WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.060 you 00:30.000 --> 00:33.060 you 01:00.000 --> 01:03.060 you 01:30.000 --> 01:33.060 you 02:00.000 --> 02:03.060 you 02:30.000 --> 02:33.060 you 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 you 03:30.000 --> 03:32.000 you 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 all right all hail the power of jesus 167 on the first 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 WE 03:47.000 --> 04:04.760 Oh, hail the power of Jesus' name, Let angels cross the fall. 04:04.760 --> 04:15.560 Bring forth the ruler, O die a death, And crown him Lord of all. 04:15.560 --> 04:26.200 Bring forth the royal, die a death, And crown him Lord of all. 04:26.200 --> 04:28.200 167, on the second. 04:28.200 --> 04:37.000 He chose the seed of Israel's race, He ransomed from the fall. 04:37.000 --> 04:47.720 Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 04:47.720 --> 04:59.000 Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 04:59.000 --> 05:08.280 Let every kindred, every tribe, On his terrestrial fall. 05:08.280 --> 05:19.640 To him, O majesty, ascribe and crown him Lord of all. 05:19.640 --> 05:31.080 To him, O majesty, ascribe and crown him Lord of all. 05:31.080 --> 05:40.120 O that with yonder sacred throne, He at his feet may fall, 05:40.120 --> 05:51.000 We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him Lord of all. 05:51.000 --> 06:03.640 We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him Lord of all. 06:03.640 --> 06:06.280 All right, welcome to Spring Crest. 06:06.520 --> 06:11.320 If you do not have a bulletin, if I could get Eli, and if you don't mind Boat, 06:11.320 --> 06:13.880 if it has out your bulletins, I would appreciate it. 06:13.880 --> 06:20.120 Today's April 24th, and our service times are there Sunday morning, 10.30 a.m., 06:20.120 --> 06:25.480 Sunday evening, 4.30, and Wednesday service, 5.30 p.m. 06:25.480 --> 06:27.240 Just raise your hands if you do not have a bulletin, 06:27.240 --> 06:29.160 if not, just pass them out wherever you can. 06:31.240 --> 06:35.240 Throw them in the air, and you know, like, you fly by, just to see who can get one. 06:35.800 --> 06:42.680 So any time is 2 p.m., and then the memory chapter is Philippians 1, we're on verse 24, 06:42.680 --> 06:45.640 I'm sorry, 25, I didn't update that correctly, I apologize for that. 06:46.280 --> 06:50.440 And it says, in having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all 06:51.080 --> 06:54.680 for the furtherance and joy of faith. 06:55.400 --> 06:58.360 And then just a reminder, we are a family integrated church, 06:58.360 --> 07:02.920 we do have a mother-baby room in the back, and that's specifically mother-baby room. 07:03.480 --> 07:07.880 And then of course, a reminder, any snacks, water, anything like that, 07:08.440 --> 07:10.760 make sure that the parents are getting them for the kids, 07:10.760 --> 07:13.720 and then also if the parents will go with the smaller toddlers 07:14.280 --> 07:21.080 to the bathroom, just to make sure they don't, hey, Eli, we need one more, 07:21.080 --> 07:22.440 okay, there we go, I got it, we got it. 07:22.440 --> 07:24.680 Thank you, Boaz, thank you, Eli. 07:24.680 --> 07:30.440 And then we have the mother-baby room, just make sure also the bathrooms, 07:30.440 --> 07:31.480 just so they don't get locked. 07:32.120 --> 07:39.160 And then year to date, we have, I got a last second update, but it's 458 actually. 07:39.160 --> 07:43.240 So year to date, 458, so it's one, one baptism, 07:43.240 --> 07:46.120 if you would have gone to Belize, that's probably what you would have done in a day. 07:46.120 --> 07:48.120 So, and the reason I'm saying that is because brother, 07:51.720 --> 07:55.640 sorry, my brain's like in another world, brother James just got back from Belize, 07:55.640 --> 07:58.440 don't worry, he's more tired than I am, so he'll be more full-fledged. 07:59.400 --> 08:02.360 And they were, it was, the harvest was right. 08:03.080 --> 08:06.120 And then right there on the right, we have the birthdays, 08:07.000 --> 08:10.360 we have Marcel Wickliffe on May 6, 08:11.320 --> 08:14.840 Heath, Libby Lavec, and Lily Maludic. 08:14.840 --> 08:18.440 Let me know if I miss anybody, I've been trying to update all the, 08:18.440 --> 08:19.240 It's May 6. 08:19.240 --> 08:20.200 May 6, is that you? 08:20.200 --> 08:20.760 Yeah. 08:20.760 --> 08:21.000 Okay. 08:21.000 --> 08:21.400 May 6. 08:21.400 --> 08:21.720 July. 08:23.720 --> 08:26.920 Such an important holiday in Mexico. 08:27.080 --> 08:28.280 The whole country celebrates. 08:28.280 --> 08:30.200 The whole country shuts down. 08:30.200 --> 08:31.880 No, nobody cares about it. 08:37.080 --> 08:39.800 It's so funny because it's not a very, it's like Granada. 08:42.520 --> 08:44.600 The Americans made it a thing. 08:44.600 --> 08:48.920 And then right there we have May 20th through the 24th, the anti-Israel conference. 08:48.920 --> 08:51.560 Let me know if you're going up there, I think what I'm going to do, 08:52.520 --> 08:56.600 I was going to, I was planning on taking my family, but I think we just, 08:56.600 --> 08:58.360 I've worn them out this first part of the year. 08:58.360 --> 09:02.120 So I think I'm going to end up going to Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 09:02.120 --> 09:06.440 because obviously I got to preach Wednesday and, you know, got to be back for Sunday. 09:06.440 --> 09:09.640 So if anybody's going, just let me know, we'll report any stuff. 09:09.640 --> 09:13.720 And then pray for the expecting mothers, Hailey Maludic, Christian Rogers, Marcel Wickliffe. 09:16.520 --> 09:20.760 And then I appreciate Brother Mike and Pastor Copp for stepping in last week. 09:21.560 --> 09:26.760 And make sure Brother Heath, I think we ordered those no smoking signs, right? 09:26.760 --> 09:28.520 So no smoking in the building. 09:29.320 --> 09:30.760 Take that outside, Brother Mike. 09:33.000 --> 09:35.240 If you missed it, there's tough cookies. 09:35.240 --> 09:36.840 If you know what I'm talking about, that was good. 09:36.840 --> 09:37.480 We enjoyed it. 09:38.040 --> 09:40.760 I was in the hotel room because, you know, it's two hours earlier. 09:45.240 --> 09:46.040 You got me. 09:46.040 --> 09:46.840 You know, I have to say that. 09:46.840 --> 09:48.600 And then on the back, we have the prayer request. 09:48.600 --> 09:51.160 I went ahead and updated if there's any updates that we need. 09:51.960 --> 09:52.760 Let me know. 09:52.760 --> 09:56.280 And then what I'm going to do is turn your hand over to. 10:02.280 --> 10:03.160 Which one do you know better? 10:03.160 --> 10:04.120 27 or? 10:04.120 --> 10:04.920 Yeah, let's do. 10:04.920 --> 10:06.360 So your hand was over 27. 10:06.360 --> 10:07.640 I think we're going to skip one. 10:07.640 --> 10:11.400 So I'm going to what I'm going to do, this is just like I'm throwing you guys a curveball. 10:11.400 --> 10:13.320 I'm going to give Brother James five minutes. 10:13.320 --> 10:15.080 I'm actually going to turn the timer on. 10:15.080 --> 10:16.840 I'm just going to let him give us a testimony. 10:16.920 --> 10:22.280 You just got back from Belize on a soul winning missions trip with first work, 10:22.280 --> 10:26.680 which is why I went to preach because I went to preach the pastor. 10:26.680 --> 10:27.960 The hero was over there. 10:27.960 --> 10:29.480 I think they had like 29 for winners. 10:29.480 --> 10:30.040 Is that correct? 10:30.040 --> 10:34.040 Well, I'll let you I'll let you give all the updates, but they had a really good thing. 10:34.040 --> 10:37.800 And it's one of those places where I think our church, even as big as we are, 10:37.800 --> 10:41.960 we could probably make it happen because Belize is not like in a very expensive trip. 10:41.960 --> 10:46.360 It's it's just like border south of Mexico. 10:46.360 --> 10:48.120 Between Mexico and Guatemala, right? 10:48.120 --> 10:51.080 I think and it's just a tiny little country. 10:51.080 --> 10:54.680 The cool thing about Belize is my wife and I, when we first got married, 10:54.680 --> 11:00.360 we did a cruise and it takes you through Belize is that it's mainly English speaking. 11:00.360 --> 11:02.920 There are Spanish speakers, but the majority are English speakers. 11:02.920 --> 11:07.400 So we could take a group of church members and it wouldn't be a challenge. 11:07.400 --> 11:10.920 Like, see, if we went to Mexico, I could only take a handful of you guys. 11:10.920 --> 11:13.240 And that is, you know, so if you'll give us five minutes. 11:13.880 --> 11:14.680 I appreciate that. 11:16.360 --> 11:23.640 So, yes, this would be a great place for anybody to 11:25.160 --> 11:29.480 that wants to do like a foreign missions trip if you've never done a foreign missions trip before. 11:30.120 --> 11:35.160 Belize would be perfect for this church because of the proximity. 11:35.160 --> 11:37.240 Everybody speaks English there. 11:37.240 --> 11:44.040 If you speak Spanish, then you could you could do either or it's very economical there. 11:44.040 --> 11:45.320 Like food is cheap. 11:45.320 --> 11:47.720 Housing is very reasonable or accommodation. 11:47.720 --> 11:50.680 So it'd be a great foreign missions trip for this church. 11:50.680 --> 11:56.200 And I would encourage anybody, whether it's Belize or anything anywhere else, 11:57.080 --> 11:58.920 get on a foreign missions trip. 11:58.920 --> 12:00.040 It will change your life. 12:00.760 --> 12:05.160 And so, you know, just preaching the gospel in general, you guys are doing an awesome job. 12:05.160 --> 12:09.960 Just, you know, boots on the ground here in Houston and helping be a light to Houston. 12:09.960 --> 12:15.320 But Belize, I want to go back because it is it is very receptive. 12:16.040 --> 12:19.320 And, you know, we got there and we had a plan. 12:19.320 --> 12:23.720 Obviously, Pastor Mahia has a plan, but God like changed it all. 12:23.720 --> 12:26.840 Like there are some crazy things that went on. 12:26.840 --> 12:33.320 And so we get there and we're just planning on, you know, going to the school, standing outside, 12:33.320 --> 12:38.760 wait for the kids to come out and preach the gospel to them, go to the markets or parks, 12:38.760 --> 12:40.760 anywhere we can find a public gathering. 12:41.480 --> 12:47.480 And we're out just preaching the gospel where the kids were letting out after school one day. 12:48.200 --> 12:49.960 And a lady drives up. 12:49.960 --> 12:52.840 She's an American and she's got her kids in the car. 12:52.840 --> 12:53.480 She jumps out. 12:53.480 --> 12:57.800 She starts running towards me and she's like, hey, are you guys, what are you guys doing? 12:57.800 --> 12:59.640 And I'm like, oh, we're just out here preaching the gospel. 12:59.640 --> 13:01.240 And she's like, yeah, I saw you with the Bible. 13:01.240 --> 13:02.520 I thought maybe that was the case. 13:03.320 --> 13:05.800 And so she checks our salvation. 13:05.800 --> 13:06.840 We check hers. 13:06.840 --> 13:08.920 Everybody's in lockstep. 13:09.960 --> 13:13.640 You know, Pastor Mahia is like, he took over the conversation. 13:13.640 --> 13:14.360 He was talking to her. 13:14.360 --> 13:16.920 He's like, yeah, we're just faith alone, not of works. 13:16.920 --> 13:18.040 Once saved, always saved. 13:18.040 --> 13:19.880 She was like, yeah, simple gospel. 13:19.880 --> 13:21.320 And I'm like, all right, we got it. 13:21.880 --> 13:25.640 And get to talking to her a little more, telling her a little bit more about us. 13:26.360 --> 13:28.760 And she's with a local ministry. 13:28.760 --> 13:35.240 She is actually a missionary that's supported by not Baptist churches, but it seems like 13:35.560 --> 13:37.320 minded churches or did it first. 13:37.960 --> 13:39.960 Anyway, her and her husband were really cool. 13:39.960 --> 13:41.720 They were they were pumped to see us. 13:42.280 --> 13:47.720 And as we got to talking to them, they're like, hey, we can get you guys inside the schools. 13:48.360 --> 13:50.680 So we go out there with a plan. 13:50.680 --> 13:54.440 Pastor Matthea has a plan out there and believes he's been going for six years. 13:54.440 --> 14:01.960 And then God just blessed First Works Baptist Church and pastor with just even more on this 14:01.960 --> 14:04.520 trip by getting us into the schools. 14:04.520 --> 14:09.000 And so we go to a school, 190 or so kids. 14:09.000 --> 14:11.960 And I think we recorded one hundred and eight salvations. 14:12.680 --> 14:14.760 And, you know, God is just blessing this thing. 14:15.560 --> 14:22.360 Now, unfortunately, somebody at that school, I think it was the speaker right before us, 14:23.320 --> 14:25.640 Brother Marcel presented the gospel. 14:25.640 --> 14:31.080 They didn't like how we had talked about eternal security and proving it's eternal 14:31.080 --> 14:33.720 by using the illustration of suicide. 14:33.720 --> 14:38.440 But oh, that's just way too taboo to be talking to kids about stuff like that. 14:39.000 --> 14:47.400 So apparently a coalition of false prophets, false teacher pastors in the area, 14:47.400 --> 14:48.520 because they didn't like that. 14:49.800 --> 14:56.760 They started kind of bad mouthing us and saying that we're heretics and things of that nature. 14:57.400 --> 15:04.200 And so this guy and his wife that we met, they didn't like that. 15:04.760 --> 15:05.960 They defended us. 15:05.960 --> 15:11.480 But unfortunately, you know, their hands are tied because those are the people that support them. 15:12.360 --> 15:17.480 And so they had talked to us about 12 schools coming together the next day 15:18.120 --> 15:21.320 at this like science fair or something of that nature. 