1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Tackling 10 Timeless truths. That will transform every aspect 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,100 of your life. They are Timeless because they 3 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:09,700 go across culture, they go from Century to Century. 4 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:13,300 They're always going to be there and you're going to tackle them 5 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:14,700 throughout the rest of your life. 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:18,400 But they are very important for us to understand if Christ is 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,700 sufficient and he is if Christ is all Supreme and he is which 8 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:26,000 is the theme of the book of Hebrews then it will be seen and 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,800 how you live your life it would manifest itself. 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,000 Number one in your Option, number two, your commitment and 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,800 never three your contentment, right? 12 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:36,700 Those are the first three points. 13 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:39,900 First one dealt with the fact that we need to respond with 14 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:43,700 love to the needs of others. That's compassion with, we love 15 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:47,000 the Brethren that are Among Us in the church or whether we are 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,600 lovers of strangers or whether we are visiting those in prison, 17 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:53,700 those who are suffering. We have compassion toward those 18 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,400 who are in need. So you respond with love to the 19 00:00:56,408 --> 00:00:59,100 needs of others. Number two, you reaffirm your 20 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,600 loyalty to me. I reach, this is commitment. 21 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:04,900 We reaffirm our loyalty to marriage marriage is to be 22 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:08,900 honored among all not just some, but by all. 23 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:12,700 And that's so important. Because the Bible tells us the 24 00:01:12,708 --> 00:01:15,000 first Peter 3 first number seven, the husbands are to honor 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,900 their wives as the most precious position that they have. 26 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:21,100 So, I know I'm honoring marriage. 27 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:25,400 When I honor my wife as my most precious possession because he 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,500 honors me, the Lord says, I will honor. 29 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:30,200 And so I honor the Lord by honoring my Wife. 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,100 And but I honor my wife, I honor marriage and and I hold it in 31 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:37,000 high esteem. I exalted as as the Bible says 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,700 because it's God's Divine institution. 33 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:42,000 He goes on to talk about the fact that they'll be great 34 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,300 judgment upon Those who commit fornication and those who are 35 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:51,500 adulterers So, you moved from compassion, to commitment to 36 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:55,700 contentment. If we respond with loved what 37 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:58,700 the needs of others and reaffirm your loyalty to marriage, then 38 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:01,900 number three, you resist the love. 39 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:07,200 Of money. Verse number 4, excuse me. 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,400 Verse number 5, make sure that your character is free from the 41 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,200 Love of Money, being content with what you have. 42 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:21,500 For he himself has said, I will never desert you nor will I ever 43 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,500 forsake you so that we confidently. 44 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:29,000 Say the Lord is my helper. I will not be afraid. 45 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:33,600 What will man do? To me. 46 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:39,900 Resisting the love of money will be a Temptation. 47 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:45,500 You will tackle throughout the rest of your life learning not 48 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:50,500 to covet learning, not to be filled with greed and avarice. 49 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:57,400 But to truly be content with the things that God has given to 50 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:03,300 you. you know, one thing about the rich, They know something, 51 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:07,400 the poor don't. And that is, they know that 52 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:14,700 money cannot buy you happiness. The poor don't know that, but 53 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,600 the rich do. They realize that. 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,900 They realize that their richest can make them a little bit more 55 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:23,800 comfortable. Maybe that would be true. 56 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:27,500 Things a little bit more convenient, that would be true 57 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:31,100 as well. But it can't bring you 58 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:35,200 contentment. And certainly can bring you 59 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,300 happiness. They know that. 60 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:44,600 That money can buy them a bed. But money cannot buy them sleep. 61 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:49,000 They know that money can buy them a gun. 62 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:52,600 But money cannot buy them security. 63 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,900 They know that money can buy them companionship. 64 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,000 But it cannot buy them. Friendship. 65 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:10,700 They know probably better than anyone else knows that money. 66 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:16,100 Can buy you medicine. But it cannot buy you health. 67 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:21,399 Money. Can buy you, pleasure. 