1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,040 Build equipped and send all under the. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,240 Lordship of Jesus Christ, a small church plant in Fort 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,400 Worth, TX. Who decided to do things a 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,720 little differently? Adoramos. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,480 Ajesu Cristo. I love City Post because of the 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,480 people. It's where I belong. 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,160 We truly preach the word. I love City post. 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Because of the community. We've been able to. 10 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Build. To do ministry like Jesus. 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,440 For light to push back darkness. This. 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:40,350 Is City Post podcast. Six First Timothy chapter 6, 13 00:00:40,910 --> 00:00:45,150 verses 6 through 10 and then verses 17 through 19. 14 00:00:45,150 --> 00:00:50,470 First Timothy 6, verses 6 through 10, and verses 1718. 15 00:00:50,630 --> 00:00:55,040 The sermon today, we're going to call it How to Get Rich, right, 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,840 How to get how to be truly, truly rich. 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,720 And that probably caught your attention. 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,880 Everybody woke you up there for a minute. 19 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,080 And that's OK That's OK. It's not. 20 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,320 It's not false advertising. All right. 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,960 And all right, so this week as I was preparing, I Googled how to 22 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,720 get rich, right? Because I wanted to see what the 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,000 Internet and AI said about how to get rich. 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:24,920 And there was this article that's it was 25 weird ways to 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,200 make money, 25 weird ways to make money. 26 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,880 So I'm not going to mention all 25. 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,880 I'm just going to mention those that that got my attention that 28 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,520 sounded interesting to me. So here are some of those. 29 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,360 All right, number one, I sell your hair. 30 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,720 Sell your hair and you get more money if it's untreated, right? 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,600 And you'll know what that means. If not, you can look it up, 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,720 right? So you get more money if your 33 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,120 hair is untreated. So sell your hair. 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,400 Second, become a professional sleeper, all right? 35 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,040 And some of you really love that idea, right? 36 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,040 Become a professional. So you mean I can do it, I can 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,280 get paid. You know companies, you know, 38 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,680 they want to test mattresses, they want to test a sleep 39 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:10,199 patterns, etcetera. NASA has paid over $18,000 to 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,960 for people to stay in bed for months so they can study right 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,320 the effects of space in the human body, $18,000 just to 42 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,480 sleep. Wow. 43 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:28,680 Third, I know my wife loves that 1/3 become a simulated patient, 44 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,480 right? You know, to test new 45 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,440 treatments, to trade a treat of medications, test medications 46 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,880 and some companies pay hundreds enough thousands of dollars for 47 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:45,960 that but no thank you not for me for sale haunted items, HAUNTED, 48 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,520 haunted items. So basically just make up a 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,560 story and sell something, right? Somebody's going to buy it, 50 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,440 right? And then next, rent out your 51 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,520 voice for wake up calls. All right? 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,080 Who needs wake up calls anymore, right? 53 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,560 We got this thing called alarms on our phones. 54 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,560 But hey, some people make money doing that. 55 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,520 And next, which I really, really like this one, but not for me to 56 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,600 do it, but for me to pay somebody to do it. 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,240 Become a line sitter, right? Just to stand in line and I'll 58 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,840 wait for you. These are actually things that 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,880 you can look, you can. I heard about this before. 60 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,800 Prior to this week. There's this big, big time BBQ 61 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,720 place in Austin. I think it's Franklin's BBQ or 62 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,640 something like that where Andrew knows, right? 63 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,280 Have you stood in line there for like hours and hours since the 64 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,320 early hours in the morning? Yeah. 65 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,800 But you can pay people to stand in line and wait for you. 66 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,520 And I, I would pay somebody to do that. 67 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,000 I hate waiting in line. Everybody with me, hey, waiting 68 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,040 in line, especially in the government DMV or anything like 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,560 that. And I just, I'll pay somebody to 70 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,280 do it. And the last one that's kind of 71 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,680 disgusting for me is sell your toenail clippings. 72 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,280 Oh, right. That's, that's just nasty. 