1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,560 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:06,960 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:15,800 Now enjoy this message. All right, Hallelujah. 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,120 We've got, you know, we're going to have other people, you know, 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,000 coming in and they're going to miss it. 6 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,240 That's OK. You know, hopefully we can get 7 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,960 this one online like we did the last one because this is, this 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,160 is pretty important. I, I shared with you guys as far 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,240 as when I did the management, management messed up some folk, 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,520 I guess when we did that in a particular lesson, and 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,760 especially when I took it up to Valdosta, I had had it refined 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,560 by then, OK, 'cause you guys were the first guys to get it. 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,320 Then the second people to get it was Ki and then I took it to 14 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,040 Valdosta and I knew what I was doing then, right? 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,320 OK, well, you're getting a first, you're getting a second 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,680 tonight because I haven't taken this to Valdosta. 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,200 But I tell you what, we're going to go ahead and pray. 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,640 I want you to listen intently, OK? 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,920 Because the things that I'm going to talk about, I have 20 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:04,840 never heard a teaching on, OK. But it is so important for the 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,160 Kingdom for us to understand this, where we're headed in the 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,360 Kingdom and where we're headed as a church and where we're 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,240 headed as, as business people. OK. 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,360 So let's have a word of prayer and then I'm going to get 25 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,000 started. You all heard the subject 26 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,480 before, but I don't think we've studied it out together as we're 27 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,520 going to do tonight. Father, we thank you and we 28 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,080 praise you for the opportunity to come together again. 29 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,040 And, and Lord, we never want to take it for granted that you've 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,200 given us a country to live in, that we don't have any fear 31 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,400 whatsoever about coming and, and sharing the, the good news of 32 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,320 the Kingdom and the different principles and laws that you 33 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:39,520 have in there that govern, govern how the Kingdom operates. 34 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,200 And sometimes when we don't. See the things that we think 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,920 we're supposed to see according to scripture. 36 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,680 It just takes the time for us to re evaluate the principles that 37 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,960 you set in to law basically. For the Kingdom and how we're 38 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,760 supposed to operate in it. So again, it'll be a night, I 39 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,280 think, Lord of just self evaluation again and and and 40 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,080 find out where we are in relationship relationship to 41 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,880 where we're at. So we give you thanks in advance 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,000 for the outcome tonight and we thank you in Jesus name, Amen. 43 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,600 When I taught just a couple of months ago and we talked about 44 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,600 management and you know, there was some things that the Lord 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,560 was giving me. And and if you'll remember some 46 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,000 of the stories that I gave early on about management that the 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,160 Lord helped me get an understanding of how important 48 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,800 it is, you know, to manage and what people are looking for in 49 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,360 the earth is good managers. Well, there's another subject 50 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:33,320 that the Lord has just started dealing with me on, and it is a 51 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:38,000 subject of covetousness. And so tonight I'm going to 52 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,080 break this word down and we're going to break down the 53 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,480 scriptures, not unlike when we talked about management that, 54 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,680 you know, that one month we talked about management and in 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,920 the management, we talked about all the scriptures and, and, 56 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:53,720 and, and I didn't even list them. 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,760 I didn't even go into them and we may do that at another time 58 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,040 completely, but when we talked about management, if you'll take 59 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:06,440 every time Jesus told a parable about finance or about money, it 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,840 was all on how the people were managing. 61 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,160 OK. And so when we talk about, I 62 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,120 think it's interesting. Because the first scripture then 63 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,640 I'm going to just jot down Mark Chapter 7. 64 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,880 And I'm going to give you a kind of a prelim before I get into 65 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,680 the the verses that I want to go over. 66 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,960 But this particular account was the Pharisees came to Jesus and 67 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,600 they were talking to Jesus and they're always trying to get him 68 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,760 on something. Have you figured that out that 69 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,240 every time they open their mouth, it was not going to be 70 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,840 good and they were always going to try him, trap him in 71 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,600 something. Well, this particular day, they 72 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,760 were asking the questions because they said, why do your 73 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:49,880 disciples All right, eat food without washing your hands, like 74 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,120 the traditions and, and, and Jesus, you know, was talking to 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,280 him about that. He said, listen, you know, while 76 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,720 I'm with them and the different things that, you know, he 77 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,760 discussed, but it said the disciples came in, they said, 78 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,120 tell us what you were meaning by that. 79 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:11,680 And and when you get to the 21st, 21st verse of Mark Chapter 80 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:16,360 7, he's telling them this. He said from for from within, 81 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,880 out of the heart men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, 82 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,840 fornications, murders. Verse 22, thes the word 83 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:25,600 covetousness. And and I'm going into a deep 84 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,440 description of that wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness and evil 85 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,800 eye, blasphemy, pride and and foolishness. 86 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,640 He said all these things come from within and defile a man. 87 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:40,800 See, they were thinking, man, these guys aren't washing their 88 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,360 hands while they're eat, so they're defiled. 89 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,200 He said no, it's not the stuff that goes in that defiles them, 90 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,360 It's the stuff that comes out and he tells you where it's 91 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,800 coming out and what it's about. Well, all the things that I just 92 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,520 listed that defile a man, OK, are things that people spend a 93 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,760 lot of time thinking about. You just don't wake up and think 94 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,200 I'm gonna murder somebody, OK? That's not usually not a 95 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,480 thought. Even though with the worst 96 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,200 criminals there's something, some altercation or something 97 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,760 that basically, you know, precedes that. 98 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,480 But it, it talked about wickedness and deceit and the 99 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,520 evil eye and blasphemies and pride. 100 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,680 He said all these things. Come out of a man. 101 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,920 Well, one of those things that he mentioned and Jesus has given 102 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:28,080 us a pretty complete list of the things that really can mess us 103 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,760 up. And one of those was the word 104 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,880 covetousness. Now we think about, you know, we 105 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,920 think about covetousness, but I want to give you the definitions 106 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,480 of it, OK, in the Greek language, and you can write this 107 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:51,600 down, it is the Greek word. Play on Nexia, PLEOPLEONEXIA, 108 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,360 all right, now we can change. The word covetous. 109 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,200 Now to the word greed, because that is the definition. 110 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,360 And, and from here, we're going to talk about, we're going to 111 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,240 talk about greed in, in certain fashion. 112 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,480 But then there's another word. And I didn't know what this word 113 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,360 meant, so I had to look it up. It is the word avarice. 114 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,880 OK, Avarice. It's spelled AVARICE. 115 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,440 Avarice. This is what the word avarice 116 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:24,920 means. If you look it up in your 117 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,440 dictionary it says it's a insatiable desire. 118 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,240 Insatiable desire for money or riches. 119 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:40,160 I put the word unsatisfiable desire for money or riches, so 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,160 Jesus has. Given us a warning here in just 121 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,480 a minute. I'm going to read it where he 122 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,000 gave a warning because this is one sentence you need to write 123 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,320 down. Covetousness or greed? 124 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,880 Or an unsatisfiable desire for money is forbidden in the 125 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:05,800 Kingdom of God. OK, now if you remember you took 126 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,920 a very, very long definition for management, let me give you the 127 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,640 the. Size or smaller version. 128 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,320 Now, all right, when we talk about management, it is the 129 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,360 expected and correct use of another person's resources or 130 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,360 property. Good management is only realized 131 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,760 by producing an added value back to the person who owns it. 132 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,920 And we established in that lesson who owns it. 133 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,040 Does he own everything or just the 10% Everything. 