15:21.320 --> 15:25.400 And they were going to give us 15 minutes to just preach the gospel to every one of them 15:25.400 --> 15:31.000 in a general assembly and then five hours to do one on one or one on small groups after that. 15:31.640 --> 15:35.320 Well, these coalitions of false prophets stopped that. 15:36.120 --> 15:37.880 And so we're kind of bummed out. 15:37.880 --> 15:42.280 It was like, man, God just keeps piling on like all this good stuff. 15:42.920 --> 15:47.080 And then the next day, God just provided another path into a school. 15:47.080 --> 15:49.480 80 some odd kids got saved. 15:49.480 --> 15:52.520 And so, you know, it turned out great. 15:53.320 --> 16:03.160 And at the end of it, we had 1600 plus salvations in four days with about 30 soul winners. 16:04.040 --> 16:10.760 And so I just encourage you guys, it would be a great place for Spring Crest Baptist Church 16:10.760 --> 16:12.520 to go do a missions trip. 16:13.160 --> 16:19.960 And also, if you can't or if you want to do more than that, also Pastor Shelley in September. 16:19.960 --> 16:21.320 I don't know the exact date. 16:21.320 --> 16:28.200 I should know that he will be in Barbados with a bunch of people hop on that missions trip. 16:28.200 --> 16:31.800 They speak English there to go to the colleges just like in Belize. 16:32.360 --> 16:34.760 And so that's kind of what went on. 16:35.400 --> 16:44.120 And I think at the very end of the trip, a news or radio station was wanting to interview Pastor 16:44.120 --> 16:46.440 Mahia and talk about all of this stuff. 16:46.440 --> 16:48.680 So I don't I don't know if that went down or not. 16:48.680 --> 16:52.440 But anyway, the devil is attacking Belize. 16:52.440 --> 16:52.920 Let's go. 16:59.800 --> 17:01.480 Thank you, James. 17:01.480 --> 17:02.600 And he could probably go on. 17:02.600 --> 17:04.440 I mean, think about it story after story. 17:04.440 --> 17:07.800 I think that's about an average of like three to 400 a day. 17:10.200 --> 17:11.560 Oh, September 7th is. 17:11.560 --> 17:14.920 So what I'll do if you guys just go to God resource, I'll put it here. 17:14.920 --> 17:16.520 God resource dot com. 17:16.520 --> 17:18.280 And you go to their event section. 17:18.280 --> 17:22.840 There's a lot of events that other churches, but also individuals are putting together. 17:22.840 --> 17:24.600 My wife and I were actually looking at it. 17:24.600 --> 17:27.960 There's a couple of guys just randomly. 17:27.960 --> 17:31.000 I guess they're soul winners in Alabama. 17:31.000 --> 17:33.320 And I was telling her that I was like, man, we'll just pick up and go. 17:33.960 --> 17:37.000 If you don't know her family, her sister lives in Alabama. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.040 So if you get excuse, just go visit them and do some of that. 17:40.040 --> 17:44.920 But turn your handles over to page 27 and we'll after this, we'll just do the reading. 17:44.920 --> 17:46.600 So thank you, brother James. 17:46.600 --> 17:50.600 I would encourage you guys if you if you have an idea for a soul winning trip, 17:50.600 --> 17:52.120 if you want to join, just let me know. 17:52.120 --> 17:56.120 I mean, that is the main thing that we want to focus on. 17:56.120 --> 17:57.400 The conferences are great. 17:58.120 --> 18:01.640 All the other events are great, but the most important event is soul winning. 18:01.640 --> 18:04.040 And that leads me into I'll just make it unofficial here. 18:04.040 --> 18:08.040 I brought it up on Wednesday, but we are going to launch a like a program. 18:08.040 --> 18:10.600 Houston is really receptive compared to the rest of the country. 18:11.400 --> 18:15.480 Not only is it receptive, but also we don't get a lot of like 18:16.600 --> 18:20.200 opposition like cops and people kicking us out. 18:20.200 --> 18:24.920 Now, it's happened sporadically since I've been so in here since 2018. 18:24.920 --> 18:28.200 But I'm talking like I can't even it's not even five times in my life. 18:29.720 --> 18:32.680 And so we're going to do something called charter solving. 18:32.680 --> 18:35.880 And so what we're going to make available to anybody wants to come to Houston, 18:35.880 --> 18:39.000 as long as they can get here, we'll take care of them and we'll just go jump on them 18:39.000 --> 18:42.680 and like fifth ward or something and then just go get I'm just kidding. 18:42.680 --> 18:45.960 And let's just go get let's go get as many people safe 18:45.960 --> 18:48.840 because if you talk to anybody outside of like Houston, 18:49.960 --> 18:54.200 you know, especially like in the in the northwest further up outside of California, 18:54.200 --> 18:57.560 I mean, they sometimes they're like going weeks without getting the soul wine. 18:57.560 --> 18:59.480 And they knock for hours and hours. 18:59.480 --> 19:03.240 And they're getting the cops called and pink haired libtards, 19:03.240 --> 19:06.680 you know, screaming at them and chasing them down and doing all that. 19:06.680 --> 19:07.960 And so you get discouraging. 19:07.960 --> 19:11.640 But with us, I mean, last week we had the soul winning marathon. 19:11.640 --> 19:12.600 And I think there was 28. 19:12.600 --> 19:17.160 And then on Sunday, just a regular Sunday, there was 24 sold one just because, 19:17.160 --> 19:20.840 you know, you go to, you know, any one of the apartment complexes here 19:20.840 --> 19:22.280 and everybody will talk to you. 19:22.280 --> 19:23.800 So we're going to do that. 19:23.800 --> 19:26.040 I'll get more details on that as this rolls out. 19:26.040 --> 19:31.560 But let's turn over to page 27, the old rugged cross, the old rugged cross. 19:31.560 --> 19:50.360 On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame. 19:51.160 --> 20:05.160 And I love that old cross where the nearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. 20:05.160 --> 20:17.160 So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. 20:18.040 --> 20:28.600 I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 20:30.840 --> 20:41.720 All that old rugged cross so despised by the world has a wondrous attraction for me. 20:42.200 --> 20:54.280 For the dear lamb of God left his glory above to bear it to dark ivory. 20:54.280 --> 21:07.000 So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. 21:07.720 --> 21:18.280 I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 21:20.280 --> 21:32.280 In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, a wondrous beauty I see. 21:32.920 --> 21:44.600 For to us of that old cross, Jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me. 21:45.960 --> 21:56.760 So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. 21:56.920 --> 22:07.240 I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 22:09.400 --> 22:21.240 To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, its shame and reproach gladly bear. 22:21.480 --> 22:32.680 Then he'll call me someday to my home far away where his glory forever I'll share. 22:34.120 --> 22:45.720 So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. 22:45.720 --> 23:02.200 I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown. 23:16.520 --> 23:17.000 Thank you. 23:23.160 --> 23:26.200 First Corinthians chapter five. 23:36.600 --> 23:42.200 First Corinthians chapter five. 23:42.200 --> 23:59.720 First Corinthians five, verse one, the Bible reads, it is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles that one should have his father's wife. 23:59.800 --> 24:20.680 And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you, bribarily as absent in body but present in spirit have judged already, as though I were present concerning him that hath done so done this deed. 24:21.000 --> 24:34.920 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 24:35.560 --> 24:37.560 Your glorying is not good. 24:38.280 --> 24:52.280 Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened for even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 24:53.080 --> 25:04.600 Therefore, let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 25:05.320 --> 25:20.760 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needs go out of the world. 25:21.000 --> 25:37.800 Now I have written unto you not to keep company with any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railler or a drunkard or an extortioner with such a one know not to eat. 25:38.440 --> 25:54.040 For what I have I to do to judge them also that are without do not you judge them that are within them that are without God judging therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 25:54.040 --> 26:05.880 Let's bow our heads and go to the Lord in prayer father thank you for gathering us here this day thank you for your word thank you for all that you've done for us Lord please give us ears to hear and hearts to understand. 26:06.360 --> 26:16.400 So that we may become more effective servants for you please fill pastor race with your Holy Spirit so that he may preach boldly from the pulpit in Jesus name we pray amen. 26:24.120 --> 26:24.760 All right. 26:28.440 --> 26:30.360 We're there in first Corinthians five. 26:30.360 --> 26:59.240 And once again I just want to say thank you to pastor Cobb and brother Mike for stepping in it's always fun to get invited to preach because the preacher likes to preach but the reality is there's nothing like home you know this is this is the place I want to be this is great I love the church. 26:59.880 --> 27:12.760 And I just love preaching here so let's go to first Corinthians five and the title of the sermon this afternoon or this morning is the leaven of covetousness the leaven of covetousness and so we've got three more. 27:12.760 --> 27:28.600 Sins that we will be dealing with after this in this series in first Corinthians five so we've I've preached on you know railing or being a railer I've preached on fornication you know in the leaven of fornication I'll probably name them all just 11. 27:29.160 --> 27:49.000 The Bible is very clear we don't want a little leaven to leaven the whole lump right and today we're going to be talking about covetousness if you notice some of these sins are worse than others but some of these are easier for us to fall into than others as well right and covetousness is one of those sins that actually starts out you know probably as a child. 27:49.480 --> 28:04.440 And so the children in here or anybody even the teenagers this applies to everybody I mean the Bible always applies to everybody but there are times where we're touching on subjects that you know it's not until you've lived it or you've come into it that you understand those things. 28:04.440 --> 28:34.360 But this is one of those things where everybody at any age can understand it because at some point in our life we have felt like we were owed something or we needed something that wasn't ours that we felt like it was owed to us right it's called the entitlement as a matter of fact America struggles with the sin of covetousness because it's an entitlement that doesn't belong to you and what it does is it builds this root of bitterness and malice and anger and struggle with it. 28:34.440 --> 28:53.880 And so we're going to be talking about this in verse 5 and NB I mean it's just it's like it's this like slippery slope but let's go in there and look and the Bible says there in verse 3 of first Corinthians 5 the very first thing I want to point out is it says for I barely as absent in the body but present in the spirit have already judged. 28:53.880 --> 29:23.880 And then the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is that the first thing I want to point out is 29:23.880 --> 29:51.700 No believer shall jackets accused Best Xuan Fei celestial 29:51.700 --> 29:56.200 in our Christian walk and sometimes the people we might like the most are the 29:56.200 --> 29:58.880 people that are in this and we might have to cut them off. The Bible says hey 29:58.880 --> 30:01.660 you don't want to even be around this wickedness. You don't want to have 30:01.660 --> 30:05.320 anything to do with them. Don't eat with them. Don't hang out with them. Don't 30:05.320 --> 30:09.040 Facebook friend them. Don't DM them. Don't call them. Don't send them snail mail. 30:09.040 --> 30:14.120 Just cut them off. That doesn't mean they lost their salvation but they have lost 30:14.120 --> 30:18.340 that light that allows them to do great things for the Lord, right? And you know 30:18.340 --> 30:22.020 Pastor Cobb has always been really strict actually in 1st 30:22.020 --> 30:26.060 Corinthians when it's talking about the Lord's Supper and you know even myself 30:26.060 --> 30:30.160 like we don't just randomly do the Lord's Supper because the Bible says 30:30.160 --> 30:34.380 it's a very serious thing. It could even cause harm to those that are unsaved to 30:34.380 --> 30:37.660 the point where it even could cause death. You know you think about it never 30:37.660 --> 30:40.900 it came to me the other day and I meant to bring it up in a sermon I probably 30:40.900 --> 30:45.640 forgot but if you think about where you know Jesus is they're having the Lord's 30:45.640 --> 30:49.460 Supper right in the Lord's Supper right before he gets 30:49.460 --> 30:54.640 crucified and who is one of the partakers? Judas. And what ends up happening to 30:54.640 --> 30:59.320 Judas? He ends up dying right? He hangs himself so he took it unworthily of 30:59.320 --> 31:05.240 course he was already a son of perdition but in addition to that he 31:05.240 --> 31:09.840 didn't follow the rules and because of that you know it caused him you know to 31:09.840 --> 31:17.880 be to basically cease to exist. Only on this earth he is conscious in hell being 31:17.880 --> 31:21.040 tormented right now. Let me just make that very clear because there's a group 31:21.040 --> 31:23.800 of people that don't believe that. But point number one I have for you today is 31:23.800 --> 31:29.520 this is just a repeat the command for church discipline is found in 31:29.520 --> 31:34.080 1st Corinthians 5. This is the command for church discipline. The reason this 31:34.080 --> 31:39.820 is so important is because you know as the church or as an individual even as 31:39.820 --> 31:43.500 a pastor I can't just be arbitrary about what I like and dislike about 31:43.500 --> 31:47.420 people and I can't just like go around you know shutting people out of my life 31:47.420 --> 31:51.460 just because you know they rubbed me the wrong way or vice versa. These are the 31:51.460 --> 31:55.340 sins that cause us to stop having fellowship. So what I'm trying to say 31:55.340 --> 31:59.060 here first of all is if there's something that you've got an issue with 31:59.060 --> 32:04.340 a brother or they rub you the wrong way figure it out because it's it's biblical 32:04.340 --> 32:07.740 you know you have no foot to stand on. God said you better love your brother 32:07.740 --> 32:12.980 you're like I don't like the way that he does these things. Tough cookies I don't 32:12.980 --> 32:16.700 know what to tell you. You know so the very first thing here we notice is that 32:16.700 --> 32:23.700 covetousness is in the same list as what fornication and drunkenness which are 32:23.700 --> 32:26.860 probably some of the more common sins that we see here what in our country 32:26.860 --> 32:31.300 right now. Fornication is rampant, drunkenness is rampant, and you know what 32:31.300 --> 32:35.940 also is rampant? Covetousness right. I mean you could almost make the case that 32:36.420 --> 32:40.700 our president, our illustrious president, is a little covetous of all the oil and 32:40.700 --> 32:43.980 money that's out there in the world. He feels like it belongs to him and his 32:43.980 --> 32:49.180 family right. And if you notice God doesn't downgrade this sin but you know 32:49.180 --> 32:54.340 what we do see is a lot of churches, a lot of pastors, they just play this off. 32:54.340 --> 32:57.460 They don't deal with it. As a matter of fact most churches probably don't even 32:57.460 --> 33:02.100 implement church discipline and if they do it's because it became so egregious 33:02.100 --> 33:05.900 they were left no choice. It's not like they took it on themselves they just 33:05.900 --> 33:09.740 had to deal with it. But you don't have to turn there really quick. Go over to 33:09.740 --> 33:13.300 Luke 12. Go over to Luke 12. I got a lot of scripture for you today so I'll give 33:13.300 --> 33:16.660 you the ones that I'll try to have you keep up with. But in 1st Corinthians 5 33:16.660 --> 33:21.940 or 6 the Bible says, your glory is not good, know ye not that a little leaven 33:21.940 --> 33:27.700 leaveneth the whole up. This is a really important reminder that we 33:27.700 --> 33:31.660 need to keep this top of mind. And you say man it feels like lately maybe I 33:31.660 --> 33:35.020 might be repetitive. Of course the Bible is really repetitive. As a matter of 33:35.020 --> 33:39.220 fact I keep trying to find like nuanced ways to preach. I'm trying to get through 33:39.220 --> 33:42.660 the book of Leviticus with you guys. We're not even going chapter by chapter and 33:42.660 --> 33:45.860 you know but at the end of the day it's just repetitive because that's the way 33:45.860 --> 33:49.580 the Lord wants us to learn. And you know why? Because as humans we're stubborn. 33:49.580 --> 33:52.740 You know everybody that has a child in here and there's a lot of children here 33:52.740 --> 33:57.660 what's the one common theme of parents dealing with their children? Repetition. 33:57.660 --> 34:04.660 Right? Don't do that. Don't do that. Stop it. Stop it. Don't do it. Why did you do 34:04.660 --> 34:09.220 that? Why? Don't you know who feels like you sound like a broken record just 34:09.220 --> 34:13.860 about every day? Right? At least I know I do. Romans 16 verse 17 the Bible says, 34:13.860 --> 34:18.620 now I beseech you brethren mark them which cost divisions and offenses 34:18.620 --> 34:24.820 contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them. So it's not just 34:24.820 --> 34:28.340 that we're calling it out but then we also avoid it right? And then 2nd 34:28.340 --> 34:31.420 Thessalonians 3 verse 6 is a way of introduction here it says, now we 34:31.420 --> 34:34.540 command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw 34:34.540 --> 34:39.820 yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the 34:39.820 --> 34:44.740 tradition which he received of us. And notice the tradition is the biblical 34:44.740 --> 34:48.500 tradition right? Now there's things that we do here in church that might or might 34:48.500 --> 34:53.340 not fit everybody's else agenda but the one thing we can all agree is that we 34:53.340 --> 34:57.180 have to stick to what the Bible says and if they don't the Bible says hey you 34:57.180 --> 35:02.180 want to you want to stay as far away from those people as possible. Right? So 35:02.180 --> 35:04.380 what does it mean to covet? Well I'm going to give you the biblical definition 35:04.380 --> 35:09.900 but before that let me just the the worldly definition lines up right? And 35:09.900 --> 35:15.180 the word covet just means to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due 35:15.180 --> 35:20.500 regard for the rights of others. To wish for especially eagerly. So it's not just 35:20.500 --> 35:25.660 like we all want things but it's you want what you can't have and what others 35:25.660 --> 35:31.340 have. And the most the best example the most agree like the most like I guess 35:31.340 --> 35:35.820 red flag example is when you covet somebody else's wife right? Because 35:35.820 --> 35:40.980 obviously she's married to another man it's for life you can't have that right? 35:40.980 --> 35:45.640 It's over like you can't be like you know people love this term right? The one 35:45.640 --> 35:51.420 that got away she got away it's over right? You can't have it move on but if 35:51.420 --> 35:54.620 you still have that like desire in your heart or you're you're thinking about it 35:54.620 --> 35:59.420 that's covetousness and the Bible says it's a sin not only is it a sin it's a 35:59.420 --> 36:03.380 penalty is that you get church discipline you get kicked out and you 36:03.380 --> 36:07.460 lose all your friends in the in the church right? Covetousness is basically 36:07.460 --> 36:11.860 the same thing but it's more of an adjective inordinately or wrong wrongly 36:11.860 --> 36:16.620 desirous of wealth or possession you're greedy synonyms of this word is like 36:16.620 --> 36:22.660 rapacious or grasping eagerly desirous so it's not it's when you it's not just 36:22.660 --> 36:26.060 that you want things it's like you want everything everybody else has right? We 36:26.220 --> 36:30.020 have good examples in the Bible and I have other ones but the one that I can 36:30.020 --> 36:34.340 think of also is like Ahab he throws a fit because he can't have the the land 36:34.340 --> 36:39.980 that's right next to his kingdom the guy owns the kingdom he's the king and he's 36:39.980 --> 36:44.980 mad about this one plot of land this guy won't give him right? Point number two so 36:44.980 --> 36:47.540 the first thing is we know this is a command for church discipline point 36:47.540 --> 36:52.260 number two go to Luke 2 12 right there number 15 now I gave you the world 36:52.260 --> 36:55.540 definition like you can go to dictionary.com you're gonna find this in 36:55.540 --> 37:00.620 most dictionaries but what does the Bible say about covetousness? What is 37:00.620 --> 37:04.900 covetousness? Well the biblical definition here in Luke 12 15 the Bible 37:04.900 --> 37:10.940 says and he said unto them take heed and beware of covetousness for a man's life 37:10.940 --> 37:15.820 consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth so it's like 37:15.820 --> 37:20.700 when you can't get enough right? Where you're where you're trying to just get 37:20.700 --> 37:24.140 treasures on earth and you're just trying to get more and more and more you 37:24.140 --> 37:28.060 know I've been in the business world all my life and now even with social media 37:28.060 --> 37:31.580 you know your algorithm it's weird my algorithm some days it's like all 37:31.580 --> 37:34.620 preaching and then other days it's all like how do you make money? How do you 37:34.620 --> 37:38.660 become a millionaire today? You know so it's I think the algorithm knows to 37:38.660 --> 37:41.660 split it up for me or whatever some I feel like some days it's it's geared 37:41.660 --> 37:45.500 one more than another and the one thing you notice is like I was watching these 37:45.500 --> 37:49.100 clips there's this guy by the name of Alex Hormozi who's like a hundred 37:49.100 --> 37:52.500 millionaire or whatever and he goes around coaching other businesses and I 37:52.500 --> 37:55.460 thought it was crazy these guys get up there and they're asking him questions 37:55.460 --> 38:00.540 on how to improve their business right and they're like hey Alex we made seven 38:00.540 --> 38:04.660 million dollars last year and we're trying to 10x that what do I need to do 38:04.660 --> 38:08.620 to do I'm like dude seven million dollars if you only paid yourself ten 38:08.620 --> 38:12.660 percent that's seven hundred fifty thousand dollars a year like most of 38:12.660 --> 38:16.300 you if I said hey your salary is gonna be seven hundred fifty thousand dollars 38:16.300 --> 38:20.220 you're like great where do I sign right and these people are like that's not 38:20.220 --> 38:24.100 enough right you got guys that are like oh we make you know ten million dollars 38:24.100 --> 38:28.060 a month and we just want to get to a hundred million a year how do I do it 38:28.060 --> 38:33.140 and it's just like it's like never-ending even this guy he sold one 38:33.140 --> 38:36.420 of his companies for like a hundred million dollars he's always putting 38:36.420 --> 38:40.540 these clips of like oh you know I wake up real early in the morning and he does 38:40.540 --> 38:45.180 like he's he doesn't have like I think he has a wife but like like long story 38:45.180 --> 38:48.660 short he's like I have these blinds and I put my phone away and I just want to 38:48.660 --> 38:52.220 work and work and work because my life is so pathetic I realized life is 38:52.220 --> 38:55.860 pathetic so I might as well be useful like that's what he's those are his 38:55.860 --> 39:00.020 words not mine like he's like life sucks so I figured if life was gonna suck 39:00.020 --> 39:03.660 anyways I might as well be useful so now I'm just gonna get all I can get what 39:03.660 --> 39:07.220 if that exists is it's just like never-ending covetousness like the guy 39:07.220 --> 39:10.940 drives or flies around in a private jet he probably wants another private jet 39:10.940 --> 39:14.300 you know he fly he has all these homes he probably wants more homes he literally 39:14.300 --> 39:18.980 has a company named acquisition.com which means that all he's doing is 39:18.980 --> 39:25.740 acquiring more businesses it's like a never-ending cycle of greediness right 39:25.740 --> 39:31.100 Colossians 3 verse 5 if you want to turn there for the sake of time but if not 39:31.100 --> 39:34.620 I'll read it for you Bible says mortify therefore your 39:34.620 --> 39:40.260 members which are upon the earth fornication uncleanness inordinate 39:40.260 --> 39:46.380 affection evil concupiscence and covetousness which is idolatry which is 39:46.380 --> 39:50.340 interesting because in that list idolatry is one of the sins but you know 39:50.340 --> 39:54.740 what covetousness is also a form of idolatry right because what you're doing 39:54.740 --> 39:59.660 is you're worshiping the thing that you want and you can't have right let's go 39:59.660 --> 40:04.180 to a really clear story here in Exodus 20 turn to Exodus 20 we're gonna be there 40:04.180 --> 40:12.260 for just a little bit in Exodus 20 right there in verse 17 I think it's verse 19 40:12.260 --> 40:19.660 yeah verse 19 right God defines it here really clearly what covetousness is you 40:19.660 --> 40:25.220 know obviously it's idolatry but also we see here that in the ministry of God God 40:25.220 --> 40:28.580 cannot deal with this right even from the Old Testament so this is not just 40:28.580 --> 40:32.140 the New Testament thing this is just a Jesus is the same yesterday today and 40:32.620 --> 40:37.900 in Exodus 20 right there in verse 19 what's going on here Moses is now judging 40:37.900 --> 40:43.260 the people and because he's judging the people he's taking it all on I like the 40:43.260 --> 40:47.620 story because I can relate because when we were much smaller and I mean I'm not 40:47.620 --> 40:51.420 even in comparison Moses is dealing with the people of Israel and the Bible says 40:51.420 --> 40:56.660 they were you know it's like the sand so but at one point you know was handling 40:56.660 --> 41:02.060 all the bulletins and the audio and visual and cleaning the church and 41:02.060 --> 41:06.420 writing the servants and you know doing all that and then you know it just gets 41:06.420 --> 41:10.020 to be a little and Jethro comes here and he's like Moses stop doing all that like 41:10.020 --> 41:13.540 you're cleaning the toilets and you're fixing the things and you're doing this 41:13.540 --> 41:17.300 it's gonna wear you out and so he says here in verse 19 says hearken now unto 41:17.300 --> 41:19.980 my voice this is Jethro his father-in-law he says I will give thee 41:19.980 --> 41:25.420 counsel and God shall be with thee be thou for the people to Godward that thou 41:25.420 --> 41:29.620 mayst bring the causes unto God and thou shall teach them ordinances and 41:29.620 --> 41:34.780 laws and shall show them the way wherein they must walk and work that they must 41:34.780 --> 41:40.820 do moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men such as fear God 41:40.820 --> 41:46.660 men of truth hating covetousness and placing such over them to be rulers of 41:46.660 --> 41:53.260 thousands and rulers of hundreds and rulers of 50s and rulers of 10 and let 41:53.260 --> 41:57.380 them judge the people at all seasons and it shall be that every great matter 41:57.380 --> 42:00.820 they shall bring unto thee but every small matter they shall judge so it 42:00.820 --> 42:04.620 should be easier for thyself and they shall bear the burden with thee if thou 42:04.620 --> 42:09.580 should do this thing and God command thee then thou shall be able to endure 42:09.580 --> 42:14.700 and all this people shall also go to their place in peace so Moses hearkened 42:14.700 --> 42:18.860 to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said and Moses chose 42:18.860 --> 42:23.860 able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people rulers over 42:23.860 --> 42:28.300 thousands rulers over hundreds rulers over 50s and rulers of tens and they 42:28.300 --> 42:32.700 judged the people at all seasons the hard causes they brought unto Moses but 42:32.700 --> 42:36.180 every small matter they judged themselves and Moses let his father-in-law 42:36.180 --> 42:40.820 depart and went his way into his own land and by the way this is really cool 42:40.820 --> 42:44.900 because this is a picture of what this is a picture of heaven Jesus is sitting 42:44.900 --> 42:48.260 on the throne and you know what he says he's gonna make some people captains over 42:48.260 --> 42:52.620 tens and hundreds and thousands so we when we get to heaven depending on our 42:52.620 --> 42:58.540 works here that we did after salvation God will reward us and some of us might 42:58.540 --> 43:04.060 be you know some high-ranking official in the kingdom of God in heaven the Bible 43:04.060 --> 43:07.700 also says some of you will be least in the kingdom of heaven but go there verse 43:07.700 --> 43:13.940 21 I want to just focus on in verse 25 we see that word able right and it's not 43:13.940 --> 43:17.140 talking about able like you know they're able to walk and talk and all this he's 43:17.260 --> 43:22.300 given the definition he says moreover thou shall provide out of all the people 43:22.300 --> 43:26.700 able men and what did he say this is the definition of what he means by that such 43:26.700 --> 43:33.300 as fear God men of truth hating covetousness not just they're displeased 43:33.300 --> 43:38.300 with it they're uncomfortable they hate it and place such over them to be rulers 43:38.300 --> 43:42.660 right and why is this important because covetousness is that kind of thing where 43:42.660 --> 43:47.300 you will compromise the Bible when it talks about don't be a respecter of 43:47.300 --> 43:50.740 persons it doesn't mean to be disrespectful actually you should risk 43:50.740 --> 43:54.140 like children you need to respect your parents it's talking about how you 43:54.140 --> 43:58.420 shouldn't manipulate those that are in authority and then you guys you know you 43:58.420 --> 44:01.900 basically you scratch my back and I'll scratch you and everything else I'll 44:01.900 --> 44:06.060 turn a blind eye you know it's kind of like remember Bill Clinton everybody's 44:06.060 --> 44:09.820 like well what he does in his personal life doesn't affect what he's doing for 44:09.820 --> 44:13.900 the country that's a respecter of person that's a covetous attitude because what 44:13.900 --> 44:18.300 he was doing is he's basically buying everybody off right I mean Mexico is 44:18.300 --> 44:22.780 infamous for that it's such a corrupt country even foreigners know that they 44:22.780 --> 44:26.100 need to just carry cash with them so that if ever get stopped they just give 44:26.100 --> 44:29.940 them what's called a more diva you know a little bite right you just give them a 44:29.940 --> 44:34.380 more diva I mean this is a very common thing like people carry more diva money 44:34.380 --> 44:39.300 like you know hey how can we take care of this matter cop you know I know I 44:39.340 --> 44:44.780 broke the law but what do we got to do here you know and then you just bring out 44:44.780 --> 44:48.780 like a little what's going on here you know you flash the money and then it's 44:48.780 --> 44:53.700 over right but you need it but able men are the ones that fear God men of truth 44:53.700 --> 44:58.660 and notice what he injected in their Jethro says hating covetousness because 44:58.660 --> 45:02.900 otherwise the delegation won't work right they're always greedy of what other 45:02.900 --> 45:06.620 people have though they'll figure it out who reminds it or who do we think about 45:07.340 --> 45:10.780 remember when he was taking over the kingdom he was right judging everybody 45:10.780 --> 45:15.980 the way they wanted to hear he was being greedy or covetous of this thing right 45:15.980 --> 45:23.140 you don't have to turn over to mark 7 but in Exodus 20 verse 17 the tenth 45:23.140 --> 45:28.580 commandment you know that very succinct specific list that everybody loves to 45:28.580 --> 45:32.100 quote which by the way there's more than ten commandments these are just the ones 45:32.100 --> 45:38.180 that God these are like these apply to everybody right thou shall not covet thy 45:38.180 --> 45:43.260 neighbor's house that's not covet thy neighbor's wife nor his manservant nor 45:43.260 --> 45:47.460 his maidservant nor his ox nor his ass nor anything that is thy neighbor's 45:47.460 --> 45:50.940 isn't that what people covet today you drive around the nice neighborhoods 45:50.940 --> 45:54.020 you're like that's a really nice house I wish I had one like that who's you know 45:54.020 --> 45:58.420 who's ever had a conversation like that maybe at one point in their life I hope 45:58.420 --> 46:01.340 nobody's ever coveted anybody's wife and if you do you need to get over that 46:01.580 --> 46:06.580 that's egregious right but it says hey you don't covet these things nor their 46:06.580 --> 46:12.540 their possessions nor their cars and their money and their nice watch or 46:12.540 --> 46:16.900 their clothes or whatever just don't do it right anything that is your neighbors 46:16.900 --> 46:21.060 be glad for them you know don't be one of those that just like oh well you know 46:21.060 --> 46:26.180 you know I remember I grew up in the border and the way that I would like to 46:26.180 --> 46:29.700 think about this is I remember anytime that somebody that came in all of a 46:29.700 --> 46:33.220 sudden you knew someone growing up and maybe their parents or they started 46:33.220 --> 46:36.260 making money the very first thing I would always hear it's like oh they're 46:36.260 --> 46:40.780 making money oh that's probably because they're drug dealers why can't they just 46:40.780 --> 46:44.660 make money like the honest way you know I'm not saying that the possibility 46:44.660 --> 46:48.140 exists but why do we have to just jump to that conclusion oh somebody's making 46:48.140 --> 46:52.340 money oh they must be dealing drugs or they're corrupt what if they just did 46:52.340 --> 46:55.260 it the right way what it is because you got a covetous attitude about the whole 46:55.260 --> 46:58.420 thing right Hebrews 13 verse 5 says let your conversation be without 46:58.420 --> 47:05.420 covetousness and be content with such things as you have for he hath said I 47:05.420 --> 47:10.940 will never leave thee nor forsake thee and look we run into this all the time 47:10.940 --> 47:15.620 my business partner and I we remodeled the house a few years back of this 47:15.620 --> 47:20.980 really rich like Mexican guy and what was insane to us was the amount of stuff 47:20.980 --> 47:26.700 that he bought on a not a weekly daily basis I think the house in possessions 47:26.700 --> 47:31.660 was worth more than the actual house itself because you know we live in the 47:31.660 --> 47:35.700 age of technology so stuff would come in and we just look up like oh man this 47:35.700 --> 47:40.100 sofa which I've never even heard of this brand is like $30,000 sofas like who 47:40.100 --> 47:45.140 needs a $30,000 sofa especially a white sofa that you don't even want anybody to 47:45.140 --> 47:48.660 sit on because it's gonna get dirty I mean this is the cut I mean and you'd 47:48.660 --> 47:52.660 walk into this house it was insane like you couldn't walk into it because it was 47:52.660 --> 47:57.860 just full of crap right expensive crap nonetheless but it was you know but what 47:57.860 --> 48:02.380 it was was it was constantly and even his his conversation was always like oh 48:02.380 --> 48:07.540 you know I got this piece because this guy was an artist and other artists like 48:07.540 --> 48:11.980 him and you know I have to have it it was only he gave me a really good deal 48:11.980 --> 48:16.740 it was only $1,500 or whatever dude I don't know I don't get it all right but 48:16.740 --> 48:21.980 that's how people are but at every level you can get into this mentality go to 48:22.020 --> 48:30.980 Mark 7 and if you look covetousness is a form of defilement right in verse 14 of 48:30.980 --> 48:34.900 Mark 7 the Bible says and when he had called all the people unto him he said 48:34.900 --> 48:39.940 unto them hearken unto me every one of you and understand there's nothing from 48:39.940 --> 48:44.220 without a man that entering in can defile him but the things which come 48:44.220 --> 48:50.140 out of him those are they that defile a man so what defiles a man what you feed 48:50.140 --> 48:54.300 your heart and your soul right says if any man have ears to hear let him hear 48:54.300 --> 48:57.940 and when he was entered into the house from the people his disciples asked him 48:57.940 --> 49:02.740 concerning the parable and he said unto them are you so without understanding 49:02.740 --> 49:08.380 also do you not perceive that whatsoever thing from without enter at the man it 49:08.380 --> 49:12.140 cannot defile him he's saying hey whatever you eat it can't defile it the 49:12.140 --> 49:15.820 body's already corruptible even if you eat healthy eventually this is gonna 49:15.820 --> 49:20.120 corrupt anyways right it's not like cuz you ate a vegetable diet all your life 49:20.120 --> 49:23.800 that you're not gonna get old everybody gets old right the Bible says there in 49:23.800 --> 49:28.280 verse 19 says because it entereth not into his heart but into the belly and 49:28.280 --> 49:33.400 goeth out into the draw it perching all meats and he said that which cometh out 49:33.400 --> 49:39.960 of the man that defile at the man for within from within out of the heart of 49:39.960 --> 49:47.160 men proceed evil thoughts adulteries fornications and murders thefts 49:47.160 --> 49:54.440 covetousness wickedness deceit lasciviousness and evil eye blasphemy 49:54.440 --> 50:01.240 pride foolishness all these evil things come from within and defile a man you 50:01.240 --> 50:05.480 know so if you think about someone who's defiled their heart is not in the right 50:05.480 --> 50:10.000 place right out of the abundance of the heart the Bible says the mouth speaketh 50:10.000 --> 50:14.480 and so you can quickly tell an individual if you're paying attention 50:14.480 --> 50:18.480 just by the words that they're saying you know that's how we're able to discern 50:18.480 --> 50:22.400 even someone that may sound like us for a little bit eventually their hearts 50:22.400 --> 50:26.400 gonna slip up it's not them but their heart right it's it's it's like someone 50:26.400 --> 50:30.640 who lies right they can only keep that lie going for so long eventually they're 50:30.640 --> 50:34.360 gonna forget the details of their own lie right because it always gets long 50:34.360 --> 50:38.000 bigger and longer and more complicated because they've got more things to cover 50:38.000 --> 50:48.800 up go to go to Psalm 119 Psalm 119 give you a second to get there so by the way 50:48.800 --> 50:52.960 covetous is not just wanting nice things and I'll give you a good example I went 50:52.960 --> 50:58.560 to first works and I went I was really curious to see the podcast room because 50:58.560 --> 51:02.520 you know we're trying to upgrade all our equipment and so I took a video of all 51:02.520 --> 51:05.360 other stuff and I sent it to brother Heath and I said hey man this is what 51:05.360 --> 51:08.920 they're using and he's like they got a lot of equipment you know I mean of 51:08.920 --> 51:11.600 course they've been around longer than doing this and he's like it's like 51:11.600 --> 51:15.560 thousands of dollars of equipment which happens right like that's and by the way 51:15.560 --> 51:19.560 it pales in comparison to like churches have you ever I've been to churches 51:19.560 --> 51:22.940 where you see like the big boards is like hundreds of thousands just in like 51:22.940 --> 51:26.600 that one piece of equipment but one thing was I was just wanting to see what 51:26.600 --> 51:30.680 they're using I'm not like if we get it great if we don't we don't but someone 51:30.680 --> 51:34.520 who's covetous would be like well why don't I have that you know why does he 51:34.520 --> 51:38.280 get to have I can do that I'm better than him I can preach just as good as 51:38.280 --> 51:43.000 him my videos can be just as good why don't I get you know someone to you know 51:43.000 --> 51:47.320 don't why doesn't our church donate so I can buy a nice Canon EOS or whatever 51:47.320 --> 51:51.120 no that's a covetous attitude versus just like hey I want these things 51:51.120 --> 51:55.560 because they're tools to help us do the work if we get them great if we don't you 51:55.560 --> 51:59.320 know then we'll just do with what we have right you just you just make do with 51:59.320 --> 52:02.800 what you have but a lot of people have this wrong answer go to Psalm 119 right 52:02.840 --> 52:08.080 there in verse 33 verse 33 the Bible says teach me oh Lord the way of thy 52:08.080 --> 52:13.120 statutes and I shall keep keep it unto the end give me understanding and I 