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0:00 You're listening to Waters Church podcast, where faith meets real life. Where 1 church, many locations, and 1 mission, to see lives changed by Jesus. No matter where you're listening from, you0:12 are a part of Waters Church family. Now let's dive into today's message from our pastor.0:20 Mind over money. Mind over money. We're in Luke chapter 12, and I thought that the best way to talk about this text was if we just sat0:32 for a moment and we looked at this text in context, thus the TV, this bible screen. And because this is gonna help us understand the moment0:44 that we just read about with this man in the audience who wants Jesus to settle an inheritance dispute. Let's take a look at it from the top of0:56 Luke 12. The scripture tells us in verse 1 that thousands, many thousands of people were trampling 1 another to listen to Jesus. And he said to his1:07 disciples, and he's gonna start to dig in here on some heavy topics. Beware of the leaven of the pharisees, he says. It's hypocrisy. Anybody hate1:19 yourself some hypocrisy? Is there anything stinkier? I don't think so. Nothing is covered up, he says, that will not be revealed or hidden, that will not be known. Therefore, whatever1:31 you said in the dark, verse 3, will be heard in the light. What you have whispered in the private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. I tell you my friends, and now listen to1:43 this heavy talk, do not fear those who kill the body. And after that, they have nothing more they can do, but I will warn you whom to fear. Fear him who, after he is killed, has the authority to1:54 cast you into hell. This is heavy stuff. Hypocrisy. You can't hide. And now he's talking about fearing God who can2:06 cast your soul into hell. Yes. Jesus says, just in case you're unclear, I tell you, fear him. At the same time, are not 5 sparrows sold for 2 pennies and not 1 of them is forgotten before God?2:18 Even the hairs of your head are numbered. Fear not, you are more worth more than many sparrows. Verse 8. And I tell you, everyone another heavy topic here. Another heavy verse. Everyone who acknowledges me before men,2:31 the son of man will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the 1 who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. That's heavy. This is this is serious teaching from Jesus. And everyone who speaks a2:42 word against the son of man will be forgiven, but the 1 who blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven. Another heavy topic. Just mentally raise mentally raise your hand2:54 if you've ever worried about having blasphemed the holy spirit. They're gonna all say that. I said mentally. Man, pay attention. Didn't wanna embarrass you, but okay. Anyway, and when they3:06 bring you before synagogues and rulers, in other words, persecution is coming for my followers, and they're gonna bring you before rulers and authorities. But at the same time, don't be anxious about how you should3:17 defend yourself or what you should say. The holy spirit will give you in that hour exactly what you ought to say. Heavy topic after heavy topic after heavy topic. Big time stuff that3:28 I'm sure pastors could spend a week on each of these topics alone. And into that moment,3:40 think about this. Verse 13. Someone in the crowd said to him, teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. I3:52 mean, talk about missing the moment. Jesus is talking about heaven and hell and your seekers being exposed and4:04 the stench of hypocrisy and how important it is to be proud that you're a follower of his. And if you're not and you hide it, and deny him, he will deny you. And this guy is consumed4:16 with a brotherly squabble about what dad left behind. So you could kind of understand Jesus' curt response in verse 14. Man,4:27 who made me a judge or arbiter over you? And then he takes this moment to tell us a parable. But before the4:39 parable, he gives a warning, another warning in a litany of warnings in chapter 12 of Luke. This warning is about what? Covetousness. It's so important that you watch4:51 out for this. He says it twice. 2 different phrases. Take care and be on your guard against covetousness. Covetousness is to have your mind5:02 fixated on something that you desperately want or think you need that's not presently yours.5:15 And that's exactly the spirit of the man in verse 13. The interrupting listener. The interrupting5:27 listener. And here's, like, foundationally where we're going today. When it comes to finances, because that's what this guy is interrupting Jesus about, write this down. People want5:38 Jesus to change their financial situation. Jesus wants to change their heart. It's not about the money. It's not about how much you have. It's about how your heart5:50 is handling it. When I was in youth ministry, there was something called helicopter parents Back in the old days, helicopter. And6:02 they would hover around everything that happened to their child. And if you said the wrong thing to their child, they were on you. What did say to my child? Blah blah blah. And they were just on the coaches. These are6:14 the ones who were screaming at the referees, at the football game. You know what I'm talking about. Helicopter parents. After helicopter parents came snowplow parents. Snowplow parents.6:26 These are the parents who plow