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>>GOOD MORNING FRIENDS,
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE
MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE
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WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART
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OF OUR STUDY TIME TODAY.
ALSO TO THE MEMBERS AND THE
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VISITORS HERE AT
THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN HERE THIS MORNING.
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WE ARE STUDYING THROUGH OUR NEW
LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING WITH
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STEWARDSHIP. THAT'S
THE THEME FOR THE NEXT 12
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WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING
THIS IMPORTANT THEME ENTITLED
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MOTIVES OF THE HEART .
WE'RE ON LESSON NUMBER TWO TODAY
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ENTITLED I SEE, I WANT, I TAKE.
SO AN INTERESTING STUDY TODAY
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TALKING ABOUT STEWARDSHIP.
NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
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JOINING US WHO DON'T HAVE A
LESSON QUARTERLY TO STUDY ALONG,
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I ENCOURAGE YOU - GO TO
THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE JUST
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AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD TODAY'S LESSON - IT'S
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LESSON NUMBER TWO IN OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY ON STEWARDSHIP.
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AND YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH
US OR YOU CAN VISIT A NEARBY
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR LESSON
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QUARTERLY THERE AS WELL.
ALSO, FOR OUR FRIENDS IN NORTH
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AMERICA, WE DO HAVE A
FREE OFFER THAT WE'D LIKE TO
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LET YOU KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S AN INTRIGUING TITLE CALL
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THIEVES IN THE CHURCH - GOES
ALONG WITH OUR STEWARDSHIP THEME
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- THAT'S OUR FREE OFFER TODAY.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE IT
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CALL 866-788-3966 AND
YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #136.
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WELL BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
THIS MORNING WE ALWAYS LIKE TO
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BEGIN BY LIFTING
OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHORUS
TO COME AND LEAD US IN OUR MUSIC
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TODAY. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING. AND IT'S SUCH
A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SING
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WITH YOU ALL THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR SINGING
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WITH #608 -
FAITH IS THE VICTORY .
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AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
CHRISTIAN WARFARE - USUALLY,
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WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WARFARE,
WE THINK OF WEAPONS, BUT IN THIS
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WARFARE OUR WEAPONS ARE LOVE AND
WE WOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO SING
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WITH US #608 - FAITH IS
THE VICTORY. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>AND OUR NEXT SONG
WE'LL TURN OVER TO #422
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MARCHING TO ZION . WE'LL
SING, TOGETHER, THE FIRST
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AND LAST VERSES -
MARCHING TO ZION . (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU ALL
FOR SINGING WITH US.
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AND NOW OUR SABBATH
SCHOOL LESSON IS GOING TO BEGIN.
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>>LET'S BOW OUR
HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN, THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN
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UP YOUR WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER.
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AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS VERY
IMPORTANT THEME OF STEWARDSHIP,
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FATHER, WE ASK THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD COME AND GUIDE OUR
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HEARTS AND MINDS TO REVEAL TO
US OUR GREAT NEED OF HAVING THAT
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SAME ATTITUDE THAT JESUS
DISPLAYED - AN ATTITUDE OF
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GIVING IN ALL
ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.
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BLESS OUR TIME TODAY FOR
WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
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AMEN. OUR LESSON
TODAY IS GOING TO BE
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BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG.
AND JUST BEFORE I INVITE PASTOR
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DOUG TO COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO
BE DOING SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE
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DIFFERENT THIS MORNING WE
ACTUALLY TRIED THIS LAST WEEK.
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AND IN A SPECIAL WAY - THOSE
JOINING US ON FACEBOOK - WE'RE
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GOING TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM,
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NEAR THE END OF THE LESSON,
TO ANSWER YOUR BIBLE QUESTIONS.
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SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU'D
LIKE TO ASK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
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TYPE IT IN RIGHT THERE ON
FACEBOOK AND, NEAR THE END OF
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THE LESSON TODAY, WE WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER AS MANY
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OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE.
ALRIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, WE'LL
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TURN THE TIME OVER TO
YOU. >>THANK YOU PASTOR ROSS
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AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE EACH OF
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YOU HERE AT SABBATH SCHOOL.
GLAD YOU'VE COME TO STUDY.
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WE HAVE AN INTERESTING LESSON
TODAY AND AT TIMES IT WILL BE
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MAYBE EVEN SHOCKING AND
SOMETIMES CONVICTING, BUT WE'RE
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GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT - AND
THIS AS LESSON TWO ON OUR NEW
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QUARTERLY ON STEWARDSHIP:
MOTIVES OF THE HEART .
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AND TODAY'S LESSON IS I SEE,
I WANT, I TAKE, AND IT'S TALKING
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BASICALLY ABOUT COVETOUSNESS AND
WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE TENTH
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COMMANDMENT. I WANT
TO REITERATE THAT RARELY
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DO WE HAVE AN OFFER THAT MATCHES
SO PERFECTLY WITH THE STUDY.
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THE OFFER FOR TODAY IS A BOOK BY
JOE CREWS CALLED THIEVES IN THE
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CHURCH AND IT TALKS ABOUT
THE SIN THAT NOBODY ADMITS TO IS
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COVETOUSNESS. AND SO
YOU WANT TO REQUEST THAT.
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WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE.
THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 13, VERSE 22.
AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT IN
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YOUR BIBLES THIS IS FROM
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
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YOU READY? MATTHEW
CHAPTER 13:22 HERE WE
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GO, "NOW HE WHO RECEIVED THE
SEED AMONG THE THORNS IS HE WHO
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HEARS THE WORD OF GOD AND
THE CARES OF THIS WORLD AND THE
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DECEITFULNESS OF
RICHES CHOKE THE WORD AND HE
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BECOMES
UNFRUITFUL." CAN THAT STILL
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HAPPEN TO US TODAY? THE
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES.
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NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING A
LITTLE LATER A PRINCIPLE WE ALL
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KNOW. WE'VE HEARD
THE QUOTE 'THE LOVE
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OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL
EVIL' BUT THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY
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'MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL
EVIL'. IT IS THE LOVE OF MONEY.
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I MEAN IT'D BE, KIND OF, A
LITTLE BIT OF A PARADOX IF WE
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SAY 'MONEY IS
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
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NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR OFFERING.'
(LAUGHTER) I MEAN WE TALK ABOUT
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MONEY IN CHURCH ALL THE TIME
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS
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THAT CAN HAPPEN THROUGH
MONEY. IT'S THE LOVE OF MONEY.
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IT CAN BE DISTRACTING AND
YOU KNOW THERE'S AN INTERESTING
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QUOTE IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR
QUARTERLY RIGHT THERE AT THE
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BEGINNING OF THE QUARTERLY IS A
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK COUNCILS ON
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STEWARDSHIP PAGE 154 AND 55
AND HERE ELLEN WHITE DESCRIBES A
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VISION WHERE THE DEVIL IS IN
CONSULTATION WITH HIS DEMONS AND
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HE'S TELLING THEM 'HERE'S HOW WE
CAN TRAP FOLLOWERS OF GOD.' THE
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DEVIL, SPEAKING TO HIS DEMONS,
HE SAYS, "GO MAKE THE POSSESSORS
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OF LANDS AND MONEY DRUNK
WITH THE CARES OF THIS LIFE.
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PRESENT THE WORLD BEFORE THEM
IN ITS MOST ATTRACTIVE LIGHT.
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THAT THEY MAY LAY UP THEIR
TREASURE HERE AND FIX THEIR
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AFFECTIONS UPON
THE EARTHLY THINGS.
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WE MUST DO OUR UTMOST TO PREVENT
THOSE WHO LABOR IN GOD'S CAUSE
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FROM OBTAINING
MEANS TO USE AGAINST US.
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KEEP THE MONEY IN OUR RANKS.
THE MORE MEANS THEY OBTAIN THE
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MORE THEY'LL INJURE OUR KINGDOM
BY TAKING FROM US OUR SUBJECTS.
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MAKE THEM CARE MORE ABOUT MONEY
THAN THE UPBUILDING OF CHRIST'S
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KINGDOM AND THE SPREAD OF THE
TRUTHS THAT WE HATE AND WE NEED
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NOT FEAR THEIR INFLUENCE, FOR WE
KNOW THAT EVERY SELFISH COVETOUS
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PERSON WILL FALL UNDER OUR POWER
AND FINALLY BE SEPARATED FROM
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GOD'S PEOPLE." KIND
OF GIVES YOU CHILLS TO
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THINK ABOUT HOW THE
DEVIL IS COUNSELING PEOPLE
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IN - IN HIS KINGDOM.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS PLOY
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SEEMS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
NOW, OUR FIRST SECTION UNDER
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SUNDAY IS TALKING
ABOUT THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL.
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HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
WHAT THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL IS?
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IT'S A - A BRANCH OF SUPPOSED
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY THAT,
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BASICALLY, AT ITS CORE, SAYS
THAT GOD - IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH
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FAITH - GOD WANTS
YOU TO BE WEALTHY.
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IT ALSO USUALLY SAYS THAT GOD
WANTS YOU TO BE HEALTHY AND IF
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YOU'RE NOT WEALTHY AND HEALTHY
IT'S BECAUSE, WELL, YOU'VE GOT A
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FAITH PROBLEM. AND
OFTEN, IF YOU WANT TO SHOW
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YOU HAVE FAITH IT -
THEY'LL SAY YOU NEED TO SEND
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MONEY TO OUR
MINISTRY. AND THEY CALL IT
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A SEED OF FAITH. AND
THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE TENANTS
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THAT YOU FIND IN
THIS PROSPERITY GOSPEL.
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WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GO
THROUGH THEM IN JUST A MOMENT.
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FIRST I WANT TO READ AN
INTERESTING QUOTE TO YOU FROM
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SPURGEON WHICH I AGREE WITH.
HE WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF ELLEN
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WHITE AND A GREAT PREACHER.
SPURGEON SAID, 'I BELIEVE THAT
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IT IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND UNHOLY
FOR ANY CHRISTIAN TO LIVE WITH
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THE OBJECT OF
ACCUMULATING WEALTH.
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YOU'LL SAY, 'ARE WE NOT TO
STRIVE ALL WE CAN TO GET ALL
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THAT WE CAN?'" HE
SAID, "WELL, YOU MAY DO SO.
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I CANNOT DOUBT BUT WHAT, IN
DOING SO YOU MAY DO SERVICE TO
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THE CAUSE OF GOD BUT I WOULD SAY
THAT TO LIVE WITH THE OBJECT OF
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ACCUMULATING
WEALTH IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN."
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IF OUR OBJECT IS TO SIMPLY GET
WEALTH THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 'HE
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SEEKS - HE THAT SEEKS TO BE RICH
WILL NOT BE WITHOUT SIN.' AND
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DOESN'T JESUS SAY THAT IT'S
HARDER FOR A RICH MAN - YOU KNOW
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THE STORY OF THE RICH YOUNG
RULER - HARDER FOR A RICH MAN TO
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ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD THAN A
CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A
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NEEDLE. NOW, IN
BIBLE TIMES, WHEN A
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SHEPHERD WAS COUNTING HIS SHEEP,
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ONLY
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ONE SHEEP - SHEEP WENT THROUGH
THE DOOR AT A TIME THEY HAD A
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NARROW SPOT AND IT WOULD KIND OF
FUNNEL THE SHEEP ONE AT A TIME
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INTO THE CORRAL AND THEY
CALLED IT THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE.
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SO SOME ARE WONDERING WAS JESUS
TALKING ABOUT THIS SHEEP GATE OR
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WAS HE TALKING ABOUT
THE LITERAL EYE OF A NEEDLE.
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WELL IF IT'S A LITERAL EYE OF
A NEEDLE YOU CAN'T FIT A SHEEP
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THROUGH THAT, LET ALONE A CAMEL.
BUT A CAMEL COULD GO THROUGH A
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SHEEP GATE BUT HE HAD
TO GET ON HIS KNEES AND YOU
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HAD TO UNLOAD HIM. SO
MANY HAVE THOUGHT JESUS WAS
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TALKING ABOUT WHEN SHEPHERDS
WOULD COUNT THEIR SHEEP.
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A CAMEL COULD NOT GO THROUGH
THE EYE OF A NEEDLE UNLESS IT
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UNLOADED AND IT GOT ON ITS KNEES
AND - WILL THERE BE RICH PEOPLE
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IN HEAVEN? WHO
ARE THEY? NAME SOME.
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>>ABRAHAM >>ABRAHAM.
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WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT HIM IN JUST A MINUTE.
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WHO ELSE? KING
DAVID? >>NICODEMUS.
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>>NICODEMUS. SOLOMON. JOB.
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WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO JOSEPHS
THERE, ONE JOSEPH - JOSEPH THE
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SON OF JACOB ENDED UP VERY
WEALTHY IN THE END AND WE EXPECT
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TO SEE HIM IN HEAVEN.
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA - BOTH
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JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND
NICODEMUS ENDED UP BASICALLY
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LIQUIDATING THEIR WEALTH
TO SUPPORT THE EARLY CHURCH.
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THEY GAVE HEAVILY BACK THEN.
BUT YEAH, THERE ARE EXAMPLES.
