hello okay great we're all good sorry<\/p>\n
about that um again uh good afternoon<\/p>\n
everyone as um a just shared my name is<\/p>\n
Tai and so my family we were members<\/p>\n
here at gra City about um goodness from<\/p>\n
like 2021 until 20 beginning of 2024<\/p>\n
that was like our first few years in<\/p>\n
Thailand where where we made a lot of<\/p>\n
our mistakes was here but yeah we're<\/p>\n
still making mistakes anyway but it it's<\/p>\n
just special to be back here really it's<\/p>\n
been a while this my actually my first<\/p>\n
time in the new space um so it's good to<\/p>\n
be back with you in a lot of ways you<\/p>\n
guys are like our foundation Here In tha<\/p>\n
and my family's Foundation here so so<\/p>\n
it's good to be back all right um okay<\/p>\n
even though I've been gone for um a<\/p>\n
while I'm sorry to begin with a<\/p>\n
difficult actually three difficult<\/p>\n
questions okay you ready I'm going to<\/p>\n
start with three hard questions<\/p>\n
you don't need to raise your hand you<\/p>\n
can just just think about it um the<\/p>\n
first question has anyone ever had a<\/p>\n
family problem anyone ever had a problem<\/p>\n
with your family relational problem okay<\/p>\n
that's number<\/p>\n
one the second question has anyone ever<\/p>\n
had a money problem anyone ever had a<\/p>\n
problem with money a financial<\/p>\n
problem okay so for the third question<\/p>\n
we're gonna we're gonna gonna combine<\/p>\n
these all right so make it fun has<\/p>\n
anyone ever had a problem with your<\/p>\n
family about<\/p>\n
money goodness yeah we get some laughs<\/p>\n
yeah it that's um honestly this is some<\/p>\n
of the worst conflict that can happen<\/p>\n
right so just think about it we have<\/p>\n
family or let's start with money money<\/p>\n
is one of the things that can make us<\/p>\n
feel the most safe and secure and in<\/p>\n
control and comfortable and honestly<\/p>\n
family is even more than that family is<\/p>\n
probably the most important thing to<\/p>\n
most people making us feel safe and<\/p>\n
secure so when you've got a problem<\/p>\n
between those two things your life just<\/p>\n
seems very out of control it's bad I<\/p>\n
don't know if anyone has seen the the TV<\/p>\n
the it's a Thai TV series<\/p>\n
um about a Tha Chinese family the<\/p>\n
opening episode right is a family money<\/p>\n
problem the doll okay I won't spoil it<\/p>\n
but anyway you you who have seen it you<\/p>\n
know um honestly even in my own family<\/p>\n
my dad and my uncle have had conf<\/p>\n
like this and it I just remember it was<\/p>\n
it was just terrible for for our whole<\/p>\n
family all right we're going to have<\/p>\n
we're going to see a guy in Luke chapter<\/p>\n
12 today and this is his problem he has<\/p>\n
a family money problem he and his<\/p>\n
brother are arguing over the inheritance<\/p>\n
and so he comes to Jesus to ask for<\/p>\n
help money and possessions they're<\/p>\n
they're an interesting thing right on<\/p>\n
the positive side God God gives them to<\/p>\n
us that we have to eat we we have to<\/p>\n
have money and um they can be used for<\/p>\n
amazing things I know a would be the<\/p>\n
first to say that the great City in<\/p>\n
every Church the Lord uses money to to<\/p>\n
to bring about amazing things like this<\/p>\n
to show generosity to help others at the<\/p>\n
same time though money it scripture<\/p>\n
talks about it as it's maybe one of the<\/p>\n
most dangerous things actually in the<\/p>\n
Book of Luke that we'll look at maybe<\/p>\n
more than any other part of scripture<\/p>\n
Jesus warns about being<\/p>\n
rich we're as Believers we are dependent<\/p>\n
and needy and what money does is it<\/p>\n
makes us it blinds us to our need so<\/p>\n
it's it's very dangerous it blinds us to<\/p>\n
our need for God so today we're going to<\/p>\n
hear a little bit about what Jesus has<\/p>\n
to say about money okay we're about to<\/p>\n
read this story um from Luke 12 13- 21<\/p>\n
before you read it though I'll tell you<\/p>\n
my Four Points it'll kind of be the flow<\/p>\n
of the the story okay we're in this<\/p>\n
story we're going to see first um the<\/p>\n
young man's shallow request so the young<\/p>\n
man's shallow request is first second<\/p>\n
we're going to see Jesus's deep response<\/p>\n
and the third thing we're going to see<\/p>\n
is a greedy heart and then the fourth<\/p>\n
thing we're going to see is a Content<\/p>\n
heart so a shallow request a deep<\/p>\n
response a greedy heart and then a<\/p>\n