68 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,200 But it cannot buy you, peace. Money can buy you a crucifix but 69 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,100 it can't buy you savior. Because the things that are 70 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:37,900 eternal. Cannot be purchased. 71 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:44,400 With things on the Earth. This is the writer of Hebrews. 72 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:49,000 Is going to emphasize that very unique point. 73 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:56,300 That of Christ really is enough. if you really is sufficient, he 74 00:04:56,300 --> 00:05:01,200 is Supreme Over All. Are you content with that? 75 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,100 Is that good enough for you? Or is there always a little bit 76 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:13,100 more? You must have. one officer said 77 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:20,900 to him, little is not enough. Nothing is ever enough. 78 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:26,500 That's true. To whom little is not enough. 79 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:35,000 Nothing is ever. Enough. so, the question comes, 80 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,400 Are you one who resists the Love of Money? 81 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,800 By being content with the things that you have. 82 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,700 The word content is unique word. Paul would use the Greek word 83 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:55,700 because the stoics believe that to be content. 84 00:05:55,700 --> 00:06:01,500 You had to be self-sufficient, satisfied and independent other 85 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:06,200 words, you were independent of anything, external independent 86 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,300 of anything around you, because you are satisfied, insufficient 87 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:14,900 with where you're at. Paul would use that word. 88 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:19,700 As he talks about contentment of Philippians chapter 4, when he 89 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:22,700 said that, I've learned to be content in whatever state I am 90 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:25,400 in. And he uses that word, simply 91 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,900 because it's not about his own self, sufficiency, but in God's 92 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:37,100 sufficiency in his life Because God's efficiency leads to God 93 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:39,700 satisfaction and God satisfaction leads. 94 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:43,200 You not to be dependent upon external things but completely 95 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,000 dependent upon the God, who is all sufficient for everything. 96 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,100 So the word sufficient or the word adequate? 97 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:56,400 We were satisfied. All the same. 98 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,900 Is that which characterizes those who is just the love? 99 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:07,200 Of money. How about you? 100 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:11,900 Are you satisfied with your salary or do you need just a 101 00:07:11,907 --> 00:07:16,400 little bit more? Are you satisfied with your 102 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,800 home? Oh, do you something a little 103 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,500 bit bigger? Are you satisfied? 104 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,300 with the number of children, you have Or do you need? 105 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:35,500 Just need one more. Are you satisfied with what God 106 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,100 has given to you? You see if Christ is all 107 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:47,600 sufficient in all Supreme, then he will be enough for me. 108 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:55,600 So, the Bible speaks a lot about money, believe it or not. and as 109 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:00,000 it does, that explains to us, many things, That would need to 110 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,700 be aware of in fact over in first, Timothy chapter 6. 111 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:07,600 Paul says this, For the Love of Money is the root of all sorts 112 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,500 of evil and some by longing for it. 113 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:14,200 Have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves 114 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,200 with many griefs. You know, think about that. 115 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,700 It's called it cause Dimas second, Timothy 4. 116 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:27,800 Verse number 10, Who Loved this present world to wander away 117 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,400 from the faith. His love for the things of the 118 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,700 world, his love for money. How about Judas? 119 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:43,000 Judas had a love for money. He's willing to betray his Lord 120 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:47,500 for a certain amount of money. But no one ever believe that 121 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,000 Judas will be that kind of guy because Judas was the most 122 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,300 trusted of all the disciples because he held the money. 123 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,700 Everybody thought that Judas was the most Godly person. 124 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,800 The most holy person, the most committed person. 125 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,400 But he was the son of perdition. Because down deep, he loved. 126 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,900 Money. Unless, and Sapphira. 127 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,200 They were killed in church for their Love of Money. 128 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,500 They loved us so much, he would lie about how much they would 129 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:28,200 solar home for. And God struck him dead. 130 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:35,100 In church. So we must learn to resist the 131 00:09:35,108 --> 00:09:37,200 Love of Money. In fact, it says this in verse 132 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,700 number, nine, halves, 436, those who want to get, rich fall into 133 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:43,800 temptation, not those who are rich. 134 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:47,200 Those who want to get rich, there's a difference, right? 