1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,289 Speaker: Proverbs, we're gonna be in chapter 15, chapter 15 2 00:00:07,216 --> 00:00:08,266 And we're gonna talk about money. 3 00:00:08,716 --> 00:00:10,246 It's gonna be, it's gonna be good. 4 00:00:10,246 --> 00:00:10,866 We're talking about money. 5 00:00:10,866 --> 00:00:15,016 So, uh, while you're turning there, though, I saw this video recently. 6 00:00:15,016 --> 00:00:16,876 It was really, really interesting. 7 00:00:16,876 --> 00:00:17,406 It was really funny. 8 00:00:17,576 --> 00:00:20,586 It was about, uh, LeBron James, in case you've heard, heard of him. 9 00:00:21,006 --> 00:00:27,136 Um, he, when he was a senior in high school, was about to become 10 00:00:27,136 --> 00:00:28,466 a pro basketball player, right? 11 00:00:28,466 --> 00:00:29,726 'Cause he went pro at 18. 12 00:00:29,856 --> 00:00:31,446 So he's, he's about your age. 13 00:00:31,446 --> 00:00:35,786 He was 17 years old, senior in high school, and becoming 14 00:00:35,786 --> 00:00:36,515 a pro basketball player. 15 00:00:36,515 --> 00:00:37,826 He got a shoe deal, right? 16 00:00:37,826 --> 00:00:39,925 So he got a shoe company that wanted to sponsor him. 17 00:00:39,956 --> 00:00:41,405 "Hey, we want you to wear our shoes. 18 00:00:41,565 --> 00:00:43,956 We'll pay you a ton of money if you only wear our shoes." 19 00:00:44,416 --> 00:00:48,285 And it was, uh, Nike, Reebok and Adidas that wanted him. 20 00:00:48,596 --> 00:00:54,205 And so his first meeting was with Reebok, and, um, here's how they did their pitch. 21 00:00:54,205 --> 00:00:55,995 He said this was the best pitch he got, actually. 22 00:00:55,995 --> 00:00:58,355 Better than Nike, better than, um, Adidas. 23 00:00:58,356 --> 00:00:59,545 He said Reebok was the best pitch. 24 00:00:59,545 --> 00:01:00,066 Here's what they did. 25 00:01:00,265 --> 00:01:02,376 So he, him and his mom, right, he's a high schooler. 26 00:01:02,576 --> 00:01:06,386 His, his mom, they're from, you know, lower income family, a single mom, 27 00:01:06,725 --> 00:01:11,876 and, um, he, he sits down and they, they slide him a check face down. 28 00:01:12,715 --> 00:01:16,506 Um, imagine it's like, you know, they slide him a, a check 29 00:01:17,386 --> 00:01:18,385 and they say, "Here you go. 30 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:23,286 If you don't talk to Nike or Adidas and you just take our pitch right 31 00:01:23,286 --> 00:01:25,765 now, you can have this money." 32 00:01:26,605 --> 00:01:27,276 They said, "Here you go." 33 00:01:28,085 --> 00:01:32,426 He takes it, opens it up, $10 million. 34 00:01:33,956 --> 00:01:38,156 Senior in high school, and this is in like 2000, you know, whatever, right? 35 00:01:38,156 --> 00:01:38,865 Before you were born. 36 00:01:41,118 --> 00:01:45,398 So $10 million if you take that deal right now. 37 00:01:46,308 --> 00:01:49,918 You don't have to, but if you don't take it now, you're not gonna get it. 38 00:01:50,868 --> 00:01:51,758 So then he said, "All right. 39 00:01:51,928 --> 00:01:52,328 Time out. 40 00:01:52,328 --> 00:01:53,218 Let me talk to my mom. 41 00:01:53,257 --> 00:01:53,728 Let me, you know…" 42 00:01:53,728 --> 00:02:00,187 So he, he j- LeBron ends up deciding not to take the deal because he was 43 00:02:00,188 --> 00:02:03,457 thinking, "Okay, if Reebok is willing to offer me this much, then maybe 44 00:02:03,458 --> 00:02:06,967 Nike and Adidas are gonna offer me other deals that are similar amounts 45 00:02:06,967 --> 00:02:08,318 of money," and he was, he was right. 46 00:02:08,687 --> 00:02:10,527 But $10 million right there. 47 00:02:10,836 --> 00:02:13,228 He was like, "On the way home, I was so sad." 48 00:02:13,778 --> 00:02:17,248 Could've had $10 million, and he was like, "Ugh, turned it down." 49 00:02:18,368 --> 00:02:20,537 But think about it, $10 million probably could've bought the whole 50 00:02:20,548 --> 00:02:21,637 building he was living in, right? 51 00:02:21,647 --> 00:02:23,017 He was, he was, like, crying, you know. 52 00:02:23,017 --> 00:02:24,077 Imagine this is, like… 53 00:02:24,138 --> 00:02:25,327 He's basically your age. 54 00:02:26,177 --> 00:02:27,438 Could've had it, didn't want it. 55 00:02:28,488 --> 00:02:31,447 And he turned it down, but think about that. 56 00:02:31,447 --> 00:02:31,697 Think about it. 57 00:02:31,716 --> 00:02:33,128 Someone offered you $10 million. 