Content heart<\/p>\n
um so I'm going to ask Ariana to come up<\/p>\n
and read uh we're in Luke 12: 13- 21<\/p>\n
Luke 121 13-21 thank you Ariana someone<\/p>\n
in the crowd said to him teacher tell my<\/p>\n
brother to divide the inheritance with<\/p>\n
me but he said to him man who made me a<\/p>\n
judge or arbitrator over you and he said<\/p>\n
to them take care and be on your guard<\/p>\n
against all covetousness for one's life<\/p>\n
does not consist in the abundance of his<\/p>\n
possessions and he told them a parable<\/p>\n
saying the land of a rich men produced<\/p>\n
plentifully and he thought to himself<\/p>\n
what shall I do for I have nowhere to<\/p>\n
store my crops and he said I will do<\/p>\n
this I will tear down my Barns and build<\/p>\n
larger ones and there I will store all<\/p>\n
my grain and my goods and I will say to<\/p>\n
my soul soul you have ample Goods laid<\/p>\n
up for many years relax eat drink be<\/p>\n
merry but God said to him fool this<\/p>\n
night your soul is required of you and<\/p>\n
the things you have prepared whose will<\/p>\n
they be so is the one who lays up<\/p>\n
treasure for himself and is not rich<\/p>\n
toward God thank you Ariana um let's<\/p>\n
pray<\/p>\n
together Father in Heaven um thank you<\/p>\n
so much for your word um thank you that<\/p>\n
you have not left us to ourselves but<\/p>\n
you come in amongst the sinful people<\/p>\n
and you bring your grace bring us back<\/p>\n
to life Lord thank you that that you are<\/p>\n
our our treasure you give us all that we<\/p>\n
need and you you teach us to trust you<\/p>\n
more and more um God help please help<\/p>\n
all of our hearts today to come and<\/p>\n
trust in you more with whatever we're<\/p>\n
dealing with it's in Jesus name we pray<\/p>\n
amen all right in Luke chapter 12 what's<\/p>\n
happening what's going<\/p>\n
on there it says there this is earlier<\/p>\n
in the chapter there's thousands of<\/p>\n
people that have gathered and it says<\/p>\n
they're trampling on one another<\/p>\n
what what are they doing they they'd<\/p>\n
come to hear Jesus teach it's a lot of<\/p>\n
people all right so when when you think<\/p>\n
about this picture I know that for us in<\/p>\n
Bangkok you're like all right that's<\/p>\n
like impact Arena and or<\/p>\n
like it's not like that so we're they're<\/p>\n
like in chab they're they're like in<\/p>\n
another they're in the countryside so<\/p>\n
people are sitting on rocks on grass um<\/p>\n
and dirt Jesus is teaching his<\/p>\n
followers says that they shouldn't fear<\/p>\n
because God God cares for them they<\/p>\n
shouldn't fear about how they should<\/p>\n
answer other people and then all of a<\/p>\n
sudden somebody stands up and interrupts<\/p>\n
Jesus teaching shoots up from the crowd<\/p>\n
loud you know probably yelling if it's a<\/p>\n
crowd like this and so everybody's<\/p>\n
turning around like what what's going on<\/p>\n
the teacher's teaching and the guy who<\/p>\n
stands up asks Jesus Jesus tell my<\/p>\n
brother to split the inheritance with me<\/p>\n
okay we got to stop and observe here a<\/p>\n
little a little bit what the guy is<\/p>\n
saying has nothing to do with what Jesus<\/p>\n
is teaching about so let's say that<\/p>\n
aanti is right here preaching about love<\/p>\n
or forgiveness or something and let's<\/p>\n
say that I'm sitting over here and he's<\/p>\n
preaching and all of a sudden I just<\/p>\n
stand up and interrupt aan and say aan<\/p>\n
um I want to eat some THB for lunch but<\/p>\n
my wife wants to eat noodles I need you<\/p>\n
to tell my wife that hey we're eating<\/p>\n
something th today it's kind of what<\/p>\n
it's like has nothing to do with it okay<\/p>\n
anyway Jesus Jesus is U much Kinder than<\/p>\n
we would be right he's patient he<\/p>\n
listens to the guy this guy guy he's<\/p>\n
worried about money and he wants Jesus<\/p>\n
to fix his financial problems um he's<\/p>\n
likely the younger brother in a family<\/p>\n
if you guys remember in the Old<\/p>\n
Testament we have a lot of laws about<\/p>\n
how the people of Israel should live and<\/p>\n
in Deuteronomy it gives laws about how<\/p>\n
the inheritance would be handled it'd be<\/p>\n
given to the eldest son and he would be<\/p>\n
responsible to to Hope to divide it out<\/p>\n
between others and is it wasn't<\/p>\n
happening in this family he had just<\/p>\n
hoarded it all and so the younger<\/p>\n
brother wants Jesus to come in and<\/p>\n
settle the argument in his<\/p>\n
