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“The Greatest Sermon in History” Part 16

“The point is that you can’t be too greedy.”

“The point is that you can’t be too greedy.”

Donald TrumpDonald Trump

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”

Woody AllenWoody Allen

Financial success never satisfies

Financial success never satisfies

The Trouble with Treasures:The Trouble with Treasures:

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)Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what is the advantage of wealth—except perhaps to watch it run through your fingers!

Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what is the advantage of wealth—except perhaps to watch it run through your fingers!

“After becoming famous and signing multimillion dollar deals, athletes discover those things are great but empty.”

“After becoming famous and signing multimillion dollar deals, athletes discover those things are great but empty.”

Gino RedaGino Reda

Earthly treasures are temporary

Earthly treasures are temporary

The Trouble with Treasures:The Trouble with Treasures:

“Sometimes being a player in the playoffs you think you're superhuman, but this makes you realize you're not.”

“Sometimes being a player in the playoffs you think you're superhuman, but this makes you realize you're not.”

Dan BoyleDan Boyle

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)“Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.”

“Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.”

“There won’t be a U-Haul following your hearse.”

“There won’t be a U-Haul following your hearse.”

Billy GrahamBilly Graham

Greed corrupts the entire person

Greed corrupts the entire person

The Trouble with Treasures:The Trouble with Treasures:

“The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.”

“The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.”

Jack PalanceJack Palance

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)“Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.“Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!”

“Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.“Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!”

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)But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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)“Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.“Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!”

“Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.“Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!”

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“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

A lust for more leads you away from God

A lust for more leads you away from God

The Trouble with Treasures:The Trouble with Treasures:

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)“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

“You can’t simply take Christ as a fire escape from Hell and still worship at the altar of self.”

“You can’t simply take Christ as a fire escape from Hell and still worship at the altar of self.”Denn GuptillDenn Guptill

“Either we keep our conscience and reduce our affluence by giving generously and helping those in need, or we keep our affluence and smother our conscience. We have to choose between God and money.”

“Either we keep our conscience and reduce our affluence by giving generously and helping those in need, or we keep our affluence and smother our conscience. We have to choose between God and money.”

John StottJohn Stott

Be thankful for what you haveBe thankful for what you have

Keeping Possessions in Perspective:Keeping Possessions in Perspective:

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)Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have.

Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have.

“There are two ways to get enough: One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

“There are two ways to get enough: One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”G.K. ChestertonG.K. Chesterton

Jarome IginlaJarome Iginla

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We didn't bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

We didn't bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

Honour God with your giving

Honour God with your giving

Keeping Possessions in Perspective:Keeping Possessions in Perspective:

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) On every Lord's Day, each of you should put aside some amount of money in relation to what you have earned and save it for this offering.

On every Lord's Day, each of you should put aside some amount of money in relation to what you have earned and save it for this offering.

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“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you!”

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you!”

Be a generous giver

Be a generous giver

Keeping Possessions in Perspective:Keeping Possessions in Perspective:

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)The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers.

The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers.

“Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.”

“Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.”

John WesleyJohn Wesley

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”J. Paul GettyJ. Paul Getty

Remember, only eternal investments

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Remember, only eternal investments

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Keeping Possessions in Perspective:Keeping Possessions in Perspective:

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)“Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.”

“Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.”

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Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.

Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.

Trust God to provide for your

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Trust God to provide for your

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Keeping Possessions in Perspective:Keeping Possessions in Perspective:

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“So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes…Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.”

“So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes…Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.”

“The Greatest Sermon in History” Part 16