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Jul 30, 2023
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July 30 | Parables of Jesus
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July 30, 2023 | Tim Keith
Consequences of a Greedy Heart
Luke 12:1-13
Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. “I say to you, my friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will show you the one to fear: Fear him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the one to fear! Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. “And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God, but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said.” Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
CONSEQUENCES OF A GREEDY HEART:
1. You give credit to the wrong person. (v. 16-19a)
2. You make plans for the wrong reason. (v. 17-18)
3. You place faith in the wrong belief. (v. 19)
James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
CONSEQUENCES OF A GREEDY HEART:
4. You spend time on the wrong pursuit. (v. 20)
Psalm 14:1 says, “The fool has said in his heart there is no God.”
5. You live life with the wrong focus. (v. 21)
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