favor all right we're looking at this<\/p>\n
shallow request but but before we look<\/p>\n
at Jesus's deep response I just we all<\/p>\n
need to see what a tragedy this<\/p>\n
is these two people are brothers and I I<\/p>\n
get I know this may hit home for some<\/p>\n
people even my own family they're<\/p>\n
they're the same blood they grew up<\/p>\n
together and then money comes in and<\/p>\n
destroys the<\/p>\n
relationship I'll say this again later<\/p>\n
having money is not wrong being rich is<\/p>\n
not wrong um like we said it it the Lord<\/p>\n
blesses us with money but when money<\/p>\n
turns into our God when it turns into<\/p>\n
something more than it should be it is<\/p>\n
very dangerous we we we love money we<\/p>\n
love stuff more than God and other<\/p>\n
people these brothers they loved money<\/p>\n
more than their own family and I think<\/p>\n
this should be a lesson for us all in<\/p>\n
how we view Money okay let's come back<\/p>\n
to the story and want to see how Jesus<\/p>\n
responds this is our second Point uh the<\/p>\n
Deep response to the shallow request<\/p>\n
thank you for the slides um in verse 14<\/p>\n
if you if you're reading along in your<\/p>\n
Bible Jesus says man who made me a judge<\/p>\n
or arbitrator over you so it's clear<\/p>\n
that Jesus is not going to get into the<\/p>\n
middle of these two brothers so all<\/p>\n
right when I'm reading when I was<\/p>\n
reading this prep for this sermon when I<\/p>\n
read this Jesus response I don't know<\/p>\n
about you but I I was a little bit<\/p>\n
confused I was like Jesus clearly has<\/p>\n
authority over everything and everyone<\/p>\n
doesn't he like what what what's this<\/p>\n
what's going on with this response but I<\/p>\n
want us to notice Jesus he does<\/p>\n
something very interesting<\/p>\n
here Jesus sees past this man's shallow<\/p>\n
request and points to what's going on<\/p>\n
deep in his<\/p>\n
heart it's not that Jesus doesn't care<\/p>\n
he's just actually going to the root of<\/p>\n
the<\/p>\n
problem this man he's wanting Jesus to<\/p>\n
solve this legal dispute between him and<\/p>\n
his brother but Jesus is pointing to<\/p>\n
something deeper actually in this time<\/p>\n
period a lot of scribes or Pharisees<\/p>\n
they would have settled disputes like<\/p>\n
this they would have you know come come<\/p>\n
to the temple they they would have told<\/p>\n
hey who gets how much money um and so<\/p>\n
some people have said Jesus why why<\/p>\n
don't you help this guy you're you're a<\/p>\n
teacher come on but um Jesus is actually<\/p>\n
helping the biggest problem that this<\/p>\n
guy has it's his greedy heart<\/p>\n
and I want to say here this is not<\/p>\n
comfortable okay it's not comfortable<\/p>\n
but Jesus is<\/p>\n
amazing that when we come and ask him<\/p>\n
for something he's faithful to hear us<\/p>\n
but not only that he's faithful to help<\/p>\n
us see what's going on in our hearts<\/p>\n
he's faithful to fix our hearts and not<\/p>\n
just the external circumstance or<\/p>\n
situation that we're worried about and I<\/p>\n
I want to I want to pose that I think<\/p>\n
this is how prayer works sometimes and<\/p>\n
I'll give an example from my own life<\/p>\n
I'm not saying that that you shouldn't<\/p>\n
ask we we we we we need to ask Jesus for<\/p>\n
everything but recognize that his<\/p>\n
response may be deeper than what we<\/p>\n
asked for um yeah he wants to get to the<\/p>\n
root of the problem in our hearts think<\/p>\n
about the things that you ask him for so<\/p>\n
for me I have I have four very young<\/p>\n
children all right a common prayer for<\/p>\n
me is god um you got to have my kid Rush<\/p>\n
his teeth when I tell him to brush his<\/p>\n
teeth like you you got to do it you got<\/p>\n
to help him obey all right and<\/p>\n
your parents in here you know that God<\/p>\n
doesn't always answer that request right<\/p>\n
um but I think what I see there is that<\/p>\n
maybe actually the deeper need in my<\/p>\n
heart is to see God's grace for me and<\/p>\n
to have me show Grace to my son when he<\/p>\n
isn't he doesn't obey me right we often<\/p>\n
come to God with this kind of shallow<\/p>\n
request but he sees past it it's like<\/p>\n
hey we're going to work on your heart<\/p>\n
and actually I'll probably be a better<\/p>\n
parent in the end as well God not only<\/p>\n
hears our requests but he sees what's<\/p>\n
going on deep in our hearts so Jesus he<\/p>\n
continues in verse 15 come come back to<\/p>\n
the story here but at this point he's<\/p>\n