52:13.120 --> 52:18.760 shall keep thy law yea I shall observe it with my whole heart see if you observe 52:18.760 --> 52:21.800 the Word of God with your whole heart it's kind of hard to fall into the other 52:21.800 --> 52:26.160 things right it says make me to go in the path of thy commandments for therein 52:26.160 --> 52:33.600 do I delight incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness 52:33.600 --> 52:38.080 turn away mine eyes for beholding vanity and quicken thou me in thy way 52:38.080 --> 52:42.920 establish thy word unto thy servant who is devoted to thy fear turn away my 52:42.920 --> 52:48.040 reproach which I fear for thy judgments are good behold I have longed after thy 52:48.040 --> 52:54.360 precepts quicken me in thy righteousness so hey the contrast is huge either you're 52:54.400 --> 52:59.080 in the Word of God and you're serving the Lord or your eyes gonna wander and 52:59.080 --> 53:03.600 it's not always just the lust of the eye like for physical attraction you know 53:03.600 --> 53:07.000 and I know men are more guilty of that than women although in this day and age 53:07.000 --> 53:11.720 who knows but it's just anything that you're like oh I wish I had that or why 53:11.720 --> 53:15.280 didn't I get that you know one thing is like oh you know one day I'll get that 53:15.280 --> 53:18.160 I'm gonna work hard for it I'm gonna save money for it the other one is just 53:18.160 --> 53:21.880 being like kind of bitter that somebody else has it and you don't have it right 53:21.880 --> 53:27.200 and kids do this all the time you know they are by the way children you are a 53:27.200 --> 53:31.920 product right now of your environment this is a really important lesson if you 53:31.920 --> 53:35.840 can get it I don't know if you'll get it it's not your fault where you are in 53:35.840 --> 53:40.200 life and it doesn't matter where you are in life because number one what your 53:40.200 --> 53:44.720 life looks like today will not look like in 30 years that's number one number two 53:44.720 --> 53:49.160 your parents are doing the best they can and you know you're gonna have more 53:49.160 --> 53:52.840 things than other children but you're also gonna have less things than other 53:52.840 --> 53:56.920 children that's just life and so when your parents say hey no you can't have 53:56.920 --> 54:00.560 that you shouldn't get this attitude like well you know Johnny has it who 54:00.560 --> 54:04.240 cares about Johnny Johnny doesn't care about you and I don't know if anybody 54:04.240 --> 54:08.720 has a friend named Johnny but if you do who cares about Johnny right but number 54:08.720 --> 54:13.360 two is you also should it start just like even holding a grudge against other 54:13.360 --> 54:17.560 children because children will do this with their children oh well you know so 54:17.560 --> 54:23.240 blah blah blah they do this and you know or they have this attitude or whatever you need to get 54:23.240 --> 54:28.160 the right attitude it's a sin to you know be mean to other people if they're 54:28.160 --> 54:31.440 doing the right thing hey if a child is obedient to their parents you shouldn't 54:31.440 --> 54:36.200 call them out for that you should encourage them right if a child is is 54:36.200 --> 54:40.040 you know and by the way why are you saying about the children because that's 54:40.040 --> 54:44.720 where it starts look it's really hard to change as an adult right as an adult you 54:44.720 --> 54:48.520 have to really put a lot of effort into things because now you're just been 54:48.520 --> 54:52.320 you've been bad for that long people wonder why they can't change be like 54:52.320 --> 54:56.080 well dude if you're 50 think about it if you've been doing it for 30 years 54:56.080 --> 55:00.240 that's a hard habit to break I was talking to my wife yesterday it was this 55:00.240 --> 55:04.360 happened last night and I said honey you know I really got to stop drinking coke 55:04.360 --> 55:08.600 like I drink one coke a day it's horrible like I hate it because you guys 55:08.600 --> 55:11.520 don't understand like I crave it I actually would probably say that I'm 55:11.520 --> 55:16.560 addicted to coke because I like I crave coke I hate to say it but I'm just gonna 55:16.560 --> 55:20.160 confess my fault maybe even a sin like as soon as she bought me the coke last 55:20.160 --> 55:25.080 night I was like this is great thank you buddy like it's just like horrible and 55:25.080 --> 55:28.840 so I said you know what I've been drinking coke for so long that the only 55:28.840 --> 55:32.520 way I actually can do it properly is to wean off of it you know like how people 55:32.520 --> 55:36.200 do where you just like less ounces every day and eventually you start skipping a 55:36.200 --> 55:39.760 day right and then you think about why have I been drinking coke well I've been 55:39.760 --> 55:45.520 drinking coke for I'm 46 probably all 46 years of my life it's not like I can 55:45.520 --> 55:49.520 just turn on a switch and then just be like I'm not gonna do it anymore right 55:49.520 --> 55:53.680 now those that can do cold turkey great for you but it's not always like that 55:53.680 --> 55:58.240 was the same thing with these sins right if your covetous as a child and then 55:58.240 --> 56:02.720 you're like ten years covetous 20 years covetous like you got a track record of 56:02.720 --> 56:07.080 having this stinking attitude it's not gonna just change overnight so you know 56:07.080 --> 56:11.400 what might as well just address it now right that's why parents people you know 56:11.400 --> 56:13.960 I hear all these psychologists like oh you shouldn't have your kids apologize 56:13.960 --> 56:19.600 to each other what you're an idiot like kids learn to apologize get over your 56:19.600 --> 56:24.440 pride swallow your pride humble yourselves to your own siblings because 56:24.440 --> 56:28.480 then when the time comes you can humble yourself to anybody else you know one of 56:28.480 --> 56:31.560 the greatest things that you can do as an adult is learn how to ask for 56:31.560 --> 56:35.960 forgiveness and own up to something just apologize but you know what if you have 56:35.960 --> 56:39.560 a covetous attitude you're not gonna do that you know I know I said this last 56:39.560 --> 56:43.000 week but I'll say it again you know Trump's gotten up and said he's never 56:43.000 --> 56:47.960 had to ask God for forgiveness for anything bro you got a big problem I 56:47.960 --> 56:51.480 think I asked God for forgiveness just about every ten minutes it feels like 56:51.480 --> 56:55.400 like Lord I'm just sorry just forgive me help me out let's get this thing over 56:55.400 --> 56:58.680 with I had you did I have you turn over to Ephesians 5 if I didn't turn over to 56:58.680 --> 57:05.400 Ephesians 5 right but with covetousness comes what discontentment greed 57:05.400 --> 57:12.160 comparison by the way never compare never compare you know one of the things 57:12.160 --> 57:16.120 I appreciate they're not here today so I can talk about them I'm just kidding even 57:16.120 --> 57:19.960 if they were here but like you know the Capri Auties they're two older children 57:19.960 --> 57:23.960 they're out there soul-winning all the time you know and the attitude I like 57:23.960 --> 57:26.800 that my kids were like instead of saying hey well why haven't we learned so what 57:26.800 --> 57:31.600 they want to hang out with them to learn so when now here's here's where people 57:31.600 --> 57:35.080 get there's so many things that could go wrong here number one my kids could have 57:35.080 --> 57:41.480 the attitude of like well you know you know what's so-and-so he just thinks 57:41.480 --> 57:45.880 he's too good because he's out of he's a soul winner mr. goody two shoes he just 57:45.880 --> 57:48.800 thinks he's so great and everything right that's number one attitude they 57:48.800 --> 57:52.560 didn't get that but then the second attitude to be like why aren't they 57:52.560 --> 57:57.580 wanting to learn it from me I'm the pastor I'm the one who started the soul 57:57.580 --> 58:03.160 winning program I mean shouldn't my kids want to learn it from me like what kind 58:03.160 --> 58:08.240 of kids are those these ungrateful disrespectful little punks who don't want 58:08.240 --> 58:12.560 to learn so any from their own father right but people get that attitude you 58:12.560 --> 58:17.520 think I'm exaggerating that's how people are that's how it becomes so petty you 58:17.520 --> 58:20.160 know instead of just being grateful with the things that got get you know I'm 58:20.160 --> 58:23.560 just grateful that they want to learn so many I can't guarantee that they're 58:23.560 --> 58:27.760 gonna so win once they become adults so hey if they can get so winning now amen 58:27.760 --> 58:31.720 get those rewards so the Lord doesn't punish you so harshly when you're an 58:32.600 --> 58:36.680 adult but go to Ephesians 5 right there and in verse 1 the Bible says be ye 58:36.680 --> 58:43.520 therefore followers of God as dear children and walk in love as Christ also 58:43.520 --> 58:50.280 hath loved us and hath given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God 58:50.280 --> 58:55.560 for a sweet smelling savor but fornication and all uncleanness or 58:55.560 --> 59:00.600 covetousness let it not be once named among you as become saints as becomeeth 59:00.600 --> 59:04.240 saints neither filthiness nor foolish talking or jesting which are not 59:04.240 --> 59:08.840 convenient but rather giving of thanks for this you know that no whoremonger 59:08.840 --> 59:15.520 unclean person nor covetous who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the 59:15.520 --> 59:19.720 kingdom of Christ and of God now here the context he's talking to the save and 59:19.720 --> 59:27.200 so you know we can we can deduct or deduce from here that the inheritance is 59:27.200 --> 59:30.920 those extra rewards right because we already heirs with Christ he's talking 59:30.920 --> 59:35.760 to the save he says children God doesn't talk to the the sons of Belial as little 59:35.760 --> 59:40.120 children right or the lost as little children he refers to them as such so 59:40.120 --> 59:43.600 here he's saying hey don't do these things if you don't you know because 59:43.600 --> 59:47.800 when you get to heaven you're gonna miss out yeah but I'm gonna be there for 59:47.800 --> 59:50.560 eternity well yeah you know what someone's always gonna be an eternity 59:50.560 --> 59:53.760 ahead of you right so you might as well start now because you don't know what 59:53.760 --> 59:58.440 that's gonna look like so point number three let's go go over to Joshua go over 59:58.440 --> 01:00:01.680 Joshua let me give you some examples I'll go through these quickly right but 01:00:01.680 --> 01:00:06.000 point number one is that it is a command for church discipline this is a sin that 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:10.240 needs to be dealt with in the church right this is something that if it comes 01:00:10.240 --> 01:00:15.320 to light if if I hear of it or if it's brought to me I will address it because 01:00:15.320 --> 01:00:18.720 we cannot have that creep in because what it starts doing is it starts 01:00:18.720 --> 01:00:24.200 influencing other people it's very easy right where comparisons start and all 01:00:24.200 --> 01:00:29.560 of a sudden everybody else now starts comparing right I gave you the definition 01:00:29.560 --> 01:00:32.640 of biblical it's not just being greedy or wanting I mean it's not just wanting 01:00:32.640 --> 01:00:36.840 things it's being greedy of these things right it's being envious it's just like 01:00:36.840 --> 01:00:39.440 you feel like you're the one that should have deserved them it's kind of almost 01:00:39.440 --> 01:00:44.160 an entitlement point number three is I'm giving you some biblical examples of 01:00:45.160 --> 01:00:50.560 also with those those points I'm giving you the destruction of God for being 01:00:50.560 --> 01:00:56.880 covetous and I don't care if you're three years old actually maybe I don't 01:00:56.880 --> 01:01:00.560 care if you're saved if you've come to the age of accountability and you're 01:01:00.560 --> 01:01:06.960 saved as a child or you're 99 this you apply the Bible says that God judged the 01:01:06.960 --> 01:01:12.600 kingdom for the sins of Manasseh Manasseh was 13 years old when he took over the 01:01:12.600 --> 01:01:17.480 kingdom and it caused an entire nation to be judged because of his rebellious 01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:22.400 towards God so that's why we need to dress it even in the children we need to 01:01:22.400 --> 01:01:25.880 you know obviously if a child is covetous I'm gonna take it to the parents 01:01:25.880 --> 01:01:31.040 let them deal with their child but it's serious right go to Joshua 7 right there 01:01:31.040 --> 01:01:34.560 in verse 21 we have this famous story Joshua's going into the promised land 01:01:34.560 --> 01:01:40.640 he's kicking butt he's taking names and then Achan gets a little greedy right 01:01:40.680 --> 01:01:44.320 they take over the land right there in verse 21 says when I saw among the 01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:48.960 spoils they call him out they're like hey we're getting judged God's holding us 01:01:48.960 --> 01:01:54.400 accountable who's doing this because God said hey Joshua you got you got sin in 01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:57.960 the camp and he says when I saw and so they finally confront him and he finally 01:01:57.960 --> 01:02:01.220 like the guilt gets them and by the way your guilt always gonna get you 01:02:01.220 --> 01:02:05.840 eventually it's gonna come out and he's like when I saw the spoils a goodly 01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:10.960 Babylonian