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NOW ARE THEY YOUR HEROES OR
ARE THE POOR PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
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YOUR HEROES? TRICK QUESTION.
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THE BIBLE SAYS AS THE HARDER
FOR A RICH MAN TO GET INTO THE
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KINGDOM THAN A CAMEL TO GO
THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE.
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THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE
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TO BE THE EXCEPTION
ALSO? WE ALL KIND OF WANT TO
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BE THE EXCEPTION,
RIGHT? BUT IS THAT DANGEROUS?
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IF OUR OBJECT IS TO BE
FINANCIALLY WEALTHY - I GOT TO A
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NUMBER OF CHRISTIAN COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES, I DO A WEEK OF
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PRAYER. SOMETIMES I'LL TALK
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TO THE STUDENTS. I'LL
SAY, 'WHAT'S YOUR GOAL?'
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AND THEY'LL SAY 'WELL, YOU KNOW,
I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE THIS BUT
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THIS PAYS BETTER AND THIS HAS
BETTER BENEFITS.' I SAID, 'SO IS
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YOUR GOAL FOR YOUR
CAREER THE BEST PAYING JOB?
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OR IS YOUR GOAL TO SAY 'WHAT
DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO FOR THE
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SERVICE OF FELLOW
MAN AND TO PLEASE GOD?'
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WHAT SHOULD BE
OUR SUPREME OBJECTIVE?
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NOW, IF GOD SAYS 'I WANT YOU TO
GO INTO MEDICINE BECAUSE THAT'S
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HOW YOUR GIFTS AND HOW
I WANT YOU TO SERVE GOD' -
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AND IT MAY PAY
WELL, THAT'S FINE.
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IF GOD SAYS I WANT YOU TO GO
INTO ENGINEERING BECAUSE THAT'S
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WHERE YOUR GIFTS ARE AND - AND
YOU CAN SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN.'
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THAT'S FINE, BUT IF YOUR
FIRST QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS
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'WHAT'S THE PAY
PACKAGE?' THAT'S THE WRONG
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QUESTION TO ASK. FOR
A CHRISTIAN, YOUR FIRST
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QUESTION SHOULD SAY, 'LORD,
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
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I'LL TAKE UP MY CROSS AND I'LL
FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU WANT ME
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TO GO.' HE SAYS
YOU'VE GOT TO DENY YOURSELF.
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SO WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL
TO THINK THAT THAT STATEMENT
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ABOUT 'HARD FOR A RICH MAN TO
GET IN THE KINGDOM' IS NOT STILL
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TRUE. IT IS STILL TRUE.
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IT IS STILL HARD.
ARE WE A RICH COUNTRY?
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SHOULD THAT CONCERN US?
IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AMAZING
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FACTS IS GOING BACK TO INDIA
- I'VE BEEN TO INDIA A FEW TIMES
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BEFORE AND, BOY, IT'S - THERE'S
A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE - THINGS
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ARE CHANGING THERE AND THE
ECONOMY IS GETTING BETTER BUT
00:15:21.18\00:15:23.39
THERE'S STILL A
LOT OF POOR PEOPLE.
00:15:23.42\00:15:25.45
AND YOU GO FROM A PLACE LIKE
INDIA AND SOME OF THE PLACES
00:15:25.49\00:15:28.79
I'VE BEEN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
AND IN AFRICA AND THEN YOU COME
00:15:28.82\00:15:31.59
BACK TO THE U.S. AND
WOW, WE ARE VERY WELL OFF.
00:15:31.63\00:15:36.10
ALRIGHT, BACK TO THE
PROSPERITY GOSPEL HERE.
00:15:36.13\00:15:38.23
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ A
VERSE FOR ME IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:15:38.27\00:15:40.50
I THINK YOU'LL
HAVE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9.
00:15:40.54\00:15:44.27
ONE OF THEIR BELIEFS -
PROSPERITY GOSPEL - IS THAT THE
00:15:44.31\00:15:47.78
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT IS A MEANS
TO MATERIAL ENTITLEMENT THAT
00:15:47.81\00:15:52.55
THROUGH ABRAHAM WE WILL ALL BE
BLESSED AND GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM
00:15:52.58\00:15:58.09
AND SINCE WE ARE THE DESCENDANTS
OF ABRAHAM AND GOD BLESSED
00:15:58.12\00:16:01.32
ABRAHAM WITH GREAT ABUNDANCE WE
SHOULD EXPECT GREAT ABUNDANCE.
00:16:01.36\00:16:06.09
WHAT WAS THE BLESSING THAT GOD
SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE
00:16:06.13\00:16:09.43
WORLD THROUGH ABRAHAM IT
MONEY? OR WAS IT THE SAVIOR?
00:16:09.46\00:16:13.20
>>THE SAVIOR. >>IT
WAS THE SAVIOR THAT WOULD
00:16:13.23\00:16:16.07
COME AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
IF WE ARE IN CHRIST THEN WE'RE
00:16:16.10\00:16:19.87
ABRAHAM'S SEED AND PROSPERITY
PREACHERS WILL QUOTE THAT AND
00:16:19.91\00:16:22.61
SAY 'SINCE YOU ARE THE SEED
OF ABRAHAM AND ABRAHAM WAS RICH,
00:16:22.64\00:16:24.95
YOU SHOULD BE RICH TOO. WE
SHOULD NOT BE THE BORROWERS.
00:16:24.98\00:16:29.12
WE SHOULD BE THE LENDERS.
WE SHOULD NOT BE THE LAST,
00:16:29.15\00:16:32.55
WE SHOULD BE THE FIRST.
AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME REALLY -
00:16:32.59\00:16:34.49
AND YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THE
PROSPERITY GOSPEL DANGEROUS?
00:16:34.52\00:16:38.83
THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF TRUTH
IN IT BUT ISN'T THAT TRUE WITH
00:16:38.86\00:16:42.60
EVERY FALSE TEACHING?
THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF TRUTH THAT
00:16:42.63\00:16:45.40
THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN SERVING
GOD AND THERE ARE PROMISES.
00:16:45.43\00:16:49.34
BUT IF THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS YOU
GO THROUGH THE BIBLE LIKE IT'S A
00:16:49.37\00:16:53.21
FORTUNE COOKIE TO PULL OUT
THE VERSES AND ONLY TALK ABOUT
00:16:53.24\00:16:55.68
PROSPERITY, AND YOU DON'T TALK
ABOUT THE ONES WHERE THEY SAY
00:16:55.71\00:16:58.78
'WE HAVE FORSAKEN EVERYTHING TO
FOLLOW YOU,' - I MEAN THERE'S A
00:16:58.81\00:17:03.08
LOT MORE OF THAT. HOW
MANY OF THE APOSTLES WERE RICH?
00:17:03.12\00:17:08.96
SO EVEN PAUL SAID 'NOT MANY
WISE, NOT MANY NOBLE' - YOU KNOW
00:17:08.99\00:17:13.60
THEY WERE SORT OF
THE - A MOTLEY CREW.
00:17:13.63\00:17:17.90
OKAY LET'S KEEP IT
- CONTINUE ON HERE.
00:17:17.93\00:17:20.27
SO KENNETH COPELAND, IN HIS BOOK
HE WROTE - KENNETH COPELAND IS A
00:17:20.30\00:17:24.87
GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE
PROSPERITY GOSPEL - IN 1974's
00:17:24.91\00:17:28.91
THE LAWS OF  PROSPERITY - HE
SAID, "SINCE GOD'S COVENANT HAS
00:17:28.94\00:17:32.08
BEEN ESTABLISHED AND PROSPERITY
IS A PROVISION OF THAT COVENANT,
00:17:32.11\00:17:35.68
YOU NEED TO REALIZE THIS
PROSPERITY THAT BELONGS TO YOU
00:17:35.72\00:17:38.55
NOW." AND HE
HAS, I THINK, A COUPLE
00:17:38.59\00:17:40.96
OF AIRPLANES AND A MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR ESTATE THERE IN TEXAS
00:17:40.99\00:17:45.33
AND HE'S TRYING TO
LIVE OUT HIS THEOLOGY.
00:17:45.36\00:17:48.96
SECOND POINT THAT THEY SAY
IN THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL IS THAT
00:17:49.00\00:17:52.17
JESUS' ATONEMENT EXTENDS TO
THE SIN OF MATERIAL POVERTY.
00:17:52.20\00:17:56.71
IN OTHER WORDS, JESUS DIED,
NOT ONLY TO SAVE YOU FROM THE
00:17:56.74\00:18:01.08
PENALTY OF SIN, BUT ONE OF THOSE
PENALTIES IS POVERTY AND HE DIED
00:18:01.11\00:18:04.25
TO SAVE YOU FROM
POVERTY. THE OPPOSITE OF
00:18:04.28\00:18:06.35
POVERTY IS PROSPERITY.
AND SO HE SAVES YOU FROM
00:18:06.38\00:18:09.65
POVERTY, AND SO YOU CAN BE
PROSPEROUS AND PART OF HIS DEATH
00:18:09.68\00:18:12.42
ON THE CROSS WAS
TO MAKE YOU RICH.
00:18:12.45\00:18:14.36
AND SO THEY WEAVE THAT
RIGHT INTO THE ATONEMENT.
00:18:14.39\00:18:17.46
AND THEY'VE GOT
A VERSE FOR THAT.
00:18:17.49\00:18:18.79
GO AHEAD. YOU
CAN READ THAT FOR ME.
00:18:18.83\00:18:20.96
>>"FOR YOU KNOW THE
GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
00:18:20.96\00:18:23.43
THAT THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET
FOR YOUR SAKES HE BECAME POOR.
00:18:23.47\00:18:27.80
THAT YOU, THROUGH HIS
POVERTY, MIGHT BECOME RICH."
00:18:27.84\00:18:31.84
>>ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU HAVE IT.
00:18:31.87\00:18:33.07
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE BECAME
POOR, THAT YOU MIGHT BE RICH.
00:18:33.11\00:18:35.74
NOW WHAT WAS PAUL
TALKING ABOUT THERE?
00:18:35.78\00:18:38.75
JESUS BECAME POOR SO THAT
WE ALL MIGHT BE BILL GATES OR
00:18:38.78\00:18:43.35
WARREN BUFFET? WHAT - WHAT WAS
00:18:43.39\00:18:45.95
HE TALKING ABOUT?
JESUS BECAME POOR SO THAT WE
00:18:45.99\00:18:47.82
ALL MIGHT BE
BILLIONAIRES? RICH, HOW RICH?
00:18:47.86\00:18:50.63
IS RICH A HUNDRED THOUSAND A
YEAR? OR IS RICH - I MEAN, IS IT
00:18:50.66\00:18:56.33
A MONETARY RICHES? THE
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE
00:18:56.36\00:19:00.84
WHO THINK THEY'RE
RICH AND ARE REALLY POOR.
00:19:00.87\00:19:03.81
BECAUSE THEY'RE INCREASED WITH
GOODS THEY THINK THEY'RE RICH
00:19:03.84\00:19:06.24
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY
DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE POOR AND
00:19:06.27\00:19:08.48
WRETCHED
MISERABLE BLIND AND NAKED.
00:19:08.51\00:19:10.28
NOW THAT COULD BE A LOT OF THE
CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA THAT MAY
00:19:10.31\00:19:13.21
HAVE A LOT OF PHYSICAL
PROSPERITY BUT BE SPIRITUALLY
00:19:13.25\00:19:17.09
BANKRUPT. AND
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY 'HAS
00:19:17.12\00:19:20.79
NOT GOD CHOSEN THE
POOR OF THIS WORLD'?
00:19:20.82\00:19:23.26
AND HOW DID JESUS BEGIN
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT?
00:19:23.29\00:19:25.93
'BLESSED ARE THE' - >>POOR.
00:19:25.96\00:19:28.33
>>NOW IN MATTHEW HE
SAYS 'BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN
00:19:28.36\00:19:29.96
SPIRIT.' DO YOU
KNOW IN LUKE HE SAYS
00:19:30.00\00:19:31.17
'BLESSED ARE THE POOR' - WHO
WANTS TO BE BLESSED LIKE THAT?
00:19:31.20\00:19:38.34
SO YEAH MAYBE WE'VE BOUGHT INTO
SOME OF THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL.
00:19:38.37\00:19:41.98
SO THEY - HE - PAUL IS NOT
TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL RICHES
00:19:42.01\00:19:44.35
HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THROUGH
THE POVERTY OF CHRIST - THROUGH
00:19:44.38\00:19:47.55
HIS SUFFERINGS WE
MIGHT BE SPIRITUALLY RICH.
00:19:47.58\00:19:52.55
POINT NUMBER THREE IN
THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL: THAT
00:19:52.59\00:19:56.22
CHRISTIANS GIVE IN ORDER TO GAIN
MATERIAL COMPENSATION FROM GOD.
00:19:56.26\00:20:01.26
AND ONE OF THE VERSES THEY'LL
USE THERE IS - IT DOES SAY LUKE
00:20:01.30\00:20:04.40
6:38 "GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
TO YOU GOOD MEASURE PRESSED DOWN
00:20:04.43\00:20:08.57
SHAKEN TOGETHER RUNNING OVER
SHALL MEN PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM
00:20:08.60\00:20:11.94
FOR WITH WHAT MEASURE YOU METE,
THE SAME WILL BE MEASURED BACK
00:20:11.97\00:20:14.54
TO YOU." NOW THAT'S TRUE.