58 00:02:33,128 --> 00:02:34,678 You can have it right there. 59 00:02:34,678 --> 00:02:35,647 All you gotta do is just say yes. 60 00:02:37,829 --> 00:02:39,780 Everyone has a, has a price, right? 61 00:02:39,780 --> 00:02:43,620 A certain amount of money that you would do something for or anything for, right? 62 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:46,829 What if Reebok offered him $15 million or $20 million? 63 00:02:47,260 --> 00:02:48,670 Maybe they're probably still thinking about that. 64 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:50,410 The guy who made the offer is probably like, "Man, we should have 65 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:52,290 offered 15, should have offered 20." 66 00:02:53,620 --> 00:02:56,300 Everyone has a, has a certain amount of money they'd do anything 67 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,390 for, and maybe that's you. 68 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,010 Maybe you think, "You know what? 69 00:03:00,010 --> 00:03:05,690 If someone gave me $100 million or a billion dollars, I'd, I'd do it. 70 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:08,580 I would, I would, I would sign up for whatever they asked me to do." 71 00:03:09,570 --> 00:03:11,519 Everyone's got a price. 72 00:03:12,430 --> 00:03:18,460 Now, I wanna ask you, if someone slid you a check and said, "If you take 73 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:24,879 this money, you don't have to be a Christian anymore," how much would 74 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,630 you take to say, "You know what? 75 00:03:27,470 --> 00:03:27,839 I'll do it. 76 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,710 I won't be a Christian. 77 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:29,890 I'll take the money"? 78 00:03:30,869 --> 00:03:31,800 What would your price be? 79 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:33,360 Would you have one? 80 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,089 Would you, in that moment, be able to look at the money, one signature 81 00:03:38,090 --> 00:03:39,860 away, and say, "You know what? 82 00:03:39,860 --> 00:03:40,369 Not worth it. 83 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:41,139 I don't want it"? 84 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:43,478 And maybe you're thinking, "Oh, whatever. 85 00:03:43,478 --> 00:03:44,270 It doesn't matter, right? 86 00:03:44,270 --> 00:03:44,789 It's money. 87 00:03:44,889 --> 00:03:46,480 And what, you know, money can't buy happiness. 88 00:03:46,570 --> 00:03:47,439 Well, yeah, okay. 89 00:03:47,659 --> 00:03:49,570 You know, I'd rather go to heaven forever than have a 90 00:03:49,570 --> 00:03:50,720 certain limited amount of money." 91 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:50,990 Sure. 92 00:03:51,959 --> 00:03:52,799 Maybe that's what you're thinking. 93 00:03:52,809 --> 00:03:56,179 But what we're looking at today, we're gonna talk about money. 94 00:03:56,180 --> 00:03:59,719 We're gonna talk about loving money and contentment and, and all these things. 95 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:02,870 W- and maybe you think, "Oh, not that big of a deal, right? 96 00:04:02,870 --> 00:04:05,629 It's just, that's for, like, really greedy people who are horrible people." 97 00:04:06,470 --> 00:04:09,019 Love of money is actually what killed Jesus. 98 00:04:09,309 --> 00:04:10,140 I don't know if you think about this. 99 00:04:10,559 --> 00:04:12,869 Judas betrayed Jesus because of money 100 00:04:15,358 --> 00:04:16,488 Someone who loved money. 101 00:04:16,488 --> 00:04:19,827 That's what ended up leading to Jesus' death. 102 00:04:20,248 --> 00:04:21,048 It's a big deal. 103 00:04:21,588 --> 00:04:25,158 Judas lived with Jesus for three years, and he said, "I'd rather 104 00:04:25,158 --> 00:04:27,148 have the money than Jesus." 105 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:31,210 So this is a big deal. 106 00:04:31,730 --> 00:04:36,330 And what our proverb today is gonna s- show us is that it's better to fear the 107 00:04:36,330 --> 00:04:39,390 Lord than to have any amount of money. 