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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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RIGHT HERE. TODAY IT'S SUNNY
HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
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AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU
ARE TUNING IN WITH US, WHETHER
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YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO,
WATCHING LIVE AT OUR WEB SITE
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG', OR WATCHING ON
THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS,
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IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE
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TUNING IN AND YOU ARE
GOING TO JOIN WITH US FOR
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'CENTRAL STUDY HOUR' TODAY.
WE ALWAYS START OUR PROGRAM WITH
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SINGING YOUR FAVORITES AND
THIS, TODAY, IS A GREAT SONG:
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'MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY
OF THE COMING OF THE LORD'.
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PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS
IF YOU HAVE THEM AT HOME.
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HERE IN THE SANCTUARY, WE'RE
GOING TO SING - 'MINE EYES HAVE
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SEEN THE GLORY' - #647.
WE'LL SING ALL THREE STANZAS.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM
JOSEPH IN AUSTRALIA, JERILYN IN
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SAUDI ARABIA, PAIGE AND
SARINA IN ENGLAND, GEORGE IN
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PENNSYLVANIA, TIMOTHY IN
TENNESSEE AND THERE WERE SOME
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MORE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD. SO LET'S DO OUR BEST.
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SING THAT NICE AND
LOUD - ALL THREE STANZAS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>I LOVE THAT SONG AND I
LOVE IT WHEN IT'S A HUGE CHOIR
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AND THEY DO THAT KEY CHANGE
ON THAT LAST VERSE AND THERE'S A
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CRAZY DESCANT GOING ON AND
THE ORCHESTRA IS GOING CRAZY.
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OH, IT'S A WONDERFUL SONG!
BUT I LIKE IT EVEN IF THERE IS
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NO ORCHESTRA AND BIG
CHOIR. IT'S JUST A GOOD SONG.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN
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UPCOMING PROGRAM,
IT'S VERY, VERY SIMPLE.
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JUST GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT
'SACCENTRAL.ORG', CLICK ON THE
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'CONTACT US' LINK, AND YOU CAN
SEND IN ANY SONG THAT'S IN THE
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HYMNAL AND WE WILL DO OUR
BEST TO SING THAT FOR YOU ON AN
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UPCOMING PROGRAM. WE ARE
SWITCHING GEARS AND GOING
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BACK TO THE SONGS THAT WE DON'T
KNOW AND THAT WE'RE ALL LEARNING
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TOGETHER. TODAY IT'S #84 -
'GOD THE OMNIPOTENT' - AND IT IS
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A RUSSIAN HYMN SO EVERYONE IN
RUSSIA, WE'RE SINGING THIS FOR
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YOU TODAY. IT IS ACTUALLY -
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I LOOKED AT THE
HISTORY BEHIND THIS SONG AND IT
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WAS WRITTEN FOR THE
RUSSIAN CZAR, NICHOLAS 1.
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I GUESS - AND I WANT TO DO SOME
MORE RESEARCH ON THIS - BUT I -
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SOMETHING ABOUT THEY WERE USING
THE ENGLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM TUNE
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FOR THEIR NATIONAL ANTHEM?
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, OKAY.
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I'M GOING TO DO MORE RESEARCH
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
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FROM WHAT I WAS READING.
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AND SO THEY DECIDED THAT THEY
WANTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TUNE.
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I LOVE THE
ENGLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM.
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THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT, BUT THEY WANTED IT
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THEIR OWN TUNE, OBVIOUSLY,
SO THEY WROTE THIS ONE.
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SO I THOUGHT THAT
WAS VERY INTERESTING.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO SING 'GOD
THE OMNIPOTENT' TODAY - #84.
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THIS IS FROM JOYANN IN NEW YORK
AND JOYCE IN KENYA AND WE'LL
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SING THE FIRST,
SECOND, AND FOURTH STANZAS.
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>>BEAUTIFUL SONG.
THANK YOU FOR PICKING THAT.
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AND NEXT WEEK WE KNOW 85
SO LET'S - AND WE KNOW 86 -
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LET'S DO 87. SO YOU
CAN BE LEARNING ALONG
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WITH US, #87 IS
NEXT WEEK'S SONG.
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AT THIS TIME, LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR LOVING US, FOR BRINGING
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US HERE TODAY TO WORSHIP
YOU, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR
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REMINDING US, THROUGH
THE WORDS OF THE SONG,
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THAT YOU ARE GOD THE OMNIPOTENT.
PLEASE BE WITH US AS WE OPEN UP
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YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER.
BE WITH OUR SPEAKER AND EACH
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PERSON HERE AND OUR EXTENDED
FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD.
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BE WITH EACH ONE.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AT THIS TIME, YES, OUR LESSON
STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
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US BY PASTOR DOUG
BATCHELOR. >>MORNING.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SINGERS AND
MUSICIANS AND - YEAH, I ENJOY
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LEARNING THOSE NEW SONGS.
HOW IS EVERYBODY? HAPPY SABBATH.
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IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY GET A
LITTLE RAIN HERE IN CALIFORNIA
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AFTER, WHAT DID THEY
SAY? 50 DAYS OF NO RAIN.
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THAT'S NORMAL IN THE SUMMER.
IT'S NOT NORMAL IN THE WINTER.
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AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR STUDY
DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF
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DISCIPLESHIP AND TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH LESSON
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#8 WITH 'THE
RICH AND THE FAMOUS'.
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AND I DIDN'T PICK
THIS AS THE FREE OFFER.
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I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, BUT
THE FREE OFFER THAT OUR STUDIO
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PICKED TO GIVE AWAY
IS 'THE RICHEST CAVEMAN'.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY MY TESTIMONY.
IT'S A DVD OF THAT AND WE'LL
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SHARE THAT WITH ANYBODY. IT
TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FAME
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AND FORTUNE ISSUES.
BUT WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU.
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JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN AND THEN AFTER YOU WATCH
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IT, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE
ELSE. AND THAT NUMBER IS
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866-STUDY-MORE - 866-788-3966
AND WHEN YOU DO CALL, ASK FOR
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OFFER #807 AND WE'LL SEND YOU
THE DVD OF 'THE RICHEST CAVEMAN'
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AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL
BE ENCOURAGED BY THAT.
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OUR MEMORY VERSE TODAY
COMES TO US FROM 1 TIMOTHY AND
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THAT WOULD BE
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 10.
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I APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
WANT TO SAY IT WITH ME.
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IN YOUR LESSON IT COMES FROM
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION -
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1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 6,
VERSE 10. ARE YOU READY?
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I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS,
"FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE
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ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL FOR
WHICH SOME HAVE STRAYED FROM THE
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FAITH IN THEIR GREEDINESS AND
HAVE PIERCED THEMSELVES THROUGH
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WITH MANY SORROWS. THE LOVE OF
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
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NOW DOES THE BIBLE SAY
THAT MONEY IS THE ROOT OF EVIL?
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MONEY CAN BE A VERY GOOD
THING. MONEY IS REALLY, I MEAN,
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WHAT IS MONEY? WHAT
IS GOLD, SILVER, DOLLARS,
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DEUTSCHE MARKS, PESOS -
TAKE YOUR PICK - RUPLES - RUPEES
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- WHATEVER YOUR
CURRENCY IS, WHAT IS MONEY?
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IT'S A MEANS OF TAKING INFLUENCE
TO BUY THINGS OR TO PAY FOR
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SERVICES AND SO IT
REPRESENTS A POWER OF INFLUENCE.
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THAT COULD BE USED FOR GOOD
AND IT COULD BE USED FOR BAD.
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SOMEBODY WROTE - AND IT SAYS
THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
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LESSON, "PEOPLE SPEND MONEY THEY
DON'T HAVE FOR THINGS THEY DON'T
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NEED, IN ORDER TO IMPRESS
PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN LIKE."
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AND THAT'S TRUE. AND
THEY DO IT - THEY MOUNT UP
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THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND
GO INTO GREAT DEBT TO DO IT.
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NOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT,
'BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT'
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AND THAT 'IT'S HARDER FOR A
CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A
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NEEDLE THAN FOR A RICH MAN
TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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BUT IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE
AVERAGE CHRISTIAN, 'WOULD YOU
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RATHER BE RICH OR POOR?'
WHAT WOULD MOST PEOPLE SAY?
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WELL, GIVEN THE OPTION - THAT'S
WHY IT'S SO AMAZING THAT WHEN
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THE SON OF DAVID, SOLOMON, GOD
APPEARS TO HIM AND SAYS, 'WHAT
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CAN I DO FOR YOU?'
INSTEAD OF SAYING, 'WELL, I'D
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LIKE A SWISS BANK ACCOUNT WITH A
BILLION DOLLARS IN IT' - YOU'VE
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PROBABLY HEARD THAT STORY ABOUT
THE MAN WHO FOUND A GENIE AND HE
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RUBBED THE BOTTLE AND OUT POPPED
THE GENIE AND HE ASKED FOR THREE
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WISHES AND HE WENT THROUGH
THE TYPICAL WISHES, YOU KNOW.
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HE SAID, 'FIRST I WANT
THAT SWISS BANK ACCOUNT WITH ONE
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BILLION DOLLARS.' POOF!
HE HAD THE BANK ACCOUNT.
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HE SAID, 'THEN I WAS THE RED
- NEWEST, FASTEST MASERATI CAR.'
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POOF! HE GOT THE MASERATI CAR.
HE SAID, 'LAST WISH,' HE SAID,
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'I WANT TO BE
IRRESISTIBLE TO WOMEN.' POOF!
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HE TURNED INTO A
BOX OF CHOCOLATES.
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SO - PIERCED HIMSELF
THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS.
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BUT THAT'S TYPICAL, YOU KNOW,
AND SOLOMON, INSTEAD OF ASKING
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FOR THOSE THINGS, 'I WANT THE
FAME AND I WANT THE FORTUNE', HE
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SAID, 'LORD, I WANT YOUR
SPIRIT.' HE SAID, 'I WANT A
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WISE AND UNDERSTANDING
HEART.' AND GOD SAID, 'BECAUSE
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YOU MADE THIS YOUR PRIORITY,'
- JESUS SAID, 'SEEK FIRST THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS' - AND THIS IS
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WHAT SOLOMON DID. HIS
FIRST CONCERN WAS FOR THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD. HE
SAID, 'YOU MADE ME RULER.
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ALL THESE PEOPLE -
THEY'RE YOUR PEOPLE.
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IT'S YOUR KINGDOM. I'M
JUST YOUR SERVANT AND I
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DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUDGE
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG.
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GIVE ME A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING
HEART.' HE WAS SEEKING FIRST THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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AND BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS
PRIORITY, GOD SAID 'I WILL GIVE
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YOU EVERYTHING ELSE.' AND
HE COULD TRUST HIM WITH THAT.
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NOW LATER, IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE
RICHES THAT BECAME A PROBLEM FOR
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SOLOMON - IT WAS THE WIVES.
HE HAD TOO MANY WIVES AND THEY
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DREW HIS HEART AWAY. BUT
FABULOUS WEALTH, FABULOUS
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FAME, AND FOR THE FIRST OH, AT
LEAST, 40 - 60% OF HIS LIFE HE
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WAS FAITHFUL TO GOD. IN
THE LATTER YEARS HE BEGAN TO
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BE MANIPULATED. HE DRIFTED AWAY.
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SO THE BIBLE TELLS US - AND THIS
IS OUR FIRST SECTION - THERE ARE
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MANY EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE
OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BLESSED WITH
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RICHES AND IT DID NOT ALWAYS
HURT THEM, THOUGH IT COULD.
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SOMEBODY LOOK UP FOR
ME GENESIS 13:5 AND 6.