garment and 200 shekels of silver and a wedge of gold of 50 shekels 01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:15.200 weight then I coveted them and took them and behold they are hid in the earth in 01:02:15.200 --> 01:02:19.560 the midst of my tent and the silver under it if you just skip down to verse 01:02:19.560 --> 01:02:27.920 25 what happened to Achan and Joshua said why has thou troubled us the Lord 01:02:27.920 --> 01:02:34.160 shall trouble thee this day and all Israel stoned him with stones and burned 01:02:34.320 --> 01:02:40.520 him with fire after they had stoned them with stone you know they came down hard 01:02:40.520 --> 01:02:45.480 on them because they needed to get God's judgment off of them now obviously in 01:02:45.480 --> 01:02:49.840 the New Testament church we're not gonna stone you we're just gonna kick you out 01:02:49.840 --> 01:02:55.080 right we're not we're not vigilantes because we get a bad rap for apparently 01:02:55.080 --> 01:02:57.680 inciting violence even though we've never done that so let me just make that 01:02:57.680 --> 01:03:03.160 clear Proverbs 21 verse 26 the Bible says he coveted greedily all the day 01:03:03.160 --> 01:03:09.000 long but the righteous gibbeth and spares not all the day long like someone 01:03:09.000 --> 01:03:14.920 was greedy it's all day right Proverbs 28 verse 16 says the prince that 01:03:14.920 --> 01:03:20.520 wanteth understandeth is also a great oppressor but he that hated covetousness 01:03:20.520 --> 01:03:30.360 covetousness shall prolong his days right so someone who wants is gonna 01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:34.760 oppress like they're just gonna treat everybody wrong but he that hated it the 01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:38.480 Bible says the Lord's gonna prolong your days but what's the result with Achan 01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:44.040 death judgment I mean the whole nation suffered all of the children of Israel 01:03:44.040 --> 01:03:49.380 suffered because of the sin of one guy go to second Kings go to second Kings we 01:03:49.380 --> 01:03:56.240 have another character like I said these are really quick you have a guy by the 01:03:56.240 --> 01:04:00.960 name of Gihasi if you don't know who Gihasi is just know he was Elijah's 01:04:00.960 --> 01:04:08.200 right-hand guy Elijah was Elijah's right-hand guy and Elijah said hey 01:04:08.200 --> 01:04:13.240 Elijah I need you to give me a double portion of your spirit and Elijah said 01:04:13.240 --> 01:04:16.160 hey if you see this thing happen you'll get it that's a hard thing that you're 01:04:16.160 --> 01:04:22.440 asking and he got it the name and comes and he's full of leprosy and Elijah's 01:04:22.440 --> 01:04:26.840 not even impressed with him and remember a name and gets all mad he throws a fit 01:04:26.840 --> 01:04:31.320 but he humbles himself and he goes into the River Jordan and he gets healed and 01:04:31.320 --> 01:04:35.840 he's so grateful and he's a man of power and influence he's like he's still 01:04:35.840 --> 01:04:40.480 living warmly even though he got saved he's still this is a great example of 01:04:40.480 --> 01:04:42.800 how you just don't change overnight because what does he want to do he's 01:04:42.800 --> 01:04:47.760 like hey let me pay you for this great thing you did let me let me do something 01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:51.280 for you I want to take care of you can I just donate a ton of money to your 01:04:51.280 --> 01:04:55.520 church you know I'll buy you the cameras or whatever you know and what does Elijah 01:04:55.520 --> 01:05:00.080 say he's like I don't want it he's like the Lord pride I don't need it but 01:05:00.080 --> 01:05:05.760 Gehazi his right-hand guy's like wait a minute I want some of that says right 01:05:05.760 --> 01:05:09.040 there verse 20 says but Gehazi the servant of Elijah the man of God said 01:05:09.040 --> 01:05:15.080 behold my master had spared Naaman this Syrian is not receiving at his hand that 01:05:15.080 --> 01:05:20.360 which he bought but as the Lord liveth I will run after him and take somewhat of 01:05:20.400 --> 01:05:25.760 him he went around the back like the authorities back just to go get some 01:05:25.760 --> 01:05:32.320 money and it says in second Kings 5 verse 27 says after he had done this the 01:05:32.320 --> 01:05:36.720 Lord got angry and Elijah got angry it says the leprosy therefore of Naaman 01:05:36.720 --> 01:05:41.920 shall cleave unto thee this is the punishment for Gehazi and unto thy seed 01:05:41.920 --> 01:05:46.820 forever and he went out from the presence a leper as white as snow hey 01:05:46.820 --> 01:05:52.300 the Lord could strike you in many ways death judgment it may be disease a 01:05:52.300 --> 01:05:57.620 generational curse this says it's gonna be on his seat forever right the Bible 01:05:57.620 --> 01:06:03.140 says in Isaiah turn over to John John 12 but in Isaiah 57 verse 17 says for the 01:06:03.140 --> 01:06:08.260 iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him this is God talking it 01:06:08.260 --> 01:06:13.660 says I hit me and was wroth and he went out forwardly in the way of his heart 01:06:13.660 --> 01:06:19.420 hey the Lord removed himself from those individuals in John 12 right there in 01:06:19.420 --> 01:06:22.180 verse 6 like I said I'm not developing these is because these are just 01:06:22.180 --> 01:06:28.540 examples we have obviously I spoke of him earlier Judas and what did you just 01:06:28.540 --> 01:06:34.580 say here he says this he said not that he cared for the poor but because he was 01:06:34.580 --> 01:06:38.540 a thief and had the bag and bear what was put there and what's what's the 01:06:38.540 --> 01:06:42.620 consequences remember they bring the ointment and washing Jesus feet with a 01:06:42.620 --> 01:06:47.780 hair and he's mad they're like what a waste you're in the presence of God 01:06:47.780 --> 01:06:53.420 Almighty there's no waste in God's army he has all the money in the world but he 01:06:53.420 --> 01:06:59.540 was a thief and of course we know Judas's end right in Matthew 26 verse go 01:06:59.540 --> 01:07:03.580 to 2nd Peter go to 2nd Peter Matthew 26 verse 15 the Bible says and he said unto 01:07:03.580 --> 01:07:08.180 them what will you give me and I will deliver him unto you and they coveted 01:07:08.180 --> 01:07:13.340 with him for 30 pieces of silver literally Judas gave up everything for 01:07:13.340 --> 01:07:18.460 just 30 pieces of silver which he felt so bad about that he ended up giving 01:07:18.460 --> 01:07:23.300 him back and then he killed himself and by the way he did repent of what he did 01:07:23.300 --> 01:07:28.620 you know where he's at he's in hell because it's not he didn't repent unto 01:07:28.620 --> 01:07:32.980 Christ he just repented what he did he just changed his mind well that's a 01:07:32.980 --> 01:07:37.900 whole other story for another day but it's 2nd Peter right there in verse 3 01:07:37.940 --> 01:07:42.540 which is a parallel passage to Jude the Bible says and through covetousness 01:07:42.540 --> 01:07:48.260 shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you whose judgment now of 01:07:48.260 --> 01:07:54.260 a long time lingereth not and their damnation slumbereth not go down to 01:07:54.260 --> 01:07:58.620 verse 14 says having eyes full of adultery and they cannot cease from sin 01:07:58.620 --> 01:08:06.620 beguiling unstable souls and heart they have exercise with covetous practices 01:08:06.660 --> 01:08:13.980 what did I just say hey it's a habit children I mean cursed children having 01:08:13.980 --> 01:08:18.860 eyes full of adultery and they cannot cease from sin beguiling unstable souls 01:08:18.860 --> 01:08:22.180 oh I don't know I have it here twice I'm sorry about that I don't know what 01:08:22.180 --> 01:08:26.500 happened it copied it twice that was weird but anyways it's worth repeating 01:08:26.500 --> 01:08:31.700 right and hard they have exercise with covetous practice cursed children hey so 01:08:31.700 --> 01:08:36.100 stop wanting what other people have what is this talking about this is all about 01:08:36.100 --> 01:08:41.220 to reprobate in 2nd Peter but you can align with themselves you can align with 01:08:41.220 --> 01:08:46.820 them you can actually you know and some people are at this level somebody asked 01:08:46.820 --> 01:08:50.700 Trump I saw some clip but they said hey you know how long are the gas prices 01:08:50.700 --> 01:08:53.820 gonna be up and how long are you I he's like well you know everybody just needs 01:08:53.820 --> 01:08:56.980 to hold on for a little bit longer because we're gonna take over everything 01:08:56.980 --> 01:09:01.980 you know what is it's covetousness what he wants is all that land and all that 01:09:01.980 --> 01:09:07.180 oil and all that natural resources and what is he doing he's making merchandise 01:09:07.180 --> 01:09:13.100 of who of us the people we're the ones footing the bill for all the 01:09:13.100 --> 01:09:19.100 covetousness that he has right and so we see here that could also lead to what 01:09:19.100 --> 01:09:25.740 betrayal suicide to damnation I mean these are serious consequences for being 01:09:25.740 --> 01:09:31.420 covetous and it can be at any stage in your life so that's why I'm preaching to 01:09:31.420 --> 01:09:35.180 the kids today I guess in a way hey get right with God if you if you're greedy 01:09:35.180 --> 01:09:39.140 if you feel like somebody else has it better than you just get over it how 01:09:39.140 --> 01:09:42.900 about you just love your parents you know wives love your husbands husbands 01:09:42.900 --> 01:09:47.300 love your wife you're like oh well you know so and so by the way you should 01:09:47.300 --> 01:09:51.420 never do this as a spouse you know I determined and I had a really good this 01:09:51.420 --> 01:09:54.940 is before I knew all this somebody actually told me to never do this and I'm 01:09:54.940 --> 01:10:00.940 glad that they gave me this advice don't compare wives because it's stupid right 01:10:00.980 --> 01:10:04.060 don't ever and by the way don't especially I'm talking to the men right 01:10:04.060 --> 01:10:08.260 now don't tell your wife oh well so and so does this for their husband that's a 01:10:08.260 --> 01:10:12.220 good way to get your wife to really be pissed at you right I mean I'm just 01:10:12.220 --> 01:10:17.460 telling you right just be grateful with the wife that you have well my wife's 01:10:17.460 --> 01:10:23.740 not a good cook then you cook well my wife's not this well you know just be 01:10:23.740 --> 01:10:27.540 grateful you have a wife because you know for the other good things that she 01:10:27.540 --> 01:10:32.380 does the wife that's a good cook might be a just an annoying nag right I always 01:10:32.380 --> 01:10:36.060 tell my wife thank you for not being that woman right I see all these 01:10:36.060 --> 01:10:38.620 Hispanic women running around that's why I didn't marry a Hispanic woman and 01:10:38.620 --> 01:10:43.700 they're just nuts right sorry Hispanic women if you're here I'm just telling it 01:10:43.700 --> 01:10:47.860 I'm calling like it is I would never I told my wife I was like I you know 01:10:47.860 --> 01:10:52.780 obviously as a man we can admire beauty right and I was like Hispanic women were 01:10:52.780 --> 01:10:57.020 always beautiful to me the Mexican women especially whatever but I just didn't 01:10:57.020 --> 01:11:01.060 want to deal with the drama I guess it's too much right and I'm just so grateful 01:11:01.060 --> 01:11:03.700 that my wife's not like that you know you know she doesn't give me a hard time 01:11:03.700 --> 01:11:08.260 about things she doesn't just nag at me and just like never-ending just 01:11:08.260 --> 01:11:12.340 constant you know I've literally witnessed this where like my friends 01:11:12.340 --> 01:11:15.380 would answer the phone and I could hear the wife on the other end where are you 01:11:15.380 --> 01:11:19.660 what are you doing where you coming home where you gonna be like for me that 01:11:19.660 --> 01:11:24.180 would just be like so like I'd be I'd be like I don't know and when you're 01:11:24.180 --> 01:11:28.900 married you're stuck with that right you got but you don't want to be stuck 01:11:28.900 --> 01:11:32.260 in a marriage you want to thrive in a marriage and you know how you get over 01:11:32.260 --> 01:11:36.660 it when you're not covetous when you're not thinking oh well that guy's wife is 01:11:36.660 --> 01:11:40.860 so much prettier or she's better at this or she does this no just be happy with 01:11:40.860 --> 01:11:44.100 the wife that you have and if you like something about somebody else and just 01:11:44.100 --> 01:11:49.300 file it away and then just talk about it and make that improvement I mean I don't 01:11:49.300 --> 01:11:52.820 know I'm by the way that's just my personal advice you don't have to take 01:11:52.820 --> 01:11:56.900 it do whatever you figure it out with your own wife right I'm not telling you 01:11:56.900 --> 01:12:00.820 what to do with your wife other than what the Bible says here so because some 01:12:00.820 --> 01:12:04.140 people might take that the wrong way I'm not an expert in marriage other than my 01:12:04.140 --> 01:12:08.580 marriage and the only other expertise outside of my marriage is whatever the 01:12:08.580 --> 01:12:11.840 Bible says because you know what I don't know your wife and I don't know your 01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:15.260 husband and so that's why I don't like hearing all these like when people 01:12:15.260 --> 01:12:18.540 complain to me about stuff because there's always like two sides to the 01:12:18.540 --> 01:12:22.700 story and then there's the truth right so I don't I don't know what to do with 01:12:22.700 --> 01:12:28.420 