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.64
MANY YEARS AGO I HAD A FIREWOOD
BUSINESS AND FIREWOOD IS A
00:20:16.68\00:20:21.18
COMMODITY THAT, WHEN YOU GIVE IT
TO PEOPLE IT'S A QUANTITY - IT'S
00:20:21.22\00:20:25.19
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT
SQUARE FEET. THREE TIERS IS A
00:20:25.22\00:20:28.02
CORD OF WORD. AND THAT'S THREE
TIERS - THREE STACKS OF WOOD
00:20:28.06\00:20:32.19
THAT ARE EIGHT-FEET LONG,
FOUR-FEET HIGH, 16 INCHES FOR
00:20:32.23\00:20:36.36
EACH STACK - HUNDRED
TWENTY-EIGHT SQUARE FEET. AND IF
00:20:36.40\00:20:40.07
IT'S NOT QUITE A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-EIGHT SQUARE FEET YOU'RE
00:20:40.10\00:20:42.07
CUTTING PEOPLE SHORT. AND
SO THERE WAS A BIG COMPLAINT
00:20:42.10\00:20:45.47
IN TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME
WOOD DEALERS WERE SELLING THEM
00:20:45.51\00:20:49.48
WOOD AND WHEN THEY MEASURED
IT OUT, IT WASN'T A FULL CORD.
00:20:49.51\00:20:52.15
SO, WHEN WE WOULD ADVERTISE FOR
OUR FIREWOOD, I WAS IN BUSINESS
00:20:52.18\00:20:54.95
WITH A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
BROTHER, AND WE USED THAT VERSE
00:20:54.98\00:20:59.69
'GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
TO YOU GOOD MEASURE PRESSED DOWN
00:20:59.72\00:21:02.16
SHAKEN TOGETHER RUNNING OVER'
- WE WOULD GIVE PEOPLE A FULL
00:21:02.19\00:21:04.63
CORD. IF IT
WASN'T STRAIGHT ACROSS AT
00:21:04.66\00:21:06.13
THE TOP WHEN IT WAS FOUR
FEET HIGH WE WOULD ROUND IT UP.
00:21:06.16\00:21:09.46
AND THEN WORD GOT OUT - THEY'D
SAY 'BUY YOUR WOOD FROM BACHELOR
00:21:09.50\00:21:12.37
AND BOATWRIGHT, THEY GIVE YOU
A FULL CORD.' AND THEN WE FOUND
00:21:12.40\00:21:16.00
GOD BLESSED US. I
STILL DON'T HAVE LIKE BILL
00:21:16.04\00:21:18.87
GATES BUT, YOU KNOW,
GOD'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
00:21:18.91\00:21:21.51
SO THERE'S A PRINCIPLE THERE
THAT YOU DO UNTO OTHERS AND
00:21:21.54\00:21:24.28
THEY'LL DO UNTO YOU. SO
THE WAY GOD BLESSED US WAS WE
00:21:24.31\00:21:26.05
GOT CUSTOMERS
BECAUSE WE WERE HONORABLE.
00:21:26.08\00:21:28.72
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO
THERE'S A PRINCIPLE THERE BUT
00:21:28.75\00:21:32.25
GOD IS NOT SAYING 'GIVE
AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU'.
00:21:32.29\00:21:34.52
THE WAY THE PROSPERITY CHURCHES
USED THAT - 'GIVE TO OUR
00:21:34.56\00:21:38.96
MINISTRY AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
TO YOU.' WHAT DOES IT DO FOR
00:21:38.99\00:21:44.83
CHRISTIANITY WHEN PEOPLE
LOOK AND THE MINISTERS THAT ARE
00:21:44.87\00:21:49.57
SUPPOSEDLY TALKING ABOUT TAKING
UP YOUR CROSS, DENYING YOURSELF,
00:21:49.60\00:21:51.97
AND FOLLOWING JESUS ARE LIVING
A GILDED, FESTOONED LIFESTYLE.
00:21:52.01\00:21:59.41
IT DOESN'T REALLY DENOTE WHAT
CHRIST IS - CHRIST'S EXAMPLE
00:21:59.45\00:22:04.35
WAS. AND SO,
THEY SAY, 'YOU GIVE TO
00:22:04.39\00:22:06.02
US AND GOD IS GOING TO BLESS YOU
MATERIALLY.' AND YOU'VE ALL SEEN
00:22:06.05\00:22:09.52
IT, YOU KNOW, THE PASTOR SAID
- I REMEMBER THERE WAS A - I AM
00:22:09.56\00:22:13.83
NAMING NAMES BECAUSE I
THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED.
00:22:13.86\00:22:16.50
THERE WAS ONE GUY NAMED BISHOP
IKE AND HE WAS NOTORIOUS FOR
00:22:16.53\00:22:20.27
HAVING THE MOST INCREDIBLE
SCHEMES TO GET YOU TO SEND
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.87
MONEY. AND HE
WOULD SEND OUT HIS APPEAL
00:22:22.90\00:22:27.91
LETTER AND IN HIS APPEAL LETTER,
THERE'D BE - THERE WAS A LITTLE
00:22:27.94\00:22:31.45
PIECE OF PAPER AND IT HAD
THE PRINT OF A RUG ON IT AND IT
00:22:31.48\00:22:36.28
SAID 'SPECIAL PRAYER
RUG'. AND THEN HE GAVE YOU
00:22:36.32\00:22:40.76
INSTRUCTIONS IN THE LETTER,
HE SAID, 'GOD'S GOING TO ANSWER
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.76
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PRAY FOR.
THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO
00:22:42.79\00:22:45.59
GET THAT ANSWER IS YOU'VE GOT TO
REACH IN YOUR WALLET RIGHT NOW,
00:22:45.63\00:22:47.60
TAKE THE LARGEST BILL IN YOUR
WALLET, PUT IT IN THE PRAYER
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.90
RUG, WRAP IT UP QUICKLY, YOU
KNOW, BEFORE IT EXPIRES AND MAIL
00:22:49.93\00:22:54.97
IT BACK TO ME.'
PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE.
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.17
THEY FELL FOR IT.
THERE'S ALL THESE SCAMS.
00:22:57.21\00:22:59.87
HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SOME PASTOR THAT SAYS,
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.91
'WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU OIL -
WATER THAT I'VE BLESSED - OR OIL
00:23:01.94\00:23:05.45
THAT I'VE BLESSED' - THEY
DO BOTH - 'AND THIS IS OIL.
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.52
IT'S OLIVE OIL FROM JERUSALEM
WE'VE BLESSED IT AND YOU
00:23:08.55\00:23:10.99
SPRINKLE THIS ON WHEREVER YOU'RE
SICK AND YOU'LL BE MADE WELL.'
00:23:11.02\00:23:14.26
AND THIS - HAVE
YOU HEARD THESE THINGS?
00:23:14.29\00:23:16.99
ALL THESE SCAMS -
AND PEOPLE GET DESPERATE.
00:23:17.03\00:23:20.43
YOU KNOW, THEY THINK,
'WELL WHAT HAVE I GOT TO LOSE?
00:23:20.46\00:23:21.86
I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING
ELSE. MAYBE THIS WILL WORK.' AND
00:23:21.90\00:23:23.67
THEY MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY. DOES JESUS TALK ABOUT A
00:23:23.70\00:23:27.64
CLASS OF PEOPLE IN HIS DAY?
HE SAYS, 'YOU ROB WIDOW'S HOUSES
00:23:27.67\00:23:31.54
AND MAKE LONG PRAYERS' - ANOTHER
TELEVANGELIST GOT INTO TROUBLE
00:23:31.57\00:23:36.41
- HE WAS VERY POPULAR AND HAD
A BROAD MINISTRY - ROBERT TILTON
00:23:36.44\00:23:41.82
- AND HE WAS ON STAGE AND HE'S
BEGGING AND PLEADING TELLING
00:23:41.85\00:23:45.15
PEOPLE 'LAY YOUR HANDS ON YOUR
TV' AND GOING THROUGH ALL THESE
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.52
STEPS AND HE'D SHOUT
AND HE'S CASTING OUT DEVILS.
00:23:47.56\00:23:49.42
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING
- AND BE MANIPULATING FOLKS TO
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.66
SEND THEIR MONEY AND 'SEND YOUR
PRAYER REQUESTS' AND THEN AT ONE
00:23:52.69\00:23:57.13
OF THESE NEWS AGENCIES DID A
SPECIAL ON HIM AND THEY HAD THE
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.54
PEOPLE TAKING ALL THE MONEY OUT
AND THROWING OUT ALL THE PRAYER
00:24:00.57\00:24:04.04
REQUESTS - THEY HAD THEM
ON CAMERA - THEY WEREN'T EVEN
00:24:04.07\00:24:05.97
READING THE PRAYER REQUESTS -
AND THROWING THEM IN A DUMPSTER.
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.91
AND ONCE HE WAS EXPOSED
HIS MINISTRY JUST FELL INTO
00:24:09.94\00:24:12.95
NOTHING. HE'S STILL OUT THERE
00:24:12.98\00:24:15.58
TRYING TO RESURRECT IT. SO
ONE OF THE GREATEST ENEMIES
00:24:15.62\00:24:20.32
OF THE TRUTH OF GOD IS
COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANS OUT
00:24:20.36\00:24:24.73
THERE, AND COUNTERFEIT
PASTORS THAT EXPLOIT PEOPLE.
00:24:24.76\00:24:28.10
THEY HAD THAT
BACK IN JESUS' DAY.
00:24:28.13\00:24:30.07
OH I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH MY
LIST OF WHAT SOME OF THE FIVE
00:24:30.10\00:24:33.44
FALSE CHARACTERISTICS
ARE OF THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL.
00:24:33.47\00:24:37.31
ONE IS THAT YOU
GIVE SO THAT YOU CAN GET.
00:24:37.34\00:24:40.08
AND I READ YOU LUKE 6 - THERE'S
MARK 10: 29 AND 30, JESUS SAID
00:24:40.11\00:24:44.41
'ASSUREDLY I TELL YOU THAT THERE
IS NO ONE WHO HAS LEFT HOUSES OR
00:24:44.45\00:24:48.65
BROTHERS OR SISTER OR FATHER
OR MOTHER OR WIFE OR CHILDREN OR
00:24:48.68\00:24:51.42
LANDS FOR MY SAKE' - IN THE
GOSPELS - 'WHO SHALL NOT RECEIVE
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.89
A HUNDREDFOLD NOW IN THIS TIME.
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.86
HOUSES' - THIS
IS A VERSE THEY USE.
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.49
YOU FOLLOW EVERYTHING YOU LEAVE
EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW ME AND IN
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.00
THIS LIFE YOU'RE GOING TO GET
A HUNDREDFOLD MORE HOUSES AND
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.70
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MOTHERS
AND CHILDREN AND LANDS - AND
00:25:05.73\00:25:09.07
PERSECUTION - THEY
DON'T EMPHASIZE THAT.
00:25:09.10\00:25:10.87
THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO
GET A HUNDRED TIMES MORE HOUSES.
00:25:10.91\00:25:13.51
WELL, WHAT DID
JESUS MEAN BY THAT?
00:25:13.54\00:25:16.18
HE MEANT 'IF YOU LEAVE
EVERYTHING AND FOLLOW ME YOU
00:25:16.21\00:25:18.01
WILL HAVE A HOME WHEREVER
YOU GO, IN THE CHURCH, BECAUSE
00:25:18.05\00:25:21.68
PEOPLE WILL TAKE YOU IN.' HE
DIDN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
00:25:21.72\00:25:24.52
100 TIMES MORE HOUSE OR A
HUNDRED TIMES MORE HOUSES AND
00:25:24.55\00:25:28.99
YET, THAT'S THE WAY SOME
PROSPERITY PREACHERS WILL TWIST
00:25:29.02\00:25:31.73
THAT. ANY OF YOU HEARD THESE
THINGS? YEAH, THEY CALL IT 'NAME
00:25:31.76\00:25:36.16
IT AND CLAIM IT' THEOLOGY.
ANOTHER ONE IS THE PROSPERITY
00:25:36.20\00:25:40.67
GOSPEL IS FAITH IS A
SELF-GENERATED SPIRITUAL FORCE
00:25:40.70\00:25:44.27
THAT LEADS TO PROSPERITY.
THAT THE PURPOSE OF FAITH IS NOT
00:25:44.31\00:25:48.31
THAT YOU MIGHT BE SAVED FROM SIN
AND LIVE A HOLY LIFE, BUT THE
00:25:48.34\00:25:50.88
PURPOSE OF FAITH IS SO THAT YOU
CAN, BASICALLY, DECLARE WHAT YOU
00:25:50.91\00:25:54.68
THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
AND, BY CONTINUING TO DECLARE
00:25:54.72\00:25:57.62
THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING FAITH
INTO YOUR STATEMENT, AND GOD IS
00:25:57.65\00:26:01.96
REQUIRED TO DO IT
BECAUSE YOU SAID IT.