the road before their child and remove every obstacle and every potential hurt because it's all about safety. These are the parents who go to city hall to demand there's a6:38 law on the books that every scooter rider should be wearing a helmet. These are the people who love the bike lane on the roads because they wanna6:50 plow the road before their child. Guess what? God does not snow plow. There's an old adage. Don't prepare the7:01 road for your child. Prepare your child for the road. And I bring that up because perhaps there's a snowplow parent here today who needed7:13 that rebuke. But more importantly, so that every 1 of us realize that our father in heaven does not prepare the road for us, he prepares us for the7:25 road. What's better in your life? To have the obstacle removed or to have your heart and faith enlarged to overcome the obstacle?7:38 We're saying up here, I'm calling on the God of David. I may not face Goliath, but I got my own giants. Giants don't get removed. Giants get overcome7:50 through hearts that are enlarged by the God of heaven and earth. And what Jesus wants to do with your financial situation is not just8:02 fix the problem. He wants to form your heart. And now this moment of being on your guard against covetousness and and greed and wanting8:13 more is bracketed by 2 different men from 2 from 2 different ends of the financial spectrum. The first guy who initiates this conversation who8:25 does not have the money, and then Jesus' story parable about a rich man who did8:36 have the money. That is intentional. Because here's what Jesus knows about money that you and I need to understand about money. Write this8:48 down. Money can dominate your mind whether you're rich or poor. People think that money is a rich person's problem. Rich people are9:00 automatically greedy. That's not necessarily true. Was Abraham greedy? The scriptures say he was wealthy.9:12 Was David greedy? He was wealthy. Was Joseph of Arimathea defined as a greedy man who provided a tomb and embalming spices for9:23 Jesus? Was he greedy? The Bible doesn't say that. It's not about the money. It's about the heart. We're living in a culture. We're living in generation. And I found this out, Barnard Research just did a9:35 study that we're falling into this into this trap of believing that the rich people are to blame for all of our problems. This is the rise of socialism.9:47 And I found out from BARDA research that 1 out of 3 churchgoers favor socialism over capitalism. 1 out of 39:59 churchgoers, what churches are they going to? Not this 1. I but but but do you see, though, the heart of that10:11 mindset in this man that Jesus sternly rebukes? This man says, my brother who has the money is the10:22 problem. And then Jesus tells this man that's not true, and let me illustrate that for you by talking about a guy with the money who allowed the money to also10:34 be a problem in his heart. It's not about the money. Somebody say it's not about the money. It's not the money. It's about what's going on in here. What10:47 do you what do you want God to do? Fix the money situation or shape your heart for it? 1 is a short term solution. 1 is a10:58 lifelong character that will follow you, not just in your financial life, but in every other area of your life. Manage what you have11:10 now so that you can manage what you will have later in the fear and the honor of God. So he talks about this man, and here's how the story goes. This is this is a guy who is11:21 rich, and he thought to himself, what shall I do? And then let me just ask you something about this from verse 17 to 19. What shall I do? I have nowhere to tear my claws. I will do this. I will tear down my bones. What11:32 word do you see repeated most often by this man in Jesus' parable? I. Count them with me. Will you? Will you count with me? I'll say it, and you say the numbers. So what11:44 shall I 1. Do? I have no words to show my conscience. And I do this. And I will here, I don't want my brothers to build over this. And I where what are we on? 5.11:56 5. Stay and I will store my grain and my goods, and I will say to myself say to myself, soul, you have ample goods. And that's the end of his statement. That's the end of his conversate that's the end of all of his12:07 that's his that's all of his lines in the story. How many do we count? Amen. Isn't that interesting? Because some of you Bible scholars out there, you're thinking about a different number.12:23 The number 6 is man's number. The number 7 is God's number. God is short, man is just short of God. Now there12:34 is a fascinating passage in the book of Revelation chapter 13 that talks about the last days where this beast comes alive almost back from12:46 the dead image, and he speaks and he causes those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. This is the tribulation. These are the end times. If you've ever watched 112:58 of those scary end times movies, that's from this passage. And it says and it also causes the beast, the dictator, some people call him the antichrist world leader. He13:10 causes all, both small and great, both, what? And Pour. Poor to both free and slave to be marked on the right hand, that's the mark of the beast, and or on the forehead13:21 so that no 1 can, what? Buy. Buy or sell unless he has the mark. And then it goes on and it says, this cause for