73 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,160 Sell your toenail clippings. This is an actual article that 74 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,960 just came out, right? See, some people buy toenail 75 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,079 clippings to make crafts or, you know, they have personal 76 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:21,839 collections of toenail clippings and you know, they even do 77 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,920 science experiments with toenail clippings. 78 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,840 Like, no, I draw the lines. I got to draw the line 79 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:31,040 somewhere. One that's just so some people 80 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,080 always and even today are willing to do anything to make 81 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:41,280 money, anything to make money. So this morning we'll talk about 82 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:44,480 that, but also how to be truly, truly, truly rich. 83 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,680 God, thank you for this time. Thank you for your word. 84 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,800 God, I pray that as we begin that you open our minds, open 85 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,840 our hearts so that we let you break any walls that are inside 86 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,040 our minds, inside our hearts and just kind of speak to us. 87 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,680 And as you speak to us, God, I pray that you, we respond to you 88 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,560 because you don't speak to us out of pure coincidence, just 89 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:06,920 because you got nothing else to do. 90 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,520 You speak to us so that we can respond and be transformed by 91 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,960 you. In the name of Jesus, we pray, 92 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,760 Amen. All right, so number one, to be 93 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,160 truly rich, I must be content with what I already have. 94 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,880 To be truly rich, I must be content with what I already 95 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,840 have. So first Timothy chapter 6 verse 96 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:29,440 6, this is Paul writing to Timothy and he says Timothy 97 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,040 godliness with contempt is great gain. 98 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,400 The new living translation puts it a differently says true 99 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:43,400 godliness with contentment is itself great wealth Again start 100 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,120 talking really about money there, but it is great wealth, 101 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,200 great riches. See in verse 3 to 5, Paul is 102 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,200 writing Timothy about greedy false teachers, right? 103 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,480 That all they wanted to do was win an argument, all they care 104 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,040 about was themselves and they wanted to make more money. 9 105 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,800 verses 6 through 8 Paul says that there's only only great 106 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:12,600 gain only great wealth, not speaking about material things. 107 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:20,560 Really there's only Great War reward in being godly if you are 108 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,080 content. So in other words, you can't be 109 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:28,680 godly if you are not content. So being godly means that we are 110 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,200 being more like God, that we we show the character of God. 111 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:38,440 Being content has to do with an attitude of mind that is 112 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,200 dependent only on God. That no matter what's going on, 113 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,160 I am satisfied with my circumstances, no matter what 114 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,080 those are. That is contentment. 115 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,920 If my main needs are covered, I should be at peace. 116 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,920 My sufficiency depends on the sufficiency of God. 117 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,480 I have enough because He is enough, right? 118 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,520 I have enough because He is enough. 119 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,520 See, Paul knew what he was talking about. 120 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,480 One mentioned earlier, Philippians chapter 4, we're 121 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,040 going to read 11 to 13. Philippians 411 to 13, he was in 122 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,120 prison and he was in prison enough because of something bad 123 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,400 he did. He was in prison because he had 124 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,880 been preaching and telling people about Jesus Christ and 125 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,080 him as a savior of the world. So he wrote these words. 126 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Philippians 411 to 13 says I'm not saying this because I am in 127 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,360 need, for I have learned to be content whatever the 128 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,600 circumstances. I know what it is to be need and 129 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,280 I know what it is to have plenty. 130 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,680 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every 131 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,400 situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty 132 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,880 or in want. And then he gives you the secret 133 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,160 for being content. He says I can do all things 134 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,960 through him, through Christ who gives me strength. 135 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,760 That was the secret for his contentment Jesus, that he could 136 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,200 do everything through Christ who gave him strength. 137 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,880 Is that your mindset today? Can you say what Paul said? 138 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,440 I have learned to be content in whatever the circumstances, in 139 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:21,040 any and every situation, whether living in plenty or in one. 140 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,480 I can do all things through him. Who gives me strength. 