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WE GAVE OUT SOME SLIPS
WITH SOME SCRIPTURES ON IT.
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IF YOU GOT THAT ONE HOLD
YOUR HAND UP. HERE IT IS.
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I'M LOOKING RIGHT PAST
YOU. LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
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WE'LL GET TO YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.
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AND IN THE
MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO GO TO
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DEUTERONOMY 8, VERSES 17 AND 18.
DEUTERONOMY 8, VERSES 17 AND 18
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AND HERE MOSES IS SPEAKING
HERE IN HIS FINAL SERMON.
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"THEN YOU SAY IN YOUR HEART" -
WHEN YOU COME INTO THE LAND THAT
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GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AND YOU MOVE
INTO HOUSES YOU DIDN'T BUILD AND
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YOU DRINK FROM CISTERNS YOU DID
NOT DIG AND YOU DRINK - YOU EAT
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FROM FRUIT TREES
YOU DID NOT PLANT.
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IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU HAVE
ALL OF THIS ABUNDANCE - KEEP IN
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MIND, THEY WERE MOVING INTO
EXISTING COMMUNITIES AND THEY
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JUST - THEY HAD, BASICALLY,
PRE-PACKAGED PROSPERITY THAT GOD
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WAS GIVING THEM WHEN
THEY CONQUERED THESE KINGDOMS.
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"THEN YOU SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'MY
POWER AND THE MIGHT OF MY HAND
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HAVE GAINED ME THIS WEALTH.' AND
YOU SHALL REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR
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GOD, FOR IT IS HE WHO GIVES YOU
POWER TO GET WEALTH, THAT HE MAY
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ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT WHICH HE
SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS, AS IT IS
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THIS DAY." NOW,
THE BIBLE IS TELLING US
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THAT GOD CAN GIVE
POWER TO GET WEALTH.
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IF YOU HAVE POWER TO GET WEALTH,
IS THAT A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
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COULD BE EITHER.
SOMETIMES THE DEVIL WILL CAST
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PROSPERITY INTO A PERSON'S
PATH TO GET THEM OFF TRACK.
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BUT GOD CAN BLESS WITH WEALTH.
ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO READ
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FOR US, I THINK,
GENESIS CHAPTER 13:5 AND 6.
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>>"AND LOT ALSO, WHICH WENT WITH
ABRAM, HAD FLOCKS, AND HERDS,
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AND TENTS. AND THE
LAND WAS NOT ABLE TO
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BEAR THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT DWELL
TOGETHER; FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE
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WAS GREAT, SO THAT THEY
COULD NOT DWELL TOGETHER."
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>>YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF THE
BIBLE TELLS US OF MANY FAITHFUL
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CHARACTERS THAT HAD
AN ABUNDANCE OF WEALTH.
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NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THIS
EXAMPLE HERE OF ABRAHAM AND LOT
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THAT HAD SO MUCH THEY COULDN'T
EVEN STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
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FILLED THE LAND. YOU
READ THE FIRST CHAPTER OF
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JOB - IT SAYS, IN JOB 1, VERSE
1, "THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND
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OF UZ, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB;
AND THAT MAN WAS BLAMELESS AND
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UPRIGHT, AND ONE THAT
FEARED GOD, AND SHUNNED EVIL."
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IS HE A GOOD MAN? RIGHTEOUS MAN?
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"AND SEVEN SONS AND THREE
DAUGHTERS WERE BORN TO HIM.
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ALSO, HIS POSSESSIONS WERE SEVEN
THOUSAND SHEEP, THREE THOUSAND
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CAMELS, FIVE HUNDRED YOKE
OF OXEN, FIVE HUNDRED FEMALE
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DONKEYS, AND A VERY LARGE
HOUSEHOLD, SO THAT THIS MAN WAS
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THE GREATEST OF ALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST."
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- HE WAS A VIRTUAL BILLIONAIRE
BY TODAY'S STANDARDS - BUT WHAT
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KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
DID HE HAVE WITH GOD?
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HE SOUGHT FIRST
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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HE ROSE UP EVERY
MORNING. HE OFFERED SACRIFICE.
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HE PRAYED FOR HIS
CHILDREN. HE WAS A GODLY MAN.
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SO MUCH SO THAT GOD HELD UP
JOB AS EXHIBIT A OF GODLINESS.
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HE DIDN'T PICK A POOR PERSON,
HE PICKED THE RICHEST MAN - VERY
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RARE - AND HE SAID, 'HAVE
YOU BEHELD MY SERVANT JOB?'
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EVEN THOUGH JOB WAS VERY
RICH, HE WAS A SERVANT OF GOD.
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YOU KNOW, THE LORD - THE LORD
KNOWS THAT HE CAN BLESS SOME
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PEOPLE WITH PROSPERITY AND THEY
CAN HANDLE IT AND SOME CAN'T.
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AND IF YOU KNEW THAT PROSPERITY
WAS GOING TO TAKE YOU OFF THE
00:17:57.10\00:18:01.76
PATH TO HEAVEN, WOULD
YOU STILL PRAY FOR IT?
00:18:01.76\00:18:07.06
SO HAVE YOU EVER
THANKED GOD FOR YOUR POVERTY?
00:18:07.06\00:18:11.80
SOMETIMES THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU
HAVE - SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO
00:18:11.80\00:18:14.93
SAY, 'LORD, MAYBE YOU JUST KNOW
I HAVE MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE
00:18:14.93\00:18:18.13
RIGHT NOW' - OR - 'I
HAVE AS MUCH AS I CAN HANDLE'.
00:18:18.13\00:18:20.06
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROVERB
THAT SAYS, 'DON'T PRAY FOR TOO
00:18:20.06\00:18:23.73
MUCH LEST YOU FORGET THE
LORD AND DON'T HAVE TOO LITTLE
00:18:23.73\00:18:27.66
EITHER.' I'M TRYING TO - SOMEONE
MIGHT LOOK THAT UP AND QUOTE IT
00:18:27.66\00:18:30.66
TO ME. BUT IT
TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
00:18:30.66\00:18:34.66
YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH AND YOU
CAN HAVE TOO LITTLE AND YOU CAN
00:18:34.66\00:18:38.30
PRAY THAT GOD GIVES
YOU THE RIGHT AMOUNT.
00:18:38.30\00:18:41.30
NEBUCHADNEZZAR - WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN HE HAD TOO MUCH?
00:18:41.30\00:18:47.23
AND IT SAYS, "ALL THIS
CAME UPON KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
00:18:47.23\00:18:49.20
AT THE END OF TWELVE MONTHS.
00:18:49.20\00:18:50.76
HE WAS WALKING ABOUT
THE ROYAL PALACE OF BABYLON.
00:18:50.76\00:18:53.16
THE KING SPOKE, SAYING, 'IS NOT
THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE
00:18:53.16\00:18:56.86
BUILT FOR A ROYAL DWELLING BY MY
MIGHTY POWER AND FOR THE HONOR
00:18:56.86\00:19:00.66
OF MY MAJESTY?' WHILE
THE WORD WAS STILL IN THE
00:19:00.66\00:19:03.80
KING'S MOUTH, A VOICE FELL FROM
HEAVEN: 'KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, TO
00:19:03.80\00:19:07.30
YOU IT IS SPOKEN: THE
KINGDOM HAS DEPARTED FROM YOU!
00:19:07.30\00:19:10.30
AND THEY SHALL DRIVE YOU FROM
MEN, AND YOUR DWELLING SHALL BE
00:19:10.30\00:19:12.60
WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD.
00:19:12.60\00:19:14.80
THEY SHALL MAKE YOU EAT GRASS
LIKE OXEN; AND SEVEN TIMES SHALL
00:19:14.80\00:19:17.40
PASS OVER YOU, UNTIL YOU KNOW
THAT THE MOST HIGH RULES IN THE
00:19:17.40\00:19:21.23
KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVES
IT TO WHOMEVER HE CHOOSES.'" SO
00:19:21.23\00:19:25.06
NEBUCHADNEZZAR FOUND OUT THE
HARD WAY - LIKE GOD WARNED THE
00:19:25.06\00:19:28.26
ISRAELITES WHEN THEY CAME INTO
CANAAN, 'BEWARE THAT YOU DON'T
00:19:28.26\00:19:31.20
SAY 'I HAVE GOTTEN THIS WEALTH
MYSELF.'' SOMETIMES - I REMEMBER
00:19:31.20\00:19:36.76
WHO - I DON'T REMEMBER, I SHOULD
SAY, WHO IT WAS, BUT THERE WAS
00:19:36.76\00:19:39.70
SOME VERY WEALTHY MAN - PROBABLY
A BILLIONAIRE - THAT WAS BEING
00:19:39.70\00:19:42.63
INTERVIEWED AND THEY ASKED 'TO
WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE, YOU KNOW,
00:19:42.63\00:19:46.40
YOUR GREAT WEALTH AND YOUR
- YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF STOCKS OR
00:19:46.40\00:19:50.96
FINANCES?' AND THEY
SHOCKED THE INTERVIEWER
00:19:50.96\00:19:54.56
BY SAYING, 'TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH, I JUST WAS LUCKY.
00:19:54.56\00:19:58.40
I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TIME AND BOUGHT THE RIGHT
00:19:58.40\00:20:01.70
THING AND THE MARKET
WENT THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:20:01.70\00:20:04.00
I JUST WAS LUCKY.' AND,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT LIKE MOST
00:20:04.00\00:20:08.63
PEOPLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT
MONEY DOES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE?
00:20:08.63\00:20:11.93
IT INFLAMES OUR NATURAL
PRIDE. LIKE NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
00:20:11.93\00:20:16.10
HE WAS BORN IN THE PALACE BUT HE
SAID, 'I'VE DONE ALL THIS.' AND
00:20:16.10\00:20:19.46
GOD SAID, 'OH, REALLY? I
CAN TAKE IT ALL AWAY IN ONE
00:20:19.46\00:20:21.63
DAY.' DID JOB LOSE EVERYTHING IN
A DAY? AND CAN GOD GIVE IT BACK?
00:20:21.63\00:20:28.20
AND JOB SAID, 'THE LORD HAS
GIVEN AND THE LORD HAS TAKEN
00:20:28.20\00:20:29.93
AWAY.' AND SOME OF YOU ARE STILL
WAITING FOR THE LORD TO GIVE YOU
00:20:29.93\00:20:32.96
YOUR MILLIONS, RIGHT? BUT
WE CAN'T ALWAYS HANDLE IT.
00:20:32.96\00:20:40.40
I MEAN, EVEN GOOD MEN -
MANY OF THEM FELL IN THIS AREA.
00:20:40.40\00:20:44.30
TURN, IN YOUR BIBLES, TO ISAIAH
39 - ANOTHER SIMILAR STORY -
00:20:44.30\00:20:50.36
AND HERE'S THE STORY OF
HEZEKIAH. HEZEKIAH - GOOD KING
00:20:50.36\00:20:53.60
OR BAD KING? YOU KNOW
ALL THROUGH ISRAEL AND
00:20:53.60\00:20:56.16
JUDAH - THEY HAD SOME GOOD
ONES AND THEY HAD SOME BAD ONES.
00:20:56.16\00:20:58.16
SOME WERE IN BETWEEN.
SOME WERE REALLY BAD AND SOME
00:20:58.16\00:21:00.53
WERE REALLY GOOD.
HEZEKIAH IS USUALLY LISTED AS
00:21:00.53\00:21:03.00
ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD
KINGS. VERSE 39 - ISAIAH 39.