134 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,520 So you, whatever you have, he owns all right by right of 135 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,280 creation, all right. And he tells us that, yes, he 136 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,160 wants 10% for us to dedicate to the ministry, but he owns the 137 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,080 other 90. And that's really where the test 138 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,400 starts. Are we listening? 139 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,880 Because he may have given us something even in the form of, 140 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,760 you know, when people tell me. And then I got a bonus. 141 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,400 I wonder why you got that bonus. You know, are you listening on 142 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,400 why you got that bonus? Because there may be something 143 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,440 God allowed you to have that bonus. 144 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,640 Remember, we talked about tithing at one time and, and, 145 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,840 and I, I haven't taught it here. I'll probably teach it in the 146 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,720 next couple months. But when we talk about the the 147 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,320 tithe, it says that God will open the winds of heaven pours 148 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,760 out a blessing that would not have room enough to receive it, 149 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,400 and he'd rebuke the devourer. In other words, my translation 150 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,080 of that was when we tithe, God is saying, listen, if you'll 151 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,800 take care of what you can take care of and that I've given to 152 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,200 you, all right, I'll take care of the things you can't. 153 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,200 So when you get that bonus, you may have deserved that bonus, 154 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,679 but in the end of it, you didn't have the power to write yourself 155 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,640 that check or EFT, whatever you got, right? 156 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,320 All right, so when we look at the definition here of greed or 157 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:56,400 avarice, here's the definition of greed and listen to how 158 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,040 interesting it is compared to the definition of management 159 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,080 greed. Is the mismanagement of 160 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,960 resources or property for one's personal benefit. 161 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,360 In other words, whenever greed shows up, there's only one 162 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,280 person that it's aimed at and it's the person that has it. 163 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,440 They're thinking about what can I do to get this? 164 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,000 What can I do to get that? All right. 165 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,960 Now, if you'll take a look at that, you know, greed being the 166 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,560 mismanagement of resources, a greedy spirit. 167 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:34,400 Here's the deal. A greedy spirit will always 168 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,920 manipulate so that you can become the person with the 169 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,320 ultimate benefit. So you know, when you try it 170 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,400 like I, I, how many people that I've visited with that have 171 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,560 tried to make certain deals happen or by twisting something 172 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,080 or getting something that lets me know what spirit they're 173 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,200 working with because it can benefit them. 174 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,000 All right. And, and, and, and again, I've 175 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,080 had, I've had certain companies that I worked with. 176 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,400 I had one large company years ago, big company and and and and 177 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,480 probably a half $1,000,000 account a year. 178 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,360 And, and all of a sudden we lost them. 179 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,640 So that was who that was a that was a drop. 180 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:19,040 OK, Couple years later, get an e-mail and one of the people 181 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,640 that we did business with in there said, we want you to tell 182 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,280 us what it's going to take to come back. 183 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,040 And I said, well, tell me what happened. 184 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,600 And they said, well, we found out that the buyers, a couple of 185 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,160 the buyers that were using this new company were taking money 186 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,040 under the table. As a kickback. 187 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,840 And when we found out about it, obviously we fired them because 188 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,240 that's not how we want to do business. 189 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,800 So let us know and they they came back and they're still with 190 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:47,880 us. All right. 191 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,760 But The thing is that, you know, when you see people that you 192 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,720 have to do business with that are doing the underhanded 193 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,880 things, you know, you're dealing with a spirit of greed. 194 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,320 You know, you're dealing with spirit of covetiousness, all 195 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:02,560 right? You want to make sure you don't 196 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,760 do that, all right? Now, we've gone over this 197 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,000 scripture before. It's Luke chapter 12. 198 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,360 I want to go there again and we're going to start in verse 199 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:17,040 13, Luke chapter 12, verse 13. And it says one of the companies 200 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,240 said unto him, Master, speak to my brother that he may divide 201 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,520 the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man who 202 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,640 made me a judge or a divider over you? 203 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,720 And he looked at everybody that was standing around listening to 204 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,480 this. And he says, take heed. 205 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,400 Anytime you see the words, take heed. 206 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,480 You know what you need to do, Take heed, right? 207 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,200 All right, you need to pay attention because the next 208 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,600 things that Jesus is going to say or Paul's going to say when 209 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,480 they say take heed is going to be extremely important. 210 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:51,120 Now listen to what he said, take heed and beware of covetousness. 211 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,640 For a man's life consists not of the abundance of the things 212 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:00,960 which he possesses. All right here in is why the 213 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:07,320 prosperity message is so skewed because people equate prosperity 214 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,440 by the things that you possess. Now hopefully in this church we 215 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:17,360 have destroyed that, OK, because we define the word prosper. 216 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,720 It is not what you have. It is not what you can get. 217 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,280 It's not what you can amount amass to yourself. 218 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,000 Prosperity in its simplest form means to have help on the road. 219 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,960 OK, by definition in both Hebrew and Greek. 220 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,160 So when he tells us in there, Jesus said listen, beware of 221 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,560 covetousness. The word beware in the original 222 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:46,280 language it means to be on. Guard or to keep? 223 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:52,440 From being snatched away. So it sounds like to me that 224 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:57,840 money and the things and accumulation can be a trap. 225 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,120 Because he says be on guard, pay attention, all right? 226 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,120 Pay attention to those things he said and keep from being 227 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,600 snatched away. He's saying beware of 228 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,720 covetousness, beware of greed. You know, the whole thing about 229 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,120 entrapment being trapped. All right? 230 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,480 Many of you all have heard, you know, my testimony. 231 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:24,160 And this absolutely blows my mind on being offended, OK? 232 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,400 And what it cost me cost me 10 years, all right. 233 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,160 And when I, you know, when you get offended and you, you're not 234 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,400 paying attention to the Bible, you're paying attention to your 235 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,200 emotions, all right, you're upset because somebody did you 236 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,840 wrong. And, and you know, and, and you 237 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,000 know, you, you just can't seem to get over it. 238 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,360 There's a book written called the Bait of Satan. 239 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,680 All right, We go through it in school, all right, talking about 240 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:51,160 the fact that there's going to be opposition, there's going to 241 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:55,120 be people that are offended. But what blows my mind is when 242 00:13:55,120 --> 00:14:00,120 we have people in this church, then all of a sudden they, they, 243 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,640 they went to Kingdom Institute and graduated. 244 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:07,000 I saw them walk the stage, remember one side to the other 245 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,640 with Pastor Earl and Marcy with their diploma. 246 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,080 And then I don't see them for a while. 247 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,480 And I just happened to ask somebody. 248 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,320 We're so and so and they go, oh, they got offended and left. 249 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,440 See, that absolutely blows my mind. 250 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:30,160 How can that even happen when you've given them the 251 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,080 illustrations and you've pointed out how in the world could you 252 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,920 ever think of being offended? Well, that same kind of trap is 253 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:43,080 also in the arena of money that sometimes we get involved in 254 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,000 things and we get involved in in. 255 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,200 Thinking a little more than we need to be thinking, you know, 256 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,080 about money and about finances. But Jesus was very clear. 257 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,760 Now let's go over the parable again that Jesus told on this He 258 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,120 said, Beware of covetousness for a man's life, beware of greed, 259 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,520 beware of avarice, OK? For a man's life does not 260 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,880 consist in the abundance of the things he possesses. 261 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,680 Now go to verse 16. And he spoke a parable unto 262 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:12,280 them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth 263 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,280 plentifully. And he said, And he thought 264 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,040 within himself, What shall I do? Because I have no room where for 265 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,840 to to bestow my fruits. And he said, this will I do, I 266 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,760 will put down, I will pull down my barns and I'll build greater, 267 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,400 and there I will bestow my fruits and my goods. 