not talking just to the brother he's<\/p>\n
talking to the whole crowd all right he<\/p>\n
says watch out take care be on your<\/p>\n
guard against all<\/p>\n
covetousness again we see here that<\/p>\n
Jesus is going deeper than just settling<\/p>\n
this inheritance argument he's pointing<\/p>\n
at what's in the man's heart okay the<\/p>\n
next statement that Jesus makes Jesus<\/p>\n
makes an incredibly wa weighty statement<\/p>\n
he says at the end of verse 15 for one's<\/p>\n
life does not consist in the abundance<\/p>\n
of his<\/p>\n
possessions but I mean this is very<\/p>\n
actually very pH philosophical like what<\/p>\n
is life that's what Jesus is asking so I<\/p>\n
don't want to make this more difficult<\/p>\n
for us I don't want to make this more<\/p>\n
complex but I do think that looking at<\/p>\n
the original language that what what the<\/p>\n
New Testament was written in in Greek is<\/p>\n
actually very helpful here and don't<\/p>\n
worry it's not it's not too hard it's<\/p>\n
very easy but it'll help us understand<\/p>\n
what Jesus is saying Okay so we've got<\/p>\n
English and Tha I know there's a lot of<\/p>\n
languages in here we'll just take with<\/p>\n
English in time the word life or Chi<\/p>\n
it's just one word that means life but<\/p>\n
in Greek and what this this was<\/p>\n
originally written in there are three<\/p>\n
different words that talk about life<\/p>\n
there's one word bios b i o s bios this<\/p>\n
is most commonly used to talk about how<\/p>\n
long somebody lives or the amount of<\/p>\n
possessions that they acquire in their<\/p>\n
life how many how much how much stuff<\/p>\n
they have okay this is the kind of man<\/p>\n
bios this is the kind of Life bios life<\/p>\n
that the that the man is pursuing but<\/p>\n
here Jesus he does not use the word bios<\/p>\n
for life he uses a deeper word which is<\/p>\n
Zoe Zoe Zoe is not something material<\/p>\n
Zoe is a relationship<\/p>\n
Zoe refers to the Abundant Life that<\/p>\n
Jesus gives us and actually maybe the<\/p>\n
most important thing about Zoe for our<\/p>\n
context here is brothers and sisters you<\/p>\n
cannot buy Zoe with your money Zoe is<\/p>\n
only given to you as a gift by Grace we<\/p>\n
cannot purchase Zoe Zoe comes to us as a<\/p>\n
gift Zoe is being in a perfect<\/p>\n
relationship with the with God our<\/p>\n
Father who made us the type of life that<\/p>\n
this young man is after this bios life<\/p>\n
we're always always wanting more it's<\/p>\n
it's shallow We're Never Satisfied it<\/p>\n
produces greed and you know the in the<\/p>\n
beginning that new iPhone that the new<\/p>\n
the new generation or even bigger the<\/p>\n
new job that you have like I I have that<\/p>\n
feeling too your heart's like oh man<\/p>\n
this is I I feel safe I feel feel good<\/p>\n
now but there's always going to be<\/p>\n
something more we're always going to be<\/p>\n
hungry for something more but Zoe this<\/p>\n
Deeper Life that Jesus uses to point at<\/p>\n
this man's heart this comes from God it<\/p>\n
gives us peace and contentment that<\/p>\n
lasts if we remember the scene of Jesus<\/p>\n
with the woman at the well remember this<\/p>\n
scene when what does Jesus say to it he<\/p>\n
says I have water that if I give you<\/p>\n
this water you will never be thirsty<\/p>\n
again that is Zoe life that that's what<\/p>\n
we need Jesus is showing this man that<\/p>\n
there is more to life than stuff Jesus<\/p>\n
is pointing deeper to a Deeper Life<\/p>\n
That's satisfied only in God so we need<\/p>\n
to do some application work here in each<\/p>\n
of our own lives um Jesus is asking the<\/p>\n
question how do you measure your<\/p>\n
life how do you measure your life when<\/p>\n
you ask yourself the question do I have<\/p>\n
a good life or a bad<\/p>\n
life do you look at the things that you<\/p>\n
have or do you look at the one that<\/p>\n
loves you when you ask yourself like<\/p>\n
how's my life going like what how's it<\/p>\n
going do you look at the things you can<\/p>\n
see do you look at your education or<\/p>\n
maybe even more do you look at your kids<\/p>\n
education do you look at your car your<\/p>\n
job how stable things is<\/p>\n
or do you look at the peace and the<\/p>\n
comfort that we have that Jesus gives us<\/p>\n
by his<\/p>\n
grace the question it's incredibly<\/p>\n
relevant for us today um we could look<\/p>\n
uh out that window and we would see<\/p>\n
nothing but stuff cars condos I think<\/p>\n
you can see like six or I was trying to<\/p>\n