00:26:01.99\00:26:05.83
AND YOU JUST ARE SUPPOSED TO
PROCLAIM AND DECLARE AND - AND
00:26:05.86\00:26:08.83
REBUKE DISBELIEF AND JUST BE
POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING AND -
00:26:08.86\00:26:12.13
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE VERY POPULAR
PROSPERITY PREACHER, HE - HIS -
00:26:12.17\00:26:17.01
HIS TACTICS ARE NOT AS
MANIPULATING AS SOME THAT ARE
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.48
OUT THERE BUT THE MESSAGES
ARE ALL JUST POSITIVE, POSITIVE,
00:26:21.51\00:26:25.28
POSITIVE, IS JOEL OSTEEN, WHO
HAS A CHURCH IN HOUSTON WITH, I
00:26:25.31\00:26:30.29
DON'T KNOW, SEATS 20,000
- 30,000 PEOPLE THERE IN AN
00:26:30.32\00:26:34.86
AUDITORIUM, BUT - AND
I'VE LISTENED TO SOME OF HIS
00:26:34.89\00:26:37.19
MESSAGES, HE'S ON RADIO AND IT'S
JUST 'GOD'S GOT A GOOD PLAN FOR
00:26:37.23\00:26:41.40
YOU AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
BELIEVE THAT' - AND, AGAIN,
00:26:41.43\00:26:43.63
THERE ARE - THERE IS
SOME TRUTH WOVEN INTO IT.
00:26:43.67\00:26:48.40
I MEAN, CHRIST DID SAY SOME
THINGS THAT TALKED ABOUT - THERE
00:26:48.44\00:26:51.17
WERE SOME POSITIVE MESSAGES.
BUT THE IDEA THAT IF YOU'RE
00:26:51.21\00:26:54.61
SUFFERING IT'S JUST BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH
00:26:54.64\00:26:56.38
ATTITUDE, THAT'S NOT BIBLICAL.
JESUS SAID THE RAIN AND THE
00:26:56.41\00:27:00.98
SUNSHINE COMES TO
EVERYBODY - ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:27:01.02\00:27:04.52
BELIEVER AND UNBELIEVER.
NOW THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
00:27:04.55\00:27:07.39
MY MESSAGE IN OUR SERMON THAT
FOLLOWS IS ADDRESSING SOME OF
00:27:07.42\00:27:10.33
THESE SAME THINGS QUITE BY
COINCIDENCE. ALRIGHT, AND THEN
00:27:10.36\00:27:14.36
THE FIFTH POINT IN THE
PROSPERITY GOSPEL IS THAT PRAYER
00:27:14.40\00:27:19.23
IS A TOOL TO FORCE GOD
TO GRANT YOU PROSPERITY.
00:27:19.27\00:27:22.67
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUOTE - I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.44
THERE'S ANOTHER PREACHER
HIS NAME IS CREFLO DOLLAR -
00:27:24.47\00:27:27.04
INTERESTING NAME FOR A
PROSPERITY PREACHER, DOLLAR.
00:27:27.08\00:27:29.78
AND HE SAID, 'WHEN WE PRAY
BELIEVING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
00:27:29.81\00:27:34.72
RECEIVED WHAT WE ARE PRAYING
FOR, GOD HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.79
MAKE OUR PRAYERS COME TO PASS.
00:27:37.82\00:27:39.85
IT'S A KEY TO GETTING
RESULTS AS A CHRISTIAN.'
00:27:39.89\00:27:42.12
YOU - THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF
PRAYER IS TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.66
GOD IS A BIG SANTA CLAUS UP IN
THE SKY AND YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.23
TO ASK AND HE'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE
AND YOU JUST NEED MORE FAITH.
00:27:47.30\00:27:50.43
AND IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING
IT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.
00:27:50.47\00:27:52.20
AGAIN I DON'T SAY THIS,
I'M SAYING THIS IS WHAT THE
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.90
PROSPERITY GOSPEL TEACHES BUT
IT'S REALLY A GOSPEL OF GREED.
00:27:54.94\00:28:00.31
WHENEVER WE PRAY - JAMES SAYS
WHEN YOU PRAY YOU SHOULD SAY,
00:28:00.34\00:28:02.14
YOU KNOW, 'IF IT'S GOD'S
WILL' - AND DID PAUL GET SICK?
00:28:02.18\00:28:09.18
DID PAUL HAVE A THORN IN
HIS SIDE - SOME AFFLICTION SOME
00:28:09.22\00:28:12.55
MALADY? WE BELIEVE IT
WAS A PHYSICAL PROBLEM.
00:28:12.59\00:28:15.56
MOST SCHOLARS THINK THAT
HE HAD VERY BAD EYESIGHT.
00:28:15.59\00:28:20.43
REMEMBER WHEN HE SAW THE LORD,
HE WAS BLINDED FOR A FEW DAYS
00:28:20.46\00:28:23.26
AND LATER THE
SCALES FELL FROM HIS EYES.
00:28:23.30\00:28:26.10
BUT AS TIME WENT ON,
HE NEVER DID SEE THE SAME.
00:28:26.13\00:28:28.97
HE HAD OTHER PEOPLE WRITE HIS
LETTERS HE WOULD SIGN AND THEN
00:28:29.00\00:28:31.47
HE SAID, 'BEHOLD AND
WHAT BIG CHARACTERS I WRITE'.
00:28:31.51\00:28:34.38
AND WHEN HE WAS STANDING
IN COURT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH
00:28:34.41\00:28:37.81
PRIEST, HE DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW IT WAS THE HIGH PRIEST.
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.85
HE COULDN'T SEE. HE
ALWAYS TRAVELED WITH SOMEBODY
00:28:39.88\00:28:42.42
BECAUSE HIS VISION WAS
SO BAD. AND THAT COULD HAVE
00:28:42.45\00:28:44.92
BEEN THE AFFLICTION.
AND HE SAYS 'I PRAYED THREE
00:28:44.95\00:28:47.42
TIMES THAT GOD WOULD HEAL ME.'
AND HE SAID, 'MY STRENGTH IS
00:28:47.46\00:28:49.49
MADE PERFECT IN
WEAKNESS.' SO WHAT, DID PAUL NOT
00:28:49.52\00:28:52.56
HAVE ENOUGH FAITH?
WHO'S GOING TO ARGUE THAT?
00:28:52.59\00:28:55.83
SO THIS IDEA THAT IF YOU'RE SICK
OR IF YOU'RE POOR YOU JUST DON'T
00:28:55.86\00:28:59.23
HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.
I GUESS THE APOSTLES
00:28:59.27\00:29:01.77
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.
BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL - YOU'VE
00:29:01.80\00:29:06.07
HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'A ROLLING
STONE DOESN'T GATHER MUCH MOSS.'
00:29:06.11\00:29:09.21
WELL THEY WERE ITINERANT.
THEY WENT FROM PLACE TO PLACE
00:29:09.24\00:29:11.35
AND THEY WERE NOT
WEALTHY IN THIS WORLD'S THINGS.
00:29:11.38\00:29:16.55
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SECTION - OH
I READ A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE BY
00:29:16.58\00:29:21.26
AMERICAN MYTHOS AND IT SHOWED
THAT 82 PERCENT OF AMERICANS
00:29:21.29\00:29:25.43
THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE
MATERIALISTIC AND 77 PERCENT
00:29:25.46\00:29:29.13
SAID THAT THEY
ARE SELF-INDULGENT.
00:29:29.16\00:29:32.30
I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, THAT
MOST PEOPLE ARE MATERIALISTIC.
00:29:32.33\00:29:38.77
I'M CONVICTED ALL THE
TIME. I HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF.
00:29:38.81\00:29:42.78
ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE?
YOU CAN BECOME A SLAVE TO YOUR
00:29:42.81\00:29:46.35
STUFF SO YOU CAN'T DO MISSION
WORK FOR JESUS BECAUSE YOU'VE
00:29:46.38\00:29:49.18
GOT TO STAY HOME AND
TAKE CARE OF YOUR STAFF.
00:29:49.22\00:29:51.12
AND CHRIST SAID, OF COURSE, A
MAN'S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN
00:29:51.15\00:29:55.36
THE ABUNDANCE OF
THINGS THAT HE POSSESSES.
00:29:55.39\00:30:00.86
BLURRED SPIRITUAL EYESIGHT IS
THE NEXT SECTION AND WE'RE GOING
00:30:00.90\00:30:04.57
TO BEGIN WITH A QUOTE, HERE,
FROM THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY .
00:30:04.60\00:30:09.34
THIS IS FROM THE BOOK SPIRITUAL
GIFTS , PAGE 267 - THIS IS IN
00:30:09.37\00:30:13.07
YOUR LESSON - "SOME LOVE THIS
WORLD SO MUCH THAT IT SWALLOWS
00:30:13.11\00:30:16.75
UP THEIR LOVE FOR THE
TRUTH. AS THEIR TREASURES HERE
00:30:16.78\00:30:20.65
INCREASE, THEIR INTEREST IN THE
HEAVENLY TREASURES DECREASES.
00:30:20.68\00:30:25.05
THE MORE THEY POSSESS THIS WORLD
THE MORE CLOSELY THEY DO HUG IT
00:30:25.09\00:30:29.09
TO THEM AS THEY FEAR - AS IF
FEARFUL THEIR COVETED TREASURE
00:30:29.12\00:30:34.00
WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THEM.
THE MORE THEY POSSESS THE LESS
00:30:34.03\00:30:37.13
THEY DO - THEY HAVE
TO BESTOW UPON OTHERS.
00:30:37.17\00:30:40.64
THE MORE THEY HAVE
THE POORER THEY FEEL.
00:30:40.67\00:30:43.54
OH THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES!
THEY WILL NOT SEE AND FEEL
00:30:43.57\00:30:47.11
THE WANT OF THE CAUSE OF GOD."
POOR PEOPLE, STATISTICALLY, GIVE
00:30:47.14\00:30:53.21
A BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF
WHAT THEY HAVE THAN RICH PEOPLE.
00:30:53.25\00:30:56.12
YOU WOULD THINK RICH PEOPLE
WOULD GIVE MORE, BUT IT'S BEEN
00:30:56.15\00:30:59.15
PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT
POOR PEOPLE WILL GIVE A BIGGER
00:30:59.19\00:31:03.83
PERCENTAGE THAN RICH. YOU
KNOW, I THINK I QUOTED THIS
00:31:03.86\00:31:10.00
TO YOU LAST WEEK, BEN FRANKLIN
SAID THAT ABUNDANCE DESTROYS
00:31:10.03\00:31:13.60
MORE PEOPLE THAN POVERTY.
AND WE CAN GET COMFORTABLE WITH
00:31:13.64\00:31:19.07
HAVING EVERYTHING - ALL OF OUR
EARTHLY NEEDS NET - ALL OF OUR
00:31:19.11\00:31:23.51
EARTHLY NEEDS MET SO WE
DON'T REALLY PRAY, 'GIVE ME
00:31:23.55\00:31:26.65
THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD'.
MOST OF YOU WHEN YOU PRAY 'GIVE
00:31:26.68\00:31:29.65
ME THIS DAY MY DAILY BREAD'
- YOU KNOW IT'S MORE A RITUAL.
00:31:29.68\00:31:32.22
YOU'RE NOT REALLY
THINKING, 'WILL I EAT TODAY?'
00:31:32.25\00:31:34.09
WELL, MAYBE SOME OF YOU,
BUT MOST OF YOU, YOU'RE PRETTY
00:31:34.12\00:31:37.16
COMFORTABLE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO EAT.
00:31:37.19\00:31:38.79
SO THE POOR PEOPLE OFTEN REALLY
HAVE TO TURN TO GOD AND THIS WAS
00:31:38.83\00:31:42.80
A WARNING THE LORD
GAVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:31:42.83\00:31:44.87
HE SAID 'WHEN YOU COME INTO THE
PROMISED LAND DON'T JUST SAY 'OH
00:31:44.90\00:31:48.00
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
MY HOUSES AND MY LANDS AND MY
00:31:48.04\00:31:52.57
ORCHARDS AND MY WELLS AND
EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL'' AND
00:31:52.61\00:31:55.24
YOU FORGET ABOUT THE LORD.
AND SO THAT CAN HAPPEN TO US.
00:31:55.28\00:32:00.05
YOU KNOW ONE REASON I THINK THAT
GOD ALLOWS TRIALS TO COME ON A
00:32:00.08\00:32:03.72
NATION IS TO HELP THEM
RECOGNIZE THEIR NEED OF GOD.
00:32:03.75\00:32:07.89
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE - WHEN WE ARE
SWIMMING IN ABUNDANCE WE TEND TO
00:32:07.92\00:32:13.03
FORGET TO PRAY. KNOWING YOU HAVE
A NEED CAN DRIVE YOU TO PRAYER.
00:32:13.06\00:32:19.20
MATTHEW 13 -
JESUS TELLS A PARABLE.