141 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,960 If not, my prayer is that you leave here today making that 142 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,720 your prayer to God. You're you're the way you see 143 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,799 life. I like verses 7 and eight First 144 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:40,039 Timothy 6 connected to this idea of contentment. 145 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:44,360 First Timothy 6 verses 7 and 8, it says for we brought nothing 146 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,720 to the world and we can take nothing out of the world. 147 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,120 But if we have food and clothing, if we have our basics 148 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:56,520 need, basic needs met, he says we will be content with that. 149 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,800 We will be satisfied with that. We will be at peace with that. 150 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:08,560 If my main needs are met, sometimes someone dies and you 151 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:11,000 hear people say, let me have asked you this. 152 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,000 Now you're at a funeral memorial service. 153 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,520 And some of them come to you and say, hey, so why did why did he 154 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:23,120 or she leave? Or how much did he or she leave? 155 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,560 See the answer to that question should always be the same. 156 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 They left everything right because you can't take anything 157 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,680 with you. Pastor Ricky said it last week. 158 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,600 You never see a U-Haul right connected to a hearse. 159 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,280 You don't don't see that because you cannot take your stuff with 160 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,280 you. Someone was going to be all like 161 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,080 really, I can't. You can't. 162 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:55,240 No one can see an ancient Egypt and other places there was this 163 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,480 custom of burying people with their possessions. 164 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,600 You probably seen that in TV's, in movies, documentaries about 165 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,800 mummies and all that stuff. And that's in that costume was 166 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,200 called grave goods. Grave goods. 167 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,040 That sounds like a really cool business name, right? 168 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,720 Maybe that 26th way to make you get rich Grave goods. 169 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,000 I can see one putting a business I call grave goods. 170 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,840 So see, the idea was to place inside the tomb, inside the 171 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,720 grave, anything and anyone that may help the dead in the 172 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,560 afterlife, right? So they wanted you to be alright 173 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,160 after you die. I want to make sure you had 174 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,960 everything you need after you die. 175 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,160 So they would throw in everything there, the Pharaohs 176 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,760 where we're buried with wealth, with food, and they were buried 177 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,240 even with living servants, right? 178 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,360 They wouldn't kill their servants and throw them in there 179 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,560 with the pharaoh, right? Bury them, bury them alive 180 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,320 because they wanted to help the Pharaoh afterlife. 181 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:01,720 But again, the pastor Rickey said last week, you never see a 182 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,600 U-Haul behind hers. Now listen, all this that we're 183 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,680 talking about the last few weeks, it doesn't mean that you 184 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:15,680 shouldn't save for a rainy day. It doesn't mean that you 185 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:19,160 shouldn't save for an emergency. It doesn't mean that you 186 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,640 shouldn't save for something that that you need and you want 187 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,240 to save for it because you don't want to put it in on the visa, 188 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,440 right? That's not what we're talking 189 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,000 about. But if if your motivation, my 190 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:40,280 motivation is to get, get, get and to keep, keep, keep because 191 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,360 we're not happy with what we have now, we will never be happy 192 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,840 and we will miss out on God's purpose for your life and my 193 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,400 life. Contentment is not having 194 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,760 something, it's not having all you want, it's wanting all you 195 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,440 have. It's not having all you want is 196 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:05,280 wanting all you have. Now what you've been given that 197 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,560 contentment, It's really an issue of the heart. 198 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,920 I don't know if you heard about the dog that he had a bone in 199 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,840 his mouth and he was just walking around going over a 200 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,200 bridge. He looked to the side and he saw 201 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,680 what he thought was another dog with a bone in his mouth. 