268 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:32,080 And he will And I said, I will say to my soul, so you have much 269 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,520 goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink and 270 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,040 be merry. But God said unto him, You're a. 271 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,240 Fool. This night your soul will be 272 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,520 required of you. And he said, then whose things 273 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,280 shall those be which you have provided? 274 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,920 And verse 21, we've gone over this so many times. 275 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:53,280 He said, so is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not 276 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,240 rich toward God. That's a King James, a better 277 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,120 translation of that last phrase. It says so. 278 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:03,080 He is he that lays up treasure for himself, but is not becoming 279 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:04,560 rich. For. 280 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:11,920 God all right, why would we want to become rich for God? 281 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,520 Think of a parable, another parable. 282 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,680 How about the talents? Can you remember that the 283 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:25,160 nobleman he gave the the the king, the nobleman, he gave them 284 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,440 the talents gave 1512 and one one all right. 285 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,680 And they did what they went and traded with those and they made 286 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,400 double. That was the the key for them 287 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,040 double. And when he came and he reckoned 288 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,760 with him, he said, look master the the five you gave me, we've 289 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,680 turned into another five. Who's he becoming rich for? 290 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:55,800 The king, because why it was the King's king gave it to him, told 291 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:00,880 him what to do. 2 of them did it, the other one didn't and got 292 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:06,720 the label wicked and slothful or lazy or unrighteous. 293 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,960 Because he didn't do anything with it. 294 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,920 All right, So he when he's telling us in here, he said, 295 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,960 listen, don't be like that guy because you can go through this 296 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,240 whole passage. I have it in my Bible in there 297 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:26,880 because every time you see the word I OK in verse the verse 17 298 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,840 he said, what shall I do? Because I have no room to bestow 299 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,840 my fruit. Then he said this will I do I 300 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,560 will pull down my barns and bill greater. 301 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,800 Therefore I will bestow all my fruits and goods. 302 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,640 Then I will say to my soul, soul, you have much goods laid 303 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,520 up for many years. Take thine easy, eat, drink and 304 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,800 be merry. So someone that is covetous is 305 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:55,120 always thinking about. Who I all right themselves. 306 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,160 So that's what you have to be careful of. 307 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,320 When you hear people talking, what are they talking about? 308 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,680 All right, what are they doing? Let's go over to Matthew 6. 309 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,120 Let's one. More time Take a look at what 310 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,120 Jesus said. Because this guy laid up 311 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:12,320 treasure for himself. He laid up his goods for 312 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:16,720 himself, correct? Jesus told us not. 313 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,320 To do that. In verse 19. 314 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,840 Everybody ought to have this highlighted in their Bible, I 315 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,040 swear. Or put it on their put it on 316 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:30,080 their their refrigerator. OK, verse 19 lay not up for 317 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,000 yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rest does corrupt 318 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,440 and thieves breakthrough and steal. 319 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,360 But rather he tells you where. But lay up for yourselves 320 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:43,680 treasures in heaven, whether neither moth nor rest does 321 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,880 corrupt, and where thieves do not breakthrough and steal. 322 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,960 He said for where your treasure is, there will your heart be 323 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,520 also. This is a 6th chapter of 324 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,240 Matthew. That's a verse 21. 325 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,600 Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 326 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,240 All right then he goes on and he says the light of the body is 327 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:05,880 the eye. If therefore thine eye be 328 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,600 single, your whole body is full of light. 329 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,160 Verse 23 If your eye be evil, the whole body will be full of 330 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,040 darkness. If therefore thy light that is 331 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,120 in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness? 332 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:21,760 Verse 24 No man can serve 2 masters, for either hate the one 333 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,440 and love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the 334 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,080 other. Here's the phrase, You cannot 335 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:35,040 serve God and Mammon. Now you know what I think's 336 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:40,120 interesting about that? He did not say you cannot serve 337 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:47,080 God and the devil. So I think he's telling us 338 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,520 there's something that's more powerful in the lives of humans 339 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,720 than the devil. Especially after Jesus totally 340 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,080 defeated him. Everybody's afraid of the devil, 341 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:05,200 but he's defeated. He told us that, but he's 342 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,360 telling us when it comes to serving. 343 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:14,720 There's only two You either serve Him, you serve God, or you 344 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,520 can serve money. We see it happen all the time. 345 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,840 I've seen it in this church. I've had conversation. 346 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,840 Let me know exactly what they're serving. 347 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,640 All right, I've got a few things. 348 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,360 Does anybody remember years ago? Pastor, this is probably 2010 if 349 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,520 I'm not mistaken and he did this series. 350 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,600 It was called Seeing Green. And he was talking about that 351 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,040 and he. Did a little spoof. 352 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,520 Off of everybody know Jeff Foxworthy and you know if you 353 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,880 want to be a redneck, you ever heard those like you know if 354 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,120 you're mowing your grass and you find a car, you might be a 355 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:53,960 redneck, right? Well, pastor came up with a few 356 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,600 when and he called it. You might have a problem with 357 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,560 money. OK, well, I came up with a few 358 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,040 that might let you know who you are the servant of. 359 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,240 Are you ready? Let me count them 1234. 360 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,640 I just got five. Listen to this. 361 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,120 I want you to tell me. And if you're guilty, just look 362 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,200 straight ahead. If you know the person behind 363 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,040 you is guilty, look straight ahead. 364 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:23,200 OK, don't turn around, right, But this is going to equip you 365 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,040 to know those that you interact with with in our body and the 366 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,520 error that they're getting ready to find themselves in. 367 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,440 Listen to this if you spend most of your time. 368 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:41,440 Coming up or thinking of ways to make more money then you are a 369 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:46,640 servant of money Now did you hear me if you spend most of 370 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:51,600 your time coming up with or thinking of ways to make. 371 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:59,240 More money you are serving of money if most of your 372 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,200 conversations are focused on your latest deals, contracts, 373 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,960 profits. If most of your conversations 374 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:13,400 are focused on the latest deals, contracts are probably you are a 375 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:18,360 servant of money. If I can't get with you and talk 376 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:21,040 about the things of the Kingdom and all you want to let me know 377 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,920 is, hey, we got this deal. We got this deal. 378 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,080 This is what we're doing it. Yeah. 379 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,520 I I. I'm going to be interested in 380 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,760 knowing that, but sooner or later we need to talk about 381 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,000 something else a little more important. 382 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,800 Be cautious about getting involved in those type of 383 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,800 conversations. Here's the next one. 384 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:42,200 If you are constantly coming up with and researching ideas that 385 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,360 could make more money, you might be a servant of money. 386 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,520 If that's all you spend your time doing. 387 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,200 You're saying you know, or you hear the latest thing or you're 388 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,800 you know, you hear it. You hear it all the time. 389 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,080 If you are on social media, you hear everybody that can make 7-8 390 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,240 figures. All right, and how to do it and 391 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,200 how to do it fast and the whole bit. 392 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,360 If you spend your time looking into those things and spending 393 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:10,400 more time studying those things and getting into those things, 394 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,560 you are a servant of money. OK, If you'd rather be working 395 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:21,800 at the job or your business than being in church, you are a 396 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,560 servant of money. Here's the last one if you don't 397 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,080 have time to spend. In the word and prayer because 398 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:35,360 you need to be at work you or a servant of money if you don't 399 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:39,480 have time for the things of God, you've already told us, you 400 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,240 know, if you're not interested in serving in the local church, 401 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,640 you've already told us if all you want to talk about is money 402 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:48,480 or the next idea or the next thing coming or what's going on, 403 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,680 you are serving the money all right. 