00:21:03.00\00:21:07.73
BY THE WAY, YOU NOT ONLY
FIND THIS STORY MENTIONED IN
00:21:07.73\00:21:10.20
CHRONICLES AND IN 2 KINGS, BUT
IT'S ALSO LISTED BY THE PROPHET
00:21:10.20\00:21:15.50
ISAIAH AND THAT'S WHERE
I'M READING IT RIGHT NOW.
00:21:15.50\00:21:18.26
START WITH VERSE 1
- IT'S A QUICK STORY.
00:21:18.26\00:21:22.20
"AT THAT TIME MERODACH-BALADAN
THE SON OF BALADAN, KING OF
00:21:22.20\00:21:25.70
BABYLON, SENT LETTERS AND
A PRESENT TO HEZEKIAH, FOR HE
00:21:25.70\00:21:29.20
HEARD THAT HE HAD BEEN
SICK AND HAD RECOVERED."
00:21:29.20\00:21:31.06
- THEY HEARD ABOUT THE SICKNESS
- HE PRAYED AND THE SUN WENT
00:21:31.06\00:21:33.13
BACKWARDS TEN DEGREES AND ALL
THE ASTRONOMERS AND ASTROLOGERS
00:21:33.13\00:21:36.60
THERE IN BABYLON SAID,
'WHAT CAUSED THIS SIGN?'
00:21:36.60\00:21:38.96
'IT'S FROM THE KING OF JUDAH."
AND THEY WENT TO FIND OUT ABOUT
00:21:38.96\00:21:41.33
THE GOD THAT HAD POWER THAT
COULD REVERSE THE COSMOS AND
00:21:41.33\00:21:45.23
THEY'RE COMING - JUST ON
THE EDGE OF THEIR SEAT - TO HEAR
00:21:45.23\00:21:48.23
ABOUT JEHOVAH AND
WHAT DOES HEZEKIAH DO? -
00:21:48.23\00:21:53.00
"AND HEZEKIAH WAS PLEASED
WITH THEM," - 'BABYLON? REALLY?
00:21:53.00\00:21:56.16
FOR ME?' IT KIND
OF TICKLED HIS PRIDE
00:21:56.16\00:21:59.70
THAT 'THEY CAME TO SEE ME?'
- "AND SHOWED THEM TO THE HOUSE
00:21:59.70\00:22:02.83
OF HIS TREASURES - THE
SILVER AND GOLD, THE SPICES AND
00:22:02.83\00:22:06.60
PRECIOUS OINTMENT, AND ALL
HIS ARMORY - ALL THAT WAS FOUND
00:22:06.60\00:22:10.23
AMONG HIS TREASURES.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS HOUSE
00:22:10.23\00:22:13.20
OR IN ALL HIS DOMINION THAT
HEZEKIAH DID NOT SHOW THEM."
00:22:13.20\00:22:16.93
WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN HEZEKIAH'S HEART?
00:22:16.93\00:22:20.56
I MEAN, HE JUST WAS TERMINAL.
HE PRAYED AND GOD HEALED HIM.
00:22:20.56\00:22:23.23
AND I WOULD THINK HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN SO HAPPY AND HUMBLE, BUT
00:22:23.23\00:22:26.36
GOD - THE BIBLE SAYS GOD LEFT
HEZEKIAH TO TEST HIM TO SEE ALL
00:22:26.36\00:22:30.70
THAT WAS IN HIS HEART.
IT'S NOT THAT GOD COULD SEE, IT
00:22:30.70\00:22:33.13
MEANT SO HEZEKIAH COULD
REALLY SEE WHAT'S IN HIS HEART.
00:22:33.13\00:22:35.96
HE THOUGHT, 'BOY, I
MUST BE PRETTY SPECIAL.
00:22:35.96\00:22:38.36
GOD MADE THE SUN
GO BACKWARDS FOR ME.
00:22:38.36\00:22:41.00
GOD WORKED THIS GREAT MIRACLE
AND HEALED ME.' AND MAYBE IT WAS
00:22:41.00\00:22:45.63
A SPIRITUAL PRIDE -
'LOOK AT ALL MY TREASURES.
00:22:45.63\00:22:47.56
LOOK AT ALL MY BLESSINGS.'
HEZEKIAH, AT THIS POINT, MIGHT
00:22:47.56\00:22:51.10
HAVE BEEN READY TO JOIN A
PROSPERITY-PREACHING CHURCH.
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.26
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROSPERITY
PREACHING - THE NAME IT AND
00:22:54.26\00:22:56.86
CLAIM IT DOCTRINES ARE? ANY OF
YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE PASTORS?
00:22:56.86\00:23:01.76
THEY CALL IT 'BLAB IT AND GRAB
IT' - 'NAME IT AND CLAIM IT'.
00:23:01.76\00:23:05.40
THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT
NAMES FOR THIS IDEA THAT IF YOU
00:23:05.40\00:23:08.50
REALLY LOVE - YOU GOT
ENOUGH FAITH, YOU'LL BE RICH.
00:23:08.50\00:23:10.80
NO, GOD BLESSES SOME PEOPLE THAT
WAY, BUT THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH
00:23:10.80\00:23:13.26
THAT. ANYWAY,
"THEN ISAIAH THE PROPHET
00:23:13.26\00:23:17.66
WENT TO KING
HEZEKIAH," - I'M ON VERSE 3 -
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.36
"AND SAID TO HIM, 'WHAT
DID THESE MEN SAY, AND FROM
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.03
WHERE DID THEY COME TO YOU?'
SO HEZEKIAH SAID, 'THEY CAME TO
00:23:21.03\00:23:23.50
ME FROM A FAR COUNTRY, FROM
BABYLON.' AND HE SAID, 'WHAT
00:23:23.50\00:23:27.00
HAVE THEY SEEN IN YOUR HOUSE?'
SO HEZEKIAH ANSWERED, 'THEY HAVE
00:23:27.00\00:23:30.20
SEEN ALL THAT IS IN MY
HOUSE; THERE IS NOTHING AMONG MY
00:23:30.20\00:23:33.16
TREASURES THAT I HAVE NOT
SHOWN THEM.' THEN ISAIAH SAID TO
00:23:33.16\00:23:37.83
HEZEKIAH, 'HEAR THE WORD OF THE
LORD OF HOSTS: 'BEHOLD, THE DAYS
00:23:37.83\00:23:39.83
ARE COMING WHEN ALL THIS IS
IN YOUR HOUSE, AND WHAT YOUR
00:23:39.83\00:23:42.53
FATHERS HAVE ACCUMULATED UNTIL
THIS DAY, SHALL BE CARRIED TO
00:23:42.53\00:23:45.40
BABYLON; NOTHING SHALL
BE LEFT,' SAYS THE LORD.
00:23:45.40\00:23:48.33
AND THEY SHALL TAKE AWAY SOME OF
YOUR SONS WHO WILL DESCEND FROM
00:23:48.33\00:23:50.66
YOU, WHOM YOU WILL BEGET;
AND THEY SHALL BE EUNUCHS IN THE
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.86
PALACE OF THE KING OF BABYLON.'"
- THEIR NAMES WERE DANIEL,
00:23:52.86\00:23:55.93
HANANIAH, MISHAEL AND AZARIAH.
ALL THIS PROPHECY CAME TRUE.
00:23:55.93\00:24:00.53
THE BABYLONIANS CAME
AND CARRIED IT ALL OFF.
00:24:00.53\00:24:01.90
THEY CAME TO FIND OUT ABOUT GOD.
HOW DIFFERENT HISTORY WOULD HAVE
00:24:01.90\00:24:04.66
BEEN IF, INSTEAD OF THINKING
ABOUT HIS RICHES, HE HAD THOUGHT
00:24:04.66\00:24:08.50
ABOUT BEING A
WITNESS. NOW, THIS LESSON ABOUT
00:24:08.50\00:24:11.06
DISCIPLESHIP IS REALLY
TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS.
00:24:11.06\00:24:15.03
IT'S TALKING ABOUT IF WE'RE
GOING TO BE SOUL WINNERS, WE
00:24:15.03\00:24:18.33
NEED TO KNOW HOW TO WITNESS
TO THE RICH THAT ARE LOST.
00:24:18.33\00:24:23.23
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO WELCOME
RICH THAT ARE IN THE CHURCHES
00:24:23.23\00:24:27.40
AND NOT SCORN THEM
AND SAY - BE JEALOUS.
00:24:27.40\00:24:31.00
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED SOME
00:24:31.00\00:24:33.13
PEOPLE THAT WAY. WE
NEED TO LOVE AND RESPECT THEM
00:24:33.13\00:24:34.96
AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND
SOMETIMES THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE
00:24:34.96\00:24:40.10
RICHES IN THE CHURCH, ARE
RESENTFUL AND JEALOUS AGAINST
00:24:40.10\00:24:43.70
THOSE THAT DO. IT
ADDRESSES THAT IN THE LESSON.
00:24:43.70\00:24:46.16
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THOSE
THAT ARE RICH BEING WILLING TO
00:24:46.16\00:24:50.40
DISTRIBUTE. AND THEN
IT TALKS ABOUT HOW DO
00:24:50.40\00:24:53.83
YOU WITNESS TO THE RICH -
GOOD AND BAD? THEN BEING WILLING
00:24:53.83\00:25:01.16
- THE DAY MAY COME WHEN WE
NEED TO LET GO OF ALL OF OUR
00:25:01.16\00:25:04.73
RESOURCES AND FOLLOW JESUS
- LIKE THE RICH YOUNG RULER.
00:25:04.73\00:25:08.23
SO DISCIPLESHIP, REALLY - YOU
KNOW, IN THE JUDGMENT EVERYBODY
00:25:08.23\00:25:14.23
IS GOING TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT
TO GOD FOR TWO THINGS - TWO
00:25:14.23\00:25:16.33
PRINCIPLE AREAS THAT WE
WILL ALL ANSWER TO GOD FOR.
00:25:16.33\00:25:19.53
HERE IT IS: WHAT DID YOU
DO WITH THE TIME THAT YOU HAD?
00:25:19.53\00:25:24.03
BECAUSE WE'VE ALL GOT
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
00:25:24.03\00:25:27.53
AND WHAT DID YOU DO
WITH THE MEANS THAT YOU HAD?
00:25:27.53\00:25:30.86
WE HAVE INFLUENCE OVER OUR TIME
AND WE ALL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT
00:25:30.86\00:25:34.80
OF RESOURCES WE ARE STEWARDS
OVER THAT WE ARE TO MANAGE.
00:25:34.80\00:25:39.43
AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS BUT, TYPICALLY IN
00:25:39.43\00:25:42.76
AMERICA, AND MOST OF THOSE
WHO ARE VIEWING LIVE IN THIS
00:25:42.76\00:25:46.50
COUNTRY, BY THE STANDARDS OF
MUCH OF THE WORLD, WE ARE VERY
00:25:46.50\00:25:50.20
WELL OFF. HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE LIVED IN OR VISITED A
00:25:50.20\00:25:53.63
THIRD-WORLD - WHAT WE WOULD
CALL A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY?
00:25:53.63\00:25:55.83
AND SOME OF THESE THIRD-WORLD
COUNTRIES ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING
00:25:55.83\00:25:57.73
SECOND AND
FIRST-WORLD COUNTRIES.
00:25:57.73\00:25:59.76
THINGS ARE CHANGING AROUND THE
WORLD IN MANY PLACES - AND YOU
00:25:59.76\00:26:03.03
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
- WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY POOR.
00:26:03.03\00:26:08.03
NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE
HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY
00:26:08.03\00:26:11.63
STRUGGLING HERE IN AMERICA
- MANY THAT ARE HOMELESS -
00:26:11.63\00:26:14.00
AND I DON'T WANT
TO UNDERSTATE THAT.