202 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,840 And what did the dog do? He wanted the other dog's bone. 203 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:35,240 So he let his bone go to grab take away the other dog's bone, 204 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:40,880 just to realize that it was just an illusion, but it was not 205 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,760 real. But he lost all he had. 206 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:51,040 So don't let greed, don't let envy take away wrath from you of 207 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:55,080 the precious things, the precious people that you have in 208 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,960 your life. You don't know what you have 209 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:02,040 till it's gone. And the grass is not always 210 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,280 greener on the other side. And if it looks like it's 211 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:12,080 greener, it's probably fake. Are all your main needs, man? 212 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,360 Are all your main needs, man? If so, like Paul said, be 213 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:24,040 content with that. Be content with that and you 214 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:30,120 will be truly, truly rich. Next, to be truly rich, I must 215 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,680 avoid putting money first. I must avoid putting money 216 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:37,480 first. Verses 9 and 10 First Timothy 6 217 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,000 to Those who want to get rich, fall into temptation and a trap 218 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:48,080 bondage, and into many foolish, senseless, harmful, hurtful 219 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:53,880 desires that plunge people them and others into ruin and 220 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:58,120 destruction. For the love of money is a root 221 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,600 of all kinds of evil. Some people, Paul says, eager 222 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,840 for money, have wander from the faith and Pierce themselves with 223 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,680 many griefs. Team versus 9 and 10. 224 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,640 Paul is speaking to those that want to get rich, but there's 225 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,480 words that's used there. It's talking about those that 226 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,120 want to get rich at any cost, and they want to get rich as 227 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,720 fast as possible. Because of that, they fall into 228 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:30,160 temptation, a trap, and into many foolish, harmful, hurtful 229 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,280 things that plunge them and others into ruin and 230 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,240 destruction. That word plunge there, what it 231 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:41,800 means, it's when you're plunging into a deep, into the deep, like 232 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:46,440 a sinking ship, or you're being dragged to the bottom of the 233 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,200 ocean into ruin and what else? Destruction. 234 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:57,840 So it goes from bad ruin to worse destruction. 235 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,880 Tough words, right? I mean, you've probably seen 236 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,320 this happen in your life or someone else's life. 237 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:11,280 You know, making more money at all costs is painful for me and 238 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,400 for other people. The price to pay is too high. 239 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:21,320 Are you sure you want to pay it? Bersten says the love of money 240 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:26,760 is what is the root of all kinds of evil. 241 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,960 I don't know about you, but that that phrase scares me. 242 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:37,720 All kinds evil. Now is he saying that money is 243 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,320 the root of all kinds of evil? No, what is he saying? 244 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:47,000 The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. 245 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,600 It says a root doesn't say the root. 246 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,760 So there's other things that serve as root to all kinds of 247 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,200 evil. The Greek word for that phrase, 248 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:04,200 love of money, literally means love of silver, right? 249 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,960 Love of silver, which is what they used, made the ancient 250 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:13,160 Greek silver coins and it refers to an unhealthy, excessive 251 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:19,520 affection or fondness of money, not money itself. 252 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:26,320 An unhealthy excessive affection or fondness of money. 253 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:33,680 Money is a resource and it can be a blessing, but the love of 254 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,920 money can have the opposite result. 255 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,400 You know what I think of when I hear the phrase the love of 256 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,720 money? Can you put the picture up? 257 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,360 That's a Gollum from the Lord of the Rings movies. 258 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,560 Anybody, everybody has not seen the Lord of the Rings movies. 259 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,240 Have not seen them. Joseph, for real. 260 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,280 All right, y'all, y'all got to really watch. 261 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,960 It's like the some of the best movies you'll ever, ever, ever 262 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,240 see. The long, I get it, the long. 263 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,160 But they're awesome. Now when I watch the Lord of the 264 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,560 Rings movies, you know what I do? 265 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:19,079 I I skip all the Garland parts because I just absolutely hate 266 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:21,119 God. And if you want to know what I'm 267 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,400 talking about, just go watch the the movies. 