404 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,800 That's why, you know, years ago we used to have what we called 405 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,680 home groups and, and the thing was, is that I'd hosted. 406 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,080 A couple of them. And I tell you what, I got tired 407 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,720 of them real quick, you know, cuz all we sat around and talked 408 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,800 about was football. And I like football like the 409 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,000 next guy. OK, no problem. 410 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,560 Even my grandchildren are now asking Papa tell us about 411 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,840 football. OK, watching. 412 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:23,960 This OK, but it's not my life you know I I when I get together 413 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,280 I love sitting down and talking about things of the Spirit. 414 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:34,040 Now you know why all of those are important to me because I 415 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,760 can raise both hand and say I'm guilty. 416 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,640 Every one of them because I went back in my mind and, and, and 417 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,200 conversations that I've had and how much emphasis. 418 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,920 That I put and and I even eluded last month. 419 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,960 I was talking about it, the message that pastor was 420 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,760 preaching and and he and, and then he came here and he did 421 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,480 one, he wanted to kick the year off and, and have, you know, 422 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,480 opportunity to visit with the business people. 423 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,080 And, you know, and made the comment, He said, if your goal 424 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,960 basically is to make money so you can give more to the gospel, 425 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,040 that's not that. That's a wrong goal. 426 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,600 And it bothered. Me because that's a man, that's 427 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:18,720 what I'm about and I had to re evaluate my about because my 428 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,360 relationship with God and how I'm pleasing him, all right, and 429 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:28,000 seeking him first and his Kingdom and his righteousness. 430 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,920 All these things will be added so I don't have to worry about, 431 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,160 OK, what's the next business deal I'm going to get so I get 432 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,200 some more money put in the account here at the church. 433 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,640 That's not the motive is what I'm saying. 434 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,400 It should not be your motivation. 435 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,400 All right, yes, we, if we're going to be, if we're going to, 436 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,920 you know, become rich when he tells us how not to do it. 437 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,680 All right, with that one guy that he was he he became wealthy 438 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,480 and he started storing stuff up. And she said don't do that. 439 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,200 Don't be storing stuff up for yourself. 440 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,360 He said, store up things in heaven. 441 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,840 Now I've taught this before because how you store things up 442 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,520 in heaven is found in Mark chapter 10 and and and and a few 443 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,280 other just a few other places. But it's a story about the rich 444 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,000 young. Ruler. 445 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:14,000 And he came and most people from the stage, we had a guy one time 446 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,800 that was talking about finance and stuff and he was going to 447 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,520 that scripture and he was going to quote it. 448 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,240 And I just, I said to myself, and he's going to leave one 449 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,480 phrase out. Sure enough he did because 450 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,200 everybody does. But when he says in there, he 451 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,960 said, the rich young ruler came to him, you remember, And he 452 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,360 said, keep the commandments. And he said, I've kept all these 453 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,320 from my youth. Now I love it In Mark 10 it 454 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,240 says, and Jesus beholding him, loved him. 455 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,600 He said, But one thing you lack. Now you've heard me say it. 456 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,360 I just wish I only had one thing when you feel good. 457 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,600 If it was only one thing, just tell me the one thing. 458 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,720 Don't Jesus. He'd get mine and it'd be like a 459 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,360 scroll. Roll that thing out of all them 460 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:55,760 things. He. 461 00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:02,320 Needs me to fix but he said one thing you lack go and and take 462 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,160 what you have. Sell it. 463 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:09,080 Give to the poor then you will have riches in heaven and come 464 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,560 take up your cross and follow me. 465 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,640 Most people leave out there. Then you will have riches in 466 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,200 heaven. They leave that part out. 467 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,200 What do they say? They say, well, go sell what you 468 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:18,320 have. Give to the poor, take up your 469 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,520 cross, Come follow me. That's exactly how they quote 470 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,440 it. Next time you hear somebody want 471 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,720 to quote that, let's see what? And they're quoting it, not 472 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,000 reading it. You, you, you tell me if they if 473 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,440 they put in there, then you will have riches in heaven. 474 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,440 Jesus telling us as we give to the poor, we consider those that 475 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,840 are, you know, maybe needing a little finance and maybe needing 476 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,120 something. If we consider them, every time 477 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:43,360 we give to them, we are putting money in the bank in heaven. 478 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,520 OK, now here's the deal. When we get there, we won't need 479 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,360 it. So that means that there's a way 480 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:56,320 that we must be able to, excuse me, withdraw here where we need 481 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,840 it. There's no American currency. 482 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,120 Everybody know that, right? In heaven. 483 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,480 You know that, right? I mean. 484 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:02,800 I, I, we don't know how to get there. 485 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,640 If it did, and if he decided he'd start printing his own, 486 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,880 it'd be counterfeit. So there ain't none up there, 487 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,920 all right. But we need that. 488 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,360 We need to take a look at the fact where Jesus said this. 489 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,440 Listen. You can't serve the two masters. 490 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,400 You can, you can, you can serve me or you can serve money. 491 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,320 And there wasn't nothing in between. 492 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,520 So when you, you see people talking about all those 493 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,320 different things and they're not really talking about the Kingdom 494 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:30,840 of God. They're not really talking about 495 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,160 the things that matter and what's going on in people's 496 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,120 lives and those that are getting the revelation of who Jesus is 497 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,080 in the lordship of Christ and being water baptized and all 498 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,400 those different things that the Kingdom is made-up of. 499 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,600 If you're not focused on those things, you really got to ask a 500 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,640 question, where me where, Where am I standing right now in the 501 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,080 Kingdom of God? Where do I stand? 502 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,960 What category do I stand in? Am IA servant of God or am IA 503 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,080 servant of the finances? Or the job. 504 00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:00,480 All right, Hebrews chapter 13. Jot this one down and listen to 505 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,240 this careful because. The the the. 506 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,880 Barriers that Jesus wants us to have toward greed and 507 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,200 covetousness but in Hebrews chapter 13 verse five and six. 508 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,320 Let it let let's look at what he says he said let your 509 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,520 conversation be without covetousness and be content with 510 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:23,000 what things that you have for he said I will never leave you or 511 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,840 forsake you that we may boldly say that the Lord is my helper 512 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,400 helper and I will not fear what man shall do to me. 513 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,720 The words without covetousness. He tells us right here, he said. 514 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,240 Let your conversation. All right, when we hear the word 515 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,760 conversation, we usually think about what we're talking about. 516 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,920 The word conversation in the original language is the word 517 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,360 manner of lifestyle. It's how are you? 518 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,400 Living. What are people seeing when 519 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,840 you're living? He said. 520 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,200 Let your conversation be without covetousness. 521 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,160 All right? That Greek word basically is is 522 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:03,080 the the word a Phil or guras? OK, a Phil or Guras? 523 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:08,760 It's a Phil. And ARGUROS. 524 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:15,160 I'll spell it again. APHILARGUROS. 525 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,840 It's a compound Greek word. Phil comes from Philo, meaning 526 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,280 love. Or affection. 527 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:28,680 OK, the word arguras is the word in the Greek for silver. 528 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:36,400 All right, so greed or covetousness can be described 529 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,720 with people that have a love for money or love at the end. 530 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,600 Silver. This particular word has an A in 531 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,720 front of it which it. Reverses it. 532 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,560 So that's why he said without covetousness. 