135 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:51,100 Abraham was rich. Joe was rich, right? 136 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,500 All you have to do is read scripture. 137 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:57,500 Solomon was rich. Which is man who ever lived. 138 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,800 So it's not riches that caused you to fall Temptation into 139 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,100 temptation. It's the love of money. 140 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:10,500 It's the love of riches. So he says, but those who want 141 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,100 to get, rich fall into temptation and a snare and many 142 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:19,200 foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into ruin and 143 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:22,200 destruction. Wow. 144 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:27,500 Why is that? Because riches are deceitful. 145 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,400 We know that from the parable of the sower and the soil in Mark's 146 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,200 gospel as the Lord speaks about the Thorny soil. 147 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,000 And how that thorny soil chokes out the seed of the Gospel. 148 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:46,400 For Mark's gospel, the 4th chapter. 149 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,100 It says this. And others are the ones in whom 150 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,000 the seed was sown among the thorns. 151 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,800 And these are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries 152 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,700 of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the 153 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:04,000 desires of other things, enter in and choke the word, and it 154 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,600 becomes unfruitful Riches are so deceitful. 155 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:14,700 And we don't even recognize it. But they are. 156 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,700 Listen to what the Bible says in the Book of Proverbs. 157 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,800 The 23rd chapter of the fourth verse. 158 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,100 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth. 159 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:33,500 Do not wear yourself to do that. Cease from your consideration of 160 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:38,400 it. When you set your eyes on it, it 161 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,000 is gone. For wealth can certainly makes 162 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,800 itself wings like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. 163 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:51,000 How true is that? Every time I go to the gas pump, 164 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,400 I'm like there goes my money. Flying away, spreading wings and 165 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,200 off it goes. Whether it's the grocery store, 166 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,100 whether it's the gas pump, whether it's McDonald's, 167 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:05,400 everything's just flying away. Is there one minute gone? 168 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:11,500 The next Solomon knows this. He's a rich man. in fact, he 169 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:22,000 says he's words in in Proverbs chapter, Chapter 24. 170 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,500 I'm sorry. My bad. 171 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:32,000 Chapter 29. A faithful man. 172 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:38,400 Will abound with blessings. But he who makes haste to be 173 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:46,800 rich will not go unpunished. One who saw him was talking to 174 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,400 you there. How about this verse 22, a man 175 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,700 with an evil eye. Hastens after wealth. 176 00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:01,200 And does not know that want will come. 177 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,600 Upon him, in other words, he's hastening to get rich, he will 178 00:13:07,608 --> 00:13:11,000 do all he can to gain wealth. And when he does, he doesn't 179 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:15,700 recognize that, he's just going to want it all the more because 180 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:26,100 he can never get enough of it. and so over in, Proverbs Chapter 181 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:30,500 11. Solomon would say these words. 182 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:39,300 Proverbs chapter 11 verse number 28, he who trusts in his riches. 183 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,600 Will fall. But the righteous will flourish 184 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:51,400 like a green leaf. The Bible has so much to say 185 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,000 about riches. And wealth and the love of those 186 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 things. So the writer of Hebrews comes 187 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,400 back and says, listen if Christ really is all sufficient for 188 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:07,000 you, you have to learn to be content satisfied with what God 189 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 has given to you. Because that's going to enable 190 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:16,800 you to resist the Love of Money. Back early on in the book of 191 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,100 Deuteronomy. As as Moses is reiterating the 192 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:23,200 law of the nation of Israel. Listen to what he says. 193 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:28,600 Verse number 11 of Deuteronomy chapter 8, be aware that you do. 194 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:34,800 Not forget the Lord your God beware. 195 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,500 He's still in this Israel. Those who had seen the, the 196 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:44,400 miraculous plagues and in Egypt, those have been taken through 197 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,700 the Wilderness for 40 years and seen all that God had done by 198 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:50,600 providing water for them and providing food for them, taking 199 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,500 care of them that the soles of their shoes. 