268 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:28,960 But he's a perfect examples of the consequences of unhealthy 269 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:33,280 and unhealthy excessive affection for something or 270 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:41,000 someone that is not God. Because all hell literally 271 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,000 breaks loose, but you have unhealthy, excessive affections 272 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,920 for something or someone that is not God. 273 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,400 It leads to what all kinds of evil. 274 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,040 There's plenty of examples of this, but if you're a sports 275 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,480 fan, you know the, the, you know the recent betting gambling 276 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:08,840 scandal that an NBA coach, NBA players involved in, They're 277 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,600 millionaires, but somehow they want more. 278 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:16,480 Many wealthy people think they can get away with anything and 279 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:21,960 own everyone, which leads to foolish and hurtful things just 280 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:27,240 because they're not satisfied. Someone was saying, Oh yeah, but 281 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,920 that don't apply to us. That doesn't happen just to the 282 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,360 rich. The last part of verse stands 283 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:39,560 says some people eager for money have wander from the faith and 284 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,600 Pierce themselves with many grieves. 285 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:49,200 People was talking about people in the church at that point or 286 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,040 that have been at the church in the church or to that point. 287 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,720 People like you and me that put money first at any cost and 288 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,360 brought a lot of pain to themselves and others. 289 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:05,120 But listen, if that is you, you got to stop living that way 290 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:09,640 right now. You got to repent of your sin. 291 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:16,800 You got to ask for forgiveness of God and anyone else that you 292 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:22,320 may have hurt in the process, and if necessary, look for 293 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,120 professional help. See, the Lord wants to do mighty 294 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,960 things in you and through you. But the balls on your court, 295 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,880 right? Revelation 3/20/21, it says that 296 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,280 he's at the door of our hearts knocking. 297 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,160 But it's up to me to open the door of my heart and let him 298 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,840 come in and spend time with me and transform me and change me. 299 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:55,920 But I got to be the one that opens the door. 3rd, to be 300 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,400 really truly rich, put your hope in God. 301 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:04,720 Verse 17. For your helping God says 302 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,600 command those who are rich in this present world not to be 303 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,360 arrogant, high minded or proud, not to put their hope in wealth 304 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:18,160 or money, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God who 305 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,880 richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 306 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,560 See Paul is not writing to those that are actually rich right 307 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,200 versus none and 10 those that wanted to be rich. 308 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,800 I wanted to do it, you know, whatever it takes, you know, in 309 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,720 a rush. Now he's speaking to those in 310 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,240 the church that were rich. Are you might say, Brother 311 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,840 Gabriel, can you skip this part? Because none of us are rich. 312 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,800 First of all, how do you know, right? 313 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,400 But second, compared to most people in the world, guess what? 314 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:57,080 We are rich. If if you've been anywhere other 315 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,240 than the United States, you certainly know that. 316 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,000 So this applies to us as well. All right. 317 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,760 What are Paul's commands to the rich? 318 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,440 What are Paul's commands to us? First, don't be arrogant. 319 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,200 Don't be proud or high minded. In other words, don't think more 320 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:26,400 about yourself than you should, or don't think that you deserve 321 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:32,720 everything that you have. Be humble, right? 322 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,680 Puerto Rico, they would say. Don't think you're the last Coke 323 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:45,720 in the desert, not the Crescent. Coca-Cola desert sounds better 324 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,080 in Spanish. Second, don't put your hope. 325 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,360 Don't put your faith in money. Don't. 326 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,120 Why? Because it's possessive. 327 00:21:54,120 --> 00:22:00,360 It's uncertain, right? It's uncertain it's here today, 328 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:05,680 but it may be gone tomorrow. You can't put your faith in 329 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,240 money, unlike God, right? He ain't going anywhere. 