533 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,800 All right, He said. Do not, he said. 534 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,920 Do not let your conversation, do not let your manner of life, do 535 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,840 not let yourself be pulled into conversations or manner of 536 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,000 lifestyle. That all you're looking for? 537 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,280 Is money OK? And he said why? 538 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,360 He said because he said be content and I like it. 539 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,320 Because the word. Content doesn't mean, you know, 540 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,720 just put up with it. You know, it's it. 541 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,880 You know there's nothing you can do about it. 542 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,600 No, basically the word content says I am not moved by my 543 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,120 circumstances. That's what the word means. 544 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,200 I'm totally separated from my circumstances. 545 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,080 They don't affect me. Where I am financially right now 546 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:35,520 does not affect me, He said, and he said be content with such 547 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,280 things as you have for the Lord says, notice I will never leave 548 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,960 you or forsake you. What does that tell you? 549 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,080 If you go with the prosperity word, you're going to have help 550 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,160 on the road. It's good to know who's with you 551 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,200 to help you. He is everything that you have 552 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,000 need of. There's not one thing he said 553 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,720 that you'll go without. And if so many people are trying 554 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,840 to get their own arms, Jesus, Jesus tells us that all through 555 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,040 those parables. All right in that. 556 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,360 And the Father even told us in Deuteronomy chapter 8, he said, 557 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,640 listen, don't come to a place when you get blessed, that you 558 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,600 say my arm and my power has got me this wealth. 559 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,960 For it is he that has given you the power to get wealth all 560 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,880 right, that he may establish his covenant, which he swore into 561 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,080 your Father's. All right, he tells us that, but 562 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,360 in in Hebrews he said that we may he said that I will never 563 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,160 leave you or forsake you. It's interesting. 564 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,920 Everybody says, well, Jesus said I'll never leave you or forsake 565 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,040 you. And we quote that all the time. 566 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,320 In fact, you got it on T-shirts. You got it on kind of stuff. 567 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,520 But what in context is he talking about? 568 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,240 He's talking about you and money. 569 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,240 He said, are you greedy? He said you don't need to be 570 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,800 greedy, you need to be content. You need to be a stepping aside 571 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,440 from your circumstances financially and know he's going 572 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,520 to take care of what you need. He promised that anybody 573 00:32:54,520 --> 00:33:02,400 remember Matthew 633 seek first the Kingdom of God and his 574 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,040 righteousness and all these things will be added to you. 575 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,400 So therefore you can go and say the Lord is my helper and I will 576 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,120 not fear what man shall do to me. 577 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,960 You know, you can replace that what man shall do to me and you 578 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:22,840 can put in there IRSI mean, you know, I I basically, I've I've 579 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,240 been everywhere you can be with the IRS. 580 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:29,160 I've been there audits, probably three or four of them over the 581 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,320 last 40 years. You know, different situations 582 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,560 where I've had to talk to the revenue officer and and that's 583 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,080 what I call them. I even got one on speed dial 584 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:43,120 and, and any question that I have or any, she calls me back 585 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,360 and I'm thinking she's a good person to have on the team. 586 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,720 Oh, there's no doubt because you know, when you running into some 587 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,560 things and and going on, I'm telling you what I want to call 588 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,440 somebody that you know, can find out real fast and it's good to 589 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,320 have one. But he says, Hey, listen, I'll 590 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,240 not fear what man shall. Do to me so as we take a look 591 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:06,040 at. The next one in there that this 592 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,639 is a requirement if you ever wanted to be in church and you 593 00:34:09,639 --> 00:34:12,800 wanna be a leader, and I would pray that everybody would have. 594 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,159 Some type of area that they could show leadership over. 595 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:20,280 But did you know that being covetousness, Being a person of 596 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,920 covetousness is basically it is it is. 597 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,080 It is a taboo. You shouldn't even you shouldn't 598 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:30,760 even be considered in leadership if you haven't got your money 599 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,440 thing fixed out figured out because hating. 600 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:38,760 Covetousness was a requirement of being a leader in the church. 601 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,159 Let me give you a few scriptures. 602 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:42,960 Exodus chapter 18. This is a story. 603 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,400 When Moses is coming, he's leading the children to Israel. 604 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,960 And his father in law's on the way to meet him. 605 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,320 He's got his wife and his children with her or with them. 606 00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:56,880 And they show up and they have a big party and they're excited to 607 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,120 see each other. This is the 18th chapter of 608 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,480 Exodus. And the next morning, Moses 609 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,200 pulls out his little desk out of his tent, sets it under under 610 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,800 his little awning. And he puts his little desk 611 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,680 plate on there, says Pastor Moses. 612 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,880 And he said. And the people begin to line up 613 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,840 by twos. As far. 614 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:21,000 As the eye can see, you know how I know that anytime you get 6 615 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,120 million people, 3 million people unborn again in one place, 616 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,560 you're going to have some problems. 617 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,120 And so he would he would, he'd take them, come on up, what's 618 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,000 the deal? They tell him, well, they did 619 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,040 this or they did that and he would judge the people and he'd 620 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,080 say This is why this is what God said. 621 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,000 This is why you're wrong. You're right whole bit. 622 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,800 And you know, and then people leave next to come up, right? 623 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,880 And you know how things go. I mean, what? 624 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,000 What's going to happen? Them two guys that just left are 625 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,880 going to go back past that line again and see somebody else they 626 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,240 got a problem with. So them two going to go get back 627 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:56,320 in line. And this thing is never ending. 628 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,920 Well, Jethro, his father-in-law says, what are you doing? 629 00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,880 And he goes, well, everybody comes to see me. 630 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,840 And he said, you're standing here from evening, from morning 631 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,520 to evening, every day judging these people. 632 00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,000 And he goes, yeah, because I'm the only one we got. 633 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,320 And he said, well, the thing you're doing is not good. 634 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,240 You're going to wear out and you're going to wear the people 635 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:18,400 out. Now think about it. 636 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,800 We get wore out standing in line for 45 minutes and anywhere, I 637 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,200 mean, two hour wait, trying to get into a restaurant. 638 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,240 I mean, you know, you can imagine these people standing in 639 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:29,640 the heat of the day all day. And he said, listen, I'm going 640 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,400 to give you some advice. Right and he goes on, he goes on 641 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,280 to give him the advice and that one of the last part of the vice 642 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,000 is found in verse 21. He said, moreover, you shall 643 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,800 provide out of all the people able men such as fear God, men 644 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:48,120 of truth, haters of covetousness and place them over to be rulers 645 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,400 of thousands, hundreds, 50s and 10s. 646 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,040 So one of the requirements to become a judge, that's what he 647 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,600 was doing, is he's given the under. 648 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,480 Courts, he was creating them. All right, Bible tells us 649 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,560 another place where, you know, Moses was crying out saying, 650 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,880 man, you know, these people have absolutely lost their minds. 651 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,240 You know, they, I, I cannot handle them myself alone. 652 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,960 He comes with the great revelation and the Lord picks 653 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:17,080 out 70 to help him. Now, to me, 70 out of 3 million 654 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,040 ain't that much. Right. 655 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,400 But he tells him he anoints them with the same anointing he had. 656 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,440 But he said they had to be haters of covetous. 657 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,320 Why? Because they couldn't be 658 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,920 susceptible to a bribe. That was the main thing. 659 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,520 OK, now we get into the New Testament. 660 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:36,520 Paul's writing to. Timothy, he said if you want to 661 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,160 have bishops or you want to have deacons come in your church, 662 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,480 notice what he said in verse 3. This is first Timothy 33. 663 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,320 He said not give into wine. Not a striker, not. 664 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,800 Greedy. A filthy lucre. 