108 00:04:39,590 --> 00:04:39,950 Okay? 109 00:04:40,050 --> 00:04:43,890 So we're gonna be in Proverbs 15:16, okay? 110 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:47,740 And that's what we're gonna see, is that it's better to fear the 111 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:50,350 Lord than to be wealthy, right? 112 00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:51,210 Read our verse here. 113 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,700 Better is a little, right, this is almost like kinda Yoda language, right? 114 00:04:54,710 --> 00:04:55,360 It's a little backward. 115 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,750 But better is a little, it's better to have a little, and fear of the Lord, 116 00:04:58,750 --> 00:05:03,199 with the fear of the Lord, than a great treasure and have trouble with it, right? 117 00:05:03,209 --> 00:05:06,320 It's better to have a little bit, to be poor, and to fear God. 118 00:05:06,410 --> 00:05:08,430 Right, we talked about this for a few weeks now, but what… 119 00:05:08,619 --> 00:05:09,290 Fearing the Lord. 120 00:05:09,290 --> 00:05:09,839 What does that mean? 121 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:16,040 Fearing the Lord means I let God be God and I let me be me. 122 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:16,970 I don't try to be God. 123 00:05:17,549 --> 00:05:18,969 I don't say, "I'm cool without God." 124 00:05:18,970 --> 00:05:20,230 I'm not independent from God. 125 00:05:20,490 --> 00:05:22,509 I need God so badly, and I… 126 00:05:23,330 --> 00:05:26,909 In, in a sense, I, I fear Him because I, I worship Him, I respect Him. 127 00:05:26,919 --> 00:05:27,619 He's God. 128 00:05:28,169 --> 00:05:29,669 He's amazing. 129 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,150 He's incredible, and I'm just me. 130 00:05:32,159 --> 00:05:35,529 Right, that's what it means to fear God, is God is God and I'm not. 131 00:05:36,370 --> 00:05:40,599 It's better to, to be poor and feel that way about God than to have a ton of 132 00:05:40,599 --> 00:05:48,420 money because, like we said in our title, usually more money means more problems. 133 00:05:49,489 --> 00:05:51,060 Right, but again, maybe you're out there, "Oh, whatever. 134 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:52,579 Why, I wouldn't trade Jesus for money. 135 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:53,589 I wouldn't trade God for money. 136 00:05:53,589 --> 00:05:54,949 I wouldn't trade heaven for money." 137 00:05:55,669 --> 00:06:01,949 People do it all the time, and it's more subtle than you might think, and I want 138 00:06:01,989 --> 00:06:04,150 to warn you and protect you from that. 139 00:06:04,150 --> 00:06:09,290 So our first point tonight is beware the danger of loving the world 140 00:06:12,286 --> 00:06:15,396 Beware the danger of loving the world. 141 00:06:16,896 --> 00:06:18,506 It's not really about money, right? 142 00:06:18,506 --> 00:06:20,746 Money, no one's, like, worshiping money. 143 00:06:20,876 --> 00:06:23,666 No one's, like, got a dollar bill up in their house and, 144 00:06:23,666 --> 00:06:24,916 like, bowing down to it, right? 145 00:06:24,916 --> 00:06:26,546 People aren't worshiping money. 146 00:06:27,126 --> 00:06:30,286 People aren't like, you know, you know see the, the movies, whatever, 147 00:06:30,286 --> 00:06:33,056 where they like, they got their pile of cash and they're like rolling 148 00:06:33,056 --> 00:06:34,976 around in it and they're like, "Oh, I'm so happy, I love it." 149 00:06:34,976 --> 00:06:35,796 Right, no one's doing that. 150 00:06:36,436 --> 00:06:38,186 Right, people aren't loving money like that. 151 00:06:39,476 --> 00:06:42,616 But a lot of times, the, the problem or the… 152 00:06:42,786 --> 00:06:46,206 what people love is not money, it's what money can get them, right? 153 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:48,366 You ever heard that money can't buy happiness, but it can buy 154 00:06:48,376 --> 00:06:49,885 things that make you happy, right? 155 00:06:50,586 --> 00:06:51,606 People- I've heard people say that. 156 00:06:51,606 --> 00:06:52,775 There's a country song about that. 157 00:06:53,226 --> 00:06:57,135 Um, it's kind of a funny song, but he basically says, "Money 158 00:06:57,135 --> 00:07:00,066 might be bad for you, but it can get me a lot of cool stuff." 