count how many malls you can see from<\/p>\n
out the window here it's a lot of malls<\/p>\n
um it's very easy for us even Christians<\/p>\n
I know I'm guilty of this to to look at<\/p>\n
someone else's life what do you say like<\/p>\n
they're doing well what does that<\/p>\n
statement mean if you say they're doing<\/p>\n
well that means that their kids go to a<\/p>\n
good school it means that they they've<\/p>\n
got a steady income where they don't<\/p>\n
really don't have to worry or or so it<\/p>\n
may seem to us that they don't have to<\/p>\n
worry it's very easy for us to trust in<\/p>\n
the things that we<\/p>\n
have but Brothers and Sisters Jesus is<\/p>\n
great graciously pointing out this wrong<\/p>\n
we've measured life the wrong<\/p>\n
way and he points this out not to jit<\/p>\n
not to like not to um condemn us but he<\/p>\n
does it to change us and to save us what<\/p>\n
does it say it says that Jesus came not<\/p>\n
to condemn but to save we'll see more of<\/p>\n
this in a minute okay we just finished<\/p>\n
uh Jesus's deep response um now we're<\/p>\n
going to look at the third Point uh a<\/p>\n
greedy heart so uh Jesus tells a parable<\/p>\n
to to make his point more clear as as he<\/p>\n
as Jesus often does all right so again<\/p>\n
Ariana just read it for us thank you<\/p>\n
Ariana uh but what what's going on in<\/p>\n
the parable we've got a man and he's got<\/p>\n
a plot of land in one harvest season<\/p>\n
again I know this's agriculture talk for<\/p>\n
for those of us in Bangkok it's kind of<\/p>\n
hard to imagine but a a you he yields a<\/p>\n
lot of fruit one season he yields a big<\/p>\n
crop and he gets Rich okay but the<\/p>\n
problem<\/p>\n
is he doesn't have big enough barns so<\/p>\n
what does he do he tears down his old<\/p>\n
Barns and he builds bigger barns it's<\/p>\n
like I'll just I can keep all my stuff<\/p>\n
this way again I know this may sound<\/p>\n
like an old agriculture story and like<\/p>\n
something that's kind of far from us but<\/p>\n
this kind of stuff happens today right<\/p>\n
we'll just use a very small example<\/p>\n
let's say that there's a a saleswoman<\/p>\n
who sells like a a very normal toy here<\/p>\n
in Thailand um she she makes fine money<\/p>\n
she makes enough to get by um but then<\/p>\n
one day a very special person comes and<\/p>\n
buys her toy what if Lisa from black<\/p>\n
pink comes and buys a toy from this<\/p>\n
lady's<\/p>\n
shop Lisa comes she post on her Tik Tok<\/p>\n
what's gonna happen after that EV<\/p>\n
everyone what do they call it like uh<\/p>\n
like um like they F in the footsteps of<\/p>\n
of the of the Superstar and so this mea<\/p>\n
this this lady she's going to get rich<\/p>\n
all because Lisa came to her shop and<\/p>\n
posted on her Tik Tok and so what what<\/p>\n
she got to do she's got to go open a new<\/p>\n
bank account maybe she's got to buy some<\/p>\n
more land she's got to find a spot to<\/p>\n
put all of her<\/p>\n
assets let's look at the subject in<\/p>\n
verse 16 it says the land of a rich man<\/p>\n
produced plen ofy the subject is the<\/p>\n
land not the man so yes I'm sure the man<\/p>\n
plowed the ground and SED the seed but<\/p>\n
in the end this man does not get rich<\/p>\n
unless what unless the land he has the<\/p>\n
land itself the sunlight oxygen rain and<\/p>\n
where do these come from these come from<\/p>\n
God brothers and sisters everything that<\/p>\n
we have is a gift like that we have to<\/p>\n
change our mindset that everything we<\/p>\n
have is a gift from God your brain your<\/p>\n
strength to learn things your strength<\/p>\n
to to work on that Excel sheet or teach<\/p>\n
or whatever you whatever you do for your<\/p>\n
job no matter what we do for work we<\/p>\n
must realize that any blessing or gift<\/p>\n
comes from God our Father who loves us<\/p>\n
and it's not just to be used for us it's<\/p>\n
to be meant to thank God for it and use<\/p>\n
for others but the man in this Parable<\/p>\n
he doesn't think this way he's only<\/p>\n
concerned about himself and money again<\/p>\n
look at verse 17 and 18 he he says<\/p>\n
nothing about God or about other people<\/p>\n
he's only concerned with himself verse<\/p>\n
1718 he says what shall I do I have<\/p>\n
nowhere to store my crops<\/p>\n
I will do this I will tear down my Barns<\/p>\n
and I will store my grain and<\/p>\n
goods again there's a lot of pointed<\/p>\n
application here that's very difficult<\/p>\n
for for me and for all of us to hear but<\/p>\n