665 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,640 OK, so he tells him, Hey, listen, we're not, we're not 666 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,280 going to have, we're not going to have the filthy lucre, you 667 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,160 know, part going on in, in our, our churches and filthy lucre, 668 00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,880 basically. It's a real, real long word in 669 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,720 the Greek, but it means eager for base gain or greedy for 670 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:06,200 money, he said. As you're not going to have it, 671 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,440 not in leadership, all right. He tells Titus the same thing in 672 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,040 Titus's letter he said for a Bishop must be blameless as a 673 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,320 steward of God, not self willed, not angry, not given to wine, 674 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,760 not a striker, nor given to filthy lucre. 675 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,720 He tell him the same thing first Peter. 676 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,720 Peter even talks to him. He said listen when you're 677 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:31,240 talking about pastors, he tells pastors in verse two, feed the 678 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:34,520 flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, 679 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:39,600 not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, 680 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:44,640 but ever ready mind so. Even in the leadership, he had 681 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:49,560 to be Make them beware, all right, or make them have caution 682 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,840 of being against being moved by money, he said. 683 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,000 Don't do it. So I'll let you know how 684 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,200 powerful money money really is. OK. 685 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,120 But as we look at the last part that that I want to see as far 686 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,560 as the where your. Your your treasure is. 687 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:12,240 And let me go and down here as far as when we talk about it, 688 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,760 leadership can't have it, but one of the things that you'll 689 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:19,280 find out being covetous being. Always thinking about money, it 690 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,680 can condemn the soul. Do you remember the parable I 691 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,040 just read? He said he, you know, he said 692 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,880 your soul is required, right? Pastor is quoted how many times 693 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:34,200 the Scripture, All right, this says what will a man gain? 694 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,400 And and you know, what does it matter if he gains the whole 695 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,640 world and loses his soul? See, there's something about 696 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,560 money that can help. You lose your mind. 697 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,600 You can get so possessed in the money, you can find yourself 698 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,320 just constantly, constantly trying to figure out how we 699 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,960 going to do this, how we going to do that. 700 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,800 Do you not think that the Holy Spirit has the ability to tell 701 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,520 you what you need to do next? I mean, if anybody ought to know 702 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,360 what your next move is going to be, it ought to be the Holy 703 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,080 Spirit. Instead of figuring out, OK, I 704 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,600 saw this good idea, saw that good idea, stop and sit down 705 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,040 with the Lord. And say, what's the next thing 706 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:14,560 that you're going to have me get in? 707 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,880 I'm right now seeking him about different things because we got 708 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,840 such a shake up in the real estate market. 709 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,000 OK, there's some new laws coming out that we're going to have to 710 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,880 really, really watch ourselves on because the the realtor, the 711 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,560 Association of Realtors, all right, was sued for over $400 712 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:36,040 million because people were freaking out about commissions 713 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,440 and that they weren't communicating how they were 714 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,760 getting paid. And I'm thinking that is the 715 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,960 dumbest thing I've ever heard of because everybody we've ever 716 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,800 dealt with, we let them know and we show them this is how we're 717 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,080 getting paid and they what they won. 718 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,480 Now we're in the appealing and everything of it. 719 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,520 But you know, it's going to change a lot. 720 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,400 It's going to, it's going to change compensation. 721 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:59,520 And there's going to be some people that will not consider a, 722 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,960 a, you know, if you bring a buyer, they, they can tell you 723 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,360 no, we don't have to pay you anything. 724 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,520 Well then, what's the point? I mean, why would I bring you a 725 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:09,720 buyer? But you got to be careful 726 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,840 because you're not being showing any prejudice or you're showing 727 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,480 any animosity because you know they're not offering. 728 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,320 So you, there's a lot of things in the industry that we're 729 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,840 looking at. I'm seeking the Lord about it. 730 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,360 I'm not going to I'm not going to take everything every lawyer 731 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,920 says. I wonder, Lord, how do you want 732 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,200 me to respond in this situation? What do you need me to do? 733 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,040 You got something else going You want me to get involved in I 734 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,360 I'll listen. You know, that's what we want to 735 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,400 do. But when we get to. 736 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:43,200 Philippians chapter I'm sorry, Ephesians chapter 5 all right, 737 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,320 let's talk about what it it can do to us because in verse one he 738 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,440 said, if you there be for followers of God as dear 739 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,080 children, be that he said and walk in love as Christ also 740 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,760 loved us and has given himself for us an offering and a 741 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:01,880 sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour but fornication 742 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,320 all uncleanliness or covetousness. 743 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,360 Listen to this next phrase. Let it not once be named among 744 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:12,920 you as becometh Saints all right. 745 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,600 You are not supposed to be in a situation where people say man, 746 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:16,480 they're just. Greedy. 747 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,160 You know that all they talk about is money. 748 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,080 You know how you're going to make the next buck. 749 00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,280 What do we got to do? Don't be that, it said. 750 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,800 Do not let that be named against upon you at once. 751 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,000 Don't even let it all right then, he said, Neither 752 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,760 filthiness, foolish talking nor jesting, which are not 753 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,320 convenient, but rather the giving of thanks. 754 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,240 It says. For this we know that no 755 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:45,560 whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man who is an 756 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:51,920 idolater, have any in any inheritance in the Kingdom of 757 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:56,080 God. So people that are spending all 758 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,400 their time figuring out how to make the next buck, talking 759 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,680 about what we got to do to make the next buck, what can we do to 760 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:05,480 get the next dollar? All right, He says in there, he 761 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,600 said that covetous man is an idolater. 762 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,480 All right, What's some of the first commandments? 763 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,240 Thou shalt not make any graven image. 764 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,680 Interesting. You know how they print money on 765 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,920 a graven plate? It's etched. 766 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,240 Right, that's how they print money. 767 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,040 He said don't. He said, don't get into 768 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,320 covetousness because it is idolatry. 769 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,200 That's why he said, what did he say? 770 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,920 You cannot serve God and you cannot serve Mammon. 771 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,280 You cannot serve wealth. You cannot serve money. 772 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,960 That's what he tells us and in and in First Timothy chapter 6. 773 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,840 Listen to what Paul's writing in in First Timothy 6. 774 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,920 Two different sections. All right, we're going to wrap 775 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,760 it up. What do we got? 776 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,760 I don't have my time up there, but what about what, 15 after 777 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,640 great first Timothy jot it down six, nine through 10, but. 778 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,800 Those that will be. Rich fall into a temptation and 779 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:07,640 a snare, and in in many foolish and hurtful lust which drown men 780 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:11,600 in destruction and tradition. For the love of money is the 781 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,200 root of all evil, which some have coveted after they have 782 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,840 erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many 783 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:21,160 sorrows. So Paul writing to Timothy tells 784 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:26,040 him, he said those that will be rich, the word will be means to 785 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:31,480 strive to be those that are constantly striving to be rich. 786 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,400 He tells the believer, he said you are going to fall into a 787 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,960 temptation and a snare. And he goes on, and he said, and 788 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:46,000 many foolish and hurtful lust, which drowned men in destruction 789 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,840 and perdition. You know, I mean, I can't tell 790 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,600 you how many times pastors even alluded to this, but I had 791 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,720 actually in Oklahoma, I had some people come to me. 792 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,880 They, you know, they'd come to me and say, hey, I just got this 793 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,280 job. I said, wow, that's great 794 00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,800 because you've been looking for one for a long time. 795 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,680 That's awesome. And they said, but I'm not going 796 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,200 to be able to go to church on Sundays. 797 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,000 OK, well, we can go back to you might be a redneck. 