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Let's talk about stuff on this 
week's episode of Liberty at 

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Home. 
Hey everybody, welcome to 

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another weekly episode of 
Liberty at Home here on Easton 

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Community Access Television. 
I'm Adam Rivero, your host, as 

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well as the pastor of Liberty 
Baptist Church, which meets 

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right here in Easton. 
Today, as we do every week, 

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we're broadcasting from Easton, 
MA, home of a new self storage 

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facility on Foundry St. 
You heard it here first, folks. 

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And while we're on the subject 
of places where we can store 

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stuff, I want to talk to you a 
bit about the possessions that 

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you have hold of and what to do 
when those possessions get a 

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hold of you. 
So today we'll be reading from 

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Luke 12. 
So follow along with me as I 

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read, starting in verse #16 And 
the word of God says, And he 

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spake A parable unto them, 
saying, The ground of a certain 

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rich man brought forth 
plentifully. 

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And he thought within himself, 
saying, What shall I do? 

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Because I have no room where to 
bestow my fruits. 

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And he said, This will I do. 
I will pull down my barns and 

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build greater, and there will I 
bestow all my fruits and my 

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goods. 
And I will say to my soul, Soul,

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Thou hast much goods laid up for
many years, Take thine ease, 

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eat, drink, and be merry. 
But God said unto him, Thou 

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fool, this night thy soul shall 
be required of thee. 

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Then whose shall those things be
which thou has provided? 

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So is he that layeth up treasure
for himself and is not rich 

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toward God. 
There's one thing our family has

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plenty of, and that's stuff. 
Truth is, most people don't even

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realize how much stuff they 
actually own. 

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I remember the last time we 
moved, several years ago, when 

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our family moved to another home
on the other side of Easton. 

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Packing sure to be a breeze, I 
thought. 

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Surely we don't own that much 
stuff. 

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Yeah, it seemed like with each 
closet was a new treasure trove 

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of things. 
I didn't realize we don't. 

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It shouldn't surprise us because
after all, our culture is 

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enamored with the collection of 
things. 

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Our nation is filled with 
climate controlled self storage 

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units where we can store all of 
our junk. 

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I mean that stuff. 
Certainly there's nothing wrong 

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with having material goods, but 
the trouble begins when people 

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believe possessions give them 
happiness. 

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Someone want to ask John D 
Rockefeller how much money does 

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it take to satisfy a man? 
His answer was telling. 

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Just a little more. 
The notable preacher Vance 

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Havner once remarked. 
As small a thing as a penny will

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shut out from our vision, as 
large a thing as the sun, and so

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does the smallest thing as a 
money shut out. 

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God, have you fallen into the 
trap of thinking that money, 

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vacations, and other stuff can 
bring pleasure? 

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Indeed, they all have their 
advantages. 

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However, they've never once 
truly satisfied a soul. 

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Consider the man we just read 
about. 

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He was greatly satisfied with 
his possessions. 

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He never once thought about the 
weightier matters of his soul. 

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Jesus also said in Luke 12 verse
15, Take heed and beware of 

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covetousness, for a man's life 
consisted not in the abundance 

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of the things which he 
possesses. 

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Jesus also addressed this issue 
of Mark 3 verses 36 and 37 when 

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he said, For what shall it 
profit a man if he shall gain 

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the whole world and lose his own
soul? 

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Or what shall a man give an 
exchange for his soul? 

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Maybe you found yourself stuck 
in the never ending cycle of 

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trying to find joy and comfort 
in the goods of this world. 

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May I implore you to turn to 
Jesus Christ. 

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He is the very embodiment of joy
and comfort. 

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Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2 
states looking unto Jesus, the 

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author and finisher of our 
faith, who were the joy that was

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set before and endured the 
cross, despising the shame and 

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is set down at the right hand of
the throne of God. 

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You see, true joy comes from 
confessing our sins to Christ 

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and trusting in the free gift of
salvation He offers unto all. 

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In the Sermon on the Mount, 
Jesus describes earthly 

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possessions in this way. 
Lay not up for yourselves 

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treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust doth corrupt, and where

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thieves breakthrough and steal. 
But lay up for yourselves 

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treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth 

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corrupt, and where thieves do 
not breakthrough nor steal. 

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For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

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As it says in Matthew chapter 6,
verses 19 to 21, let's take time

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today to consider where we're 
storing our treasures. 

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Let us not trust in uncertain 
riches, but in the living God 

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who giveth us richly. 
All things to enjoy, as Paul 

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said in First Timothy chapter 6,
verse 17. 

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Well, we're done with today's 
episode of Liberty at Home. 

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But before I go, I want to 
remind you that you'll want you 

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to come see us sometime soon at 
800 Washington Street, right 

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here in Easton, Southeastern to 
be exact, if you're one of those

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people who care about Northeast 
and Southeastern. 

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We meet every Sunday morning at 
11 AM, Sunday night at 5:00 PM, 

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and Wednesday night at 7:00 PM. 
Check us out and find all of our

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digital platforms at my 
libertybaptist.org. 

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Well, I'm Pastor Adam Rivero 
signing off from ECAT today. 

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Remind you that where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is 

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liberty. 
See you next week right here on 

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Liberty at home.