wisdom, understanding, calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a13:33 man, and his number is 6 6 6. We call this the unholy trinity. God is 7 7 7. God, father, god, son, god, holy spirit. Completeness is in god. The unholy trinity that will13:45 rule the world. The end, 6 6 6. These are figurative numbers that refer to the world will be dominated by a controlling influence, And how will this world leader control13:57 us, both poor and rich? He will control the economy. He will control you through the14:08 economy. If you want to be ready for the end times, get your heart right about money.14:23 Isn't it amazing? That that's how he's gonna start controlling where you go, what you can do, what you can buy, what you can sell, through the money.14:36 And Jesus talks about this man, 6 i's in this text, I do not believe for 1 instance that this is by accident. I believe it's intentional to illustrate the14:47 fact that some of us and some in his crowd and some in this crowd and our locations, your mind is dominated by money, and some of you is you're14:59 rich, and some of it's you're poor, and some of you are in the middle. And if you're not careful, you'll be a sitting duck for the governments of this world to15:11 take control of your life and rip you away from true abiding faith. It's not about the money.15:23 It's about your heart. So how do I know if I'm dominated by money in my mind? Well, I'll I'll give you 3 points, and and hopefully this will help. But number 1, write this down. We are dominated by money when we think15:34 it's ours. Your money is not yours. News flash, everybody. You will whatever money you have,15:46 eventually, you will use it, spend it, or lose it. You know what I'm talking about? And the more that you have of it, the15:58 more the government comes and takes it. And, you know, that's just another reminder that you just can't hold on to it. It it's like it's like water16:10 through a sieve. It just goes right through. And what we fool ourselves to believe is that it's my money. It's not your money. It's not16:22 your body. It's not your marriage. It's not your life. It's all God's. I had a I had somebody ask me on a Sunday last week, pastor, is16:33 it a sin to get tattoos? And I said, yes, it is. You're going to hell. No. I didn't say that. Just making sure you're still paying attention. Here's here's what16:45 here's what I I need to say more often, though. I I should have said this. I said something else that wasn't bad, but I I I here's what I should have said. You need to say16:57 this is not my body. This is God's body, and what I put on this body should honor God. So the question is, is it gonna honor God? That's really where the conversation17:09 should end so that we don't get into do this, don't do that legalistic righteousness. Because you can have no tattoos and still go to hell because your17:21 heart's not right with God. Yeah. So your money, your body, your family, your children, like, start doing this. And especially when it comes to money, is17:33 resolve this around money so that it it infects every other area of your life to just say, it's not mine. Do you know what's missing from this guy's statement? You know what's missing? Does anybody know what he should17:43 have said first after his land produced plentifully? Does anybody know what he should have said first? Thank you. Thank you,17:54 God. This is from you. Let me say it like this for all of you. What is the first thing you think about when you get18:06 unexpected money? And if the answer is Amazon dot com.18:18 You you need Jesus. You need prayer right now. Like, how to spend it? That shouldn't be that shouldn't be or how about this guy? How to18:30 save it? Well, that sounds honorable, doesn't it? Jesus is talking to a Jewish audience. He's talking to Jews who were rooted in the law, the first 5 books of the Bible, and18:42 they knew better than us that the first thing you do when your crop comes in is you say thank you to God who gave you the power to get it.18:53 Now anybody can just throw out the words, thank you, but God gave them practices to illustrate their thankfulness. Does anybody know what that is?19:06 Tithing and offering. These people would have been very familiar with a verse of scripture from Exodus 29, 23 verse 19, which says the best and if you got your notes up, would you would you please19:17 underline the first part of the word first fruits? Because it says the best of your first fruit. The first increase19:29 goes to the house of the Lord your God. Now some of you are saying, I'm so thankful I'm a Christian. I'm so19:41 thankful that Jesus fulfilled the law. I'm so thankful that we don't have to obey all these Old Testament commandments anymore. I'm so thankful that doesn't apply to me, Exodus. Alright. Let me ask you19:53 a question, and feel free to shout out the answer here. Do the proverbs apply to you? Okay. Well, let's take a look at Proverbs. Then, Proverbs chapter 3,20:04 everyone's favorite coffee cup verse. Verse 5.20:16 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Okay.20:29 Great. Love that verse. Great verse. Absolutely true. Let's just skip down a few verses. Honor the Lord with your wealth and20:41 with the First fruits. First fruits of all your oh, by the way, all your produce. Then your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will be bursting with20:53 wine. Now you