200 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:56,800 Never wore out. Got to care them. 201 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,200 So Moses said, Beware. Lest you forget? 202 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,800 The Lord your God. By not keeping his Commandments 203 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,600 and his ordinances and statutes which I am commanding you today? 204 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,500 Otherwise when you have eaten and are satisfied, have built 205 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,500 good houses and lived in them. And when you're hurting your 206 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:23,200 flocks multiply and your silver and your gold multiply and all 207 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,600 you have multiplies, then your heart will become proud. 208 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,700 And you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out 209 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,100 from the land of Egypt. Beware. 210 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,800 When you're still wearing your gold multiplying. when your 211 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,200 flocks multiply when things are going really good and what the 212 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,500 built-in curse that is, You just forget all about God. 213 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,100 Is do. Because honestly, this in verse 214 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:58,100 number 17, otherwise you may see in your heart, my power and the 215 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:01,500 strength of my hand made me this wealth, but you shall remember 216 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:06,500 the Lord your God for it is he who is giving you power to make 217 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:11,400 wealth? God gives you power to make 218 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,300 wealth. God gave Elon Musk the power to 219 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:18,800 make wealth. I smarter than you are. 220 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,500 You sleep naughty better looking than you are. 221 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,300 But God gave him power to make wealth. 222 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:28,100 Soon. Bill Gates. 223 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,300 God gave him the power to make wealth. 224 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:37,000 God, does that? We forget that. 225 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:44,200 So, we need to understand that. The root of evil is the love and 226 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:50,200 the Lust For more money. So I could have more things. 227 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,700 In Luke's gospel. The 18th chapter. 228 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,000 Listen to these words, you know them. 229 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,099 Well, a ruler, a rich ruler asked him saying, good teacher. 230 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:09,700 What shall I do to inherit eternal life? 231 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:13,200 Luke 18, 18. And Jesus said to him, why do 232 00:17:13,208 --> 00:17:14,400 you call me good? No one is good. 233 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,400 Except God alone. You know, the Commandments do 234 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,900 not commit adultery do not murder, do not steal, do not 235 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:21,300 bear false, witness, honor your father and mother and he said 236 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:23,200 all these things I have kept from my youth. 237 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,500 I've done all that. What must I do to inherit 238 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,900 eternal life in Christ quotes? The second half of the 239 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:33,100 decalogue? I've done that. 240 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:36,400 I'm good. That mean I'm in. 241 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,100 Does that mean I get to inherit eternal life? 242 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:46,400 Because I haven't committed adultery, I don't steal, I don't 243 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,100 lie. I've always thought of my father 244 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:52,500 and mother. So, does that mean I'm in? 245 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,500 She says, one thing. You still act just one, only 246 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,700 one. So we wanted matters. 247 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,800 Is one thing you lack. Sell all that you possess 248 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:10,900 distributed to the poor. And you shall have treasure in 249 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:13,600 heaven. And come follow me. 250 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,000 Are you got used to all that? You have? 251 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:22,300 Gives to the poor. Does that mean, if I if I just 252 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:24,200 give away everything that I have, I'm going to heaven. 253 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,800 No, that's not it. So Christ is saying Christ. 254 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,400 Knew that in his heart he had another God. 255 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,600 And that God was the god of possessions and money. 256 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,800 He was an idolater. That's why Christ and quote, the 257 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,100 first half of the decalogue because of all deals with his 258 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:45,800 relationship with God. You shall have no other gods 259 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,200 before me, but he did. He had a God that was preeminent 260 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,800 his life. He had a God that made him 261 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,500 sufficient in life. He had a God that was Supreme in 262 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,500 his life and it wasn't the Lord God of Israel. 