00:26:14.00\00:26:18.06
I ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, COMING
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY
00:26:18.06\00:26:21.50
WHO HAS DUG IN
GARBAGE CANS FOR FOOD.
00:26:21.50\00:26:24.93
I HAVE PANHANDLED ON
THE STREET FOR MONEY.
00:26:24.93\00:26:28.43
I HAVE SLEPT ON
THE GROUND BEFORE.
00:26:28.43\00:26:30.40
I HAVE SLEPT ON THE STREETS
BEFORE AND SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE
00:26:30.40\00:26:35.70
STREET PEOPLE AND HOMELESS
PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE PANHANDLING
00:26:35.70\00:26:38.23
WERE ALL OF MY FRIENDS.
00:26:38.23\00:26:39.80
THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE I HUNG
OUT WITH SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:26:39.80\00:26:42.93
BUT STILL, HAVING SAID THAT,
I HAVEN'T MET TOO MANY PEOPLE IN
00:26:42.93\00:26:47.16
THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE POOR LIKE
THE POVERTY I'VE SEEN IN THE
00:26:47.16\00:26:49.23
COUNTRIES THAT
HAVE NO WELFARE PROGRAM.
00:26:49.23\00:26:52.40
THAT THEY WILL DIE OF HUNGER
ON THE STREETS AND THEIR BODIES
00:26:52.40\00:26:55.46
WILL GET CARTED OFF.
THERE ARE COUNTRIES LIKE THAT.
00:26:55.46\00:26:58.90
AND SO, WHEN WE THINK, 'WOW,
I'M JUST REALLY STRUGGLING.
00:26:58.90\00:27:04.46
I CAN'T MAKE MY TV PAYMENT.'
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND POVERTY.
00:27:04.46\00:27:09.90
WE'RE COMING FROM THE AMERICAN
- 'MAN, I'M SO POOR MY CAR'S
00:27:09.90\00:27:13.13
BROKEN DOWN.' WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:27:13.13\00:27:16.46
YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE
COUNTRIES, YOU TELL THEM YOU
00:27:16.46\00:27:18.33
HAVE A CAR AND THEY GO,
'WOW, YOU'VE GOT A CAR?'
00:27:18.33\00:27:22.10
IT WAS EMBARRASSING FOR KAREN
AND I WHEN WE WENT TO - WELL, I
00:27:22.10\00:27:24.80
WON'T TELL YOU WHERE - ONE
COUNTRY AND SOMEHOW WE MENTIONED
00:27:24.80\00:27:30.23
WE HAD THREE
VEHICLES AND I WAS ASHAMED.
00:27:30.23\00:27:33.33
I SAW THE
REACTION THAT IT CAUSED.
00:27:33.33\00:27:35.16
YOU KNOW, KAREN'S GOT
A CAR, I'VE GOT A CAR,
00:27:35.16\00:27:36.26
AND WE'VE GOT A
PICK-UP TRUCK IN THE HILLS.
00:27:36.26\00:27:37.83
AND WE SAID SOMETHING LIKE - I
DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME OUT - AND
00:27:37.83\00:27:40.20
ONCE IT GOT OUT I SAW THEM ALL
LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE 'HE'S A
00:27:40.20\00:27:43.60
MILLIONAIRE!' AND
I WAS EMBARRASSED.
00:27:43.60\00:27:49.53
SO, BE THANKFUL
FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
00:27:49.53\00:27:53.76
MOST OF US, YOU KNOW, I'VE
NOTICED SOMETHING THAT - WE ARE
00:27:53.76\00:27:57.03
HAPPY WITH OUR TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS UNTIL WE FIND OUT
00:27:57.03\00:27:59.33
THERE'S SOMEONE THAT
HAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
00:27:59.33\00:28:01.73
AND THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR
PERSON IS HAPPY UNTIL THEY FIND
00:28:01.73\00:28:06.13
OUT THERE'S
SOMEONE WHO HAS A MILLION.
00:28:06.13\00:28:08.16
AND EVEN MILLIONAIRES BECOME
DISSATISFIED WHEN THEY THINK
00:28:08.16\00:28:10.73
ABOUT BILL GATES AND WARREN
BUFFETT. IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
00:28:10.73\00:28:14.66
SOMEONE WAS ASKING NELSON -
WAS IT - IT MAY HAVE BEEN NELSON
00:28:14.66\00:28:20.13
ROCKEFELLER - ONE OF THE
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY WAS BEING
00:28:20.13\00:28:22.73
INTERVIEWED AND THEY SAID,
'HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT TAKE TO
00:28:22.73\00:28:27.03
SATISFY A MILLIONAIRE?'
HE SAID, 'A LITTLE BIT MORE.
00:28:27.03\00:28:31.40
ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT MORE.' YOU
NEVER GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
00:28:31.40\00:28:36.13
THINK IT'S ENOUGH. A
MAN'S LIFE, JESUS SAID, DOES
00:28:36.13\00:28:39.76
NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE
OF THINGS HE POSSESSES.
00:28:39.76\00:28:43.46
THE LOVE OF MONEY CAN BE
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.' ALRIGHT,
00:28:43.46\00:28:47.03
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR
ME PROVERBS 15, VERSE 6.
00:28:47.03\00:28:50.10
WHO HAS THAT? RIGHT
HERE. MANJEET? LET'S GET YOU A
00:28:50.10\00:28:52.76
MICROPHONE. WHERE IS THE
MIC? MICROPHONE ON THIS SIDE?
00:28:52.76\00:28:56.96
THERE WE GO. AND
HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:28:56.96\00:29:00.53
WE'LL GET TO YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:29:00.53\00:29:02.60
WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A NIGHTTIME RENDEZVOUS.
00:29:02.60\00:29:05.86
IN JOHN 3, WE
READ ABOUT NICODEMUS.
00:29:05.86\00:29:08.73
SOMEBODY ELSE LOOK UP FOR
ME JOHN 19:39. WHO HAS THAT?
00:29:08.73\00:29:12.66
JOHN 19:39 - DID WE
GIVE THAT VERSE TO SOMEBODY?
00:29:12.66\00:29:17.03
DON'T SEE A HAND
ANYWHERE. WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER?
00:29:17.03\00:29:19.90
SOMEONE ON THIS SIDE - READ
19 - LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
00:29:19.90\00:29:22.53
JOHN 19, VERSES 39 AND
40 - JOHN 19:39 AND 40.
00:29:22.53\00:29:26.20
WE'LL GET TO YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.
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ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO READ JOHN
3:1-3, "THERE WAS A MAN OF THE
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PHARISEES NAMED
NICODEMUS, A RULER OF THE JEWS.
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THIS MAN CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT
AND SAID TO HIM, 'RABBI, WE KNOW
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THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER COME FROM
GOD; FOR NO ONE CAN DO THESE
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SIGNS THAT YOU DO UNLESS GOD
IS WITH HIM.' JESUS ANSWERED AND
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SAID TO HIM, 'MOST ASSUREDLY,
I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN
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AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.'" NOW, NICODEMUS, THE
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BIBLE TELLS US,
WAS VERY WEALTHY.
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HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES
PASTORS, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO
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THE WEALTHY, THEY MIGHT SOFT
PEDAL A LITTLE BIT THE PERSON'S
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SINS OR THEIR NEED FOR
REFORM OR TRANSFORMATION?
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INSTEAD OF CALLING IT SIN WE
SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW THAT THERE
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ARE SOME AREAS THAT NEED
IMPROVEMENT.' DID JESUS MINCE
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WORDS WITH NICODEMUS OR DID HE
TELL HIM, 'YOU NEED TO BE BORN
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AGAIN.' 'I'M A TEACHER!
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I'M WEALTHY.
DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
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I CAN MAKE A
DONATION TO YOUR CHURCH.
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AND NOW, SINCE YOU HURT MY
FEELINGS, I'M NOT GOING TO DO
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IT. YOU KNOW, I
THINK I'VE SHARED
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WITH YOU BEFORE THAT I AM -
CONSTANTLY KIND OF GO THROUGH A
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LITTLE MORAL DILEMMA IN MY
MIND BECAUSE AMAZING FACTS IS
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ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY PEOPLE
THAT GIVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO
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DENOMINATION OR ORGANIZATION
THAT UNDERWRITES US, IT'S JUST
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EVERYONE WATCHING OR
READING AND THEY DONATE.
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AND, PERIODICALLY, OFTEN GETS
A BIG DONATION AND WE'RE REALLY
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EXCITED ABOUT THAT
AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
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AND I WILL CALL AND THANK THESE
PEOPLE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
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IT - NOT ALWAYS,
BUT AS OFTEN AS I CAN.
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BUT WHEN I DO I THINK, WELL,
THIS PERSON THAT JUST DONATED
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$5,000 TO THE MINISTRY -
FOR THEM, THEY MIGHT HAVE TEN
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MILLION - THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO MISS IT AT ALL.
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AND THEN YOU READ ABOUT SOMEONE
THAT TAKES A PIECE OF THEIR
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SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME AND IT
WAS A GREAT SACRIFICE FOR THEM.
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THEY'RE ACTUALLY DECIDING
THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITHOUT
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SOMETHING SO THEY CAN
SEND TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
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AND YOU WONDER IN YOUR HEART,
MAYBE THE PERSON WHO SENT THE
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TWELVE DOLLARS GAVE MORE THAN
THE PERSON WHO SENT THE $5,000 -
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BECAUSE IT WAS A
BIGGER SACRIFICE.
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AND I'VE ALWAYS GOT THESE
THINGS GOING ON IN MY MIND.
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I NEVER HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW
TO RESOLVE IT EXCEPT - I TRY TO
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THANK EVERYBODY BUT YOU CAN'T
PERSONALLY CALL EVERYBODY, YOU
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KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND
SO, IT'S JUST A STRUGGLE
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BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP
THE PERSPECTIVE. WHAT DID JESUS
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DO WHEN THAT WIDOW CAME THROUGH
AND PUT HER TWO CENTS IN?
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WAS JESUS IMPRESSED BY THE RICH
THAT WERE BLOWING THE HORN AND
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MAKING BIG DONATIONS WITH A LOT
OF FANFARE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
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SPEECHES AND PEOPLE OOING AND
AHHING AND THEY'D MAKE SURE THE
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GOLD WENT 'CLANK'
WHEN IT HIT THE BOTTOM?
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AND THIS ONE WIDOW WENT BY AND
SHE HAD TWO LITTLE COINS THAT
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WERE SO SMALL THAT YOU COULDN'T
EVEN HEAR THEM HIT THE BOTTOM OF
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THE BOX AND JESUS SAID,
'LOOK AT THAT! EVERYBODY LOOK
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AT THAT!' AND, FOR
HIM, IT WAS A BIG DEAL. WHY?
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BECAUSE HE SAW HOW
BIG THE SACRIFICE WAS.
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SHE WAS A WIDOW -
MAY HAVE HAD CHILDREN.
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IT WAS EVERYTHING
SHE HAD THAT SHE GAVE.
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SO IN OUR WORLD - LET'S ADMIT
IT - OUR CONCEPT OF THE RICH AND
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THE FAMOUS - THE
MAGAZINES ARE FILLED.
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LOOK AT THE TABLOID MAGAZINES.
DON'T LOOK AT THEM BUT,
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YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN. DON'T BUY THEM.
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LOOK AT THEM IN
THE CHECKOUT STAND.
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WHO IS TYPICALLY ON THE COVER?
IT'S THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS.
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WHY? BECAUSE IN
OUR CARNAL HEARTS,
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MANY OF US WISH WE
COULD BE THESE PEOPLE.
