLY PRIORITIZE THE WAY
YOU DO. IF YOU GIVE AND YOU'RE
00:17:47.40\00:17:52.17
GENEROUS, THEY'LL OFTEN SEE YOU
MODEL THAT AND THEY'LL DO THAT.
00:17:52.20\00:17:55.70
IF YOU'RE GRASPING AND YOU THINK
EVERY TIME YOU'RE DEPRESSED THE
00:17:55.74\00:17:58.21
ANSWER IS TO GO SHOPPING,
THEY'LL THINK THAT TOO - THAT
00:17:58.24\00:18:02.44
HAPPINESS COMES, SOMEHOW,
THROUGH MATERIALISM - AND IT
00:18:02.48\00:18:05.48
PERPETUATES ITSELF. WE
KNOW THE STORY OF GEHAZI -
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YOU FIND THIS IS
2 KINGS CHAPTER 5.
00:18:10.15\00:18:13.15
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT NAAMAN,
THE LEPER WHO WAS HEALED, RIGHT?
00:18:13.19\00:18:17.76
AND AFTER HE'S HEALED HE'S
SO THANKFUL - HE'S CLEANSED FROM
00:18:17.79\00:18:21.70
HIS LEPROSY IN THE JORDAN RIVER
AND HE JUST WANTS TO GO BACK AND
00:18:21.73\00:18:25.97
HE WANTS TO BLESS THE LORD AND
HE SAID, 'OH GOD'S GIVEN ME SO
00:18:26.00\00:18:28.17
MUCH.' YOU KNOW, HE TOOK
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
00:18:28.20\00:18:30.61
GOLD AND SILVER AND CLOTHES
TO PAY FOR HIS PROPHET - THE
00:18:30.64\00:18:36.14
PROPHET HEALING HIM - AND WHEN
HE COMES TO ELISHA AND SAYS,
00:18:36.18\00:18:39.41
'TAKE A BLESSING, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR HEALING ME.' ELISHA
00:18:39.45\00:18:42.22
SAYS, 'NO, THIS IS ON THE
HOUSE.' 'OH NO, NO, NO.' HE
00:18:42.25\00:18:46.39
SAYS, 'NOPE.' NOW GEHAZI, THE
SERVANT OF ELISHA IS STANDING
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.39
THERE AND HE'S THINKING,
'ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
00:18:49.42\00:18:51.86
THIS GUY - LOOK AT ALL HE'S GOT
- LOOK AT - WELL, WE COULD HAVE
00:18:51.89\00:18:54.36
A BETTER HOUSE. WE
COULD HAVE A BETTER CHARIOT.
00:18:54.40\00:18:56.50
WE COULD HAVE A BETTER
EVERYTHING. WE COULD HAVE
00:18:56.53\00:18:57.93
SERVANTS - IF YOU'D JUST
TAKE HALF OF WHAT HE'S OFFERING.
00:18:57.97\00:19:00.27
YOU'RE SENDING HIM AWAY?'
HE DOESN'T SAY THAT BUT HE'S
00:19:00.30\00:19:03.44
THINKING IT IN HIS HEART.
ELISHA KNEW THAT HE COULDN'T
00:19:03.47\00:19:09.08
CHARGE NAAMAN BECAUSE
HE'S GOING BACK TO SYRIA.
00:19:09.11\00:19:11.98
HE WANTED THEM TO KNOW
THAT THE GIFTS OF GOD ARE FREE.
00:19:12.01\00:19:15.18
YOU DON'T PAY FOR
THE HEALINGS THAT GOD -
00:19:15.22\00:19:17.75
AND THE MIRACLES OF GOD
- DID ANYONE EVER PAY JESUS
00:19:17.79\00:19:19.55
FOR A MIRACLE? AND
ELISHA WAS A TYPE OF CHRIST.
00:19:19.59\00:19:22.62
IT WAS SO IMPORTANT
NOT TO TAKE NAAMAN'S MONEY.
00:19:22.66\00:19:26.19
AND THAT HE TOOK THAT
MESSAGE BACK TO HIS PEOPLE.
00:19:26.23\00:19:28.46
AND AFTER NAAMAN RODE AWAY WITH
ALL OF HIS MONEY, THE BIBLE SAYS
00:19:28.50\00:19:32.10
GEHAZI SAID WITHIN HIS HEART,
'I'M GOING AFTER HIM.' AND AS HE
00:19:32.13\00:19:36.84
RAN TO HEAD HIM OFF ON THE ROAD,
HE FORMULATED AND CONCOCTED SOME
00:19:36.87\00:19:42.34
STORY AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
RIGHT AFTER YOU LEFT SOME POOR
00:19:42.38\00:19:45.81
PROPHETS CAME TO VISIT US
AND THEY'RE SONS OF PROPHETS AND
00:19:45.85\00:19:48.18
THEY HAVE NOTHING AND ELISHA
SENT ME AND HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
00:19:48.22\00:19:51.09
IF YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF CLOTHES AND GOLD OR SILVER WE
00:19:51.12\00:19:54.09
CAN GIVE THEM, THAT'D BE
GREAT.' AND NAAMAN SAYS, 'SURE.