we have to ask when you look at your<\/p>\n
stuff do you say mine mine mine or do<\/p>\n
you look at it and then look up to<\/p>\n
heaven and say God I'm very undeserving<\/p>\n
of all this stuff like how can I use<\/p>\n
this to bless other<\/p>\n
people again I I want to tell as we're<\/p>\n
talking about money I know this is kind<\/p>\n
of a sensitive subject saving money is<\/p>\n
not wrong like that like it's good but<\/p>\n
the in the Book of Proverbs the Lord<\/p>\n
calls us to to to save for an emergency<\/p>\n
I'm sure one day someone of my family<\/p>\n
will get sick and I'll need to help pay<\/p>\n
some hospital bills um it's good to save<\/p>\n
to for to help our kids go to school<\/p>\n
saving is good the issue is here is not<\/p>\n
the issue is not whether we should save<\/p>\n
money the issue is where is our<\/p>\n
trust the issue is it's it's not<\/p>\n
external it's internal in this Parable<\/p>\n
Jesus he's he's not as concerned with<\/p>\n
money as he is with our hearts what what<\/p>\n
is our heart trusting in really what is<\/p>\n
our heart<\/p>\n
love in this situation it's clear that<\/p>\n
this this guy's saving in the parable is<\/p>\n
so that he can rely on his riches and<\/p>\n
not on God how do we know this okay<\/p>\n
let's look again let's look at verse 19<\/p>\n
um look at his response this guy's<\/p>\n
response he says he's talking to himself<\/p>\n
again he's he's not talking to God or<\/p>\n
other people he's talking to himself he<\/p>\n
says Soul you have so much stuff now<\/p>\n
ample Goods laid up for many years can<\/p>\n
you believe this you don't have to worry<\/p>\n
about anything for years just eat drink<\/p>\n
be marry hang out you can live the good<\/p>\n
life now honestly I I don't know about<\/p>\n
you I think this is maybe the most<\/p>\n
painful part of the story for me like it<\/p>\n
seems like this man is the happiest and<\/p>\n
safest he's ever ever been like we in<\/p>\n
English we say like he's on the<\/p>\n
Mountaintop of his life he's at the peak<\/p>\n
and yet his trust is in the wrong thing<\/p>\n
the man's greedy heart is revealed his<\/p>\n
trust in his things and getting more and<\/p>\n
more he's not trusting in<\/p>\n
God um it's like a father or a husband I<\/p>\n
think this should be a lesson to us all<\/p>\n
it's like the father or husband who who<\/p>\n
works all the time never never spends<\/p>\n
time with the Lord never spends time<\/p>\n
with his family he's working so he can<\/p>\n
get to a point where his Investments are<\/p>\n
just just at that point where he can<\/p>\n
just rest and tell himself eat drink and<\/p>\n
be merry and have nothing to worry about<\/p>\n
but when he gets to that point he looks<\/p>\n
around and he's left God he's his his<\/p>\n
wife and his kids he hasen't spent any<\/p>\n
time with them he's measured Life by the<\/p>\n
wrong things he's measured Life by stuff<\/p>\n
and not<\/p>\n
relationships again this is a very<\/p>\n
pointed application for us I want us I<\/p>\n
want us to take what this guy says and<\/p>\n
and try to apply to our own lives all<\/p>\n
right we ready what in your life think<\/p>\n
about your life what in your life if you<\/p>\n
get it will make you say to yourself<\/p>\n
Soul relax eat drink and be<\/p>\n
merry what is that for<\/p>\n
you okay in this story the man is<\/p>\n
trusting in money or he's trusting in<\/p>\n
all the stuff that's in his barn and to<\/p>\n
make him feel safe and stable but<\/p>\n
honestly it doesn't have to be money for<\/p>\n
you we all have something that our heart<\/p>\n
saying if I get that I can sit back and<\/p>\n
say eat drink be<\/p>\n
merry for some maybe if if my child gets<\/p>\n
into this school then I'm good for<\/p>\n
others don't like my job if I can just<\/p>\n
get this job that I'm applying for then<\/p>\n
my soul will sa soul<\/p>\n
rest for some it's a relationship if my<\/p>\n
marriage can just get better or if I'm<\/p>\n
single if I can just find a spouse my<\/p>\n
soul will say be marry now everything's<\/p>\n
okay<\/p>\n
um how do you measure your<\/p>\n
life even I know there are people here<\/p>\n
who work for the church who are<\/p>\n
missionaries who work in Ministry this<\/p>\n
is pointed for us too what is it about<\/p>\n
your ministry or church that you would<\/p>\n
say if I can get to that point my soul<\/p>\n
would say rest you're good you got to<\/p>\n
this point brothers and sisters the it's<\/p>\n
mostly these are not bad things family<\/p>\n