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WE VICARIOUSLY DREAM, 'OH, I
WISH I COULD HAVE THAT KIND OF
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MONEY AND THAT KIND OF FAME AND
PRAISE.' NOW SOME WEALTHY PEOPLE
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CAN HANDLE IT.
SOMETIMES IT'S A BLESSING.
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GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, MANJEET.
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I THINK YOU'VE
GOT PROVERBS 15:6.
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>>"IN THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
THERE IS MUCH TREASURE, BUT IN
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THE REVENUE OF THE
WICKED IS TROUBLE."
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>>SO THERE'S TREASURE IN
THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
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CAN GOD BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS?
NICODEMUS WAS A GOOD MAN.
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THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
SOMEONE SAID THAT THE - I THINK
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IT WAS JOHN WESLEY - AND SORT
OF THE METHODIST MOTIF OF LIFE
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WAS 'A CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO
WORK AND EARN ALL THEY CAN.
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THEY SHOULD SAVE ALL THEY CAN.
AND THEY SHOULD GIVE ALL THEY
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CAN.' NOW WHERE TO DRAW THE
LINES THERE - YOU HAVE TO PRAY
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ABOUT, BUT WE OUGHT TO
BE A PEOPLE THAT WORK ALL WE
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CAN TO EARN ALL WE CAN.
GOD WANTS US TO EARN - DON'T DO
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IT AT THE EXPENSE OF NEVER
HAVING TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY BUT
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WE SHOULD BE HARD WORKERS.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE KNOWN, NOT
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AS SLOTHFUL BUT AS
DILIGENT. RIGHT? WE SHOULD SAVE.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT STORING
- AN ANT STORES UP - KNOW HOW TO
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SAVE SOME FOR A RAINY DAY -
AND YET, WE SHOULD BE GENEROUS.
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AND SO THERE'S THAT BALANCE
THAT WE NEED TO PRAY FOR.
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NOW NICODEMUS HAD A LOT,
BUT HE WAS WILLING TO SHARE.
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WHO'S GOING TO READ FOR
US? JOHN 19:39 AND 40, I THINK.
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YOU? GO AHEAD.
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>>"AND THERE CAME ALSO
NICODEMUS, WHICH AT THE FIRST
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CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT, AND
BROUGHT A MIXTURE OF MYRRH AND
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ALOES, ABOUT AN
HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT.
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THEN TOOK THEY THE BODY OF
JESUS, AND WOUND IT IN LINEN
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CLOTHES WITH THE SPICES, AS THE
MANNER OF THE JEWS IS TO BURY."
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>>WHAT WOULD HAVE BECOME OF
JESUS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE RICH
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AND THE FAMOUS WHEN
IT WAS HIS TIME TO DIE?
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WASN'T IT JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA,
A WEALTHY MAN, THAT GAVE HIM -
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HE SAID, 'HERE. TAKE MY TOMB.' -
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AND THAT WASN'T LIKE HE JUST
SAID, 'HERE'S MY PINE COFFIN.'
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HE HAD A WEALTHY TOMB
WHERE YOU HAD TO PAY SLAVES
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TO CARVE A HOLE BACK IN SOLID
ROCK AND IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE
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AND THEY - IT SAYS 'HE MADE
HIS GRAVE WITH THE RICH IN HIS
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DEATH.' AND SO HERE YOU HAVE
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND THEN
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YOU'VE GOT NICODEMUS, WHO
BUYS THE OINTMENT FOR A KING AND
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COMES TO ANOINT HIM.
THERE'S A STATEMENT IN YOUR
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LESSON AND IT'S FROM 'THE DESIRE
OF AGES' PAGE 177. "AFTER THE
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LORD'S ASCENSION, WHEN
THE DISCIPLES WERE SCATTERED
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BY PERSECUTION, NICODEMUS
CAME BOLDLY TO THE FRONT.
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HE EMPLOYED HIS WEALTH IN
SUSTAINING THE INFANT CHURCH
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THAT JESUS HAD EXPECTED TO
BE BLOTTED OUT AT - THE JEWS HAD
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EXPECTED TO BE BLOTTED
OUT AT THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
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IN THE TIME OF PERIL HE,
WHO HAD BEEN SO CAUTIOUS AND
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QUESTIONING" - HE CAME
QUIETLY TO JESUS THE FIRST TIME,
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NICODEMUS - "WAS FIRM AS A ROCK,
ENCOURAGING THE FAITH OF THE
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DISCIPLES AND FURNISHING MEANS
TO CARRY FORWARD THE WORK OF THE
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GOSPEL. HE WAS
SCORNED AND PERSECUTED BY
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THOSE WHO HAD PAID HIM REVERENCE
ON OTHER DAYS. HE BECAME POOR
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IN THIS WORLD'S GOODS, YET
HE FALTERED NOT IN FAITH WHICH
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HAD ITS BEGINNING IN THAT
NIGHT CONFERENCE WITH JESUS."
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NICODEMUS, WHEN HE FIRST CAME
WITH JESUS, HE WAS VERY WEALTHY
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AND HE BEGAN TO
GIVE TOWARDS THE CAUSE.
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AND DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
CHURCH HE GAVE LIBERALLY UNTIL
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HE DIED POOR. SO SOME
REALLY DID, UNLIKE THAT
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RICH YOUNG RULER, GIVE
EVERYTHING TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
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SO WHENEVER YOU READ ABOUT
NICODEMUS - JESUS SAID, 'YOU
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MUST BE BORN AGAIN' - HE
WAS BORN AGAIN AND HE DID INVEST
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EVERYTHING HE HAD IN
PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL.
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'THE RICH AND THE INFAMOUS' -
LUKE 5:27 AND 28 - SOMEBODY LOOK
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UP FOR ME ECCLESIASTES
5:10 - WHO HAS THAT VERSE?
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ALRIGHT, RIGHT HERE. WE'LL
GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
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AND I'LL READ LUKE 5:27 AND
28, "AFTER THESE THINGS HE WENT
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FORTH, AND SAW A PUBLICAN, NAMED
LEVI, SITTING AT THE TAX OFFICE
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AND HE SAID TO HIM, 'FOLLOW ME.'
AND HE LEFT ALL, ROSE UP, AND
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FOLLOWED HIM." NOW HE'S A
PUBLICAN, A TAX COLLECTOR.
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TAX COLLECTORS, IN BIBLE TIME,
WERE NOT STATE EMPLOYEES OR
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FEDERAL EMPLOYEES NOW,
WHERE THEY'RE ON A SET SALARY.
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THEY ACTUALLY WERE SOMETHING
LIKE PART OF ORGANIZED CRIME
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BACK THEN. YOU
KNOW, THE MAFIA USED TO
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CONTROL THE SHIPPING DOCKS IN
NEW YORK HARBOR AND SO THEY GOT
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A CUT OF EVERYTHING THAT CAME IN
AND THEY HAD NEIGHBORHOODS THEY
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WOULD PROTECT BUT THEY GOT A
CUT OF THAT AND THEY BECAME VERY
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WEALTHY. WELL,
THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
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THE PUBLICANS WERE -
THEY WERE LIKE THE MAFIA.
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THEY BASICALLY HAD PERMISSION
- THEY HAD A CONTRACT FROM THE
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ROMANS TO CHARGE
THEIR OWN PEOPLE TAXES.
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THEY WERE HATED BY THEIR OWN
PEOPLE BUT THEY HAD THE ROMAN
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SOLDIERS BEHIND THEM AND THEY
WOULD ALSO TAKE OUT A LITTLE
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EXTRA FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEY BECAME VERY WEALTHY.
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MATTHEW GETS UP AND WALKS
AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT TO FOLLOW
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JESUS. BUT THE
PUBLICANS - PUBLICANS,
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THEIR NAMES WERE MENTIONED - IT
WAS JUST - WHEN JESUS WANTED TO
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TELL A PARABLE AND SHOW A
CONTRAST BETWEEN WHO THE PEOPLE
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THOUGHT WAS THE ULTIMATE
RIGHTEOUS PERSON AND THE
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.70
ULTIMATE WICKED PERSON,
HERE'S HOW JESUS DID IT.
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'TWO MEN WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE
TO PRAY; ONE A PHARISEE AND ONE
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A PUBLICAN' - RIGHT? BECAUSE
ONE WAS CONSIDERED THE PIOUS
00:38:25.93\00:38:30.53
AND THE HOLY AND THE RIGHTEOUS
AND THE OTHER WAS CONSIDERED
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THE - JUST THE SCABS OF SOCIETY.
AND JESUS SAID, BECAUSE OF THE
00:38:33.30\00:38:38.53
WAY THEY PRAYED, THE PHARISEE
WENT HOME UNFORGIVEN AND THE
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PUBLICAN WENT HOME FORGIVEN.
AND THAT WAS A SCANDALOUS
00:38:41.90\00:38:44.86
PARABLE AS FAR AS THE
PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED.
00:38:44.86\00:38:47.26
SO WHEN IT SAYS THAT HE'S
GOT A PUBLICAN THAT'S ONE OF HIS
00:38:47.26\00:38:50.16
APOSTLES, THAT'S LIKE SAYING,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO START A
00:38:50.16\00:38:55.60
NEW CHURCH AND WE'RE GOING TO
GET A FORMER MAFIA MEMBER IN THE
00:38:55.60\00:39:00.26
WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
- HE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR
00:39:00.26\00:39:01.90
ASSOCIATE PASTORS. IT'S JUST -
YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WENT OVER.
00:39:01.90\00:39:06.63
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
SOMEONE READ - WHO HAS IT?
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ECCLESIASTES
CHAPTER 5, VERSE 10.
00:39:10.06\00:39:13.23
>>"HE WHO LOVES SILVER WILL NOT
BE SATISFIED WITH SILVER, NOR HE
00:39:13.23\00:39:18.40
WHO LOVES ABUNDANCE, WITH
INCREASE. THIS ALSO IS VANITY."
00:39:18.40\00:39:23.60
>>SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
MATTHEW, WHAT WAS ONE OF THE
00:39:23.60\00:39:27.46
REASONS HE WAS WILLING
TO GET UP AND FOLLOW JESUS?
00:39:27.46\00:39:30.43
DID HE HAVE MONEY? BUT DID
IT SATISFY? HE WAS UNSATISFIED.
00:39:30.43\00:39:36.33
AND THAT ALSO EXPLAINS
MANY OF HIS COMPANIONS.
00:39:36.33\00:39:39.93
NOTICE - MATTHEW 9, VERSES 10
THROUGH 13, "NOW IT HAPPENED, AS
00:39:39.93\00:39:43.56
JESUS SAT AT THE TABLE IN THE
HOUSE," - AND THIS IS PROBABLY
00:39:43.56\00:39:46.43
THE HOUSE OF MATTHEW - INVITED
HIM OVER - "THAT BEHOLD, MANY
00:39:46.43\00:39:50.10
TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS" -
TAX COLLECTORS' NAMES WERE OFTEN
00:39:50.10\00:39:53.80
USED, NOT ONLY AS SINNERS, THEY
WERE USED WITH PROSTITUTES - SO
00:39:53.80\00:40:00.43
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
IT WAS JUST NOT A GOOD NAME.
00:40:00.43\00:40:03.96
AND JESUS GOES TO THIS
HOME OF THIS PERSON WHO'S A TAX
00:40:03.96\00:40:07.10
COLLECTOR AND HE'S HANGING
OUT WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE OF ILL
00:40:07.10\00:40:09.30
REPUTE. THERE
WERE SORT OF LIKE THE
00:40:09.30\00:40:12.66
SCOUNDRELS AND THE DRUGGIES
OF SOCIETY - THE CRIME CULTURE -
00:40:12.66\00:40:19.63
"AS JESUS SAT AT THE TABLE IN
THE HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS
00:40:19.63\00:40:21.90
AND SINNERS CAME AND SAT
DOWN WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES.