159 00:07:00,066 --> 00:07:02,295 It's ca- the song's called Buy Me a Boat, right? 160 00:07:02,295 --> 00:07:05,416 And the song's called, "I could buy a boat if I had a lot of money." 161 00:07:06,036 --> 00:07:12,286 Um, so maybe it's not that you love money, but you love the things money can get you. 162 00:07:13,536 --> 00:07:13,746 Right? 163 00:07:13,746 --> 00:07:15,545 Money promises a lot of things to you. 164 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,656 Money has offers it makes you, right? 165 00:07:19,046 --> 00:07:22,405 Money says you can be secure, you can have all your needs met. 166 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:24,875 You won't need anything else. 167 00:07:24,885 --> 00:07:27,465 You won't have to work, you won't have to worry about what happens 168 00:07:27,466 --> 00:07:28,345 if bad things happen, right? 169 00:07:28,345 --> 00:07:29,656 This is how people sell you insurance. 170 00:07:30,076 --> 00:07:31,435 They say, "What if this happens? 171 00:07:31,475 --> 00:07:32,885 What if you get hit by a tornado? 172 00:07:33,195 --> 00:07:34,666 What if you get in a car accident? 173 00:07:34,875 --> 00:07:37,626 What if you have a bad diagnosis and you get sick? 174 00:07:38,045 --> 00:07:39,816 What if you have a baby?" 175 00:07:39,885 --> 00:07:40,165 Right? 176 00:07:40,165 --> 00:07:41,505 You need insurance. 177 00:07:41,545 --> 00:07:44,876 Hospitals charge, like, your whole bank account, right? 178 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:46,605 You need insurance. 179 00:07:46,655 --> 00:07:47,995 So this is how they, they get you. 180 00:07:47,996 --> 00:07:50,675 They say, "You're unsafe unless you have money." 181 00:07:52,926 --> 00:07:56,576 So money doesn't just offer you dollar signs, it offers you security, 182 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:57,756 or maybe it offers you control. 183 00:07:57,766 --> 00:08:01,116 You think, "Well, if I have money, I can live the life I want to live. 184 00:08:01,876 --> 00:08:04,296 If I have a lot of money, I can do the things I wanna do. 185 00:08:05,066 --> 00:08:07,916 If I have a lot of money, I, I can be in control of my circumstances. 186 00:08:07,986 --> 00:08:09,046 I won't be anxious anymore. 187 00:08:09,046 --> 00:08:09,636 I won't be worried. 188 00:08:09,946 --> 00:08:12,396 I won't be worried about how my life's gonna go, or what's gonna happen, or, 189 00:08:12,566 --> 00:08:15,096 or what the future's gonna look like, or what kind of career I have to have, 190 00:08:15,096 --> 00:08:17,346 because I have money, so I am safe. 191 00:08:17,926 --> 00:08:18,806 I'm in control. 192 00:08:19,046 --> 00:08:20,716 I get to make the decisions." 193 00:08:21,976 --> 00:08:24,676 Or maybe money o- is offering you importance. 194 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:26,516 "If I have a lot of money, I'm cool. 195 00:08:26,566 --> 00:08:27,106 I'm important. 196 00:08:27,106 --> 00:08:27,996 People respect me. 197 00:08:28,086 --> 00:08:28,696 People like me. 198 00:08:28,696 --> 00:08:29,885 People wanna be friends with me. 199 00:08:30,086 --> 00:08:33,356 People wanna come to, come to my house and hang out 'cause I got all the cool stuff." 200 00:08:34,446 --> 00:08:37,674 So maybe it's not just money, maybe it's, it's things, and they, they promise 201 00:08:37,676 --> 00:08:41,534 you importance or acceptance, or they promise you that people will like you. 202 00:08:41,546 --> 00:08:43,726 People wanna ride in your car if you have a nice car. 203 00:08:44,325 --> 00:08:46,945 People wanna talk to you if you have … If you look like you 204 00:08:46,946 --> 00:08:48,006 have it all together, right? 205 00:08:48,006 --> 00:08:49,725 You got cool clothes, people wanna hang out with you now. 206 00:08:51,516 --> 00:08:53,225 Or maybe money is just promising you fun. 207 00:08:53,685 --> 00:08:55,035 Like, "If I had a lot of money, I could have a lot of fun. 208 00:08:55,956 --> 00:08:56,775 I could enjoy life. 209 00:08:56,775 --> 00:08:59,995 I'd be so much happier if I had a lot of money." 210 00:09:00,936 --> 00:09:05,075 So it's not just about the money, it's about what does money offer you? 211 00:09:08,038 --> 00:09:15,008 And really, what money is trying to do is money shows you your heart, right? 