money work all this is education these<\/p>\n
are good gifts from God but when these<\/p>\n
things turn into the thing that our<\/p>\n
hearts seek for ultimate satisfaction<\/p>\n
and peace and meaning this is when it<\/p>\n
gets dangerous and this this is why<\/p>\n
God's response to the man in verse 20<\/p>\n
says fool this night your soul is<\/p>\n
required of you and and the things you<\/p>\n
prepared whose will they be when this<\/p>\n
man dies he can take nothing with him he<\/p>\n
was saving for himself not to give to<\/p>\n
others there was so much need around him<\/p>\n
so much opportunity to help others when<\/p>\n
he comes with for God in judgment all he<\/p>\n
has to show is his soul that's just in<\/p>\n
love with his stuff and his<\/p>\n
barns Jesus ends the parable in 20 verse<\/p>\n
21 says so is the one who lays up<\/p>\n
treasure for himself and not rich<\/p>\n
towards God again we've measured Life by<\/p>\n
the wrong things he thought he was rich<\/p>\n
because his he had a lot of barns um he<\/p>\n
had wealth but we we didn't realize that<\/p>\n
true wealth comes from where it's living<\/p>\n
with God and his kingdom<\/p>\n
um again it's very difficult to examine<\/p>\n
our hearts isn't it I know it's<\/p>\n
difficult for me to examine my heart and<\/p>\n
see that often times I love something or<\/p>\n
I want something or I chase after<\/p>\n
something more than I do<\/p>\n
God actually if I were to just stop the<\/p>\n
sermon right here just end it um it'd be<\/p>\n
really difficult because we'd probably<\/p>\n
be feeling really bad about oursel like<\/p>\n
yep I I did it again I know I trust in<\/p>\n
this more than God<\/p>\n
um You probably leave feeling<\/p>\n
guilty but Jesus he doesn't stop here<\/p>\n
with the young man he doesn't stop here<\/p>\n
with the crowd that's around him and so<\/p>\n
the sermon is not going to stop here<\/p>\n
anyway either okay um in this section<\/p>\n
after this Jesus again I think it's<\/p>\n
amazing how Jesus turned this guy's<\/p>\n
request into like this full teaching<\/p>\n
segment it's really amazing in the next<\/p>\n
section Jesus shows us the solution<\/p>\n
there is a way that we can live or we<\/p>\n
can trust in him that our Father in<\/p>\n
heaven knows what we need that he will<\/p>\n
care for us and in Jesus we can have a<\/p>\n
Content heart okay this is the the final<\/p>\n
point a Content<\/p>\n
heart um again I know many of us may<\/p>\n
feel anxious or worried today maybe it's<\/p>\n
maybe it's about money maybe this is<\/p>\n
like right on with what you're<\/p>\n
struggling with but it's something else<\/p>\n
you're worried that that about something<\/p>\n
in your life um and that you trust in<\/p>\n
that more than you do<\/p>\n
God Jesus Jus does not leave us like the<\/p>\n
man in the parable just chasing after<\/p>\n
the things that will fade away and then<\/p>\n
feeling guilty about that um again like<\/p>\n
we said he didn't come to condemn us but<\/p>\n
he came to save us Jesus doesn't doesn't<\/p>\n
show us the problem in our hearts he<\/p>\n
gives us the healing for it um in the<\/p>\n
next section again this is a very famous<\/p>\n
passage Jesus says don't be anxious<\/p>\n
about your life what you will eat nor<\/p>\n
about your body what you will put on<\/p>\n
for life is more than food and the body<\/p>\n
more than clothing he's saying again<\/p>\n
he's pointing to that Zoe life that that<\/p>\n
life that is more than just<\/p>\n
stuff um here in Thailand there in the<\/p>\n
morning you have the the not gaow the<\/p>\n
goow bird that's that makes the sound<\/p>\n
like gaow goow I think people know what<\/p>\n
I'm talking about right um so there's a<\/p>\n
picture of it up here I was trying to<\/p>\n
think what's what's a what's a bird that<\/p>\n
everybody wouldn't know here um all<\/p>\n
right so you know most people know Jesus<\/p>\n
comparison here look at the note goow<\/p>\n
look at the Go bird it doesn't have a<\/p>\n
big barn behind that tree right there it<\/p>\n
doesn't have a bank accounts um but his<\/p>\n
life is great he sings all the time<\/p>\n
right and Jesus says are you worth more<\/p>\n
than a no goow are you worth more than<\/p>\n
this bird in God's eyes the answer is<\/p>\n
yes yes you're worth we're worth so much<\/p>\n
more than this God loves us so much and<\/p>\n
he'll care for us he cares the not go<\/p>\n
like he will care for us it's a it's<\/p>\n
amazing to to to meditate on this um let<\/p>\n
this warm your<\/p>\n