263 00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:00,000 It was his money was his possessions Christ knows that 264 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:07,000 Sue Christ, hit him where his heart is for, where your 265 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,300 treasure, is there. Your heart will be also. 266 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:15,800 First way 923 says, but when he had heard these things he became 267 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:21,600 very sad for. He was extremely rich. and Jesus 268 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,200 looked at him and said, how hard it is for those who are wealthy 269 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,200 to enter the kingdom of God, It is easier for a camel to go 270 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,500 through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the 271 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:39,200 kingdom of God. They heard it said, then who Can 272 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,600 ever be saved. Because in there, Day and time, 273 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,500 they believe that wealth was a gift from God. 274 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,800 And God, only bless the righteous. 275 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,000 And because he did the righteous were the richest. 276 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,600 Jesus says the things that are impossible with people. 277 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:05,600 Are possible with God the Russians. 278 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:11,100 This is humanly possible. Who can be saved, nobody. 279 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,700 You can't. It's absolutely humanly 280 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:19,400 impossible to ever get saved. There's nothing you can do to 281 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,600 save you, nothing. Nothing. 282 00:20:23,900 --> 00:20:25,400 You said wait a minute, wait a minute. 283 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,800 The Bible says to as many as received him to them gave he 284 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,700 power to become the sons of God. So I am receiving him but you 285 00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:36,300 got to be the next verse. Who are born not of the will of 286 00:20:36,308 --> 00:20:37,900 the flesh, nor of the will of, man. 287 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:44,300 But of the will. Of God. 288 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,800 No one comes to me Christ, as a John 6. 289 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,900 Let's the father draws him. You can't get there on your own. 290 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,800 You can't make it on your own. And one of the big hindrances 291 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,900 for us to see that of is the riches in the well that we 292 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,500 possess because I don't need God. 293 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:08,700 I have my bank account, I can go to the doctor and he got there. 294 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:11,700 I choose to I could buy any car. I want to bike by anyhow, I want 295 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:13,300 to buy, I can do whatever I want to do. 296 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:15,200 Like I said to my kids to the school, I want to send them to 297 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:22,800 who needs God. so, I express that by saying, I'm sufficient 298 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,900 in and of myself. That's why Christ always 299 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:30,000 matches, man against his standard, his law. 300 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,800 Because man needs to beg for mercy. 301 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,600 Cry out to God. I can't do that for the Bible 302 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:41,200 says, were dead in our trespasses and sins can dead men 303 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,000 speak? No, can did men think. 304 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,100 Nope. Condemned been walk. 305 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,200 Nope. What can dead men do? 306 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,700 Nothing but lie. There and be what dead they're 307 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:57,100 dead. you're born dead, you're born, spiritually dead, you're 308 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:01,100 incapable of doing anything spiritual So God has to make you 309 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:05,200 alive, his to Quicken you, his to work in your heart and when 310 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:11,400 he does you respond by faith and all these says so I salvation is 311 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,600 a supernatural work of God. It's a miracle. 312 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,200 It's very cold, a new creation, right? 313 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,500 New Creation. So God does how about this? 314 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,800 Luke chapter. 12 crisis is waxing, eloquent about the 315 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,000 Triune nature of God, the revelation of God, he's talking 316 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,500 about the danger of false religion. 317 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:41,200 He's just he's just preaching as strong as he can. 318 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:44,900 In the come to verse 13 of Luke chapter 12. 319 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:48,300 Someone in the crowd said the end teacher teacher tell my 320 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,500 brother to divide the family inheritance with me. 321 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,500 It's almost like he couldn't wait for Jesus to take a breath 322 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:56,500 because once Jesus Took a breath, he had to insert, what 323 00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:01,500 he had to say. Jesus, tell my brother that he 324 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,500 must split the inheritance with me. 325 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,100 Evidently his brother was in the audience. 326 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:09,000 First brother, to hear from Jesus. 327 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:15,800 So Jesus says, man. Who put him be a judge or 328 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:21,300 arbitrator over you? I didn't come to judge between 329 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,400 you and someone else and who gets what money and who doesn't 330 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,900 get what that's what. That's what I'm here for. 331 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,400 So he says this beware and be on your guard against every form of 332 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,100 greed. Bio tells us in Colossians 3:5 333 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:44,000 at greens idolatry. Be aware be on your guard. 