212 00:09:15,008 --> 00:09:17,678 Money shows you what you care about, what you love. 213 00:09:18,028 --> 00:09:22,498 And that's why this point is really not about where you spend your money, 214 00:09:22,918 --> 00:09:24,028 but about where your heart is, right? 215 00:09:24,158 --> 00:09:26,888 Beware the danger of loving the world, right? 216 00:09:26,888 --> 00:09:29,848 This is a desire-driven point, right? 217 00:09:29,848 --> 00:09:30,658 It's a love point. 218 00:09:30,918 --> 00:09:35,598 It's not a spend point or a save point or a give point or a be generous point. 219 00:09:35,748 --> 00:09:36,478 It's a love point. 220 00:09:36,828 --> 00:09:39,508 'Cause what, really, what, what money shows you is your heart. 221 00:09:40,237 --> 00:09:40,808 That's what Jesus says. 222 00:09:40,818 --> 00:09:43,247 "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." 223 00:09:43,538 --> 00:09:46,658 If you wanna know what you love, show me what's important to 224 00:09:46,658 --> 00:09:48,348 you, and that's what you love 225 00:09:50,974 --> 00:09:53,804 And so maybe you're pursuing those things that we talked 226 00:09:53,804 --> 00:09:54,994 about that money's promising you. 227 00:09:55,194 --> 00:09:56,304 You're like, "Oh, I'm not pursuing money. 228 00:09:56,304 --> 00:10:01,124 I don't want a lot of money, but I want to be accepted by people, so 229 00:10:01,474 --> 00:10:04,524 I wanna fit in and, and have the nice things that my friends have 230 00:10:04,524 --> 00:10:05,474 or the people at school have." 231 00:10:06,024 --> 00:10:09,424 So it's not that you want money, but you use money to get what you really want, 232 00:10:09,684 --> 00:10:14,724 which is people to like you, people to think you're important, respect maybe. 233 00:10:15,594 --> 00:10:17,944 Or, "Oh, well, I'm, I don't want money. 234 00:10:17,944 --> 00:10:20,084 I want to feel like, I wanna feel safe." 235 00:10:20,174 --> 00:10:23,984 And so you're using money to get what you really want, and 236 00:10:23,984 --> 00:10:26,054 that's part of loving the world 237 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,160 One way that you can ask yourself, "Do I love the world?" 238 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:34,150 is how do I feel when I lose things? 239 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,380 Sometimes it's not, "Oh, I just really think about it all the time. 240 00:10:37,380 --> 00:10:38,090 I really want this." 241 00:10:38,090 --> 00:10:39,020 Or maybe you're not like that. 242 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:41,160 Maybe you're not thinking, "Oh, I'm not super greedy. 243 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:42,300 I'm not out there, like, wanting. 244 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:44,780 You know, I'm not out there scrolling through Instagram looking at super 245 00:10:44,780 --> 00:10:46,640 nice cars or nice houses or whatever." 246 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:47,240 Maybe you are. 247 00:10:47,250 --> 00:10:48,100 Maybe that's you, right? 248 00:10:48,100 --> 00:10:49,240 Maybe you're, you're coveting. 249 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,290 Maybe your phone or your computer is just a way for you to covet and envy people. 250 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:55,050 Maybe that's what it is. 251 00:10:55,380 --> 00:10:57,320 But maybe you're like, "Oh, it's, it's not really about … I 252 00:10:57,330 --> 00:10:58,370 don't want a lot of money. 253 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,570 I just want enough money." 254 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:02,530 And maybe that means you love the world. 255 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:03,060 It might. 256 00:11:03,749 --> 00:11:06,090 Because if you lose it, it would hurt. 257 00:11:06,549 --> 00:11:07,690 It would hurt you way too much. 258 00:11:08,650 --> 00:11:11,520 And that's one way you know you love something too much, is if 259 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,060 it's hard for you to lose it, hard for you to give it away, hard 260 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:17,060 for you to let someone borrow it. 261 00:11:18,450 --> 00:11:21,160 All right, so how do you react when you lose things? 