00:40:21.90\00:40:25.33
AND WHEN THE PHARISEES SAW IT,
THEY SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'WHY
00:40:25.33\00:40:28.26
DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH
TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS?'"
00:40:28.26\00:40:31.90
- HE'LL BE DEFILED - "WHEN
JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID TO
00:40:31.90\00:40:36.13
THEM, 'THOSE WHO ARE WELL
HAVE NO NEED OF A PHYSICIAN, BUT
00:40:36.13\00:40:38.40
THOSE WHO ARE SICK.
BUT GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS
00:40:38.40\00:40:40.93
MEANS: 'I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT
SACRIFICE.' FOR I DID NOT COME
00:40:40.93\00:40:45.50
TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS,
BUT SINNERS, TO REPENTANCE.'"
00:40:45.50\00:40:48.50
DID JESUS JUST COME
TO CALL POOR SINNERS?
00:40:48.50\00:40:51.23
OR DID HE ALSO COME TO CALL RICH
SINNERS? ALL KINDS OF SINNERS.
00:40:51.23\00:40:57.73
YES, IT'S HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT
00:40:57.73\00:41:00.50
YOU SHOULDN'T SHRUG YOUR
SHOULDERS AND SAY, 'WELL, I'M
00:41:00.50\00:41:02.76
KIND OF JEALOUS THEY HAVE
MONEY. I'M GLAD THEY'RE LOST.'
00:41:02.76\00:41:06.43
BUT THAT'S THE
ATTITUDE OF MANY CHURCHES.
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.66
'WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE
THEM IN. IT SERVES THEM RIGHT.
00:41:08.66\00:41:09.96
THEY'RE RICH. THE
BIBLE SAYS, 'IF YOU'RE RICH
00:41:09.96\00:41:11.73
IN THIS WORLD YOU'LL BE POOR IN
THE NEXT.'' YOU KNOW, LIKE THE
00:41:11.73\00:41:14.40
POOR MAN - THE RICH
MAN AND LAZARUS? RIGHT?
00:41:14.40\00:41:17.83
LAZARUS, THE POOR
MAN, HE GOES TO HEAVEN.
00:41:17.83\00:41:19.53
THE RICH MAN, HE GOES TO
HELL.' 'THEY'RE ALL LOST ANYWAY.
00:41:19.53\00:41:22.43
WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
THEM.' ARE THE SOULS OF THE POOR
00:41:22.43\00:41:26.36
WORTH MORE TO GOD
THAN THE SOULS OF THE RICH?
00:41:26.36\00:41:29.86
THEN SHOULD WE HAVE CONCERN
FOR THEM? NOW, IT TAKES -
00:41:29.86\00:41:34.80
IT TAKES A SPECIAL
GROUP, SOMETIMES, TO REACH THEM.
00:41:34.80\00:41:39.50
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE
HAD GREAT SUCCESS, BUT THERE ARE
00:41:39.50\00:41:41.66
SOME PEOPLE - AND YOU PROBABLY
KNOW SOME, OR YOU'VE HEARD OF
00:41:41.66\00:41:44.36
SOME THAT, BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THEY'VE GROWN UP, THEY'RE
00:41:44.36\00:41:46.86
SOPHISTICATED, THEY'VE HAD
BREEDING, YET THEY'RE DEDICATED
00:41:46.86\00:41:48.93
CHRISTIANS AND THEY KNOW HOW
TO REACH OUT TO THIS CLASS OF
00:41:48.93\00:41:51.20
PEOPLE AND TO WIN THEIR
AFFECTION AND TO REACH THEM.
00:41:51.20\00:41:55.00
AND THAT'S PART OF DISCIPLESHIP
- KNOWING HOW TO REACH PEOPLE
00:41:55.00\00:41:59.10
EVERYWHERE. DID JESUS DO
IT? ALRIGHT, ONE MORE STORY.
00:41:59.10\00:42:03.90
LUKE 19:1, "THEN JESUS ENTERED
AND PASSED THROUGH JERICHO."
00:42:03.90\00:42:10.26
MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING
TO TURN TO THIS REAL QUICK.
00:42:10.26\00:42:13.73
I THINK I'VE GOT TIME.
"THEN JESUS ENTERED AND PASSED
00:42:13.73\00:42:23.30
THROUGH JERICHO. NOW
BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN
00:42:23.30\00:42:25.00
NAMED ZACCHAEUS WHO WAS A CHIEF
TAX COLLECTOR, AND HE WAS RICH."
00:42:25.00\00:42:33.63
NOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE SHARED
BEFORE SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NEW
00:42:33.63\00:42:39.16
THAT, GROWING UP WITH MY
MOM - MOM IS WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
00:42:39.16\00:42:43.73
CALLED MIDDLE CLASS. I
MEAN, COMPARED TO THE WORLD
00:42:43.73\00:42:45.86
SHE WAS PROBABLY RICH, BUT
COMPARED TO NORTH AMERICA SHE
00:42:45.86\00:42:48.80
WAS SORT OF MIDDLE CLASS.
WE WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL - WENT
00:42:48.80\00:42:51.50
TO SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS BUT
WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SHE
00:42:51.50\00:42:56.20
STRUGGLED
SOMETIMES BETWEEN JOBS.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.23
SOMETIMES SHE'D HAVE A GOOD
PAYDAY AND WE'D BE ALRIGHT FOR
00:42:58.23\00:43:00.13
AWHILE AND THEN SHE'D RUN OUT OF
THAT MONEY AND WE'D BE POOR FOR
00:43:00.13\00:43:02.50
AWHILE AND WE'D EAT BEANS.
WHEN I LIVED WITH DAD - MOM AND
00:43:02.50\00:43:06.60
DAD DIVORCED SO WHEN I WAS
LIVING WITH DAD, DAD WAS VERY
00:43:06.60\00:43:09.00
WEALTHY. MOST OF
DAD'S GREAT WEALTH
00:43:09.00\00:43:13.56
ACTUALLY HAPPENED
AFTER I LEFT HOME.
00:43:13.56\00:43:15.10
HE CONTINUED TO MAKE MONEY AND,
YOU KNOW, NEAR THE END OF HIS
00:43:15.10\00:43:17.63
LIFE HE HAD MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SET UP A
00:43:17.63\00:43:19.93
FOUNDATION. HE WAS VERY WEALTHY.
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.70
AND ONE THING I NOTICED IS THAT
WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY,
00:43:21.70\00:43:27.10
PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS TELL YOU THE
TRUTH BECAUSE FOLKS OFTEN THINK
00:43:27.10\00:43:32.96
YOU HAVE SO MUCH
INFLUENCE THROUGH YOUR MEANS -
00:43:32.96\00:43:36.73
THEY ALWAYS WANT SOMETHING.
00:43:36.73\00:43:39.90
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST
SO YOU GET TO WHERE YOU DON'T
00:43:39.90\00:43:42.53
TRUST ANYBODY AND I
FOUND THAT WITH MY FATHER.
00:43:42.53\00:43:45.10
AND IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM WITH
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY GOT
00:43:45.10\00:43:46.93
WEALTH - ANYONE STARTS ACTING
LIKE A FRIEND YOU WONDER, 'ARE
00:43:46.93\00:43:50.10
THEY WONDERING WHAT'S IN IT FOR
THEM OR DO THEY JUST REALLY LIKE
00:43:50.10\00:43:53.06
ME?' AND I'D BE
AROUND DAD SOMETIMES
00:43:53.06\00:43:55.80
AND I'D SEE PEOPLE JUST BEGIN
- THEY'D JUST SLATHER ON THESE
00:43:55.80\00:44:00.40
COMPLIMENTS AND THIS STUFF AND
THEY ALWAYS HAD SOME ULTERIOR
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.90
MOTIVE AND IT JUST GOT TO WHERE
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE,
00:44:03.90\00:44:06.83
DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST, AND
IT WAS A MISERABLE EXISTENCE NOT
00:44:06.83\00:44:10.00
KNOWING YOU HAD
ANY REAL FRIENDS.
00:44:10.00\00:44:12.36
EVERYBODY ALWAYS
WANTED SOMETHING.
00:44:12.36\00:44:14.36
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THIS CONDITION ARE EMPTY AND
00:44:14.36\00:44:18.30
ZACCHAEUS, THE BIBLE SAYS,
WAS VERY RICH AND HE WAS VERY
00:44:18.30\00:44:22.73
UNHAPPY. NOT ONLY THAT - BECAUSE
00:44:22.73\00:44:25.36
ZACCHAEUS CAME BY MOST OF
HIS WEALTH BY EXTORTING HIS
00:44:25.36\00:44:28.83
OWN PEOPLE SO THEY HAD
SEVERAL REASONS TO HATE HIM.
00:44:28.83\00:44:31.80
THEY HATED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS
RICH AND THEY WERE JEALOUS AND
00:44:31.80\00:44:33.63
THEY HATED HIM BECAUSE THEY FELT
HE UNJUSTLY TOOK THEIR MONEY.
00:44:33.63\00:44:36.83
AND HE THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW, 'LIFE HAS NO PURPOSE.
00:44:36.83\00:44:40.46
MONEY DOESN'T
SATISFY. POWER DOESN'T SATISFY.
00:44:40.46\00:44:43.00
I'M GETTING OLD.
I'M GOING TO DIE.
00:44:43.00\00:44:45.03
MY LIFE WILL BE A
WASTE. I'M FORSAKEN BY GOD.
00:44:45.03\00:44:47.73
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES
SAY I'M LOST.' THEN ZACCHAEUS
00:44:47.73\00:44:51.80
GOT WORD THAT THERE WAS A JEWISH
RABBI THAT ACTUALLY INVITED A
00:44:51.80\00:44:57.93
PUBLICAN TO BE ONE OF HIS
DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES AND HE
00:44:57.93\00:45:03.43
BECAME VERY INTERESTED.
'YOU MEAN THERE MIGHT BE HOPE
00:45:03.43\00:45:05.90
FOR A PUBLICAN TO BE SAVED?'
AND THEN HE HEARD JESUS SHARE
00:45:05.90\00:45:10.53
THIS PARABLE ABOUT THE PUBLICAN
THAT GOES HOME FROM CHURCH
00:45:10.53\00:45:13.83
FORGIVEN AND THE PHARISEE DOES
NOT. HE THOUGHT, 'WOW, MAYBE
00:45:13.83\00:45:18.13
THERE'S HOPE FOR ME.' AND WHEN
JESUS WAS ON HIS LAST JOURNEY
00:45:18.13\00:45:22.00
TO JERUSALEM HE WENT THROUGH
JERICHO - ZACCHAEUS THOUGHT,
00:45:22.00\00:45:25.63
'I'VE GOT TO SEE THIS MAN
THAT TELLS ME THERE'S A GOD THAT
00:45:25.63\00:45:29.30
MIGHT EVEN FORGIVE A PUBLICAN.'
AND THAT'S WHY HE WENT TO SUCH
00:45:29.30\00:45:32.83
EXTRAORDINARY
EFFORT TO CLIMB A TREE.