00:32:19.23\00:32:21.94
MATTHEW 13, VERSE 3, "HE
SPOKE TO THEM IN MANY THINGS IN
00:32:21.97\00:32:26.84
PARABLES SAYING, 'BEHOLD A SOWER
WENT OUT TO SOW AND AS HE SOWED,
00:32:26.88\00:32:30.61
SOME OF THE SEED FELL BY THE
WAYSIDE AND THE BIRDS CAME AND
00:32:30.65\00:32:34.12
DEVOURED THEM. SOME
FELL ON STONY PLACES WHERE
00:32:34.15\00:32:37.22
THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH EARTH AND
IMMEDIATELY THEY SPRANG UP BUT
00:32:37.25\00:32:40.56
BECAUSE THEY HAD NO DEPTH OF
EARTH, BUT WHEN THE SUN CAME UP
00:32:40.59\00:32:43.16
IT WAS SCORCHED AND BECAUSE THEY
HAD NO ROOT THEY WITHERED AWAY."
00:32:43.19\00:32:46.56
NOW HERE'S THE PART I WANT
YOU TO NOTICE: "AND SOME OF THE
00:32:46.59\00:32:49.23
SEED" - GOOD SEED - "IT FELL
AMONG THE THORNS AND THE THORNS
00:32:49.26\00:32:53.00
SPRANG UP AND CHOKED THEM.
BUT THE OTHERS FELL ON GOOD
00:32:53.03\00:32:57.11
GROUND AND IT YIELDED
A CROP SOME A HUNDREDFOLD
00:32:57.14\00:33:00.34
SOME 60 SOME 30. HE
WHO HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR."
00:33:00.38\00:33:04.81
LATER THEY CAME TO JESUS
AND HE EXPLAINS THE PARABLE.
00:33:04.85\00:33:07.48
NOW THAT THIRD BATCH OF SEED
THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, IT SAID
00:33:07.52\00:33:11.79
"HE WHO RECEIVED THE SEED AMONG
THE THORNS IS HE WHO HEARS THE
00:33:11.82\00:33:16.02
WORD OF GOD AND THE CARES OF
THIS WORLD AND THE DECEITFULNESS
00:33:16.06\00:33:21.30
OF RICHES CHOKE THE WORD
AND HE BECOMES UNFRUITFUL."
00:33:21.33\00:33:27.50
MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE
FRUIT BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT.
00:33:27.54\00:33:29.60
WHY? THE
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES.
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.57
WHAT IS THE
DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES?
00:33:32.61\00:33:37.71
TELL ME WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT'S THE DECEITFULNESS OF
00:33:37.75\00:33:40.22
RICHES? THAT
SOMEHOW, IF YOU HAVE
00:33:40.25\00:33:44.92
ENOUGH, YOU'LL BE
SATISFIED. YOU MAY NOT BE HOLY.
00:33:44.95\00:33:49.52
YOU MAY NOT BE READY FOR HEAVEN
BUT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND WE
00:33:49.56\00:33:55.03
FIGURE THAT IF WE'RE
COMFORTABLE, WELL THAT'S GOOD
00:33:55.06\00:33:57.10
ENOUGH. RICHES CAN
BE DECEITFUL THAT WAY
00:33:57.13\00:34:00.17
AND WE BECOME
UNFRUITFUL IN THE WORK OF GOD.
00:34:00.20\00:34:03.71
JESUS SAID - DOESN'T THE
BIBLE SAY THAT - SPEAKING OF THE
00:34:03.74\00:34:08.11
SECOND COMING - 'PRAY ALWAYS
THAT WE MIGHT ESCAPE ALL THESE
00:34:08.14\00:34:12.71
THINGS AND GUARD, LEST OUR
HEARTS BE OVER CHARGED WITH
00:34:12.75\00:34:17.12
EATING, DRINKING, AND
THE CARES OF THIS LIFE.'
00:34:17.15\00:34:19.65
WE CAN GET SO PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE CARES OF THIS LIFE
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.62
THAT THAT DAY
OVERTAKES US AS A THIEF.
00:34:21.66\00:34:24.23
NOW THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION HERE
THAT TALKS ABOUT COVETOUSNESS.
00:34:24.26\00:34:29.76
GENESIS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1
- HOW DID SIN ENTER OUR WORLD?
00:34:29.80\00:34:37.44
BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS DISSATISFIED
WITH WHAT GOD HAD PROVIDED.
00:34:37.47\00:34:43.08
GENESIS 3:1, "NOW THE SERPENT
WAS MORE CUNNING THAN ANY BEAST
00:34:43.11\00:34:46.82
OF THE FIELD WHICH
THE LORD GOD HAD MADE.
00:34:46.85\00:34:49.62
AND HE SAID TO THE WOMAN, 'HAS
GOD INDEED SAID, 'YOU SHALL NOT
00:34:49.65\00:34:52.89
EAT OF EVERY
TREE IN THE GARDEN'?'
00:34:52.92\00:34:55.16
AND THE WOMAN SAID TO THE
SERPENT, 'WE'RE FREE TO EAT FROM
00:34:55.19\00:34:57.19
THE FRUIT OF THE TREES IN THE
GARDEN, BUT OF THE FRUIT OF THE
00:34:57.23\00:35:00.06
TREE THAT'S IN THE MIDST OF THE
GARDEN GOD HAD SAID 'YOU SHALL
00:35:00.10\00:35:03.23
NOT EAT IT. NOR
SHALL YOU TOUCH IT LEST YOU
00:35:03.26\00:35:05.67
DIE.' THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO
THE WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY
00:35:05.70\00:35:09.90
DIE FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE
DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.94
WILL BE OPENED AND YOU WILL
BE LIKE GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND
00:35:12.97\00:35:15.58
EVIL.' SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW
THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR" -
00:35:15.61\00:35:19.15
WELL, I WANT TO STOP
BEFORE I GET TO THAT PART.
00:35:19.18\00:35:22.28
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT YOU'D
BE BROUGHT - IF YOU'RE BROUGHT
00:35:22.32\00:35:26.52
IN TO A STORE AND YOU'RE TOLD
YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING IN THE
00:35:26.55\00:35:30.83
STORE, YOU SAY, 'OH,
THAT'S WONDERFUL.' BUT THEN THE
00:35:30.86\00:35:32.99
PROPRIETOR SAYS, 'EXCEPT THAT
ONE ITEM THERE.' ALL OF A SUDDEN
00:35:33.03\00:35:36.63
YOU BECOME
INTRIGUED BY THAT ONE ITEM.
00:35:36.67\00:35:40.90
IF THERE IS ONE THING YOU CAN'T
HAVE AND YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING
00:35:40.94\00:35:43.27
ELSE, YOU BECOME INTRIGUED BY -
YOU ALMOST START TO DESIRE THAT
00:35:43.30\00:35:46.44
ONE THING. YOU START
TO WONDER WHY CAN'T I
00:35:46.47\00:35:48.04
HAVE THAT ONE
THING?' AND THAT'S WHERE
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.08
COVETOUSNESS COMES
IN. NOW, HOW MANY KNOW
00:35:50.11\00:35:52.35
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT?
IF YOU'RE GOING TO QUOTE THE
00:35:52.38\00:35:57.09
TENTH COMMANDMENT, MOST PEOPLE
SAY THOU SHALT NOT COVET' - BUT
00:35:57.12\00:35:59.79
IT'S LONGER THAN THAT ISN'T IT.
'THOU SHALT NOT COVET' - WHAT?
00:35:59.82\00:36:05.66
'THY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, THY
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, HIS MANSERVANT,
00:36:05.69\00:36:09.96
HIS MAIDSERVANT, HIS
CATTLE OR ANYTHING THAT IS YOUR
00:36:10.00\00:36:12.17
NEIGHBORS.' AND SO IT'S NOT JUST
00:36:12.20\00:36:17.01
COVETING YOUR NEIGHBORS THINGS.
IT'S COVETING YOUR NEIGHBORS
00:36:17.04\00:36:22.48
PEOPLE - MANSERVANT,
MAIDSERVANT - HIS WIFE.
00:36:22.51\00:36:26.35
HOW DID DAVID GET INTO TROUBLE
- THE BIG TROUBLE HE GOT INTO?
00:36:26.38\00:36:31.95
HE LOOKED OVER THE FENCE -
HE WAS UP ON THE ROOF AND LOOKED
00:36:31.99\00:36:34.99
ACROSS THE FENCE INTO THE
COURTYARD OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S
00:36:35.02\00:36:37.33
HOUSE WHERE HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
WAS TAKING A BATH AND HE WASN'T
00:36:37.36\00:36:40.83
SATISFIED WITH THE
TEN WIVES THAT HE HAD.
00:36:40.86\00:36:45.07
ISN'T THAT AMAZING? HE
HAD TEN BUT THERE WAS ONE
00:36:45.10\00:36:48.10
OVER THE FENCE HE DIDN'T HAVE
AND HE WAS WILLING TO KILL THAT
00:36:48.14\00:36:52.54
NEIGHBOR WHO WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF
HIS MIGHTY MEN TO TAKE THE WIFE.
00:36:52.57\00:36:57.41
HE BECAME DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT
HE DID HAVE BECAUSE HE WANTED
00:36:57.45\00:37:01.72
SOMETHING HE DIDN'T
HAVE. NOW HOW DOES THE DEVIL
00:37:01.75\00:37:07.26
WORK TO GET US TO
BUY? YOU KNOW HOW MARKETING
00:37:07.29\00:37:12.76
WORKS OFTEN IN THE WORLD?
THEY MAKE YOU DISSATISFIED WITH
00:37:12.79\00:37:18.13
WHAT YOU DO HAVE AND THEY
SAY YOU'LL ONLY BE SATISFIED IF
00:37:18.17\00:37:21.37
YOU TAKE OR BUY OR ACQUIRE.
WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IN FOUR EASY
00:37:21.40\00:37:26.21
PAYMENTS - GET YOUR CREDIT
CARD OUT NOW - YOU DESERVE THIS.
00:37:26.24\00:37:31.25
YOU EVER HEARD
THAT ON THE COMMERCIAL?
00:37:31.28\00:37:32.81
'YOU DESERVE THIS' - AND
YOU THINK 'WHY DO I DESERVE THAT
00:37:32.85\00:37:36.95
BETTER PILLOW?' - 'I DESERVE IT.
00:37:36.99\00:37:43.22
YEAH I SHOULD GO INTO DEBT
AND GET IT BECAUSE I DESERVE IT.
00:37:43.26\00:37:45.86
I WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY UNTIL I
FOUND OUT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE
00:37:45.89\00:37:50.60
OF THOSE.' AND THEN THEY'LL
SAY 'YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE IT AND
00:37:50.63\00:37:55.40
THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL.' AND WHY
- 'YOU MEAN MY NEIGHBORS HAVE
00:37:55.44\00:37:59.04
SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE?
WOW, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?'
00:37:59.07\00:38:02.04
AND SO THEY CREATE THIS SENSE
OF DISSATISFACTION AND THE DEVIL
00:38:02.08\00:38:06.68
SAYS, 'OH, YOU MIGHT BE LIVING
IN PARADISE NOW AND YOU MIGHT
00:38:06.72\00:38:10.05
THINK ALL OF THIS FOOD AND
EVERYTHING ELSE TASTES GREAT,
00:38:10.09\00:38:12.79
BUT THERE'S ONE THING YOU
HAVEN'T TASTED YET AND YOU DON'T
00:38:12.82\00:38:15.46
KNOW EVERYTHING YOU CAN KNOW AND
THERE IS AN EXPERIENCE OUT THERE
00:38:15.49\00:38:17.89
WAITING FOR YOU. REAL
SATISFACTION BUT YOU'RE
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.30
ONLY GOING TO GET IT IF YOU EAT
FROM THIS TREE.' AND EVEN THOUGH
00:38:20.33\00:38:23.20
ADAM AND EVE COULD EAT FROM
EVERYTHING ELSE AND HOW MANY
00:38:23.23\00:38:25.63
TREES YOU THINK THERE
WERE IN THE GARDEN BESIDES THAT
00:38:25.67\00:38:27.47
ONE FORBIDDEN TREE?
THOUSANDS - LOOK AT ALL THE
00:38:27.50\00:38:30.74
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
TREES IN THE WORLD TODAY.
00:38:30.77\00:38:33.41
AND THIS IS GOD'S GARDEN.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WALKING - YOU
00:38:33.44\00:38:35.88
KNOW, GOD'S GARDEN MIGHT
HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS MONTANA.
00:38:35.91\00:38:39.58
WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG
THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS.
00:38:39.61\00:38:41.82
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS
OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREES IN
00:38:41.85\00:38:44.25
THERE INCLUDING
THE TREE OF LIFE.
00:38:44.29\00:38:45.89
YOU CAN EAT FROM
THE TREE OF LIFE.
00:38:45.92\00:38:48.16
BUT THE DEVIL PLANTED A
DISSATISFACTION IN EVE'S HEART
00:38:48.19\00:38:52.53
AND, I GUESS, LATER ADAM'S.
THERE IS ONE THING YOU CAN'T
00:38:52.56\00:38:55.23
HAVE AND YOU'RE MISSING
OUT - AND SHE BEGAN TO COVET
00:38:55.26\00:38:58.77
THAT WHICH WAS FORBIDDEN.