798 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:14,280 OK, I said dude, I said I don't care. 799 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,000 What it pays? I don't. 800 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,640 I said you will mess up your life based upon this Scripture. 801 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,560 It said, yeah, in there they will be. 802 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,360 They'll fall into a temptation to snare many foolish and 803 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:30,040 hurtful lust and drown in destruction and perdition. 804 00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,240 And it wasn't too long after that him and his wife were 805 00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:35,080 divorced. Kids are wondering what's going 806 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:39,200 on, you know, and the whole bit, you know, the Bible's true, Yes, 807 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,160 the trouble's true. You know, one verse that that I, 808 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:47,320 I, I learned years ago said he that troubles his house will 809 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,240 inherit the wind. OK. 810 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,400 And right here. When somebody decides to go 811 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,520 after money and you know, and and it may be the most innocent 812 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,960 God, I just want to be, I just want to do better for my family. 813 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,680 I just want to do we all want to do better for our family, OK, 814 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,920 But there's a way to do that that won't put you in a jeopardy 815 00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:14,240 situation. It is becoming familiar with the 816 00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:18,960 voice of God so that he can tell you all right, what it is. 817 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,560 And and the main thing is, is that we can go back every time. 818 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:26,720 Everything we teach, We can go back all right, to the the 819 00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:30,240 management principle is that how are we managing? 820 00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,320 How are we? How are we taking care of the 821 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,120 things that God gives? US because remember what we said 822 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:39,320 according to you know, Genesis chapter 2, verse five and six, 823 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,160 it goes on there and it goes in there to say that hey, he 824 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:48,360 withholds all right, his resources from bad manager. 825 00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:55,320 He will cut off resources if someone starts managing poorly. 826 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,840 We have scriptures all through Jesus teaching about that. 827 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:01,880 The unjust steward? He got fired. 828 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,800 And he again tried to figure out what he was doing, you know, 829 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,000 and, and what he was going to have to do. 830 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,600 But Jesus said, don't be like them. 831 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,240 All right, now let me give you the last Scripture for tonight, 832 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:18,440 Second Timothy chapter 6. Again, it's just just down a 833 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:23,520 little ways in verse 17, he said. 834 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:26,440 Charge them that are rich in this world that they and and you 835 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:30,080 need to note these number one that they be not high minded. 836 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,640 In other words, thinking more of yourself than you need to think. 837 00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:40,000 He said no trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God 838 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,840 who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 839 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,520 So he's telling you, get the the thought of finances out of your 840 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,520 way and begin to trust in the living God. 841 00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:52,520 Money can leave quickly. I've been there. 842 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:57,560 I've lost all, almost all of it. OK, sad, sad situations. 843 00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,960 I didn't know if there's anything I could do. 844 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,280 You know about it, but the Lord brought me out of all of it. 845 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,200 All right, and and and when you take a look in there when he 846 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,520 says, you know charged in the rich in this world that they be 847 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:11,720 not high minded nor trust in uncertain riches. 848 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,720 If you'll remember the parable of the sower in Mark chapter 4. 849 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:20,480 He said some are sown among thorns, and he said the cares of 850 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,720 this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other 851 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:26,480 things reach in and choke the word that was sown in their 852 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,160 heart. Now it's interesting to note. 853 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,360 OK. And you think about this, Pastor 854 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,920 pointed this out to US one time. He said there's four types of 855 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,840 soil. You remember the wayside, Stony 856 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,240 ground, thorny ground and good ground. 857 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,680 The harvest that he said you could expect from the sowing of 858 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:53,800 the word was only 25% OK. So when we talk about we talk 859 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:55,920 about the fact that he said charge them that are rich in 860 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,480 this world. They be not high minded nor 861 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,800 trust in uncertain riches. Why are they uncertain? 862 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,080 Because you don't know what the markets going to do unless God 863 00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:07,440 tells you how to keep from something bad happening. 864 00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:11,120 And he said, but you trust in the living God who gives us 865 00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:14,240 richly everything to enjoy. But look at the next verse, he 866 00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:17,960 said, and that they do good and that they be rich in good works, 867 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,680 ready to distribute, willing to communicate. 868 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,200 He said if there's a reason that God is going to bless you 869 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:30,280 financially, is those things right there that you would be 870 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:34,320 doing good? It is said of Jesus in Acts 871 00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,120 chapter 10, verse 38, who went about doing good. 872 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:42,200 All right, He said he was anointed of God. 873 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,600 He went about doing good and healing all that were possessed. 874 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,640 Of devils, the word doing good in there is where we get our 875 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,720 English word philanthropist. OK, how do we know Jesus was a 876 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,080 philanthropist? Well, every time you turn 877 00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:57,880 around, he's given to the poor. How do we know that? 878 00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:02,800 Because the night that he was betrayed and Judas left, the 879 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,400 other guys assumed that he was either going to go buy some more 880 00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:08,960 stuff to eat or go give something to the poor at the at 881 00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,640 the request of Jesus. So it must have been something 882 00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:16,200 that continued on or they didn't ever had that thought that he 883 00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,720 was he was in it. So he says you need to be one 884 00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:25,000 that does good and that you be rich in good works everywhere 885 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,480 you're serving in the ministry. Is a good work. 886 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,000 Do you think more about that than you do your job? 887 00:50:32,440 --> 00:50:34,560 You know what we could do? Pastor said it the other day. 888 00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:37,520 I thought it was so funny. He said, you know, because we 889 00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:40,800 were talking about the tithe and, and, and I'd made a comment 890 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:44,520 about tithing your time. And I did the calculations on 891 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,360 how many minutes there are in a day. 10% of it would be two 892 00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:51,600 hours and 24 minutes. OK, could we do that? 893 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,320 Well, I spend about half of that in the time of the word and 894 00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,000 study every day. Never miss a day. 895 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,080 Don't miss a day. All right. 896 00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:02,040 Then I spend the time I'm either praying or talking to the Lord 897 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:03,720 about the different things that's going on. 898 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,600 You know, how do you want me to respond? 899 00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:08,720 What do you want me to do next? You know, we got a meeting 900 00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:12,680 today, you know, have me give me an opportunity to talk about the 901 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,560 Kingdom, you know, those different things. 902 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,920 And I'm and I'm always. Looking at that because why I 903 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:21,840 want to be rich. In good works OK, you know, 904 00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:27,120 works is the word works OK, Ergon in the Greek it just means 905 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,480 work. So while we're working. 906 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:33,200 That's why Pastor said your job is not your source. 907 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,720 Your job is not where you work. You don't. 908 00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:38,840 And here's the deal. We get so caught up in trading 909 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,200 our life for money, it's ridiculous. 910 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:44,560 And we got to go to work. I've said it before, I said, you 911 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,360 know God's not going to trust you with your own business. 912 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,200 He's going to put you in an employment situation to see how 913 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,040 you handle yourself. If you can't be trusted with 914 00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,480 another man's business, why in the world would he give you one 915 00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,720 of your own? Did the Bible not say that in, 916 00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:01,880 in, in? So in the 12th chapter of Luke, 917 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,760 he says that he said, if you've not been faithful on that which 918 00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:07,080 is another man, he will not give you that which is your own. 919 00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,440 And people are all the time, you know, thinking, oh, man, if I 920 00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,960 could just go into business, you know, I could make, you know, I 921 00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,000 could make more money and I could get this done and that 922 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,480 done. I said wrong motive for getting 923 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:18,880 into business. And, you know, I had one young 924 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,960 man tell me. He said, Oh yeah, man, he said. 925 00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:23,200 I don't, I don't, I want to, I want my own business. 