just implicated yourself by saying the Proverbs apply to us. All all I'm saying is you cannot, in good21:04 faith, love this verse and ignore this 1. That if you do that, that's called salad bar spirituality.21:18 And you know who do you know who does that? Unbelievers do that. Even unbelieving economists on c and MSNBC, they say that. Well, you Christians should just21:30 be feeding the poor. That's what Christians should do. Keep your church and religion out of politics and just feed the poor. What are they doing? They're picking and choosing what we should believe. No.21:42 No. No. No. We should engage in all areas of life with our faith. Amen? Amen. Including finances. I know some of you will say,21:53 well, tithing and and and tithing is 1 tenth coming into the house of God. Some of you will say, well, that's law. And Jesus fulfilled the law. We don't to obey the law anymore. Actually, tithing comes before the22:05 law. It actually comes even before the passage that I'm about to share with you, but I wanna share 1 particular passage of scripture with you because it's kind of an interesting character. It's a guy by the name of22:16 Jacob, And he comes to a place where he has an experience with God, and he calls it Bethel because Bethel means house of God. He did not expect to meet God, and he met God. And the reason22:28 why he didn't expect to meet God was because Jacob was a real scoundrel. This is a guy who tricked his aging, blind22:40 father into giving the blessing of the firstborn and stole it from his older brother Esau with the help of his mother. What a messed up family that was. And when Esau realizes it,22:52 he's furious, and he says, I'm gonna kill this sucker. I'm gonna kill my brother. And Jacob has to run for his life, and he comes to a place. And wouldn't you know it, that in the midst of running for his23:04 life, God shows up and says, I'm gonna bless you, man. And and some of us modern Americans with our sensibilities say, well, he23:16 doesn't deserve it. That's right. That's why it's called grace. God blesses people who don't deserve it. And so Jacob then says, a vow to God after meeting with God,23:28 and he says, if this is true, if God will be with me and keep me in this way that I'll go and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear so that I come again in my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my23:36 God, and the stone which I have set up for a pillar shall be God's house. And all that you give me, I will give you a what? Tenth. Now that word tenth is the word for23:47 tithe. Because some of you are like, tithing is just throwing 20 into the offering plate. We don't even have offering plates. That's not tithe. Tithing is 1 tenth. That's what it is. And by the23:59 way, Jacob decides to do this when he's dead broke. Because when he has to run, the scripture says he left Bathsheba Beersheba, ran toward Haran, and he came to a certain24:11 place, and he stayed at night because the sun has set. And it says this, and taking 1 of the stones of that place, he put it under his head. Dude was so broke, he only had a stone for a pillow. Doesn't mean like,24:23 I'll I'll I'll tithe when I got money. No. Jacob says, I'll tithe now. As God blesses me, I will put God first financially. This is all before the law, by the way. And, yes, it is in the law, and I can24:34 show you that in other text, but we're not we're not gonna go go there. I wanna show you 1 more passage. This is every preacher's favorite bible verse. Malachi 3 10, it says bring the full24:46 tithe into the storehouse. Now just understand this word full is important because some people say, well, I'm gonna try to incrementally get to 10 percent and honor God, eventually at 10 percent. Fine. Just wanna let you24:58 know that until the full is there, the blessing doesn't happen according to the scripture. The full tithe is where the blessing starts to come. And notice, by the way, that God makes sure to25:10 mention first before any blessing happens the reason for the tithe. Bring it into the storehouse that there may be what? Food where?25:22 House. In my house so that people are fed. In the ancient world, yes, offerings were eaten by the poor and the rich alike. In the New Testament context, we eat absolutely together. We25:34 fellowship together in each other's homes. We have fellowship meals, wonderful life group members. But guess what else? How else do we eat? We eat spiritually. Preacher gets up, speaks to your marriage, and your marriage25:45 is healed. Preacher gets up, talks about health back in the spring, and you start to make decisions about your body, and your body gets healed. Preacher gets up, talks about children in, fighting for the children, and25:57 you start to have some power for how and having authority over your family and your kids get right. Preacher starts talking about all the things that can empower you. That's called food that enables you to live as God26:08 wants you to live. And if you're thankful, it's because people who were here before you actually paid to make that happen.26:19 Yeah. You should clap. That's why we exposed that chalkboard. Because in 2012, I asked people to give so that you could be here listening to God's word, empower your life.26:32 Food in the house. How important it is to hear God. Amen? How important it is to hear what God has to say about marriage. What