NOW IS IT WRONG TO WANT A HOUSE?
00:38:58.80\00:39:06.27
IS IT WRONG TO WANT
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE?
00:39:06.31\00:39:09.11
(LAUGHTER) I WAS GOING TO SAY,
IF THERE'S A FOR SALE SIGN IN
00:39:09.14\00:39:13.72
FRONT OF IT IS NOT WRONG.
HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER SEEN YOUR
00:39:13.75\00:39:18.62
NEIGHBOR GOT A NEW CAR
AND YOU THOUGHT, 'WOW'?
00:39:18.65\00:39:21.59
AND IN YOUR LITTLE HEART YOU'RE
THINKING 'I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT
00:39:21.62\00:39:24.39
CAR.' I MEAN, YOU AREN'T GOING
TO STEAL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAR,
00:39:24.43\00:39:27.56
BUT IT CREATED A
DESIRE WITHIN YOU.
00:39:27.60\00:39:31.10
I'M GOING TO INTERPRET
YOUR SMILES THAT THAT'S A YES.
00:39:31.13\00:39:35.87
NOW IT'S NOT WRONG
TO DESIRE SOMETHING.
00:39:35.90\00:39:38.21
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLACE IN THE
BIBLE WE'RE COMMANDED - WE ARE
00:39:38.24\00:39:40.48
COMMANDED TO COVET. IT
SAYS COVET EARNESTLY THE BEST
00:39:40.51\00:39:44.91
GIFTS BUT IS IT TALKING
ABOUT PHYSICAL GIFTS OR IS PAUL
00:39:44.95\00:39:48.48
TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL
GIFTS? SO WHAT SHOULD WE
00:39:48.52\00:39:52.29
COVET THE MOST? THE
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT - LOVE,
00:39:52.32\00:39:55.49
JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS,
FAITH - RIGHT? WE SHOULD
00:39:55.52\00:39:58.59
COVET THOSE GIFTS.
WELL WE OFTEN COVET
00:39:58.63\00:40:00.56
MATERIAL THINGS.
IT'S NOT WRONG TO
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.80
WANT SOMETHING. IT'S
NOT WRONG TO WANT A HOUSE.
00:40:02.83\00:40:04.50
IT'S NOT WRONG TO WANT A CAR
IT'S NOT WRONG TO WANT A WIFE OR
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.30
A HUSBAND, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T
BE WANTING WHAT IS NOT YOURS TO
00:40:07.34\00:40:11.97
WANT AND THAT'S SIN -
BECOMING DISSATISFIED.
00:40:12.01\00:40:15.54
AND THEN THE DEVIL SAID
'OH, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE YOU
00:40:15.58\00:40:19.95
HAPPY.' "THE WOMAN SAW THE TREE
WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, PLEASANT TO
00:40:19.98\00:40:22.92
THE EYES AND TRUE
DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE."
00:40:22.95\00:40:25.65
YOU NOTICE THERE'S THREE AREAS:
LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.52
THE EYES, AND THE PRIDE OF
LIFE. THAT'S WHERE EVE FELL.
00:40:28.56\00:40:31.99
THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS OF
- ALL SIN CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN
00:40:32.03\00:40:35.33
THOSE THREE AREAS AND THESE
ARE THE THREE AREAS WHERE JESUS
00:40:35.36\00:40:39.27
OVERCAME SO THAT WE
CAN OVERCOME ANY SIN.
00:40:39.30\00:40:44.47
SHE TOOK IT AND SHE ATE IT.
AND BEFORE THE ILL EFFECTS CAME
00:40:44.51\00:40:48.64
SHE THOUGHT, 'OH, WOW, THIS
IS EXHILARATING.' SHE GAVE IT
00:40:48.68\00:40:51.91
TO HER HUSBAND AND HE ATE.
AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEY
00:40:51.95\00:40:55.02
REALLY THOUGHT THERE
WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.32
AND LOOK AT ALL THE MISERY THAT
CAME INTO OUR WORLD BECAUSE OF
00:40:57.35\00:40:59.59
COVETING SOMETHING THAT WAS
FORBIDDEN EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD
00:40:59.62\00:41:03.73
EVERYTHING ELSE SUPPLIED.
COVETOUSNESS IS JUST REALLY IT'S
00:41:03.76\00:41:10.33
THE DEVIL'S MEANS OF
MAKING US DISSATISFIED.
00:41:10.37\00:41:14.77
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SAY PAUL
SAID 'I HAVE LEARNED IN WHATEVER
00:41:14.80\00:41:17.81
STATE I AM TO BE CONTENT. I
HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ABOUND.'?
00:41:17.84\00:41:22.18
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN PAUL
STAYED IN A PALACE AND THEN A
00:41:22.21\00:41:24.61
LOT OF TIME PAUL
STAYED IN A PRISON.
00:41:24.65\00:41:26.65
HE SAID 'I'VE LEARNED TO BE
CONTENT IN THE PRISON AND THE
00:41:26.68\00:41:28.48
PALACE. I HAVE
LEARNED WHEREVER GOD HAS
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.39
ME, IF I AM IN THE
WILL OF GOD, I AM SATISFIED.
00:41:30.42\00:41:33.89
BUT IF YOU'RE ALWAYS
DISSATISFIED - DOES SHOPPING
00:41:33.92\00:41:36.42
MAKE YOU HAPPY? FOR
A LITTLE WHILE, HUH?
00:41:36.46\00:41:41.30
UNTIL YOU GET THE
BILL? BUT IT DOESN'T LAST.
00:41:41.33\00:41:46.27
ANOTHER STORY IN THE BIBLE
ON THIS 1 KINGS 21 - THIS IS IN
00:41:46.30\00:41:50.31
YOUR LESSON. YOU KNOW
THE STORY OF A NABOTH'S
00:41:50.34\00:41:52.71
VINEYARD NEXT TO AHAB'S PALACE?
HE HAD A CITIZEN NAMED NABOTH,
00:41:52.74\00:41:57.95
WHO HAD A VINEYARD AND HE
HAD A THOUGHT, 'BOY, I'D LIKE TO
00:41:57.98\00:42:01.18
EXPAND MY GARDEN
BUT I NEED MORE ROOM.
00:42:01.22\00:42:02.95
IF NABOTH WOULD SELL ME HIS
VINEYARD I CAN PLOW UP ALL THE
00:42:02.98\00:42:07.12
GRAPES AND PLANT MY HERBS - PUT
MY VEGETABLE GARDEN IN.' THERE'S
00:42:07.16\00:42:10.96
SOMETHING WRONG WITH PLOWING UP
GRAPES AND PUTTING IN PARSNIPS.
00:42:10.99\00:42:16.10
BUT ANYWAY SO HE GOES TO NABOTH
AND HE SAYS 'HEY, SELL ME YOUR
00:42:16.13\00:42:19.47
VINEYARD IF - YOU KNOW, I'LL
PAY YOU MONEY - I'M THE KING.
00:42:19.50\00:42:21.67
IF YOU DON'T WANT MONEY' - HE
SAYS - 'I'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER
00:42:21.70\00:42:23.84
VINEYARD. WHATEVER YOU WANT.
00:42:23.87\00:42:24.87
YOU TELL ME. AND NABOTH SAID TO
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.64
THE KING, 'SORRY AHAB. YOU
KNOW THE LAW SAID THAT THIS
00:42:26.68\00:42:29.78
IS MY FAMILY INHERITANCE
AND I CANNOT SELL IT.
00:42:29.81\00:42:33.01
IT'S GOING TO GO ON THROUGH OUR
FAMILY IT'LL GO TO MY FIRST BORN
00:42:33.05\00:42:35.48
AND SO ON.' AND AHAB WAS SO
UNHAPPY BY THAT - IT SAYS HE
00:42:35.52\00:42:41.89
LAID DOWN ON HIS BED HE
TURNED HIS FACE TO THE WALL.
00:42:41.92\00:42:44.33
HE WOULD NOT EAT.
JEZEBEL, HIS WIFE CAME TO HIM
00:42:44.36\00:42:47.00
AND SAID 'WHY IS
YOUR SPIRITS SO SULLEN?
00:42:47.03\00:42:49.36
- YOU'RE POUTING - A KING
POUTING - 'YOU EAT NO FOOD.' -
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.87
HE SAID, 'BECAUSE I SPOKE TO THE
NABOTH THE JEZREELITE AND I SAID
00:42:52.90\00:42:55.10
TO HIM, 'GIVE ME YOUR VINEYARD
FOR MONEY OR ELSE, IF IT PLEASE
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.41
YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER
VINEYARD.' HE SAID, I'LL NOT
00:42:57.44\00:42:59.44
GIVE YOU MY VINEYARD.'
AND YOU KNOW WHAT JEZEBEL DID?
00:42:59.47\00:43:03.24
SHE SAID, 'AREN'T YOU THE KING?
LET ME BORROW YOUR SIGNET RING.'
00:43:03.28\00:43:06.68
AND SHE MADE A FEAST AND
SHE INVITED PEOPLE AND SHE SET
00:43:06.72\00:43:10.02
NABOTH THERE AT THE FEAST AND
SHE HAD HIRED SOME SCOUNDRELS
00:43:10.05\00:43:13.25
WHO SAID 'NABOTH HAS CURSED
GOD AND THE KING.' AND THEY DRUG
00:43:13.29\00:43:17.46
NABOTH OUT AND STONED
HIM TO DEATH SO THAT AHAB
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.86
COULD TAKE HIS
VINEYARD. NOW WAS AHAB HAPPY?
00:43:20.90\00:43:25.30
HE WAS HAPPY FOR A LITTLE
WHILE HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE
00:43:25.33\00:43:28.07
VINEYARD SAYING 'YEAH I'LL PUT
MY RADISHES HERE AND I'LL PUT,
00:43:28.10\00:43:31.31
YOU KNOW, MY SQUASH OVER HERE'
AND ELIJAH SHOWED UP AND AHAB
00:43:31.34\00:43:37.28
SAID, 'HAVE YOU
FOUND ME MY ENEMY?'
00:43:37.31\00:43:40.35
AND HE SAID YOU'RE ONLY
GOD'S ENEMY BECAUSE YOU'VE SOLD
00:43:40.38\00:43:42.25
YOURSELF TO DO WICKEDNESS.' HE
SAID 'THE PLACE WHERE THE DOGS
00:43:42.28\00:43:46.35
ARE LICKING THE BLOOD OF NABOTH,
THEY'RE GOING TO LICK YOUR
00:43:46.39\00:43:48.79
BLOOD.' SO HE GOT NABOTH'S
VINEYARD BUT IT SAYS HE WENT OUT
00:43:48.82\00:43:53.73
AFTER THAT AND HE WAS
SAD. HE CLOTHED HIMSELF
00:43:53.76\00:43:57.40
WITH SACKCLOTH. HE
REALIZED HE'D DONE A TERRIBLE
00:43:57.43\00:43:59.83
THING AND JUDGMENT
WAS GOING TO COME TO HIM.
00:43:59.87\00:44:01.80
IT DIDN'T SATISFY.
SO WHEN WE GET SOMETHING
00:44:01.84\00:44:05.47
FORBIDDEN THAT WE'RE COVETING,
DOES IT REALLY MAKE US HAPPY?
00:44:05.51\00:44:09.94
DID BATHSHEBA - THAT
WHOLE AFFAIR - DID IT MAKE DAVID
00:44:09.98\00:44:13.95
REALLY HAPPY OR DID IT BRING
ALL KINDS OF HEARTACHE AND DEATH
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.25
INTO HIS FAMILY? >>HEARTACHE.
00:44:16.28\00:44:18.42
>>WHEN YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING
FORBIDDEN THAT YOU'RE COVETING -
00:44:18.45\00:44:21.06
SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T
COVET - SHOULD YOU GET AT IT, IT
00:44:21.09\00:44:24.19
WILL NOT SATISFY. YOU
KNOW, THERE'S A SONG WE USED
00:44:24.23\00:44:26.76
TO SING: ONLY JESUS
CAN SATISFY YOUR SOUL .
00:44:26.80\00:44:30.17
THERE'S AN EMPTY SPOT IN OUR
HEARTS AND IT IS NOT SATISFIED
00:44:30.20\00:44:33.00
BY THE ABUNDANCE OF THINGS.
IT'S ONLY SATISFIED BY CHRIST.
00:44:33.03\00:44:36.14
ALRIGHT, GREED - I'M GOING
TO TRY AND SAVE A COUPLE MINUTES
00:44:36.17\00:44:40.18
FOR QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING
IN - TALKING ABOUT GREED HERE.
00:44:40.21\00:44:43.88
ISAIAH 56 SAYS 'YES THEY
ARE GREEDY DOGS THAT NEVER HAVE
00:44:43.91\00:44:47.75
ENOUGH THEY'RE SHEPHERDS WHO
CANNOT UNDERSTAND' - THAT'S LIKE
00:44:47.78\00:44:51.45
THE PROSPERITY PREACHERS
-'THEY ALL LOOK TO HIS OWN WAY -
00:44:51.49\00:44:54.89
EVERYONE FOR HIS OWN GAIN FROM
HIS OWN TERRITORY.' IT'S ALL
00:44:54.92\00:44:58.59
ABOUT 'WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME?'