00:19:54.12\00:19:57.49
GREAT.' HE'S HAPPY - HE'S GOT
A LIFE. HE WAS DYING OF LEPROSY.
00:19:57.53\00:20:00.10
HE SAID, 'I'LL GIVE
YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT.
00:20:00.13\00:20:01.43
HERE, TAKE TWO.' WHICH
ALSO SHOWS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
00:20:01.46\00:20:04.30
SALVATION YOU'RE
GENEROUS. YOU WANT TO GIVE.
00:20:04.33\00:20:07.64
AND SO GEHAZI, HE TAKES THIS
STUFF - I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HE
00:20:07.67\00:20:11.81
CARRIED IT ALL - HE
SLINKS BACK TO ELISHA'S HOUSE.
00:20:11.84\00:20:15.34
HE SQUIRRELS IT AWAY IN A
BARN SOMEWHERE AND HE COMES IN
00:20:15.38\00:20:18.75
TO SEE ELISHA AND - CAN YOU
HIDE ANYTHING FROM A PROPHET?
00:20:18.78\00:20:23.32
AND ELISHA SAYS,
'GEHAZI, WHERE WERE YOU?
00:20:23.35\00:20:26.76
'OH, I WASN'T ANYWHERE.' OH, HE
SAID, 'DID NOT MY HEART GO OUT
00:20:26.79\00:20:33.33
AFTER YOU WHEN YOU FOLLOWED
AFTER THE MAN AND HE CAME DOWN
00:20:33.36\00:20:35.96
FROM HIS CHARIOT TO MEET YOU?'
HE SAID, 'IS IT A TIME TO GET
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.20
OLIVE YARDS AND VINEYARDS AND
MANSERVANTS AND MAIDSERVANTS?'
00:20:39.23\00:20:42.80
ELISHA BEGAN TO RECITE EXACTLY
THE THINGS THAT GEHAZI WAS
00:20:42.84\00:20:46.78
THINKING HE WAS GOING
TO BUY WITH THAT MONEY.
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.51
HE SAID, 'NOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE
DONE THIS THING, THE LEPROSY OF
00:20:49.54\00:20:53.21
NAAMAN WILL CLING TO YOU AND
YOUR SEED FOREVER.' AND HE WENT
00:20:53.25\00:20:57.92
OUT OF ELISHA'S
PRESENCE A LEPER WHITE AS SNOW.
00:20:57.95\00:21:01.52
DID HE STILL HAVE
THE GOLD AND SILVER?
00:21:01.56\00:21:03.46
YEAH. WAS HE HAPPY? NO.
IT DIDN'T END WELL, DID IT?
00:21:03.49\00:21:11.27
A MAN'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN
THE ABUNDANCE OF THINGS THAT HE
00:21:11.30\00:21:14.54
POSSESSES. YOU KNOW, THE
ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE ABOUT
00:21:14.57\00:21:21.24
COVETOUSNESS IS 'BE CONTENT'.
UNBIBLICAL - OR WHEN I SAY
00:21:21.28\00:21:29.25
'UNBIBLICAL' I MEAN COVETING
THINGS THAT ARE FORBIDDEN IS
00:21:29.28\00:21:31.75
REALLY DISSATISFACTION AND THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT
00:21:31.79\00:21:35.96
HAPPY AND THEY THINK THAT
GETTING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
00:21:35.99\00:21:38.93
ELSE IS GOING TO
SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
00:21:38.96\00:21:40.76
IF THEY GET THAT PROMOTION, THAT
POSITION, THOSE POSSESSIONS,
00:21:40.80\00:21:43.83
THAT PERSON -
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE BETTER.
00:21:43.87\00:21:45.93
1 TIMOTHY 6, VERSE 6, "NOW
GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS
00:21:45.97\00:21:52.34
GREAT GAIN." THAT'S
A GOOD VERSE FOR US TO
00:21:52.37\00:21:54.24
REMEMBER: "GODLINESS WITH
CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN."
00:21:54.28\00:21:58.91
FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS
WORLD AND IT'S CERTAIN WE'RE
00:21:58.95\00:22:01.25
GOING TO CARRY BRING
NOTHING OUT. WHAT DID JOB SAY?
00:22:01.28\00:22:03.18
'NAKED I CAME INTO THIS WORLD.
NAKED I'M GOING OUT.' AND HAVING
00:22:03.22\00:22:05.75
FOOD AND CLOTHING WITH
THESE, WE SHOULD BE CONTENT.
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.09
IF YOU'VE GOT THE BASICS THEN BE
SATISFIED BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT
00:22:09.12\00:22:14.13
SATISFIED WITH THE BASICS -
SOMEONE WAS ASKING - WHO WAS IT?
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.60
- NELSON ROCKEFELLER - VERY
WEALTHY FAMILY, THE ROCKEFELLER
00:22:17.63\00:22:21.14
FAMILY - HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT
TAKE FOR A PERSON TO BE CONTENT?