262 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,250 That'll show you if you love it too much 263 00:11:26,430 --> 00:11:28,950 There was a book I read about contentment that was really good. 264 00:11:28,950 --> 00:11:32,810 One thing he said, he said, "If your heart is glued to the things of the world…" 265 00:11:32,810 --> 00:11:35,920 So imagine your heart is like a piece of paper, and you know, like, 266 00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:39,430 sometimes people glue paper to the wall they're not supposed to, and then 267 00:11:39,430 --> 00:11:41,350 you have to take the paper off, right? 268 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:45,140 If your heart is glued to the things of the world, it will 269 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,840 tear when they're taken away. 270 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:48,530 Right? 271 00:11:48,530 --> 00:11:52,310 Imagine a piece of paper, and it, it, it gets ripped, okay? 272 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,530 'Cause the part of the paper stays stuck to the glue and the rest 273 00:11:54,530 --> 00:11:55,960 of the paper comes off, right? 274 00:11:56,260 --> 00:12:00,529 If your heart is glued to the world, when you lose possessions, when 275 00:12:00,529 --> 00:12:05,840 you lose opportunities, when you lose maybe friendships, worldly 276 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,810 friendships, your heart tears, right? 277 00:12:08,820 --> 00:12:10,359 You're heartbroken, right? 278 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:11,480 Maybe not romantically. 279 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:13,500 But, oh, you… 280 00:12:13,939 --> 00:12:18,320 Someone, you know, ruined your, your favorite clothes, or you 281 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:23,140 lost your favorite possession, or someone broke your favorite game. 282 00:12:24,370 --> 00:12:25,390 Maybe that means you love the world. 283 00:12:25,390 --> 00:12:27,609 Or maybe it's not the things, maybe it's the opportunities, right? 284 00:12:28,129 --> 00:12:30,870 Oh, you missed out on the opportunity to, to date that person. 285 00:12:31,229 --> 00:12:32,869 You missed out on the opportunity to go to that school. 286 00:12:33,029 --> 00:12:35,720 You missed out on the opportunity to be good at that sport, for those 287 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,550 people to like you, to be friends with those people, to be at those parties. 288 00:12:39,769 --> 00:12:42,469 And maybe you're missing out on those things because you're a good kid or 289 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:46,910 your parents make you, and your heart, your heart is broken, it's tearing. 290 00:12:47,669 --> 00:12:48,609 It's because you love the world. 291 00:12:49,570 --> 00:12:52,110 If your heart is glued to the world, when you lose those things and you miss out 292 00:12:52,110 --> 00:12:54,990 on those things, it breaks, it tears. 293 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,829 That's one way you can see, do I love the world, is what happens when I 294 00:12:58,830 --> 00:12:59,949 miss out on what the world offers? 295 00:13:01,290 --> 00:13:05,089 Because of my parents or because I'm a Christian or because I just missed out 296 00:13:05,089 --> 00:13:09,280 on them or because the world stinks and sometimes you just miss out on things 297 00:13:09,309 --> 00:13:11,159 because the world's not gonna satisfy you 298 00:13:13,182 --> 00:13:16,432 But another way you can see that is what occupies your resources, right? 299 00:13:16,442 --> 00:13:17,532 Think about your resources, right? 300 00:13:17,532 --> 00:13:22,572 You've got time, you've got attention, you have effort, you have energy, 301 00:13:23,162 --> 00:13:25,372 you have even, like, concern. 302 00:13:25,422 --> 00:13:26,192 That's a resource, right? 303 00:13:26,192 --> 00:13:28,112 You can't be concerned about a ton of other things. 304 00:13:28,462 --> 00:13:30,552 You can only be concerned about a few things a lot. 305 00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:33,512 You have these resources. 306 00:13:33,512 --> 00:13:35,222 How do you spend them, right? 307 00:13:35,222 --> 00:13:37,572 We think about you pay attention. 