334 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,600 For not even when one has an abundance, does his life 335 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,800 consists of his possessions. He told them a parable saying 336 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,600 the land of rich man was very productive. 337 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,300 He began to reasoning to himself saying what shall I do since I 338 00:23:57,300 --> 00:24:00,200 have no place to store my crops that he said this is what I will 339 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,900 do. I will tear down my Barns and 340 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,200 build larger ones and there I will store all my grain and my 341 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,900 goods and I will say to my soul soul, you have many Goods laid 342 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,400 up for many years to come, take your ease eat drink and be 343 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,200 merry, because hit him. You fool. 344 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,100 This night, your very soul is required of you. 345 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:23,900 Now, who will own what you? Have prepared. 346 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:30,700 So is man who stores up Treasures for himself? 347 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,000 And is not rich. Toward God. 348 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:43,800 Drive Hebrews. Once these people to resist the 349 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:50,800 love, the ler, the longing. From money. 350 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:56,300 But be content with such things as you have. 351 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,500 Be status fine with what God has given to you. 352 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,100 Because he truly is the all sufficient god of the universe. 353 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:16,100 Psalm 62, 10 says, if riches increase do not set your heart 354 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:24,200 on them, Second Corinthians 6. Verse number 10. 355 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:32,200 Paul says having nothing yet. I possess everything. 356 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:42,000 That's contentment. and so, he quotes to verses one from 357 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,800 Joshua, one from Psalms, remember the writer of Hebrews 358 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,500 does not tell you where he's quoting it from, he doesn't have 359 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:53,300 to, they're Jews, they're masters of the Old Testament. 360 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,200 Severe simply says he himself. Has said, I will never leave you 361 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,200 nor forsake you so that we can complete say, the Lord is my 362 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,600 helper. I will not be afraid. 363 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,700 What will man do to? Me takes him back to the 364 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:05,300 scriptures. Why? 365 00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:07,300 Because of Grace is all sufficient Supreme. 366 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,200 Everything he says is sufficient. 367 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:15,800 And supreme. So my time is fleeting, so let 368 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:21,000 me give you six principles in six minutes, Fat Chance. 369 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:25,000 What do I do? How do I resist the Love of 370 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,100 Money? Six principles, you're ready. 371 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,100 First of all, there needs to be a confession of my unacceptable 372 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:38,400 passion. A confession of my unacceptable 373 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,100 passion. The love of money is an 374 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,000 unacceptable passion. Not an acceptable one. 375 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:51,200 Resist the Love of Money. Pugs I'll talk about Timothy 376 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,300 being a man of God flee. These things, the man of God 377 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:58,900 cannot be a man who's the lover of money. 378 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:05,000 Can't flee these things and Timothy pursue gaudiness pursue 379 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,500 righteousness, pursue Faith, but don't pursue the love of money. 380 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,200 So there needs to be a confession of my unacceptable 381 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,100 Pursuit. I got to recognize that my my, 382 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,100 my playing the lottery every week. 383 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:20,200 Is that unacceptable Pursuit? Shoot. 384 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:25,700 An acceptable passion. Thinking that it's the hastening 385 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:28,700 to get rich quick. We just read several verses. 386 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:30,700 The Book of Proverbs is speaking about against that, right? 387 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:36,100 It's a quick fix to my, my indebtedness is the Quick Fix to 388 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:43,200 my financial woes. There's be confession of my 389 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,700 unacceptable passion. He conceals a transgression will 390 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:51,700 never prosper. But he who confesses? 391 00:27:53,900 --> 00:28:00,700 And forsakes his sin. So, find compassion. these point 392 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,300 over to not only use our confession of my unacceptable 393 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:11,100 passion, but there is a cessation From my unknown 394 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,700 fillable. Pursuit. 395 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:20,200 A cessation from my unfillable pursuit. 396 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,400 In other words this Pursuit is never going to feel you. 397 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,500 Listen to what Solomon says, Ecclesiastes chapter 5. 398 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,700 Verse number 10, he who loves money. 