330 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:19,760 But it's so easy to get away from that, from putting a hope 331 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:25,360 in God, which is the third one. No, we it's easy to trust 332 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,560 everything and everyone else for 1st. 333 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,040 And if all else fails, then we trust God. 334 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,600 But why is he our? Why is he our last resource, 335 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:42,240 right, when all he wants is to give you everything that you 336 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,160 need? You're not everything that you 337 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,160 want. All he wants is to give you 338 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,400 everything that you really absolutely need. 339 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,200 I like that last phrase speaking about God says who richly 340 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,880 provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 341 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,360 See, when God provides something, he doesn't do it 342 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:11,960 poorly, He does it richly right. When God provides something, he 343 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,320 doesn't provide somethings, He provides everything. 344 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,120 When God provides something, it's not to make us miserable, 345 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:26,880 but it's for us to enjoy His blessings, enjoying His will and 346 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,880 His purpose. Lastly, to be truly rich, to 347 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,880 fully engage, enjoy God's blessings, we must do good and 348 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,560 be generous, must do good and be generous. 349 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,440 Verse 18. Again, this is Paul's telling 350 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,400 Timothy what to command. The rich among them says Command 351 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,720 them to the good to be rich in good deeds and to be generous 352 00:23:51,720 --> 00:24:01,520 and to be what willing to share 4 commands there to the good. 353 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:07,160 To be rich in good deeds, to be generous and to be willing to 354 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:14,160 share to the good involves using wealth in a positive way instead 355 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,480 of instead of letting it feed a life of luxury. 356 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,840 To be rich in good deeds points the rich in the direction of the 357 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,960 needy, the others, those less fortunate. 358 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:30,000 To be generous demands liberal, free sharing others and then be 359 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,240 willing. The word there is be ready to 360 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,720 share. Who here by nature likes to 361 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,600 share like you really love to share? 362 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,320 There's some people are actually like that and man, that's a 363 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,520 blessing, right, that you are willing to share. 364 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,600 It's funny how how we're more willing to share when we have a 365 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,840 lot than when we have little, right? 366 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,360 You know, when you have a lot is like, sure, I'll share, I'll get 367 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:04,280 half of it because I got a lot. But then when we have little, I 368 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,840 don't know if I should really share or not. 369 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,400 Because if I share, what happens? 370 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,640 I mean, I think, right, if I share that I may not have enough 371 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,040 of myself. It's human nature. 372 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,280 What's one of the first thing that parents try to teach their 373 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:24,920 kids? Mijo mija, listen, you have to 374 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,480 share. And we say over and over again, 375 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:35,320 right, Because that's the human tendency in all of us. 376 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:44,800 And God tells us the same thing. Today you have I have to share. 377 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:53,800 And not just when I have a lot. There's always someone that has 378 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,840 less than you. Don't forget that. 379 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,720 There's always, always someone that has less than you. 380 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,120 And you said nobody has less than me. 381 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:11,640 There's always someone that has less than you and you can share 382 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,040 the word. Therefore willing to share is 383 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:22,200 Koinonia, which speaks about fellowship and community, right 384 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,520 of reading those first few chapters in the book of Acts 385 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:32,560 about how Christians, the early church, share everything as part 386 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,480 of their fellowship and communion with God and with each 387 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,200 other. We must give what we have, but 388 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,920 also our hearts ourselves. And you say, but but why? 389 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:45,200 Why is that right? Can it isn't enough for me just 390 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:51,840 to give my money? No, it's not enough because God 391 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,920 more than anything, he wants you to give your heart. 392 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,320 Love requires both that we give of what I have and that I give 393 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,600 of myself. I know some things happen. 394 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,200 We can bless a lot of people, yes, when we give what we have, 395 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:10,640 but even more when we give of ourselves to serve others, to 396 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,760 help others in the name of Jesus Christ. 397 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,080 And if the rich did this, Paul said in verse 19, I like this 398 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,320 last part of the verse. They will lay out for themselves 399 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:27,680 a firm foundation for the future, for that they may take 400 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,120 hold of the life that is truly life. 401 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,840 So if they did good, if they were rich in good deeds, if they 402 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,560 were generous, if they were willing to share, they will get 403 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:44,320 to trade the uncertain for the certain right they will get. 404 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,040 They will get to trade the temporal, the temporary for the 405 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,600 eternal. They will get to trade treasures 406 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,160 on earth for treasures in heaven. 