that point number four is why God commands the removal of covetousness why 01:12:28.420 --> 01:12:32.860 is this so important right when we know wine is for church discipline number two 01:12:32.860 --> 01:12:36.500 we got the biblical definition and I gave you some examples but why does God 01:12:36.500 --> 01:12:40.900 ask us to remove this go over to Jeremiah 6 go to Jeremiah 6 I'll read 01:12:40.900 --> 01:12:44.300 these quickly for you but in first Corinthians 5 the Bible says but now I 01:12:44.300 --> 01:12:48.380 have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a 01:12:48.380 --> 01:12:52.540 fornicator of covetous or an adulterer or a raider or drunk or an extortioner 01:12:52.540 --> 01:12:57.220 with such who one know not eat right we need we need to have that total 01:12:57.220 --> 01:13:03.980 separation right but why does God do this well because covetousness spreads 01:13:03.980 --> 01:13:08.580 in Jeremiah 6 and I'm only gonna read one of them you can go to Jeremiah 8 but 01:13:08.580 --> 01:13:13.380 it's basically very similar wording but Jeremiah 6 and verse 11 the Bible says 01:13:13.380 --> 01:13:19.500 therefore I am full of fury of the Lord I am weary withholding in I will pour it 01:13:19.500 --> 01:13:23.580 out upon the children abroad and upon the assembly of young men together for 01:13:23.580 --> 01:13:28.140 even the husband with the wife shall be taken the aged with him that is full of 01:13:28.140 --> 01:13:32.140 days and their houses shall be turned unto others with their fields and their 01:13:32.140 --> 01:13:35.380 wives together for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land 01:13:35.380 --> 01:13:39.860 saith the Lord hey through Jeremiah he's judging hard remember this is that 01:13:39.860 --> 01:13:45.300 towards the end of all the reign of the kings of Judah and Israel he says for 01:13:45.300 --> 01:13:50.220 the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to 01:13:50.220 --> 01:13:56.700 covetousness says hey this is this is a this is a disease that has just spread 01:13:56.700 --> 01:14:04.260 as it's and the prophet and from the prophet even unto the priest everyone 01:14:04.260 --> 01:14:08.980 dealeth falsely they have healed also the heard of the daughter of my people 01:14:08.980 --> 01:14:14.620 slightly saying peace peace when there is no peace where they where they ashamed 01:14:14.660 --> 01:14:19.740 when they had committed abomination nay they were not at all ashamed neither 01:14:19.740 --> 01:14:25.020 could they blush therefore they shall fall among them that fall at the time 01:14:25.020 --> 01:14:28.780 that I visit them they shall be cast down sayeth the Lord thus saith the Lord 01:14:28.780 --> 01:14:35.420 standing in the way and seek and ask for the old paths where is the good way and 01:14:35.420 --> 01:14:40.180 walk therein and you shall find rest for your souls but they said we will not 01:14:40.180 --> 01:14:43.860 walk therein you know what's a good example because it says they don't even 01:14:44.260 --> 01:14:49.580 blush you know number one as a husband I shouldn't covet other ladies but as as a 01:14:49.580 --> 01:14:54.380 wife or a woman you shouldn't covet the attention of men right we live in a 01:14:54.380 --> 01:14:59.180 society where women walk around dressed as whores and sluts naked you're like 01:14:59.180 --> 01:15:02.860 why are they dressed like that because they crave the attention you know and 01:15:02.860 --> 01:15:06.780 then women are so bipolar sometimes in their in their interaction I'm just sick 01:15:06.780 --> 01:15:10.580 calling like it is they go around wearing spandex and you know everything's 01:15:10.580 --> 01:15:13.700 out there for everybody to see and then the minute you know a guy looks they're 01:15:13.700 --> 01:15:17.060 like oh why are you looking at me why you dressed like a whore yeah I don't 01:15:17.060 --> 01:15:21.500 know what you want me to tell you like it doesn't even make any sense right I 01:15:21.500 --> 01:15:24.500 mean who and then they'll go out and they're like well should I go out like 01:15:24.500 --> 01:15:27.660 this you think it's too revealing yeah it's too revealing like don't go out 01:15:27.660 --> 01:15:31.820 like that go to Jeremiah 8 you don't have to go I mean actually don't go 01:15:31.820 --> 01:15:35.740 there but if you were to go there because I want to get to the next part 01:15:35.740 --> 01:15:40.060 almost it's almost verbatim these verses where they're not able to blush like 01:15:40.060 --> 01:15:45.140 this is a serious thing in the time of Jeremiah Ezekiel 33 verse 31 the Bible 01:15:45.140 --> 01:15:48.660 says and they come unto thee as the people cometh and they said before thee 01:15:48.660 --> 01:15:53.020 as my people and they hear my words but what they will not do them for their 01:15:53.020 --> 01:15:57.580 mouth they show much love for with their mouth they show much love but their 01:15:57.580 --> 01:16:02.440 heart goeth after their covetousness hey you can be in church and give lip 01:16:02.440 --> 01:16:07.580 service to God and to the brotherhood but it's evident by the way you're 01:16:07.580 --> 01:16:11.260 looking at things or desiring things that it's not real right it's gonna 01:16:11.260 --> 01:16:15.700 infect the church the Bible also says that it's idolatry we already touched on 01:16:15.700 --> 01:16:18.580 that but let's just look at it you don't have to turn there for the sake time go 01:16:18.580 --> 01:16:22.900 to 1st Timothy 6 go to 1st Timothy 6 but in Ephesians 5 verse 5 I'll read for you 01:16:22.900 --> 01:16:26.580 says for this you know that no whoremonger no unclean person or 01:16:26.580 --> 01:16:32.260 covetous man who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ 01:16:32.260 --> 01:16:36.180 and of God in Colossians 3 verse 5 the Bible says mortify therefore your 01:16:36.180 --> 01:16:39.780 members which are upon the earth fornication uncleanness inordinate 01:16:39.780 --> 01:16:46.620 affection evil concupiscence and covetousness which is idolatry Psalm 10 01:16:46.620 --> 01:16:50.420 verse 3 the Bible says for the wicked boasted in his heart's desire and 01:16:50.420 --> 01:16:57.500 blessed the covetous whom the Lord abhorred hey the Lord hates covetous 01:16:57.500 --> 01:17:03.780 people the Bible abhor means hate right it doesn't just it's literally this it's 01:17:03.780 --> 01:17:11.220 a synonym he hates you being covetous it's not just greedy right like you 01:17:11.220 --> 01:17:17.660 basically you're worshiping the things as another God it's idolatry it also 01:17:17.660 --> 01:17:22.860 destroys your testimony and it destroys our soul winnings first Thessalonians 2 01:17:22.860 --> 01:17:27.620 verse 4 the Bible says but as we are allowed of God to be put in trust with 01:17:27.620 --> 01:17:32.300 the gospel even so we speak not as pleasing men but God which trieth our 01:17:32.300 --> 01:17:36.500 hearts for neither at any time you sweet flattering words as you know nor a cloak 01:17:36.500 --> 01:17:42.860 of covetousness God is witness nor of men sought we glory neither of you nor 01:17:42.860 --> 01:17:48.140 yet of others when we might have been burdensome as the Apostles of Christ you 01:17:48.140 --> 01:17:52.300 know how you know we're not covetous of numbers because oftentimes people 01:17:52.300 --> 01:17:55.300 accuse us that all we would say is numbers but yet you know what we don't 01:17:55.300 --> 01:17:59.860 even count everybody that that that prays with us if I have a doubt I won't 01:17:59.860 --> 01:18:04.380 even add it to the list because I want them to get saved I don't want just 01:18:04.380 --> 01:18:09.420 numbers right because the Bible says but we are allowed of God to be put in trust 01:18:09.420 --> 01:18:14.700 with the gospel hey we are allowed of God to have the trust that we are 01:18:14.700 --> 01:18:18.180 delivering the gospel but if we let covetousness get in the way we're not 01:18:18.180 --> 01:18:21.900 gonna do a good job second Peter 2 verse 3 the Bible says and through 01:18:21.900 --> 01:18:26.980 covetousness shall they with feign words make merchandise of you and first 01:18:26.980 --> 01:18:31.460 Timothy 3 3 says not given a wine nor striker nor greedy a filthy looker but 01:18:31.460 --> 01:18:37.060 patient not a brawler not covetous you know as a matter of fact I was talking 01:18:37.060 --> 01:18:40.340 to brother Heathen I was like hey we need an order of service he's helping me 01:18:40.340 --> 01:18:43.420 out you know I'm delegating some stuff out and I said one of the things we 01:18:43.420 --> 01:18:47.740 need is I was like we just need like I have an order of service where like we 01:18:47.740 --> 01:18:52.100 designated an usher and they take up the tithes and the offerings at every 01:18:52.100 --> 01:18:55.300 service because you know how many times we take up tithes and offerings once on 01:18:55.820 --> 01:19:00.180 Sunday morning and 99% of the time I forget to even bring it up you know 01:19:00.180 --> 01:19:04.100 thank God that brother Trace is like used to it and he just does it you know 01:19:04.100 --> 01:19:08.080 because I did you know obviously we need money but it's not like the priority in 01:19:08.080 --> 01:19:11.340 my mind like I'm just like let's go do this let's go do that like you know I 01:19:11.340 --> 01:19:15.020 know the Lord's gonna provide he does but we shouldn't be filthy a filthy 01:19:15.020 --> 01:19:18.940 looker first Timothy 6 I had you turn there first Timothy 6 verse 9 will 01:19:18.940 --> 01:19:26.060 start to close this thing out the Bible says but they that will be rich fall 01:19:26.060 --> 01:19:30.860 into temptations and a snare and to many foolish and hurtful us which drown men 01:19:30.860 --> 01:19:35.060 in destruction and perdition for the love of money is the root of all evil 01:19:35.060 --> 01:19:39.460 while some covet it after they have aired from the faith and pierce 01:19:39.460 --> 01:19:45.020 themselves through with many sorrows but thou O man of God flee these things and 01:19:45.020 --> 01:19:52.300 follow after righteousness godliness faith love patience meekness why fight 01:19:52.300 --> 01:19:57.500 the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life where unto thou are also 01:19:57.500 --> 01:20:02.420 called and as professed a good profession before many witnesses a 01:20:02.420 --> 01:20:06.700 covetous you know it's so we want to do it because we want to do it what before 01:20:06.700 --> 01:20:12.920 many witnesses what do we do when we're out so many we're witnessing the gospel 01:20:12.920 --> 01:20:17.640 of Jesus Christ but we don't want a church that's a business it's a 01:20:17.640 --> 01:20:23.360 ministry now we can apply some business principles to the church for the main 01:20:23.360 --> 01:20:26.440 like the running and administration of the day to day but there are times 01:20:26.440 --> 01:20:29.720 where you just like the the things of God take over and you just do things 01:20:29.720 --> 01:20:33.480 that are contrary to what the world would say that's not a good business 01:20:33.480 --> 01:20:37.480 decision right like for I'll give you a great example of how you know we don't 01:20:37.480 --> 01:20:40.860 run things always like a business you know we we try to keep up with the 01:20:40.860 --> 01:20:44.260 finances right and we paying bills and we have you know we pay the insurance 01:20:44.260 --> 01:20:49.060 and the light and electricity and blah blah blah and all this stuff but then on 01:20:49.060 --> 01:20:52.460 top of that the majority of our spending because now with AI you can do all these 01:20:52.460 --> 01:20:57.900 graphs this is like buying food and buying supplies you're like are you 01:20:57.900 --> 01:21:01.020 eating out that much no we're just buying food for what all the soul winners 01:21:01.020 --> 01:21:05.620 as a matter of fact if we have a fellowship I've told you know my wife 01:21:05.620 --> 01:21:09.660 and those who help out like hey just keep it simple you know like whatever we 01:21:09.660 --> 01:21:12.980 order and if we have snacks great we don't you know all that stuff but if 01:21:12.980 --> 01:21:19.300 it's a soul winning event I'm like let them have you know whatever the greatest 01:21:19.300 --> 01:21:22.900 you know they like a specific drink or something let them have it because 01:21:22.900 --> 01:21:26.460 that's how God wants to reward us like it's not up to me like let's have the 01:21:26.460 --> 01:21:30.020 nice things for the laborers and then just the rest of the time we just have 01:21:30.020 --> 01:21:34.060 just like the run of the mill nobody's gonna starve to death we live in America 01:21:34.060 --> 01:21:36.440 if you don't like what we're serving at church you know what there's like 01:21:36.440 --> 01:21:40.240 literally 25 restaurants like within two miles of here and everybody eats out 01:21:40.240 --> 01:21:46.160 right let's go to the last point I think I am yeah and let's go to the final 01:21:46.160 --> 01:21:49.760 point so the first thing is you know the Bible obviously it's a reminder this is 01:21:49.760 --> 01:21:54.200 part of church discipline covetousness will get you kicked out of church not 01:21:54.200 --> 01:21:57.040 only that if you're fellowshiping with someone who's been kicked out of church 01:21:57.040 --> 01:22:01.280 then it might cause me to have to say hey you might need to take a break from 01:22:01.280 --> 01:22:06.400 church right I've given you the definition from the Bible it can lead 01:22:06.400 --> 01:22:10.440 to idolatry it's a judgment it's not just wine nice things but it's it's 01:22:10.440 --> 01:22:14.600 coveting those things like you're you want somebody's wife is the best example 01:22:14.600 --> 01:22:16.880 right because there's no way that you could have somebody else's wife you'd 01:22:16.880 --> 01:22:21.160 have