God has to say26:43 about children, what God has to say about anger and jealousy and all the crazy news. You've heard the talking heads on the news programs. You've heard your boss. You've heard your family members. You've heard your crazy26:55 uncle and your aunt talk about how this is definitely gonna be the end of the world because so and so is in political office now. You need to hear rather what God has to say. And you are hearing it right now27:07 because somebody else said, I will trust God with the first tenth of my income. Food came into the house, and then God says, and by the way, I want you to test me.27:19 Put me to the test. See if this works. And I I don't wanna just extend this offer to you. You don't believe it, try it. Try it. Now what's this gonna take for some of you? Some27:31 of you is gonna be that for the first time in your life, you're gonna actually have to sit down and figure out what do you actually make every month. You don't even know. Look. You27:43 know what budgeting is? Budgeting is knowledge, and knowledge is power. If you don't know what you make every month, well, what are you doing? That's the first thing27:55 that's gonna happen to somebody. Somebody's say, wow. I didn't realize how much money was coming in. Oh, by the way, then you're gonna notice how much the government takes from that. Some of you are gonna change party28:06 affiliations immediately. And and then some of you are gonna say, oh my gosh. I didn't realize how much I was putting toward eating out. I didn't realize that28:18 Starbucks was eating that much of my money. And why do they charge 7 dollars for a cup of coffee anyway? And you don't you don't understand what I'm talking about here?28:30 Just making this moment happen for you is gonna empower you financially with knowledge about what's actually happening in your home. And then you're gonna realize what that tent is, and then you test God. Go ahead and do28:41 it. And I'm offering this to somebody. Try it for 3 months. And if it doesn't work, stop. Just do what God says. Try it. Says little hush.28:53 And if and when you do it, see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you, poured out such a blessing until there is no more need. And I love verse 11 more than verse 10. And I will29:06 rebuke the devourer for you. Does anybody have some devourers in your life? Does anybody have an appliance that always breaks? A car that's always29:17 trouble? A pet that requires a specific diet or else it dies? And you know what? You know what it is? It's called a devourer.29:30 And what I've learned is that if you don't honor God with a tent, God will let somebody else devour it. Think about it this way. You're gonna lose it anyway.29:43 Why not get God's protection over it so that it feeds other people the truth of God's word and empowers the next generation to stand for Jesus in a country that29:55 desperately needs him? We gotta stop talking about bringing America back to God until we step30:07 up to funding the mission. Amen. Don't come at me with how bad this country is, Pat. This country's so bad. Are you helping out,30:19 or are you just given the spiritual gift of complaint? I don't care about the complaints. I care about the contributors. And and we30:31 need people who are gonna contribute so that there's a blessing in the house and that the devourer is rebuked, and it will not destroy the fruits of your soil and your wine vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says30:41 the lord of hosts. And now some of you are like, pastor, you're still in the old testament. So I don't know if you got the memo, but Jesus fulfilled the law, and we're not in the Old Testament anymore.30:53 Okay. Okay, pumpkin. Matthew 23, Jesus says, woe to you, verse 23, scribes and Pharisees,31:05 hypocrites, for you tithe oh, there it is. Oh, good. He gives a woe to the Pharisees because they do tithe, So we're released. Mm-mm. You tithe mint and dill and31:16 cumin, and you have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faithfulness. Then he says, these you ought to have done31:27 without neglecting the others. In other words, you do both. Jesus affirms the tithe31:39 in the New Testament, and if he affirms it, that's all I need. That's the end of the that's the end of discussion for me. And,31:52 some of you gotta get your head right about this because tithe is just a floor, not a ceiling. It's not the goal. I get to the 10 percent that I'm done giving and then the rest is mine. What32:03 tithing does is it teaches you how to release what's in your hand. It's I call tithing the training wheels of giving. So you can learn to let it go. Learn to let it go and watch32:15 God pour back in. You should be giving to things beyond the tithe, giving to missions work, sponsoring children through Compassion International, Thanksgiving baskets. That shouldn't have been32:27 tithe money. That should have been above the tithe money. It was for us and my house. God comes first financially. And that some of you gotta understand, every time you32:39 get paid, you take a test. And the way you handle or respond to that money is revealing your heart.32:51 And at the end the day, gotta get to this point where you say, it's not mine. It's God's. Further proof that it's God's let's go back to Malachi 3 10 because what does he33:03 say? He doesn't say give it, does he? He doesn't