407 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:04,000 That's a great deal, no? Jesus said in Matthew 7. 408 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,040 Matthew 619 to 21. Pastor Ricky shared this with us 409 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,720 last week, Mark Matthew 6/19/21 I'm almost done. 410 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,360 So you'll keep up with me or stay, Stay up with me. 411 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,960 Matthew 6/19/21 says do not store for up for yourselves 412 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,480 treasures on earth where moths and vermin destroy and where 413 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,160 thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves what 414 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:36,400 treasures in heaven? Treasures in heaven, where moths 415 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,400 and vermin did not destroy and where thieves did not break in 416 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,680 and steal. For where your treasure is, 417 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,280 there your heart will be. Also. 418 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,240 Anyone here heard about layaway right? 419 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,880 Like in Walmart right? Kmart man layaway is awesome 420 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,560 right? That was the best our parents 421 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,920 used to. We used to for the kids when 422 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,280 they were little, Layaway Rock, right? 423 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:09,000 Walmart discounted like in 2021 before the holiday season for 424 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,800 some reason. But you know, nowadays, nowadays 425 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,840 we just charge it right after Christmas. 426 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,280 We're, we're broken. We're trying to worry how we, 427 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,200 how we're going to pay everything that we just bought 428 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,120 with our card, right? But for those of you that don't 429 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,040 know what layaway is, basically you will go to Walmart, right? 430 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,160 You would get a big, big shopping cart. 431 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,000 They would throw in there, put in there all the gifts for your 432 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,760 whole family, right? Then you will go back to where 433 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,840 the service area is and you would tell, hey, I want to put 434 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,880 this in layaway. So they would actually take it 435 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:47,080 and lay it away for you somewhere in the store, right? 436 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,240 They wouldn't put it back. And then you needed, you would 437 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,640 make payments on it. Like little by little you will 438 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,680 go all the way to Walmart, right? 439 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,880 Yeah, man knows what I'm talking about, right. 440 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,840 And then, you know, just you put 20 bucks this week and 50 bucks 441 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,920 next week. You know, I think it was like 442 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,200 for three months or something like that. 443 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,680 It wasn't like a whole year thing, right? 444 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:12,320 And and then whenever you finally pay it all, praise the 445 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,160 Lord, right? Take it home with you and you 446 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,560 know you could enjoy your family, you know your kids, your 447 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,400 grandkids could enjoy it. And those were the days, right? 448 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,920 Layaway was awesome. So I would love for them to 449 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,360 bring it back. So Paul is saying to the rich, 450 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,320 listen to layaway treasure in heaven. 451 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,360 You must give it away here, right? 452 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:43,720 The layaway, treasure in heaven, you must give it away here. 453 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,880 And some, some of us that don't make sense, right? 454 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,800 But that's the way it works in the Kingdom of God. 455 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,560 You want to have treasure in heaven, you got to give away 456 00:30:54,560 --> 00:31:00,200 treasure here. We don't know really when the 457 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,880 Bible talks about treasure in heaven, what that all means. 458 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,320 No one has come back to tell us that. 459 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,720 It must be pretty awesome, but you can rest assured. 460 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,800 But if God says that you give it away here, you'll have treasures 461 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,720 in heaven. You will have treasures in 462 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,360 heaven. At that point, when I'm in 463 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,520 heaven, I'm not going to care what that treasure is. 464 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,680 I'm going to be excited that I'm in heaven, that I get to be with 465 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,280 Jesus for all eternity and all is well and good. 466 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,800 I have nothing else to worry about. 467 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,720 Our future is not in this world. If you're a follower of Jesus, 468 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,000 your future is in the presence of God, and the events will need 469 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,480 heaven and the earth if not. If you're not a follower of 470 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:50,040 Jesus, your future is in hell, eternally separated from God. 471 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,680 Complete opposite. There's no happy medium. 