ALRIGHT, SOMEONE IS GOING TO
00:44:58.63\00:45:02.23
READ, FOR ME, 1 TIMOTHY'S 6:10 -
OKAY, MANJEET, YOU'LL HAVE THAT?
00:45:02.26\00:45:05.77
I'LL - YOU'RE -
YOU'RE NEXT, THEN.
00:45:05.80\00:45:08.14
I'M GOING TO READ
JAMES 4, VERSES 1 AND 2.
00:45:08.17\00:45:11.47
"WHERE DO WARS AND
FIGHTINGS COME FROM YOU?
00:45:11.51\00:45:14.41
DO THEY NOT COME FROM YOUR
DESIRE FOR PLEASURE THAT WAR IN
00:45:14.44\00:45:17.45
YOUR MEMBERS IN YOUR SOUL?
YOU LUST AND YOU DO NOT HAVE;
00:45:17.48\00:45:20.68
YOU MURDER, YOU COVET. YOU
CANNOT OBTAIN. YOU FIGHT AND YOU
00:45:20.72\00:45:24.19
WAR, YET YOU DO NOT
HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK".
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.96
AND THEN HE SAYS 'AND YOU ASK
AND YOU DON'T RECEIVE BECAUSE
00:45:26.99\00:45:29.62
YOU ASK FOR THE WRONG REASON
THAT YOU MIGHT CONSUME IT UPON
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.83
YOUR LUSTS.' WE
QUOTED THAT EARLIER.
00:45:31.86\00:45:34.20
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US,
PLEASE, 1 TIMOTHY 6:10.
00:45:34.20\00:45:37.53
>>"FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE
ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL, FOR
00:45:37.57\00:45:41.30
WHICH SOME HAVE STRAYED FROM
THE FAITH IN THE GREEDINESS AND
00:45:41.34\00:45:46.31
PIERCED THEMSELVES
THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS."
00:45:46.34\00:45:50.95
>>SO WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE THINGS
THAT THEY COVET AND THEY'RE
00:45:50.98\00:45:55.15
COVETING FORBIDDEN THINGS, THEY
PIERCE THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH
00:45:55.18\00:45:58.75
MANY SORROWS. HAVE
YOU EVER MET SOMEBODY WHO
00:45:58.79\00:46:01.89
LOST EVERYTHING IN
GAMBLING? LOVE OF MONEY.
00:46:01.92\00:46:05.29
GAMBLING IS USUALLY
ABOUT GET RICH QUICK.
00:46:05.33\00:46:06.90
WELL, WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS CAME
IN AND THEN SOME OF THESE HAVE
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.90
COME IN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
WATCHING LIVE; OTHERS MAYBE CAME
00:46:09.93\00:46:13.03
IN FROM FACEBOOK
PEOPLE. PASTOR ROSS YOU GOT
00:46:13.07\00:46:15.24
SOME QUESTIONS THERE. >>WE DO.
00:46:15.27\00:46:18.54
WE WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS
FOR TYPING IN YOUR QUESTION AND
00:46:18.57\00:46:22.41
WE'LL TRY AND ANSWER AS MANY AS
WE CAN TODAY AND, IF NOT, WE'LL
00:46:22.44\00:46:24.31
KEEP GOING MAYBE NEXT TIME
TO ANSWER SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
00:46:24.35\00:46:27.52
FIRST QUESTION WE HAVE
'IS STRIVING FOR SUCCESS
00:46:27.55\00:46:30.22
COVETOUSNESS?'
>>NO, I THINK WE - WE ALL
00:46:30.25\00:46:36.26
WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT'S THE OP - WHAT'S THE
00:46:36.29\00:46:38.29
OPPOSITE OF STRIVING FOR
SUCCESS? STRIVING FOR FAILURE.
00:46:38.33\00:46:43.00
I MEAN DOES THE LORD
WANT US TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
00:46:43.03\00:46:46.00
ARE THERE PROMISES IN THE
BIBLE THAT IF WE FOLLOW CERTAIN
00:46:46.03\00:46:49.10
CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES - THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT 'BE DILIGENT IN YOUR
00:46:49.14\00:46:54.01
BUSINESS AND YOU WILL STAND
BEFORE KINGS AND NOT BEFORE MEAN
00:46:54.04\00:46:57.98
MEN.' - I THINK THE WORD 'MEAN'
MEANS A PEOPLE OF LOW ESTATE IN
00:46:58.01\00:47:01.72
THE KING JAMES VERSION.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOTTOS OF
00:47:01.75\00:47:04.55
BEN FRANKLIN THAT HE WOULD
BE DILIGENT IN HIS BUSINESS - HE
00:47:04.59\00:47:07.69
WAS A VERY INDUSTRIOUS MAN AND
HE SAID 'I LIVE BY THIS RULE'.
00:47:07.72\00:47:11.63
HIS PARENTS WERE PURITANS AND
THEY WERE VERY BIBLE BASED AND
00:47:11.66\00:47:15.60
HE SAYS 'I'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT
IN MY BUSINESS AND I'VE STOOD
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.97
BEFORE SEVERAL KINGS.' HE
SAID, 'GOD'S PROMISES ARE TRUE.'
00:47:18.00\00:47:21.10
FRANKLIN SAID THAT. SO
YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
00:47:21.14\00:47:23.57
YOU WANT TO BE DILIGENT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
00:47:23.61\00:47:25.94
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
DILIGENT FOR YOUR OWN PRAISE.
00:47:25.97\00:47:29.11
YOU WANT TO DO IT
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:47:29.14\00:47:31.11
>>OKAY, THE NEXT QUESTION WE
HAVE 'IS IT A SIN TO PURCHASE A
00:47:31.15\00:47:34.18
LUXURY VEHICLE?'
>>THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:47:34.22\00:47:39.32
NOW, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE
TALKING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:47:39.35\00:47:43.69
THINK YOU KNOW THE PERSON
WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE HUNDRED
00:47:43.73\00:47:48.00
THOUSAND DOLLAR BMW HE SAYS 'NO,
MINE IS NOT A LUXURY VEHICLE,
00:47:48.03\00:47:53.27
BUT MY NEIGHBOR'S GOT A BUGATTI
THAT'S WHAT - TWO MILLION
00:47:53.30\00:47:55.64
DOLLARS? >>YES.
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.24
>>AT THE LEAST A
MILLION, I THINK.
00:47:57.27\00:47:58.84
THAT'S A LUXURY VEHICLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO'S
00:47:58.87\00:48:02.68
DRIVING THE PRIUS,
SOMEONE THINKS HE'S GOT
00:48:02.71\00:48:06.01
A LUXURY VEHICLE. IF THE
OTHER PERSON DRIVING, YOU
00:48:06.05\00:48:08.88
KNOW, A 50-YEAR-OLD HONDA CIVIC
- SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING
00:48:08.92\00:48:14.42
OUTSIDE OF YOUR MEANS AND YOU
DON'T WANT TO BE DOING SOMETHING
00:48:14.46\00:48:17.96
THAT'S GOING TO DISHONOR GOD.
IF A PERSON IS A BILLIONAIRE
00:48:17.99\00:48:21.50
BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK -
LET'S JUST SUPPOSE YOU'VE GOT A
00:48:21.53\00:48:24.37
CHRISTIAN WHO'S VERY WEALTHY
AND THEY DRIVE A NICE CAR.
00:48:24.40\00:48:27.67
SHOULD YOU
CONDEMN THEM FOR THAT?
00:48:27.70\00:48:30.14
IF THEY'RE ALSO BEING GENEROUS
- I MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW, THEY
00:48:30.17\00:48:33.17
MIGHT - THE GUY WHO THE FAMILY
THAT STARTED HOBBY LOBBY ARE
00:48:33.21\00:48:39.08
VERY DEDICATED CHRISTIANS.
THEY JUST GAVE MILLIONS TO BUILD
00:48:39.11\00:48:42.22
A BIBLE MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON
D.C. THAT'S JUST OPENED UP.
00:48:42.25\00:48:46.15
THEY ARE EXTREMELY GENEROUS.
THEY PAY TITHE, THEY GIVE AWAY
00:48:46.19\00:48:48.46
A GREAT DEAL OF THEIR
WEALTH, THEY'RE VERY WEALTHY -
00:48:48.49\00:48:50.13
THEY MAY DRIVE A NICE
CAR. I WOULD NOT CONDEMN
00:48:50.16\00:48:52.69
THEM FOR THAT. SO
WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT
00:48:52.73\00:48:55.43
TO NOT SEE THE
WHOLE PICTURE AS GOD DOES.
00:48:55.46\00:48:59.00
RIGHT? DID
SOLOMON LIVE IN A PALACE?
00:48:59.03\00:49:01.87
>>YES. >>DID HE
HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN
00:49:01.90\00:49:04.57
A PALACE? WILL WE SEE SOLOMON
IN HEAVEN? SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
00:49:04.61\00:49:10.51
YOU'VE GOT TO
JUST USE GOOD JUDGMENT.
00:49:10.55\00:49:12.68
>>HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
THAT SAYS 'HOW DO YOUNG PEOPLE
00:49:12.71\00:49:15.65
OVERCOME COVETOUSNESS
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOLLYWOOD
00:49:15.68\00:49:19.92
SHOWING UNREALISTIC
LIFESTYLES THAT SEEM APPEALING?
00:49:19.95\00:49:24.43
>>HOW DO YOU OVERCOME COVETOUS
WHEN YOU'RE - COVETOUSNESS -
00:49:24.46\00:49:27.60
WHEN YOU'RE BEING BOMBARDED
BY MESSAGES AND IMAGES THAT, YOU
00:49:27.66\00:49:31.27
KNOW, 'I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK
GOOD ENOUGH UNLESS I HAVE THESE
00:49:31.30\00:49:33.77
CLOTHES AND I'M NOT GOING TO
HAVE ENOUGH FRIENDS UNLESS I'VE
00:49:33.80\00:49:36.94
GOT THIS CAR.' - OR THIS HOUSE
- AND JUST ALL THESE MESSAGES.
00:49:36.97\00:49:41.78
YOU KNOW WHAT I'D SAY IS
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO ON A
00:49:41.81\00:49:46.15
MISSION TRIP TO A POOR
COUNTRY TO HAVE A REALITY CHECK.
00:49:46.18\00:49:51.95
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU NEED
TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME ASPECT
00:49:51.99\00:49:55.96
OF SERVICE SO THAT YOU KEEP
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OTHERWISE
00:49:55.99\00:49:59.86
YOU CAN LIVE IN AN ARTIFICIAL
WORLD AND LOSE PERSPECTIVE OF
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.93
WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
YOU KNOW IT'S - IT'S NOT
00:50:02.96\00:50:07.14
REALISTIC TO SAY YOU
SHOULD NEVER LOOK AT AN AD AGAIN
00:50:07.17\00:50:10.37
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE
EVERYWHERE - IT'S ON BILLBOARDS
00:50:10.41\00:50:12.24
- OR THAT YOU SHOULD
SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH
00:50:12.27\00:50:14.81
LIFE WITH BLINDERS
ON. YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.64
MATERIALISTIC MESSAGES.
YOU'RE GONNA BE EXPOSED TO SOME
00:50:16.68\00:50:20.25
OF THESE ADVERTISING
SCHEMES. YOU NEED TO BE CENTERED
00:50:20.28\00:50:23.75
SPIRITUALLY IN
KNOWING WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
00:50:23.79\00:50:27.62
JESUS HAD IT AROUND
HIM IN HIS DAY AND AGE.
00:50:27.66\00:50:30.36
>>OKAY, THE NEXT QUESTIONS IS
'IS JESUS EXPECTING ME TO GIVE
00:50:30.39\00:50:34.00
ALL MY MONEY TO THE POOR?'
>>I DON'T KNOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE
00:50:34.00\00:50:40.34
THAT RICH YOUNG
RULER, HE MIGHT BE.
00:50:40.37\00:50:42.80
SO I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL TO SAY
'NO, HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO
00:50:42.84\00:50:44.91
DO THAT' - BECAUSE THERE ARE
PEOPLE THROUGH HISTORY WHO HAVE
00:50:44.94\00:50:47.04
DONE THAT AND GOD TOLD THEM TO.
BUT I DON'T THINK - I THINK YOUR
00:50:47.08\00:50:50.18
QUESTION IS 'IS HE IS
HE ASKING EVERYBODY?' NO.
00:50:50.21\00:50:53.08
YOU'VE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
IN THE BIBLE THAT HE DIDN'T ASK
00:50:53.11\00:50:55.12
THEM TO GIVE EVERYTHING.
BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE LIKE -
00:50:55.15\00:50:58.29
SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF
THE WALDENSIANS AND PETER WALDO
00:50:58.32\00:51:02.12
WAS A WEALTHY MAN AND HE
GAVE EVERYTHING AND HE REALLY
00:51:02.16\00:51:05.89
LIVED IN POVERTY TO GO
AROUND PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
00:51:05.93\00:51:08.76
HE BECAME CONVICTED WHEN HE
READ THE STORY OF THE RICH YOUNG
00:51:08.80\00:51:11.53
RULER THAT THAT WAS GOD TELLING
HIM TO DO WHAT HE TOLD THAT
00:51:11.57\00:51:14.57
YOUNG MAN TO DO.