00:45:32.83\00:45:35.30
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, USUALLY
RICH PEOPLE WEARING THOSE VERY
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.66
EXPENSIVE CLOTHES BOUGHT AT
NORDSTROM'S DON'T CLIMB TREES
00:45:38.66\00:45:43.56
AND HERE HE IS HUFFING AND
PUFFING AND TEARING HIS ROBES
00:45:43.56\00:45:46.13
AND HE'S GOING UP ON THIS TREE
SO HE CAN JUST GET A LOOK AT
00:45:46.13\00:45:48.46
JESUS. AND THEN
JESUS COMES UNDER THE
00:45:48.46\00:45:51.83
TREE AND HE KNOWS HIM. HE
SAYS, 'ZACCHAEUS, MAKE HASTE
00:45:51.83\00:45:56.20
AND COME DOWN FOR TODAY
I MUST EAT AT YOUR HOUSE.
00:45:56.20\00:45:58.93
I MUST ABIDE AT YOUR HOUSE.' HOW
MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE JESUS TO
00:45:58.93\00:46:01.43
ABIDE AT YOUR HOUSE? NOW
WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE?
00:46:01.43\00:46:06.36
DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND
HE'LL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
00:46:06.36\00:46:08.96
ZACCHAEUS MADE AN
EFFORT TO SEE JESUS.
00:46:08.96\00:46:11.66
JESUS KNEW HE WAS SEARCHING
- SEEK AND YOU'LL FIND - AND HE
00:46:11.66\00:46:15.43
REVEALED HIMSELF TO HIM. HE
HAD NO IDEA JESUS KNEW WHO HE
00:46:15.43\00:46:18.06
WAS ALL THIS TIME. SO
JESUS NOT ONLY HAD A MINISTRY
00:46:18.06\00:46:21.93
TO THE POOR, BUT HE ALSO
HAD A MINISTRY TO THE RICH.
00:46:21.93\00:46:26.23
ANYBODY THAT WAS SEARCHING
FOR HIM, HE WAS INTERESTED IN.
00:46:26.23\00:46:29.53
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING IS
AFTER ZACCHAEUS IS ACCEPTED BY
00:46:29.53\00:46:33.36
THE LORD - YOU READ ON HERE AND
YOU GO TO CHAPTER 19 - WHEN THE
00:46:33.36\00:46:39.73
CROWD SAW THAT HE MADE HASTE AND
CAME TO JESUS - VERSE 7, "AND
00:46:39.73\00:46:43.56
WHEN THEY" - THE CROWD - "SAW
IT, THEY ALL MURMURED, SAYING,
00:46:43.56\00:46:46.36
THAT HE WAS GONE TO BE A GUEST
WITH A MAN THAT IS A SINNER."
00:46:46.36\00:46:52.20
IS JESUS WILLING TO COME
INTO THE HEARTS AND THE HOMES OF
00:46:52.20\00:46:56.73
SINNERS? THERE'S NO HOPE
FOR US IF THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:46:56.73\00:47:01.13
AND LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED TO ZACCHAEUS'
00:47:01.13\00:47:02.53
HEART WHEN JESUS ACCEPTED HIM.
00:47:02.53\00:47:04.00
"THEN ZACCHAEUS STOOD, AND SAID
TO THE LORD: 'LOOK, LORD, I GIVE
00:47:04.00\00:47:07.06
HALF OF MY GOODS TO THE POOR;
AND IF I HAVE TAKEN ANYTHING
00:47:07.06\00:47:09.40
FROM ANYONE BY FALSE ACCUSATION,
I RESTORE FOURFOLD.'" BY THE
00:47:09.40\00:47:13.56
WAY, HE'S GETTING
THAT FROM EXODUS 22:1.
00:47:13.56\00:47:16.06
IT SAYS IF YOU STEAL SOMETHING
YOU PAY IT BACK FOURFOLD.
00:47:16.06\00:47:18.50
SO ZACCHAEUS KNEW THE BIBLE.
HE PROBABLY WENT TO SABBATH
00:47:18.50\00:47:21.83
SCHOOL GROWING UP. HE
HAD DRIFTED FROM THE LORD.
00:47:21.83\00:47:25.53
ZACCHAEUS WAS
PROBABLY A C STUDENT.
00:47:25.53\00:47:29.20
C STUDENTS USUALLY
BECOME BILLIONAIRES.
00:47:29.20\00:47:32.20
THE A STUDENTS END UP COMING
BACK AND BECOMING PROFESSORS AT
00:47:32.20\00:47:34.36
THE UNIVERSITY. AND
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE B
00:47:34.36\00:47:41.23
STUDENTS DO. THEY
RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
00:47:41.23\00:47:46.93
ANYWAY, SO ZACCHAEUS -
HE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE RICH
00:47:46.93\00:47:50.56
AND THE INFAMOUS
THAT GOD FORGAVE.
00:47:50.56\00:47:53.33
AND THEN IN THE LAST
SECTION HERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE
00:47:53.33\00:47:55.16
GOLD-PLATED MESSAGE - OR
NOT QUITE THE LAST SECTION - THE
00:47:55.16\00:47:58.43
GOLD-PLATED MESSAGE - LUKE
16:13, "NO SERVANT CAN SERVE TWO
00:47:58.43\00:48:02.36
MASTERS; FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE
THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR
00:48:02.36\00:48:06.20
ELSE HE WILL BE LOYAL TO
THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER.
00:48:06.20\00:48:08.46
YOU CANNOT
SERVE GOD AND MAMMON."
00:48:08.46\00:48:11.96
IT DOES NOT END WELL IF WE
THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND
00:48:11.96\00:48:14.46
HAPPINESS IN MONEY. SOMEONE
LOOK UP PROVERBS 23:4 AND 5.
00:48:14.46\00:48:19.00
WHO HAS THAT? OVER HERE. OKAY.
PROVERBS 23, VERSES 4 AND 5 AND
00:48:19.00\00:48:24.80
WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A
MOMENT. IN THE PARABLE OF THE
00:48:24.80\00:48:27.70
FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOILS
JESUS SAID, SOME OF THE SEED
00:48:27.70\00:48:31.30
FALLS ON A CERTAIN TYPE OF SOIL
AND IT SAYS, "THESE ARE THE ONES
00:48:31.30\00:48:35.76
WHO, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD,"
- IT SPRINGS UP - "AND THE CARES
00:48:35.76\00:48:40.13
OF THIS WORLD, THE DECEITFULNESS
OF RICHES, AND THE DESIRES FOR
00:48:40.13\00:48:45.70
OTHER THINGS ENTERING IN
CHOKE THE WORD, AND IT BECOMES
00:48:45.70\00:48:48.83
UNFRUITFUL." WHY DOES IT SAY THE
00:48:48.83\00:48:50.53
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES?
WHAT'S DECEITFUL ABOUT RICHES?
00:48:50.53\00:48:57.03
IF YOU'RE LED TO BELIEVE THAT
RICHES ARE GOING TO BRING YOU
00:48:57.03\00:49:00.60
HAPPINESS, YOU'VE BEEN
DECEIVED. I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER
00:49:00.60\00:49:03.33
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES.
THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS WHO
00:49:03.33\00:49:05.63
THINK 'I CAN STRIVE AFTER MONEY
DURING HALF OF MY LIFE AND THE
00:49:05.63\00:49:10.26
OTHER HALF OF MY LIFE I'LL SERVE
THE LORD AND I'LL GIVE TO GOD.
00:49:10.26\00:49:13.60
BUT I'M GOING TO EARN' - YOU
KNOW, WHEN MY DAD DIED THERE WAS
00:49:13.60\00:49:17.30
A BIG BATTLE IN FLORIDA OVER
HIS ESTATE AND I'LL ADMIT I WAS
00:49:17.30\00:49:22.43
TEMPTED TO GET INTO THE FRAY
BECAUSE PEOPLE CAME TO ME AND
00:49:22.43\00:49:27.36
THEY SAID, 'DOUG, IF YOU JUST
TAKE A FEW YEARS OFF RIGHT NOW'
00:49:27.36\00:49:32.40
- IT WAS GOING TO BE YEARS
IN COURT - 'IF YOU TAKE A FEW
00:49:32.40\00:49:35.36
YEARS OFF AND FIGHT NOW, YOU
COULD GET SOMETHING AND THEN YOU
00:49:35.36\00:49:37.33
COULD GIVE IT TO GOD.' AND
YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE DEVIL.
00:49:37.33\00:49:42.06
I MEAN IT WAS - IT WAS A VERY
CLEVERLY CLOTHED DECEPTION AND
00:49:42.06\00:49:47.23
THEN I REMEMBERED AN EVANGELIST
I KNEW THAT SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I'M
00:49:47.23\00:49:53.46
SO TIRED OF WORKING WITH THE
CHURCH - THE ORGANIZATION - I
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.96
JUST WANT TO BE A
SELF-SUPPORTING EVANGELIST.
00:49:55.96\00:49:57.86
I'M GOING TO LEAVE PUBLIC
EVANGELISM AND I'VE GOT THIS
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.93
MEANS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A FORTUNE AND
00:49:59.93\00:50:04.66
THEN I'M GOING TO GO
BACK AND DO EVANGELISM AND BE
00:50:04.66\00:50:06.33
SELF-SUPPORTING.' AND HE DID
GO INTO THIS BUSINESS AND MADE A
00:50:06.33\00:50:12.53
LOT OF MONEY AND NEVER WENT
BACK INTO PUBLIC EVANGELISM.
00:50:12.53\00:50:17.53
THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES
- AND I HAD TO DECIDE AT SOME
00:50:17.53\00:50:20.00
POINT - A CHRISTIAN FRIEND
OF MINE WHO'S AN ATTORNEY SAID,
00:50:20.00\00:50:23.20
'DOUG, THIS IS GOING TO SUCK
YOU IN.' HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO
00:50:23.20\00:50:26.66
DECIDE IF GOD CALLED YOU
TO DO THIS OR HE CALLED YOU TO
00:50:26.66\00:50:29.13
PREACH.' AND I WAS VERY
CONVICTED THAT I SHOULD JUST NOT
00:50:29.13\00:50:33.16
GET INVOLVED IN ALL THAT AND
DROP WHAT I WAS DOING - WELL,
00:50:33.16\00:50:36.53
THE MAIN THING I NEEDED TO DO IS
MAKE SURE - SOMEBODY WAS TRYING
00:50:36.53\00:50:38.40
TO TAKE OVER MY
FATHER'S FOUNDATION.
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.73
HE SET UP A FOUNDATION TO
GIVE MONEY TO HUMANITARIAN AND
00:50:40.73\00:50:44.66
EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES AND
00:50:44.66\00:50:47.96
SOMEBODY WAS MOVING IN AND THEY
WERE GOING TO USE IT SELFISHLY
00:50:47.96\00:50:50.36
AND SO I FOUGHT THAT AND GOT
THEM OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN I
00:50:50.36\00:50:53.50
WALKED AWAY AND JUST SAID, 'I'M
GOING TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.'
00:50:53.50\00:50:57.53
BECAUSE - AND I'M HAPPY.
SO ISN'T THAT THE BOTTOM LINE?
00:50:57.53\00:51:02.43
NO, YOUR HAPPINESS IS
NOT THE BOTTOM LINE ACTUALLY.
00:51:02.43\00:51:04.40
YOUR HOLINESS
IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
00:51:04.40\00:51:05.66
BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY, COMPARED
TO MOST OF THE WORLD WE ARE
00:51:05.66\00:51:09.60
RICH. WE'VE GOT SO MUCH.
00:51:09.60\00:51:12.66
LOOK IN OUR CLOSET
SOMEDAY WHEN YOU COME OVER.
00:51:12.66\00:51:15.13
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH AND YOURS
IS PROBABLY THAT WAY TOO, RIGHT?
00:51:15.13\00:51:18.26
YOU KNOW, I HEARD AN AMAZING
FACT THAT 86% OF U.S. HOMES HAVE
00:51:18.26\00:51:25.23
TWO-CAR GARAGES. 40%
OF THOSE TWO-CAR GARAGES
00:51:25.23\00:51:29.43
HAVE NO CARS IN THEM BECAUSE
THEY'RE STORED WITH STUFF.