say give it. What does he say? Bring it. Bring it. You don't give God anything. It's already his.33:15 You bring it to you can't give God what's already his. You're bringing it to him. That's what it is. And at the end the day, it's all his. Romans 11 36 says, for from him and through him33:27 and to him are what? All things to him be glory forever. Amen. And that passage applies to your body, to your marriage, to all the33:38 other topics that you don't mind the pastor preaching about and your money. For from him are all things and to him are all things.33:50 You deserve the glory. That's where that song comes from. 3 areas in this guy's life where he failed to acknowledge God. Write this down. Failed to acknowledge God. His prosperity.34:03 His land produced, and he said, no thanks to God. His productivity, what shall I do? He never asked God what he wanted him to do at his plans. He never asked God what to do with it. And34:15 God had a completely different estimation of his life than he did, didn't he? Check this out. Look at this. Verse 19, the last eye, and I will say34:27 to my soul it's kinda weird, isn't it? Who talks to their soul? You know who talks to their soul? People who don't have another soul in your34:39 life. And if there's 1 thing that money can do to you, it can isolate you from real relationships. Money can isolate you because you're scared, you're worried, you're fearful,34:51 maybe you're jealous and envious of other people that do have more than you, so you don't wanna be friends with them because you can't handle the covetous desires of your heart. I don't know what it is, but it it'll34:59 isolate you. That's exactly what this guy does. He just gets isolated, and he says, Saul, you have ample goods laid up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be merry. Many years. And I thought about this. This is the35:11 only verse in the Bible that talks about retirement, and it's not a very good verse. Now there's nothing wrong with this retirement35:24 provided that you handle retirement faithfully before God. That you're still giving, that you're still honoring God, that you're still putting him first, and that you're not just sitting idly on35:35 your, you know, on your can reading books all day. Like, get involved in the church, get involved in the kingdom, get involved in other things that God can use you for because there is no retirement from kingdom work.35:46 Amen, somebody. And I got bad news for you, Waters Church. I do not intend on retiring at all. I'm preaching until God takes my breath away. That's what I'm35:58 doing. Oh, you're clapping now. But give me 30 years, and you'll be like, it's time.36:10 Anyway, his idea is to prepare all of his stuff for his the end of his life, and notice the exact opposite definition36:22 of his life from God. But God said to him, fool. This night, your woo hoo. Your soul is36:34 required of you. What did he say? Soul, I took care of you. God says, soul, tonight's required of you. You know you don't even own your soul.36:46 You don't even own your soul. What makes you think you can own your money? Pop quiz. Feel free to yell out the answer. What's more important, your money or your soul? It's a kind of amazing36:58 thing about modern American Christians. We trust God with our eternal soul, but we can't trust him with something as small as money. That's that's where faith hits the37:10 road, American Christian. You wanna talk about having faith? That's where it hits the road when you trust him with your money. Because I have been to other countries where they don't have a fraction of what we have,37:22 And I have seen the look on their faces, and they are smiles from ear to ear, and they're sleeping on the dirt in little huts made37:34 of corrugated tin. And they are happier than 12 year olds at Disney World. You37:46 ever been to Disney World? Yeah. Do you know that it says on the way in that says the happiest place on Earth? Yeah. The happiest place on earth for Disney stockholders because37:58 they just got your money for a week of being miserable with your kids. The only way to go to Disney World is to go alone. Trust me. It's single rider access right to the front of the line.38:09 Fantastic. Anyway, I'm off my topic here. Number 2, if you're taking notes, write this down. We are dominated by money when it becomes a source of our identity. That's what I mean by by soul. He's talking to38:21 himself. He thinks he's defining himself by his money. Money cannot define you. God defines you. God defines you. There is a man that a lot of preachers love to quote38:33 his name is JD Rockefeller. And a lot of preachers quote him negatively. They they say, jay JD Rockefeller was once asked how much money is enough? And he38:45 said, just a little more. And he was the richest man on the planet in the 18 hundreds. But I always cringe when I hear that quote because you gotta know the whole story of J. D. Rockefeller.38:58 J. D. Rockefeller imbibed this parable for the first part of his life Because Jesus ends this parable by saying, so is the 1 who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward39:09 God. His soul is depraved. His soul is empty. His life is ripped from him because he was only rich toward himself and not toward God. And JD Rockefeller was that person for the first halfShow more
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