MANY OF THE APOSTLES, THEY
00:51:14.60\00:51:17.34
FORSOOK EVERYTHING
AND FOLLOWED JESUS.
00:51:17.37\00:51:20.21
BUT GOD DIDN'T ASK EVERY
BELIEVER TO FORSAKE EVERYTHING.
00:51:20.24\00:51:23.81
THINK ABOUT THIS STAY
WITH ME. THIS IS A REALLY
00:51:23.85\00:51:25.38
IMPORTANT POINT. IF
EVERY TRUE BELIEVER MUST
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.48
FORSAKE EVERYTHING THEN
WHERE ARE WE ALL GOING TO LIVE?
00:51:28.52\00:51:33.59
IF YOU'RE AT MY HOUSE THEN I'M
NOT A TRUE BELIEVER BECAUSE I
00:51:33.62\00:51:36.09
HAVEN'T FORSAKEN
EVERYTHING. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:51:36.12\00:51:39.79
IF EVERYBODY FORSAKES EVERYTHING
THEN WHAT'S IN THE OFFERING
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.43
PLATE WHEN IT GOES BY? NOTHING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.
00:51:42.46\00:51:46.63
AND SO HE OBVIOUSLY ISN'T ASKING
EVERYBODY TO FORSAKE EVERYTHING
00:51:46.67\00:51:51.07
OR THE CHURCH WOULD
HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING.
00:51:51.11\00:51:53.54
BUT WE MUST ALL PUT EVERYTHING
ON THE ALTAR AND GIVE WITH OUR
00:51:53.58\00:51:59.28
TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS
GENEROUSLY AS GOD OUTLINES IN
00:51:59.31\00:52:02.35
HIS WORD, AMEN? BUT
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE MAYBE
00:52:02.38\00:52:05.32
HE CALLS TO FORSAKE EVERYTHING.
WHO - WHO WAS IT - COUNT
00:52:05.35\00:52:09.02
ZINZENDORF - ANY OF YOU
EVER HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE?
00:52:09.06\00:52:11.59
MORAVIAN - VERY WEALTHY MAN GAVE
EVERYTHING TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.
00:52:11.63\00:52:16.13
I THINK HE WAS AN ANABAPTIST.
AND SO THERE ARE OTHERS THROUGH
00:52:16.16\00:52:18.93
HISTORY THAT HAVE DONE
THAT AND GOD BLESSED THEM.
00:52:18.97\00:52:21.74
>>OKAY, THE NEXT QUESTION WE
HAVE KIND OF TIES IN WITH THE
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.81
LESSON. 'WITH OUR
CURRENT SOCIETY, IS
00:52:23.84\00:52:26.07
IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO
OVERCOME COVETOUSNESS?
00:52:26.11\00:52:29.98
>>WITH GOD, HOW
MUCH IS POSSIBLE?
00:52:30.01\00:52:32.25
>>ALL. >>IS IT DIFFICULT?
00:52:32.28\00:52:34.82
YES. IS IT
POSSIBLE FOR A RICH MAN
00:52:34.85\00:52:37.95
TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN? YES BUT IS IT POSSIBLE?
00:52:37.99\00:52:42.79
IT'S INTERESTING THAT JUST
WHEN JESUS SAID IT'S ALMOST
00:52:42.82\00:52:45.46
IMPOSSIBLE FOR A RICH MAN TO
ENTER THE KINGDOM, IN LUKE HE
00:52:45.49\00:52:48.73
SAYS THAT JUST BEFORE
THE STORY OF ZACCHAEUS.
00:52:48.76\00:52:52.10
HOW DOES IT BEGIN - THE STORY OF
ZACCHAEUS - A VERY RICH MAN AND
00:52:52.13\00:52:57.21
GOD - JESUS SAYS TO HIM 'THIS IS
A SON OF ABRAHAM.' BUT WHAT DOES
00:52:57.24\00:53:01.74
ZACCHAEUS SAY? 'HALF
MY GOODS I GIVE TO THE
00:53:01.78\00:53:04.35
POOR.' HE DIDN'T GIVE 100
PERCENT, HE GAVE 50 PERCENT.
00:53:04.38\00:53:08.78
SO HE PROBABLY
STILL HAD SOMETHING LEFT.
00:53:08.82\00:53:11.39
I THINK HE ALSO SAID IF I'VE
TAKEN ANYTHING FROM ANYONE BY
00:53:11.42\00:53:14.06
FALSE ACCUSATION I'LL PAY
HIM BACK FOUR FOLD, BUT - SO YOU
00:53:14.09\00:53:19.26
KNOW, THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
00:53:19.29\00:53:22.13
OKAY, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT WE
HAVE, IT SAYS, 'THERE ARE TIMES
00:53:22.16\00:53:24.47
WHEN I CAN BARELY PAY MY BILLS.
HOW AM I NOT GOING TO WANT MY
00:53:24.50\00:53:28.80
NEIGHBOR'S LIFE, WHICH IS
DOING JUST FINE - VACATIONING
00:53:28.84\00:53:31.67
AND ENJOYING LIFE?
>>WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:53:31.71\00:53:36.71
YOU SAY 'LOOK I'M STRUGGLING
FROM DAY TO DAY AND I SEE MY
00:53:36.75\00:53:39.95
NEIGHBOR IS DOING WELL.' THERE'S
- IF YOU READ IN PSALM 37, IT
00:53:39.98\00:53:45.35
TALKS ABOUT NOT FRETTING
YOURSELF BECAUSE OF WICKED - THE
00:53:45.39\00:53:49.46
WICKED WHO PROSPER. LET
ME READ THIS TO YOU - PSALM
00:53:49.49\00:53:51.33
37, VERSE 1, "DO NOT FRET
YOURSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL DOERS
00:53:51.36\00:53:54.83
NOR BE ENVIOUS OF THE WORKERS
OF INIQUITY, FOR THEY WILL SOON
00:53:54.86\00:53:58.60
BE CUT DOWN LIKE THE GRASS
AND WHITHER AS A GREEN HERB."
00:53:58.63\00:54:01.34
THE BIBLE SAYS 'BLESSED ARE
THE MEEK THEY WILL INHERIT THE
00:54:01.37\00:54:03.57
EARTH. BLESSED ARE
THE POOR IN SPIRIT.
00:54:03.61\00:54:05.31
THERE'S IS THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.' IF WE REMEMBER THE
00:54:05.34\00:54:07.38
PROMISES AND THE BLESSINGS
OF GOD - ON BELIEVERS - AND THE
00:54:07.41\00:54:11.11
CURSES THAT WILL COME ON THE
WICKED - THEN WHY WOULD WE COVET
00:54:11.15\00:54:14.42
WHAT THEY HAVE? BE
SATISFIED THAT IF YOU HAVE
00:54:14.45\00:54:18.09
ETERNAL LIFE WHO IS REALLY RICH?
IF GOD IS YOUR FATHER AND HE
00:54:18.12\00:54:23.09
OWNS EVERYTHING IN THE
WORLD THEN WHO IS RICHER?
00:54:23.12\00:54:26.56
>>OKAY, MAYBE TIME FOR ONE
MORE QUESTION: 'CAN ASKING MY
00:54:26.59\00:54:30.40
CHILDREN WHAT THEY WANT FOR
CHRISTMAS LEAD THEM TO COVET?
00:54:30.43\00:54:34.37
>>WELL, IT CAN. YOU
KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S
00:54:34.40\00:54:36.91
IMPORTANT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
BE GIVING GIFTS DURING THIS TIME
00:54:36.94\00:54:39.87
OF YEAR, DON'T JUST ASK
YOUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY WANT.
00:54:39.91\00:54:42.34
ASK THEM WHAT
THEY PLAN ON GIVING.
00:54:42.38\00:54:45.05
DON'T JUST MAKE IT ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO GET BUT TO HELP
00:54:45.08\00:54:47.85
THEM TO UNDERSTAND RECIPROCAL
GIVING THAT, YOU KNOW, YES SOME
00:54:47.88\00:54:52.45
WILL GIVE TO YOU, BUT
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE TO?
00:54:52.49\00:54:55.56
THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG RECEIVING A GIFT.
00:54:55.59\00:54:58.26
JESUS RECEIVES GIFTS FROM US
I MEAN - AND FOR US TO RECEIVE
00:54:58.29\00:55:02.36
GIFTS FROM EACH OTHER IT'S
WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
00:55:02.40\00:55:05.03
GIFTS WITH PEOPLE BUT YOU DON'T
WANT TO INFLAME THE NATURAL
00:55:05.07\00:55:09.74
TENDENCY IN YOUR CHILDREN TO BE
SELFISH BY MAKING IT ALL ABOUT
00:55:09.77\00:55:12.84
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET
AND THEN GIVING YOU THEIR LIST.
00:55:12.87\00:55:16.21
MAKE SURE AND INCULCATE IN
OUR KIDS THE IDEA OF GIVING TO
00:55:16.24\00:55:19.91
OTHERS AND
GENEROSITY. AMEN? OKAY.
00:55:19.95\00:55:23.95
>>ALL RIGHT I THINK
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
00:55:23.99\00:55:25.62
>THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR
ROSS, AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR
00:55:25.65\00:55:28.09
FRIENDS WE DO HAVE A GREAT OFFER
THAT GOES WITH THIS - TALKS
00:55:28.12\00:55:30.39
ABOUT COVETOUSNESS -
CALLED THIEVES IN THE CHURCH .
00:55:30.43\00:55:32.43
IT'S REALLY A GOOD BOOK AND I
KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE OMINOUS,
00:55:32.46\00:55:35.36
BUT IT IS A GOOD BOOK.
AND IF WE DIDN'T GET TO ALL
00:55:35.40\00:55:38.53
THE LESSON, I APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT WORRIED BECAUSE SOME OF
00:55:38.57\00:55:41.20
THE SAME PRINCIPLES THAT WERE IN
THE LAST SECTION ARE LATER ON IN
00:55:41.24\00:55:45.04
FUTURE STUDIES SO WE'RE GOING
TO COVER THIS - THIS SECTION ON
00:55:45.07\00:55:48.44
STEWARDSHIP. I THINK
WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE
00:55:48.48\00:55:50.15
BLESSED IN MANY WAYS AS WE
DO SO THANK YOU FRIENDS FOR
00:55:50.18\00:55:53.38
PARTICIPATING. GOD BLESS YOU.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STUDYING
00:55:53.42\00:55:55.88
HIS WORD TOGETHER
AGAIN NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC)
00:55:55.92\00:56:07.36
>>SO WHAT IS THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD?
00:56:07.40\00:56:10.00
WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY THE
SUN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
00:56:10.03\00:56:12.47
BRIGHTEST MAN-MADE
LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
00:56:12.50\00:56:14.87
IT'S THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT
00:56:14.90\00:56:17.11
PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN
LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR.
00:56:17.14\00:56:21.41
THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL,
THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39
00:56:21.44\00:56:25.38
WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON
BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS
00:56:25.41\00:56:29.52
REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS.
ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT
00:56:29.55\00:56:33.72
40 BILLION
CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT.
00:56:33.76\00:56:37.43
CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT
ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL
00:56:37.46\00:56:40.00
EVERY MONTH? THAT
LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT
00:56:40.03\00:56:42.66
PLANES CAN SEE
IT 250 MILES AWAY.
00:56:42.70\00:56:46.70
THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES
UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU
00:56:46.74\00:56:50.34
HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU
COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE.
00:56:50.37\00:56:53.94
AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED,
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE
00:56:53.98\00:56:57.05
WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR,
BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND
00:56:57.08\00:57:00.98
OWLS - CREATING IT'S ON
ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE
00:57:01.02\00:57:04.12
THE HOTEL. BUT THE
SAD THING ABOUT THE
00:57:04.15\00:57:06.39
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS
00:57:06.42\00:57:09.76
CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES
- THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT
00:57:09.79\00:57:12.69
ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE.
IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE.
00:57:12.73\00:57:17.77
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN
THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING.
00:57:17.80\00:57:21.80
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
00:57:21.84\00:57:23.64
WASTED LIGHT, AND
THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
00:57:23.67\00:57:27.48
IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105,
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
00:57:27.51\00:57:32.35
AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.' AND
YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
00:57:32.38\00:57:35.78
IN DARKNESS.
FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU
00:57:35.82\00:57:38.79
DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
00:57:38.82\00:57:41.86
BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:57:41.89\00:57:45.09
JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HILL,
00:57:45.13\00:57:48.63
LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT
SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS
00:57:48.66\00:57:52.43
OTHERS WHEN IT
REFLECTS OFF OF SOMETHING.
00:57:52.47\00:57:55.67
GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS TO
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:57:55.70\00:57:59.47
SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR
GOD? REMEMBER, JESUS SAID,
00:57:59.51\00:58:02.38
'LET THERE BE LIGHT.'
00:58:02.41\00:58:04.21
(MUSIC)
00:58:04.25\00:58:19.26