399 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,600 Will never be satisfied. Does it get any clearer than 400 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,600 that? He loves money will never be 401 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:46,500 satisfied. He loves money will never be 402 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:51,900 satisfied with money, nor he who loves it with abundance with its 403 00:28:51,900 --> 00:28:58,000 income for this to is emptiness. Vanity. 404 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,200 Worthlessness. See, I just can't confess the 405 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,000 fact that I have an unacceptable passion. 406 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:11,600 I had to cease pursuing that which cannot fill my life. 407 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:17,100 He who confesses and forsakes his way will find compassion. 408 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,300 So there's a confession and a forsaking we can't confess our 409 00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:25,100 sin all the while Conjuring up in our mind, another Avenue by 410 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:28,800 which we can pursue our sin. That'll work. 411 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,500 God knows your heart anyway, right. 412 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:35,700 So there's a confession of my unacceptable. 413 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:39,800 Passion, a cessation from my unfillable. 414 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:42,800 Pursuit. The number three. 415 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:50,800 A comprehension of his. Unfathomable person. 416 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,200 I must learn to comprehend God. He's all sufficient. 417 00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:04,600 He's unspeakable, he's unfathomable and therefore, I 418 00:30:04,608 --> 00:30:08,800 seek Him and only him. I love what it says in Luke's 419 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,700 gospel. The 12th Chapter 30 verse Your 420 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:16,000 father knows what you need before you even ask him. 421 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:21,400 Wow. I wish that was that way with my 422 00:30:21,408 --> 00:30:23,400 children, I wish I knew what they needed before they ask me. 423 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:28,100 I'm not that way. He would go on to say, if your 424 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:32,300 father, if your father on Earth knows what you need and gives 425 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:35,800 you good things while on Earth, how much more will your father 426 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,600 in heaven? Give you the spirit of God to 427 00:30:37,608 --> 00:30:40,900 those who ask him. I'm going to give you the Holy 428 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:43,200 Spirit, who is the Divine comforter? 429 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,600 Who is the, who is the embodiment of all truth? 430 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:52,100 He's your guide, he's your peace. 431 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,500 Yeah, the Holy Spirit. You have everything. 432 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:02,700 And so, we need to comprehend his unfathomable person. 433 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,900 He's not only omniscient, he's good. 434 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,300 No good thing to the Lord. With whole, for those who walk 435 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:18,800 uprightly, he's a good God. Psalm 34 Verse number 10, makes 436 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,600 it very clear. When the psalmist says this, the 437 00:31:22,608 --> 00:31:25,000 Young Lion is, you lack and suffer hunger, but they seek the 438 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,100 Lord. She's not being anyone's. 439 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,000 Of any good thing? Wow. 440 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,200 Those who seek the Lord shall not be in any want of anything. 441 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:42,300 That is good because God is good and God, who is the author of 442 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,500 all goodness? Bestows his goodness on those 443 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:53,600 who walk uprightly? Come out God's on the presence, 444 00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:59,300 right? That's why the author quotes For 445 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,500 the Book of Joshua, I will never leave you. 446 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:04,200 Nor will I ever desert you? I'm always there. 447 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,500 That's how I know what you need before you even ask me. 448 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,400 I'm always there. Not because I see your knee 449 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,900 because I know your need before you even put on your tongue, I 450 00:32:14,908 --> 00:32:21,200 know it all. That's why quotes from the 451 00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:24,900 psalmist, Psalm 118 when he says. 452 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:27,900 There was my helper. I will not be afraid. 453 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,100 What can man do to me? That's his omnipotence. 454 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:34,400 It's the reason we love monies could be. 455 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,300 Don't love God and nothing know who he is. 456 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:43,900 So there comes a confession of my unacceptable passion, a 457 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:48,300 cessation of my unfillable Pursuits, the comprehension of 458 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:53,000 his unfathomable person number for it. 459 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:58,600 Conviction, Of his unalterable Providence. 460 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,300 His unalterable Providence for same Route, 27, the Lord. 461 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,400 Makes one poor and the Lord makes one rich. 462 00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:18,200 That's Providence. You thought you were Rich 463 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,300 because you were smart. Oh no. 464 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:24,400 Shame on you. You thought you were Rich 465 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,300 because you had a good education from a good to know. 466 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,200 You thought you were Rich? Because you were creative and 467 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,400 Innovative and a good idea? No, the Lord makes you rich. 468 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,500 The Lord makes you poor. He's in charge of those things. 469 00:33:40,700 --> 00:33:44,000 Deuteronomy 10:18, it's by the Lord's power. 