to break that marriage up that's why David that story sticks out to us in the 01:22:21.160 --> 01:22:28.720 Bible so much right I give you biblical examples of Aiken of Judas right and I 01:22:28.760 --> 01:22:32.760 mean I think and I even gave you a have I mean I gave you all these examples 01:22:32.760 --> 01:22:37.120 there's one missing in there somewhere who remembers the other example Aiken oh 01:22:37.120 --> 01:22:42.040 and Gehazi sorry and Gehazi I'm just trying to remember I'm not right and 01:22:42.040 --> 01:22:46.800 then the commandment is because of all these things and then the final point 01:22:46.800 --> 01:22:52.880 that I have for you is these are the consequences if we don't remove it as a 01:22:52.880 --> 01:22:56.840 church I'm talking about there's personal consequences to you but also 01:22:56.840 --> 01:23:01.000 here in the church in the congregation there's consequences go over to Micah 01:23:01.000 --> 01:23:05.120 to Micah it's in the Old Testament it's the minor prophets it's towards the end 01:23:05.120 --> 01:23:08.640 of the Bible but in first Corinthians 5 verse 5 the Bible says to deliver such a 01:23:08.640 --> 01:23:13.120 one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved 01:23:13.120 --> 01:23:17.280 in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ hey we're a little bit different of a church 01:23:17.280 --> 01:23:20.840 right people get offended and I'm like hey I think this guy needs to be 01:23:20.840 --> 01:23:25.560 delivered up to Satan oh you shouldn't say that well Bible says Paul said hey 01:23:25.560 --> 01:23:29.920 I'm delivering this guy up to Satan so that he can so that he could get 01:23:29.920 --> 01:23:34.320 destroyed but you know what he's not gonna lose his salvation you get to 01:23:34.320 --> 01:23:41.480 heaven quicker Micah 2 verse 1 the Bible says woe to them the device iniquity and 01:23:41.480 --> 01:23:46.800 work evil upon their beds when the morning is lied they practice it because 01:23:46.800 --> 01:23:52.960 it is in the power of their hand and they covet fields and take them by 01:23:52.960 --> 01:23:57.760 violence and houses and take them away so they oppress a man and his house even 01:23:57.760 --> 01:24:01.920 a man and his heritage therefore thus saith the Lord behold against this 01:24:01.920 --> 01:24:07.280 family do I devise an evil from which ye shall not remove your necks neither 01:24:07.280 --> 01:24:13.520 shall ye go haughtily for this time is evil hey we need to stop coveting what 01:24:13.520 --> 01:24:19.680 other countries are doing what are we doing in Iran and in Saudi Arabia and in 01:24:19.680 --> 01:24:24.240 the you know the Strait of Hormuz or whatever all that stuff we need to get 01:24:24.240 --> 01:24:28.200 out of there that's their country it's their oil it's their stuff let them have 01:24:28.200 --> 01:24:34.360 it we have our own stuff well theirs is better I don't know tough cookies I 01:24:34.360 --> 01:24:37.640 don't know I still think most people think America is the best place to come 01:24:37.640 --> 01:24:41.560 to anyway so what are we trying to improve if it ain't broke don't fix it 01:24:41.560 --> 01:24:46.120 right isn't saying the back at 2 verse 9 the Bible says woe to him that coveteth 01:24:46.120 --> 01:24:52.880 an evil covetousness to his house that he may set his nest on high that he may 01:24:52.880 --> 01:24:58.600 be delivered from the power of all evil that he may be delivered from the power 01:24:58.600 --> 01:25:04.240 of evil Romans 1 verse 29 we know this it says being filled with all 01:25:04.240 --> 01:25:11.360 unrighteousness fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy 01:25:11.360 --> 01:25:16.320 murder debate deceit malignity whispers hey by the way the reprobate is never 01:25:16.320 --> 01:25:20.600 satisfied right the reprobate is the Bible says implacable that word stands 01:25:20.600 --> 01:25:24.160 out to me more than probably any other word because in Spanish we actually use 01:25:24.160 --> 01:25:29.760 that word all the time right not that black ass it is implacable my mom would 01:25:29.760 --> 01:25:33.680 get on to me all the time I've got it we know my dad would do the same thing you 01:25:33.680 --> 01:25:37.400 know what it means you need to placate yourself you need to calm down the 01:25:37.400 --> 01:25:40.840 opposite of that is implacable like because you just constant this morning 01:25:40.840 --> 01:25:45.400 the kids our kids Mike three children woke up and you know how kids are they 01:25:45.400 --> 01:25:49.760 wake up one day like normal and then some days they wake up wired today it 01:25:49.760 --> 01:25:54.200 was like the wired day I was like what's going on they're just like in the 01:25:54.200 --> 01:25:59.000 Spanish I would think hey a placate you know like calm down right calm down 01:25:59.000 --> 01:26:07.760 second Timothy 3 verse 2 and go over go over to Acts 20 Acts 20 I'm gonna read 01:26:07.760 --> 01:26:11.200 the rest of them really quick for you Acts 20 and in second Timothy 3 verse 2 01:26:11.200 --> 01:26:13.560 that says for men shall be lovers of their own selves 01:26:13.560 --> 01:26:19.560 covetous boasters proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful 01:26:19.560 --> 01:26:25.760 unholy notice how this all lines up first Corinthians 6 says nor thieves nor 01:26:25.760 --> 01:26:29.720 covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortionate shall inherit the kingdom 01:26:29.720 --> 01:26:38.600 of God right and so just in closing it's a serious sin and it's a sin that 01:26:38.600 --> 01:26:46.240 can infect anybody and can affect any church right one of the reasons that our 01:26:46.240 --> 01:26:50.760 pastor friends have gotten attacked you could say it's envy but you know what 01:26:50.760 --> 01:26:55.960 also it is that they want what what the other churches have you know when I look 01:26:55.960 --> 01:27:01.120 at a church that's successful I'm like how can I improve our church to do those 01:27:01.120 --> 01:27:06.560 things I don't look at it like oh well you know well is me it should have been 01:27:06.560 --> 01:27:12.040 me out there in Belize should have been me getting the persecution pastor Bruce 01:27:12.040 --> 01:27:17.000 who you know like you know stuff like it no I'm glad that they did it I'm glad as 01:27:17.000 --> 01:27:19.880 a matter of fact I'm glad that I was able to be a little part of it right it 01:27:19.880 --> 01:27:24.040 was just an honor to me because I don't think that I'm anything special you could 01:27:24.040 --> 01:27:28.060 get anybody there's really good preachers in our movement like that I 01:27:28.060 --> 01:27:32.400 think would preach great servants that can bring great truth of the Bible thank 01:27:32.400 --> 01:27:36.560 God that you know it was a privilege I'm just thankful that these things are I'm 01:27:36.560 --> 01:27:40.080 grateful that you guys are here but not only you're here that you're soul winners 01:27:40.080 --> 01:27:44.360 and we're getting the job done it was I'm not kidding my wife will attest to 01:27:44.360 --> 01:27:46.880 this it was literally my dream that one day we would just have hundreds of 01:27:46.880 --> 01:27:50.920 people saved at Spring Crest Baptist and now that's happening on a regular basis 01:27:50.920 --> 01:27:55.960 look I want this to like just last to the day that I die right and and that 01:27:55.960 --> 01:27:59.240 you guys would just continue to grow and continue to do great things go to Acts 01:27:59.240 --> 01:28:02.000 20 and I'll close this out right there in verse 32 this is the last place I'll 01:28:02.000 --> 01:28:07.240 have you turn I'm at one hour it says it now brethren I commend you to God and to 01:28:07.240 --> 01:28:10.560 the word of his grace which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance 01:28:10.560 --> 01:28:16.960 among all them which are sanctified I have coveted no man's silver or gold or 01:28:16.960 --> 01:28:23.400 apparel yay ye yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto my 01:28:23.400 --> 01:28:28.080 necessities and to them that were with me I have showed you all things how that's 01:28:28.080 --> 01:28:32.680 so laboring yet to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus 01:28:32.680 --> 01:28:37.880 how he said it is more blessed to give than to receive and we had thus spoken 01:28:37.880 --> 01:28:42.080 he kneeled down and prayed with them all you know what's interesting if you read 01:28:42.080 --> 01:28:47.080 the entire book of Acts you know what they never lacked for was material 01:28:47.080 --> 01:28:53.240 things right the Lord people sold their lands and their possessions and things 01:28:53.240 --> 01:28:56.960 and they provided for the brethren hey stop worrying about where the money is 01:28:56.960 --> 01:29:02.600 gonna come from stop worrying about the things just do your job oh but so and so 01:29:02.600 --> 01:29:08.200 you know I didn't I don't have a career and they got a good amen praise the 01:29:08.200 --> 01:29:13.920 Lord good job you know if you don't like it fix it it's not too late to fix 01:29:13.920 --> 01:29:19.520 whatever issue you think you got in life just get it done right so stop being so 01:29:19.520 --> 01:29:23.720 covetous stop looking at you know children stop looking at other children 01:29:23.720 --> 01:29:29.120 and be like oh well they have this attitude or they have this or they have 01:29:29.120 --> 01:29:33.240 more things than I do or they have less things or so and so goes on vacation all 01:29:33.240 --> 01:29:38.240 this time and they go here don't do it I mean everybody's life is different 01:29:38.240 --> 01:29:42.920 right and then as adults we just need not carry that same attitude oh well so 01:29:42.920 --> 01:29:46.920 and so and church so and so and pastor so and so and so and so got it oh you 01:29:46.920 --> 01:29:52.400 got a new car you get in the car people got attitudes like that right we need to 01:29:52.400 --> 01:29:55.160 get over it so let's go ahead and close in order prayer heavenly Father Lord 01:29:55.160 --> 01:29:58.520 thank you so much for today and Lord truly thank you for the things that 01:29:58.520 --> 01:30:02.800 you've given us it's a privilege and an honor to even have the things that we 01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:09.840 have especially live in America probably even the most needy family in 01:30:09.840 --> 01:30:15.360 our church is wealthier than probably 80 90 percent of the world you know we have 01:30:15.360 --> 01:30:19.560 such great things here on this earth everybody I know as a roof over their 01:30:19.560 --> 01:30:23.840 head they're fed you know they've got gas in their cars thank you for all the 01:30:23.840 --> 01:30:26.800 things you've given us and help us to just get over the fact that others have 01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:31.720 better things and just help us to be content with the things that we have Lord 01:30:31.760 --> 01:30:35.200 just bless the rest of the efforts today bless the rest of this week thank you 01:30:35.200 --> 01:30:38.800 for everybody here in attendance Lord bless them just guide them in all truth 01:30:38.800 --> 01:30:46.340 in Jesus name we pray amen turn your hand those over to 271 271 now guys we 01:30:46.340 --> 01:30:54.360 got these hymns because we wanted to you know add more to the repertoire and so 01:30:54.360 --> 01:30:58.600 with that said we're adding more to the repertoire so I need your help because 01:30:58.760 --> 01:31:03.320 I'm adding it to my repertoire that I didn't have so this is one of those that 01:31:03.320 --> 01:31:07.520 I'm just gonna let's get through this thing and we're gonna start doing that 01:31:07.520 --> 01:31:15.880 for the next couple of months my wife practiced with me this morning 271 Lord 01:31:15.880 --> 01:31:18.560 I'm coming home 01:31:29.520 --> 01:31:32.520 oh 01:31:32.520 --> 01:31:51.520 I've wandered far away from God. 01:31:51.520 --> 01:31:56.520 Now I'm coming home. 01:31:56.520 --> 01:32:03.520 The paths of sin too long I've trod. 01:32:03.520 --> 01:32:09.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:32:09.520 --> 01:32:21.520 Coming home, coming home, never more to roam. 01:32:21.520 --> 01:32:27.520 Open wide thine arms of love. 01:32:27.520 --> 01:32:33.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:32:33.520 --> 01:32:40.520 I've wasted many precious years. 01:32:40.520 --> 01:32:46.520 Now I'm coming home. 01:32:46.520 --> 01:32:53.520 I now repent with bitter tears. 01:32:53.520 --> 01:32:59.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:32:59.520 --> 01:33:11.520 Coming home, coming home, never more to roam. 01:33:11.520 --> 01:33:17.520 Open wide thine arms of love. 01:33:17.520 --> 01:33:23.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:33:23.520 --> 01:33:28.520 I've trod of sin and strain. 01:33:28.520 --> 01:33:35.520 Lord, now I'm coming home. 01:33:35.520 --> 01:33:42.520 Thou trust, thy love, believe thy word. 01:33:42.520 --> 01:33:48.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:33:48.520 --> 01:34:00.520 Coming home, coming home, never more to roam. 01:34:00.520 --> 01:34:06.520 Open wide thine arms of love. 01:34:06.520 --> 01:34:12.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:34:12.520 --> 01:34:19.520 My soul is sick, my heart is sore. 01:34:19.520 --> 01:34:25.520 Now I'm coming home. 01:34:25.520 --> 01:34:32.520 My strength renewed, my hope restored. 01:34:32.520 --> 01:34:38.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:34:38.520 --> 01:34:50.520 Coming home, coming home, never more to roam. 01:34:50.520 --> 01:34:55.520 Open wide thine arms of love. 01:34:55.520 --> 01:35:01.520 Lord, I'm coming home. 01:35:01.520 --> 01:35:04.520 Amen, you are dismissed. 01:35:04.520 --> 01:35:09.520 Good job.