472 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,680 So where do you want to lay your foundation? 473 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,320 What do you want to lay your home when the time comes? 474 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,440 It's your choice. Someone said money will buy a 475 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,200 bed but not sleep. It will buy books but not 476 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,520 brains. It will buy food but not 477 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,480 appetite. It will buy a house, but it 478 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,840 won't buy a home. It will buy medicine, but it 479 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,360 won't buy healthy, Buy amusement but it won't buy a joy. 480 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,000 It will buy religion but not salvation, and it will buy a 481 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,280 passport to everywhere but heaven. 482 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,560 So true. I love the last part of verse 483 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,160 919. I'm sorry. 484 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:46,120 So that they may take hold of life that is truly life. 485 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:51,240 The Greek says that they may take hold of life that is indeed 486 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:58,680 life, like the real life that comes when we're done with the 487 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,920 Lord face to face. See, Google AI says that to get 488 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,680 rich, it's what it says to get rich. 489 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,440 And these are pretty good advice. 490 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,960 I think we must focus on consistent savings, smart 491 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,200 investing, increasing our income, and living below our 492 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,440 means. Now, the Bible says that to be 493 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:22,080 truly rich, we must be content with what I already have. 494 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:28,960 I must not put money first. I must put my hope in God and I 495 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:35,840 must do good and be generous. Was a reward a personal 496 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:43,440 relationship with Jesus right here, right now that last for 497 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,760 all eternity? Do you have that? 498 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,640 Do you have the personal relationship with Jesus right 499 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:54,400 here, right now that last for all eternity? 500 00:33:55,280 --> 00:34:00,080 Do you want that today? So really, we are rich. 501 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,680 See, I'm rich when I wake up in the morning and lie down to 502 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,880 sleep in the bed with a roof over my head. 503 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:10,520 I'm rich when I go for a walk with my wife. 504 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:14,679 I'm rich when I get to be home with my family. 505 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,880 I'm rich when I go to work and get paid. 506 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,760 I'm rich. When I get to spend time with 507 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:23,199 friends and brothers and sisters in Christ, eating great food, 508 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,960 sharing laughs, and studying the Word. 509 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,960 I'm rich when I get to have the freedom of speech or freedom of 510 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:38,760 religion to gather in a place like this and worship the living 511 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,880 Christ with others. I'm rich in having a personal 512 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:48,120 relationship with Jesus that gives meaning to my life now and 513 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:52,560 hope for the future. There's no greater treasure than 514 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:58,280 that. If we are in Jesus, we are rich 515 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:05,160 in the way that really matters. If I'm in Jesus, if you're in 516 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,280 Jesus, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus, you are 517 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,000 rich in the way that really matters. 518 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:20,840 Everything else doesn't. So as we wrap up, I just want to 519 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,720 ask you to close your eyes by your head for a minute. 520 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:31,560 I'm asked abandoned to come up, you know, take this time to pray 521 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:39,800 to God with all your heart as got to forgive you if you not 522 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,360 being satisfied with what you have right now. 523 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:48,280 You have not been content as got to forgive you if you realize 524 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:55,960 you've been putting money first no matter what it costs, and as 525 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:03,960 got to help you to put our your hope completely in Him and to 526 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:11,640 help you the good and be generous and lay up treasures in 527 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:18,680 heaven where it really matters. And if you're here and you want 528 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,920 to give your life to Jesus so that you can have the personal 529 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:29,360 relationship with him, we want to invite you to come up as the 530 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,880 music players. We'd love to pray with you. 531 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:38,560 We'd love to guide you in that decision so that you leave here 532 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:43,000 today laying out the right treasures in heaven. 533 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,360 And if you already have a personal relationship with Jesus 534 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,760 and you need somebody to talk to you or somebody to pray with, we 535 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,600 invite you to also come up as well. 536 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,760 We'll be up here.