926 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,280 And he said, and I said, well, what, what's the, what's the big 927 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:27,680 deal? I said, I hear you're making, 928 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:31,600 you know, fairly good money as a, a, a, a server and tips are 929 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:32,960 good. You're at a good restaurant 930 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,080 because I tell people I said you need to evaluate. 931 00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:39,960 Tips. OK, $100 meal has a better tip 932 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:43,480 than a $25.00 meal. Anybody figure that out because 933 00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,640 I'm not going to go work at the $25 ticket. 934 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,760 Place I'm going to go, if I'm going to serve, I'm going to go 935 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:51,160 to that. That would that would be your 936 00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:52,760 main thing, right? Your thought. 937 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:55,000 All right. But he you know, he said yeah. 938 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,040 He said I'm just I'm just tired of my boss and everything. 939 00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:00,320 And I said and you what, you want to go into your own 940 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,920 business? How many bosses do you have? 941 00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:05,320 You said I got one. I said, well, go ahead and go 942 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:06,960 into business. You'll have about 100. 943 00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:09,280 And guess what? They don't care. 944 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:11,960 They don't care if you do good or bad. 945 00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:14,560 I mean, if whatever it is you promise you better produce and 946 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,720 they don't care if your place burns down, you know, they don't 947 00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,920 care that you got sick. They don't care. 948 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,360 I mean, and so, you know, if you think it's bad working for one 949 00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:27,800 guy, OK, get your next hundred. Line them up, you know, and, 950 00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,800 and, and see how you fare there. All right. 951 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:32,200 But he tells, he said you got to be rich in good works. 952 00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:34,200 Notice what he said, ready to distribute. 953 00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,360 I mean, you know the thing in I'm always ready. 954 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:40,320 I'm listening. I mean, I got ears like an 955 00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:41,520 elephant. You can't see them. 956 00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:44,840 But you know, when I'm walking around the hallway out here and 957 00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,600 I mean, is it not getting crowded or crowded or is that a 958 00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:52,240 word crowded more crowded. I mean, you people talking about 959 00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:53,760 everything and I got my ears open. 960 00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:56,680 Who's going through some bad times, who's got a challenge, 961 00:53:56,680 --> 00:53:59,720 who can't make this or you can't pay this or, or whatever. 962 00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:02,000 I'm listening. I want to know who in the body 963 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,800 needs help because I'm ready. I want to be ready. 964 00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:10,320 And, and, and you don't have to go very far down the hall, you 965 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,960 know, and get and, and, and find you see, read people's faces. 966 00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,360 You can you, you know, you can listen to the way they're 967 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:17,760 talking, you know, the whole bit. 968 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:20,040 Be ready, be ready to distribute. 969 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:24,280 He said willing to communicate that Neil Diamond, you know Neil 970 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,960 Diamond, he's a singer. He had a song and it's called 971 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,160 Money Talks. He don't sing or dance, but it 972 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,120 talks money still. Talks. 973 00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:37,120 You know what it says and that we need to train it to say I 974 00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,800 love you. You're going through a hard time 975 00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,560 right now. I've had that happen to me. 976 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,520 I mean, and you know, at at one of the worst times in my life, 977 00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:47,600 me and Melanie both. I mean, I'm going through the 978 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,440 cancer. I'm highly distracted, all 979 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,400 right? I mean, money's not coming in 980 00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,760 the way it should. I had some decisions to make. 981 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,120 I was sharing with one brother about it. 982 00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,320 That brother went to another brother and went to another 983 00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:00,280 brother, went to another brother. 984 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,080 Next thing, all these brothers show up at the house and they. 985 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:04,400 And they said. We're going to help you. 986 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,080 I never forgot it. I'll never forget it. 987 00:55:07,720 --> 00:55:10,960 And, and when I was asking them, you know, about, you know, why 988 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:13,280 are you guys doing this? And I'd forgotten. 989 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,720 And that's the amazing thing because some people have a 990 00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:19,800 Ledger sheet that never forget. But I had one of them say, Hey, 991 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,960 you know what, when my little boy was not doing well, you paid 992 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:27,600 for all the doctor bills we did. I forgot all about that. 993 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,960 He said, you know, when I had to work and I, I couldn't pay for 994 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,080 the daycare. You paid for all the daycare. 995 00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:34,320 We. Did. 996 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,240 Had another guy tell me, he said you remember when my grandfather 997 00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:40,320 died I couldn't go see him. He said cuz I didn't have the 998 00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:43,080 money and you right there on your phone bought me a plane 999 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:44,880 ticket so I could be at his funeral. 1000 00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:49,040 I forgot all about it. You know, The thing is, Are you 1001 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,360 ready? Are you ready to communicate? 1002 00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:54,440 All right? Are you ready to let somebody 1003 00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:55,960 know? Hey, I love you and this is it. 1004 00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:58,040 Don't worry about that. Don't worry, you know. 1005 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,760 If you can fix it, fix it. All right, then that last verse 1006 00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:04,600 that said laying up in store for themselves a good foundation 1007 00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:08,200 against the time to come that they may lay hold of eternal 1008 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,600 life. You know, I'm not real sure that 1009 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,520 it defines out what that time to come is. 1010 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:15,200 But I mean, we're facing all kind of crazy stuff in the 1011 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,680 arena. Finance Banks. 1012 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:21,120 Doing weird things, You know, you're hearing rumors all the 1013 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,800 time that the government through the Fed, the Fed don't want to 1014 00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,520 be left out. So the Fed wants to come up with 1015 00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:28,040 a digital dollar and they probably will. 1016 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:30,840 The International Monetary Fund, all right? 1017 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:34,840 And all these different things. You know, he said you, you store 1018 00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:37,360 up when you give into the Kingdom of God, you're storing 1019 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,600 up for the time to come. I don't know what that time's 1020 00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,600 going to entail, but I want to make sure I've invested in the 1021 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,760 right place. And I'm not talking about a 1022 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:48,920 world system that can complete and come, come cave in or or 1023 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,400 come to complete nothing. But I want to make sure that I'm 1024 00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:56,360 investing in those things that God's saying this is eternal, 1025 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:59,160 this is eternal. All right, that's what we want 1026 00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:00,240 to do. All right, everybody good. 1027 00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:02,360 All right, let's pray. Father, I thank you and praise 1028 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:05,000 you for opportunity to just talk about some of your 1029 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,080 considerations concerning how we look at money that we'd be 1030 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:10,200 people. That want to talk about your 1031 00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:12,960 Kingdom more than money or we want to think about your Kingdom 1032 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,920 more than money? We want to invest in Your 1033 00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,480 Kingdom more than any other investment that we could make. 1034 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:20,880 Father, we thank you and praise You that You've given us the 1035 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:25,720 ability as business people to be sensitive to those around us 1036 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:29,000 that may be going through things or maybe needing a little help. 1037 00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,080 Father, I thank you and praise You that the love in our hearts, 1038 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:36,560 well, it has to give. It has to give because you said 1039 00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:39,720 it in John 316 that God so loved the world that He gave. 1040 00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:44,240 He gave the most important thing that we needed and that was his 1041 00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:46,160 son. So we're grateful for that. 1042 00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:48,200 But father, let us take the things that we learned tonight 1043 00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,280 and and meditate on them and find out where do we really 1044 00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:52,320 stand? Where are we at? 1045 00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:55,600 What are we focused on? Lord, we want to be focusing on 1046 00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:57,480 your Kingdom. You said that you'd add 1047 00:57:57,480 --> 00:57:59,680 everything you said don't be anxious about tomorrow. 1048 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:01,960 He said tomorrow has the ability to take care of the things that 1049 00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:04,200 itself. He said sufficient unto today is 1050 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,440 a trouble. So Father, help us through that 1051 00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,600 trouble because you said that you were given to us to help us 1052 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:12,440 and you gave us the Holy Spirit to do that exact thing. 1053 00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:15,880 So let us be sensitive and let us listen and let us be able to 1054 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:19,520 conduct business in the Kingdom as you want it conducted and we 1055 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,240 thank you for it in Jesus name, Amen. 1056 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:31,200 Amen. Thank you so much for listening 1057 00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:33,640 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 1058 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:37,040 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and 1059 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,080 SoundCloud. 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