heart that God cares for you more than<\/p>\n
more than<\/p>\n
anything this yeah you see Jesus saying<\/p>\n
don't be concerned with money or<\/p>\n
something else to make us feel safe and<\/p>\n
comfortable the thing that makes us feel<\/p>\n
safe and at peace is knowing that your<\/p>\n
father in Heaven brothers and sisters<\/p>\n
your father in Heaven owns everything<\/p>\n
everything everything whatever problem<\/p>\n
you whatever money problem or whatever<\/p>\n
problem you have your father owns<\/p>\n
everything that's associated with that<\/p>\n
and he knows exactly what you need<\/p>\n
that's what he says before he tells us<\/p>\n
to come to him he says your father knows<\/p>\n
what you need even before you ask him<\/p>\n
knowing that he cares for us more and<\/p>\n
ultimately what will give us a content<\/p>\n
and Rich heart is this is knowing that<\/p>\n
that Jesus died to make us rich<\/p>\n
in 2 Corinthians 8 uh uh chapter 8:9 it<\/p>\n
says for you know the grace of our Lord<\/p>\n
Jesus Christ that though he is Rich yet<\/p>\n
for your sake he became poor so that you<\/p>\n
by his poverty might become rich what<\/p>\n
this means is Jesus left the richest<\/p>\n
place place in this universe he left<\/p>\n
heaven with God the father and he did<\/p>\n
that and went to the absolute lowest<\/p>\n
most impoverished Point both physically<\/p>\n
and spiritually but he he died on the<\/p>\n
cross to save us to show us what for<\/p>\n
this particular application he did this<\/p>\n
to show us that life is more than<\/p>\n
stuff for this application Jesus died on<\/p>\n
the cross to show you that life is more<\/p>\n
than whatever you're chasing after right<\/p>\n
now to help us to take our eyes off of<\/p>\n
the temporary and put it on the Eternal<\/p>\n
that life is measured by relationships<\/p>\n
more than it is stuff and when we see<\/p>\n
this kind of love from our savior it<\/p>\n
will bring us to trust trust in him and<\/p>\n
not our<\/p>\n
possessions<\/p>\n
um and in closing what kind of trust and<\/p>\n
contentment uh what what kind of thing<\/p>\n
does dist trusting condem produce it<\/p>\n
will produce where we go out and we work<\/p>\n
hard we do um but we we do that to the<\/p>\n
glory of God and so that we can be<\/p>\n
generous and help others with with our<\/p>\n
money with our assets contentment and<\/p>\n
trust in Jesus care it produces<\/p>\n
generosity because we see that<\/p>\n
everything comes from him<\/p>\n
okay in summary do we see the flow of<\/p>\n
this passage that started with the the<\/p>\n
young man coming and interrupting Jesus<\/p>\n
do we see how Jesus saves us from<\/p>\n
covetousness the man comes with a<\/p>\n
shallow request because why he wants<\/p>\n
more<\/p>\n
money um Jesus answers the man with a<\/p>\n
deep response showing him that the<\/p>\n
problem is that he's living life for the<\/p>\n
wrong things his heart loves money<\/p>\n
instead of God and others we see that in<\/p>\n
the parable too<\/p>\n
and then Jesus shows us that the way to<\/p>\n
heal a greedy heart is not by just<\/p>\n
working harder or trying to force it no<\/p>\n
it's by by looking at our Father in<\/p>\n
heaven and seeing that he loves us so<\/p>\n
much and that he will care for us he<\/p>\n
loves us so much that Jesus went from<\/p>\n
the richest to the poorest in order that<\/p>\n
we might be rich towards God that's how<\/p>\n
that's how this whole thing ends is<\/p>\n
being rich towards God and we have that<\/p>\n
in the gospel and we see this truly our<\/p>\n
hearts change our hearts change and we<\/p>\n
become a very generous people okay let's<\/p>\n
pray Father in heaven we thank you so<\/p>\n
much Lord that you care for us father<\/p>\n
thank you that even though we are often<\/p>\n
stubborn and we are often um yeah we we<\/p>\n
get caught up in the wrong things Lord<\/p>\n
but but you do not leave us there you're<\/p>\n
faithful to come in and bring us back in<\/p>\n
as as your sheep Lord You're Our<\/p>\n
Shepherd father we um we thank you for<\/p>\n
your word that that again not only comes<\/p>\n
in to to show us where we've sinned um<\/p>\n
but it does that so we can receive your<\/p>\n
grace and receive your mercy and receive<\/p>\n
things like the fact that our father in<\/p>\n
Heaven cares for us and knows exactly<\/p>\n
what we need Lord use your word um to<\/p>\n
change our hearts by the power of your<\/p>\n
spirit pray these things in Jesus name<\/p>\n
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