00:51:29.43\00:51:35.43
THEY'VE GOT
JUNK IN THEIR GARAGE.
00:51:35.43\00:51:36.66
THEY CAN'T PUT THE CAR
IN THERE. WE HAVE SO MUCH.
00:51:36.66\00:51:41.36
I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE
TWO CARS IN OUR TWO-CAR GARAGE.
00:51:41.36\00:51:46.93
IT'S BECAUSE I'M A FANATIC.
I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL.
00:51:46.93\00:51:49.36
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD. READ
FOR US PROVERBS 23:4 AND 5.
00:51:49.36\00:51:55.40
>>"DO NOT OVERWORK TO BE
RICH; BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN
00:51:55.40\00:51:58.96
UNDERSTANDING, CEASE!
WILL YOU SET YOUR EYES ON THAT
00:51:58.96\00:52:02.66
WHICH IS NOT? FOR
RICHES CERTAINLY MAKE
00:52:02.66\00:52:05.40
THEMSELVES WINGS; THEY FLY AWAY
LIKE AN EAGLE TOWARD HEAVEN."
00:52:05.40\00:52:10.83
>>A MAN'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST
IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THINGS HE
00:52:10.83\00:52:13.96
POSSESSES. CAN YOU
THINK OF A COUPLE OF
00:52:13.96\00:52:15.83
CHURCH MEMBERS THAT MADE A FATAL
MISTAKE IN PUTTING MONEY FIRST?
00:52:15.83\00:52:22.90
ACTS CHAPTER 5, VERSES 1
AND 2, "BUT A CERTAIN MAN NAMED
00:52:22.90\00:52:27.60
ANANIAS, WITH SAPPHIRA
HIS WIFE, SOLD A POSSESSION.
00:52:27.60\00:52:33.06
AND HE KEPT BACK PART OF
THE PROCEEDS," - NOT EVEN 100%.
00:52:33.06\00:52:36.76
THEY JUST LIED AND THEY WANTED
TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE GIVING
00:52:36.76\00:52:39.13
EVERYTHING BUT THEY
REALLY ONLY GAVE HALF.
00:52:39.13\00:52:41.56
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? THEY
LIED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THEY
00:52:41.56\00:52:44.83
DIED. WHAT HAPPENED TO GEHAZI?
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER?
00:52:44.83\00:52:49.50
2 KINGS, CHAPTER 5 - THE SERVANT
OF ELISHA - WHEN NAAMAN WAS
00:52:49.50\00:52:53.60
CURED OF HIS LEPROSY HE TRIED
TO GIVE - NAAMAN TRIED TO GIVE
00:52:53.60\00:52:56.96
ELISHA SOME MONEY
TO PAY FOR HIS HEALING.
00:52:56.96\00:52:58.86
ELISHA SAID, 'NO, I
WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING.
00:52:58.86\00:53:00.60
IT'S A SIGN OF SALVATION
AND BAPTISM AND CLEANSING.
00:53:00.60\00:53:03.00
IT'S A GIFT FROM GOD.'
BUT GEHAZI, AS HE SAW NAAMAN
00:53:03.00\00:53:06.60
GOING BACK DOWN THE ROAD WITH
HIS CHARIOTS LOADED WITH WEALTH,
00:53:06.60\00:53:09.76
HE SAID, 'MY MASTER'S CRAZY.
HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOMETHING.
00:53:09.76\00:53:13.80
I MEAN, HE COULD USE IT
FOR HIS CHURCH.' ALL THESE
00:53:13.80\00:53:16.86
RATIONALIZATIONS AND GEHAZI RAN
AFTER NAAMAN AND HE LIED TO HIM.
00:53:16.86\00:53:21.23
HE SAID, 'OH, MY
MASTER CHANGED HIS MIND.
00:53:21.23\00:53:22.86
SOME POOR PROPHETS JUST CAME
AND WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A
00:53:22.86\00:53:25.60
DONATION. SO HE
GAVE HIM ALL THIS SILVER.
00:53:25.60\00:53:28.43
AND ELISHA SAID,
'WHERE'D YOU GO?'
00:53:28.43\00:53:30.36
'WELL, I DIDN'T GO
ANYWHERE.' - GEHAZI LIED.
00:53:30.36\00:53:33.60
HE SAID, 'MY HEART WENT WITH YOU
WHEN YOU RAN AFTER THE MAN.' AND
00:53:33.60\00:53:37.16
HE SAID, 'IS THIS THE TIME
TO GET VINEYARDS AND ORCHARDS
00:53:37.16\00:53:40.60
AND MALE - AND MENSERVANTS?
00:53:40.60\00:53:42.90
IT SAYS, 'THEREFORE THE LEPROSY
OF NAAMAN WILL CLING UNTO YOU
00:53:42.90\00:53:46.40
AND YOUR SEED FOREVER AND GEHAZI
BECAME A LEPER BECAUSE THE LOVE
00:53:46.40\00:53:52.26
OF MONEY IS THE ROOT
OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL.
00:53:52.26\00:53:54.60
AND THOSE THAT DON'T LEARN
THAT, PIERCE THEMSELVES THROUGH
00:53:54.60\00:53:57.03
WITH MANY SORROWS.
RICHES CAN BE DECEITFUL.
00:53:57.03\00:54:01.73
THE RICH YOUNG RULER - PROBABLY
JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THAT
00:54:01.73\00:54:04.80
STORY. WE ALL KNOW THAT
STORY. YOU FIND IT IN MATTHEW.
00:54:04.80\00:54:07.20
IT'S IN MARK CHAPTER
10. IT'S IN YOUR LESSON.
00:54:07.20\00:54:10.06
RUNS UP TO JESUS AND SAYS, 'GOOD
MASTER.' - AND HE SEES RIGHT
00:54:10.06\00:54:13.90
AFTER JESUS
BLESSES THE CHILDREN.
00:54:13.90\00:54:15.66
HE'S SO IMPRESSED THAT THIS IS
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD AND HE
00:54:15.66\00:54:19.43
RUNS AFTER HIM AND HE FALLS ON
HIS KNEES AND HE'S VERY SINCERE.
00:54:19.43\00:54:22.73
HE SAID, 'GOOD MASTER.
WHAT GOOD THING SHALL I DO THAT
00:54:22.73\00:54:25.80
I MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
AND JESUS SAID, 'WHY CALLEST
00:54:25.80\00:54:29.13
THOU ME GOOD? NONE IS
GOOD BUT ONE AND THAT IS
00:54:29.13\00:54:31.20
GOD. BUT IF YOU WOULD ENTER INTO
00:54:31.20\00:54:32.46
LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.'
KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS?
00:54:32.46\00:54:36.10
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE
COMMANDMENTS TO ENTER INTO LIFE?
00:54:36.10\00:54:40.10
I THOUGHT WE
WERE SAVED BY GRACE?
00:54:40.10\00:54:42.03
HE SAID, 'WHICH ONES?'
JESUS SAID - HE BEGINS TO RECITE
00:54:42.03\00:54:45.63
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DEALING
WITH MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH MAN
00:54:45.63\00:54:48.66
- HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,
DON'T STEAL, DON'T LIE, SO FORTH
00:54:48.66\00:54:51.80
- AND HE INTERRUPTS JESUS.
HE SAYS, 'ALL THESE I HAVE KEPT
00:54:51.80\00:54:54.76
FROM MY YOUTH.' EVERY JEWISH BOY
COULD QUOTE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
00:54:54.76\00:54:57.80
- MOST CHURCH MEMBERS CAN'T,
BUT EVERY JEWISH BOY COULD.
00:54:57.80\00:55:01.60
HE SAID, 'WHAT DO I LACK?' JESUS
SAID, 'THERE'S ONE THING LEFT.
00:55:01.60\00:55:05.73
JUST ONE THING YOU
LACK.' WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THE
00:55:05.73\00:55:07.76
LORD TO SAY, 'YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE ALMOST PERFECT.
00:55:07.76\00:55:09.16
YOU ONLY LACK ONE THING'?
HE SAID, 'GO, SELL WHAT YOU
00:55:09.16\00:55:13.70
HAVE, GIVE IT TO THE POOR.
YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
00:55:13.70\00:55:18.56
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW
ME.' THE BIBLE SAYS 'HE WENT
00:55:18.56\00:55:24.53
AWAY GRIEVED FOR HE HAD GREAT
POSSESSIONS.' I ALWAYS THOUGHT
00:55:24.53\00:55:27.86
THAT'S SUCH A PARADOX THAT
HE WENT AWAY RICH AND GRIEVED.
00:55:27.86\00:55:32.30
HE STILL HAD HIS MONEY BUT
HE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT HE CAME TO
00:55:32.30\00:55:34.16
JESUS FOR. NOW, IS
JESUS ASKING EVERYBODY
00:55:34.16\00:55:38.00
TO GO SELL EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THE POOR?
00:55:38.00\00:55:42.40
I DON'T HEAR
ANYONE SAYING 'YES'.
00:55:42.40\00:55:44.93
HE IS ASKING EVERYBODY - WHEN
YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS - TO BE
00:55:44.93\00:55:49.80
WILLING TO PLACE EVERYTHING
ON THE ALTAR RIGHT THEN.
00:55:49.80\00:55:53.26
WHEN YOU ACCEPT JESUS, EVERYBODY
NEEDS TO BASICALLY CHANGE - YOU
00:55:53.26\00:55:57.23
NEED TO GIVE POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO JESUS.
00:55:57.23\00:56:00.86
YOU NEED TO PUT
IT ALL IN HIS NAME.
00:56:00.86\00:56:03.46
YOU NEED TO REALIZE EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE BELONGS TO HIM.
00:56:03.46\00:56:06.36
YOU BECOME HIS STEWARD AND IF HE
SAYS, 'I NEED MEANS FOR THIS' OR
00:56:06.36\00:56:09.90
'I NEED MEANS FOR THAT' YOU SAY,
'LORD, IT'S NOT MINE IT'S YOURS'
00:56:09.90\00:56:11.80
- THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL GUIDE YOU.
00:56:11.80\00:56:13.36
YOU NEED TO BE WILLING TO SELL
AND TO LIQUIDATE AS HE TELLS
00:56:13.36\00:56:16.30
YOU. THIS MAN,
IN PARTICULAR, WAS
00:56:16.30\00:56:18.46
BEING INVITED TO BECOME AN
APOSTLE. YOU NOTICE HE DIDN'T
00:56:18.46\00:56:21.76
SAY 'SELL WHAT YOU
HAVE, GIVE IT TO THE POOR.
00:56:21.76\00:56:23.40
YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN
HEAVEN AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE'?
00:56:23.40\00:56:26.33
HE SAID, 'AND FOLLOW ME.'
SAME THING HE SAID TO MATTHEW.
00:56:26.33\00:56:28.70
SAME THING HE SAID TO PETER,
JAMES AND JOHN HE SAID TO THIS
00:56:28.70\00:56:31.73
MAN, 'FOLLOW ME'. HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN AN APOSTLE.
00:56:31.73\00:56:36.00
SO HE WAS ASKING TO CUT ALL TIES
AND HE DIDN'T AND HE WENT AWAY
00:56:36.00\00:56:41.13
GRIEVED. COULD HAVE BEEN
A GOSPEL NAMED AFTER HIM.
00:56:41.13\00:56:43.96
WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW HIS NAME. HOW SAD.
00:56:43.96\00:56:46.56
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00:56:46.56\00:56:49.23
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00:56:51.86\00:56:55.66
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