470 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:48,200 We obtain wealth not by your power, not by your might not buy 471 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,200 your intellect, it's by the Lord's power. 472 00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:55,500 That's why there needs to be a conviction of God's unalterable 473 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,200 Providence. Listen you have what you have 474 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,800 because in God's Providence, that's what you have. 475 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,400 But I just want a little bit more. 476 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,900 Don't you think that God knows you want more? 477 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:08,800 And if God knew you could handle more guess what he gave? 478 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:13,500 You more. But he knows the deceitfulness 479 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:16,600 of riches. He knows how easily you'll 480 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,300 forget your God. God's Providence rules and 481 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:25,199 Reigns Over All. Number 6. 482 00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:29,600 The longer the six minutes. There needs to be a 483 00:34:29,607 --> 00:34:34,300 concentration on his. Shakeable. 484 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:41,699 Promises. A concentration on his 485 00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:46,199 unshakable promises. If he says he's never going to 486 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:48,900 leave you nor forsake you It's promised. 487 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:53,199 If the Lord is your helper. It's a promise. 488 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,100 My God, shall supply. All your needs. 489 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,900 According to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. 490 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,500 She promised. Since shakeable. 491 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:11,100 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things, but things 492 00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:14,300 shall be added unto you. Don't worry about what you eat. 493 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,400 Don't worry about what you wear. And certainly, don't worry about 494 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,900 how long, or how short you live, that's all the Matthew chapter 6 495 00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:26,000 because all that is providential. 496 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,500 Eat what you want. You're still going to die on 497 00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:33,800 time. What you eat is not cause you to 498 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,700 live longer God's in charge of all those things. 499 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:42,000 Right. So therefore we realize that God 500 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,100 will close us. He will feed us. 501 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,700 He will take care of us. Psalm chapter 37. 502 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:54,500 Verse number 25. I've been old and I've been 503 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:57,100 Young. Yet, I have not seen the 504 00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:02,600 righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread. 505 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:10,600 David says, And so there needs to be a concentration on God's 506 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:15,800 on shakeable. Promises. 507 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,900 And Proverbs Chapter 30 verse number 7. 508 00:36:21,900 --> 00:36:25,800 Someone says this. Two things, I ask of you. 509 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,200 Do not refuse me before I die. Keep deception and lies far from 510 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,200 me. Give me neither poverty, nor 511 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,700 riches. Feed me with the food. 512 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:44,700 That is my portion. That I not be full and deny you 513 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:49,900 and say, who is the Lord? Or that I not be in want and 514 00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:54,500 steel and profane the name of my God. 515 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:08,200 Christendom, when he was. About to die. in the book of in 516 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,300 the, if you were read it from, As he stood before the Roman 517 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,200 Emperor and was threatened under banishment. 518 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:22,400 It says. Now, cats not banished me for 519 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:28,100 this world as my father's house. To which the emperor said I was 520 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:31,000 Lady then. Yeah. 521 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,700 Alcance not said the noble Champion. 522 00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:38,200 The faith for my life is hid with Christ in God. 523 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,100 I will take away thy Treasures. Yeah. 524 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,500 Now Kansas not for my treasures are in heaven and my heart is 525 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:48,200 there. Also. 526 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:53,200 But I will drive the away from man and thou shalt have no 527 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:59,200 friend left. Okay, it's not For, I have a 528 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:04,300 friend in Heaven from whom thou canst not separate me. 529 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:11,400 I defy thee for there is nothing that thou canst do. 530 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,200 To hurt me. Why? 531 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:21,200 Because he recognized the Savior as the all sufficient supreme 532 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,700 god of his life. How about you? 533 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:28,200 The Way You Are. Let's pray. 534 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:32,400 Father, we thank you for today. The opportunity you give us as 535 00:38:32,408 --> 00:38:36,000 being your word. And pray that we protected, the 536 00:38:36,008 --> 00:38:37,800 Lord's table. You remind us once again? 537 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,900 Of the great all-sufficient. Satisfying provision. 538 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:50,000 Of your salvation for All Souls. In Jesus name, amen.