00:22:21.17\00:22:26.64
HE SAID, 'A LITTLE MORE.'
IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE.
00:22:26.68\00:22:31.95
PEOPLE ARE NEVER SATISFIED.
PHILIPPIANS 4:11, "NOT THAT I
00:22:31.98\00:22:36.72
SPEAK TO YOU IN RESPECT OF
WANT: FOR I HAVE LEARNED, IN
00:22:36.75\00:22:40.19
WHATSOEVER STATE I AM, THEREWITH
TO BE CONTENT." IT'S OKAY,
00:22:40.22\00:22:45.23
YOU KNOW, IF GOD'S BLESSED
YOU AND YOU'RE CONTENT, GREAT.
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.06
IF YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH AND YOU
LEARN TO BE CONTENT - "I HAVE
00:22:48.10\00:22:54.47
LEARNED BOTH TO BE FULL AND TO
BE HUNGRY, BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO
00:22:54.50\00:22:57.74
SUFFER NEED. I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS
00:22:57.77\00:23:00.24
ME." WELL, THIS IS A TOUGH
00:23:00.28\00:23:02.38
COMMANDMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I
CAN PROBABLY SIT ON MY HANDS ALL
00:23:02.41\00:23:05.15
DAY LONG AND SAY, 'WELL,
I'M NOT WORKING ON THE SABBATH.
00:23:05.18\00:23:08.28
I'M KEEPING
SABBATH. I'M NOT WORKING.
00:23:08.32\00:23:09.45
WE'D BE TWITCHING BUT HOW DO
YOU KEEP THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT
00:23:09.48\00:23:14.36
COVETOUSNESS? IT'S
REALLY A CHANGE OF HEART.
00:23:14.39\00:23:18.29
IT'S REALLY SAYING, 'LORD,
CHANGE MY ATTITUDES. HELP ME TO
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.93
BE SATISFIED WITH JESUS AND
WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US.' AMEN?
00:23:22.96\00:23:27.74
IT BOILS DOWN IN LOVING
YOUR NEIGHBOR - LOVING THE LORD.
00:23:27.77\00:23:32.51
ROMANS 13:8, "OWE NO ONE
ANYTHING EXCEPT TO LOVE ONE
00:23:32.54\00:23:36.75
ANOTHER, FOR HE WHO LOVES
ANOTHER HAS FULFILLED THE LAW.
00:23:36.78\00:23:41.68
FOR THE COMMANDMENTS, 'YOU SHALL
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.89
NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT
STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE
00:23:44.92\00:23:46.65
WITNESS, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,"
- HE ENDS WITH THAT AND HE SAYS,
00:23:46.69\00:23:49.92
"AND IF THERE IS ANY OTHER
COMMANDMENT, ARE ALL SUMMED UP
00:23:49.96\00:23:52.13
IN THIS SAYING, NAMELY, '...LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'"
00:23:52.16\00:23:56.83
WHEN YOU REALIZE HOW POISONOUS
COVETOUSNESS CAN BE, WE NEED TO
00:23:56.87\00:24:01.30
BE ON OUR GUARD ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A CHANGE OF
00:24:01.34\00:24:03.97
ATTITUDE, OF MIND, OF
HEART - NOT BEING JEALOUS
00:24:04.01\00:24:07.71
FOR WHAT SOMEONE
ELSE HAS AND JUST
00:24:07.74\00:24:11.11
ASKING THE LORD TO
BLESS OTHERS - BEING THANKFUL
00:24:11.15\00:24:14.08
FOR WHAT WE HAVE, PRAYING
GOD WILL GIVE US SATISFACTION -
00:24:14.12\00:24:18.79
ASKING GOD TO HELP US BE CONTENT
AND REMEMBERING THAT IT WAS
00:24:18.82\00:24:24.13
COVETOUSNESS THAT
PUT JESUS ON THE CROSS.
00:24:24.16\00:24:27.96
JUDAS COVETED SILVER AND HE
WAS WILLING TO SELL THE SAVIOR.
00:24:28.00\00:24:35.00
HE COVETED A HIGHER
POSITION IN THE KINGDOM.
00:24:35.04\00:24:38.44
THAT WHOLE SPIRIT OF NOT BEING
SATISFIED - WAS HE HAPPY IN THE
00:24:38.47\00:24:42.84
END OR DID HE THROW IT ALL
DOWN AND HE WENT OUT AND HUNG
00:24:42.88\00:24:46.75
HIMSELF?
SATISFACTION, HAPPINESS WILL
00:24:46.78\00:24:50.25
NEVER COME FROM THESE THINGS.
IT'S GOING TO COME FROM A LOVE
00:24:50.29\00:24:53.62
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS
00:24:53.66\00:24:57.19
GREAT GAIN. YOU BELIEVE THAT
FRIENDS? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO,
00:24:57.23\00:25:01.66
BY GOD'S GRACE,
PRACTICE THAT IN YOUR LIVES?
00:25:01.70\00:25:05.93
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