308 00:13:37,952 --> 00:13:38,882 We talked about that before. 309 00:13:39,122 --> 00:13:41,952 But attention is something you, you give, right? 310 00:13:41,962 --> 00:13:43,332 You have a limited amount of attention. 311 00:13:43,332 --> 00:13:43,962 What do you give it to? 312 00:13:44,922 --> 00:13:45,682 Do you give it to the world? 313 00:13:46,772 --> 00:13:51,511 Are you constantly occupied by worldly thoughts like, "Oh, what am I… 314 00:13:51,522 --> 00:13:54,262 H- How is my test gonna go?" 315 00:13:54,272 --> 00:13:56,192 Or, "What, what if I have a bad teacher?" 316 00:13:56,192 --> 00:13:56,971 Or, "How's my homework?" 317 00:13:56,972 --> 00:13:58,242 Or, "What if these people don't like me?" 318 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:04,541 Or are you thinking about things that are not from the world, but from God, right? 319 00:14:04,651 --> 00:14:05,992 How can I serve these people? 320 00:14:06,662 --> 00:14:08,771 How can I honor God in this situation? 321 00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:14,172 What promises does God give me about this type of thing I'm working through? 322 00:14:15,761 --> 00:14:18,301 So where, what occupies your resources, your time, your effort, 323 00:14:18,301 --> 00:14:19,382 your energy, even your money, right? 324 00:14:19,382 --> 00:14:20,242 What you spend your money on. 325 00:14:20,252 --> 00:14:23,232 If you have a job or you have an allowance, what you spend your money on. 326 00:14:23,332 --> 00:14:24,192 Is it on yourself? 327 00:14:24,222 --> 00:14:24,861 Is it on others? 328 00:14:24,862 --> 00:14:27,181 Is it … Do you give from your money? 329 00:14:27,212 --> 00:14:28,232 Are you generous with your money? 330 00:14:29,031 --> 00:14:31,342 That says a lot about what you care about, what you love. 331 00:14:32,612 --> 00:14:32,732 Right? 332 00:14:32,741 --> 00:14:35,911 Your resources, whether it's your time, your effort, your energy, your money, 333 00:14:37,182 --> 00:14:41,001 those show off what you really care about, and that's what I want you to see. 334 00:14:41,002 --> 00:14:42,172 It's not really about the money. 335 00:14:42,932 --> 00:14:44,612 It's about your heart, right? 336 00:14:44,612 --> 00:14:48,091 Money is just a window into your heart, and that's why it matters so much 337 00:14:50,270 --> 00:14:55,760 But the thing with loving the world is it doesn't feel dangerous, right? 338 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:56,760 It feels normal. 339 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:58,510 'Cause everyone loves the world. 340 00:14:58,520 --> 00:14:59,830 The world loves the world, right? 341 00:14:59,830 --> 00:15:00,470 You're in the world. 342 00:15:00,540 --> 00:15:01,350 Everyone loves the world, right? 343 00:15:01,610 --> 00:15:04,449 Have you ever wondered, like, does a fish feel wet? 344 00:15:05,980 --> 00:15:06,440 No. 345 00:15:06,610 --> 00:15:06,870 Right? 346 00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:10,040 Fish don't feel wet 'cause they're always in the water, right? 347 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:13,249 Just like you only feel dry after you've been in the water, right? 348 00:15:13,250 --> 00:15:15,530 You don't feel dry unless you, you've been wet, right? 349 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,360 Or like, what do you … You know, how does that work, right? 350 00:15:18,390 --> 00:15:20,400 Do fish even notice that they're in water? 351 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,480 Or do they notice when they're out of the water and they're in air? 352 00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:24,420 Right? 353 00:15:24,420 --> 00:15:27,470 They notice probably that they're in the air, not that they're in the water. 354 00:15:27,470 --> 00:15:29,039 Whereas you notice you're in the water, you don't notice 355 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,029 that you're in the air, right? 356 00:15:30,579 --> 00:15:32,660 Not you're not flying, but you know what I mean, right? 357 00:15:34,750 --> 00:15:38,020 The point is, right, you're in the world, and everyone at your school 358 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:41,080 probably loves the world, and the people maybe you see online love the world. 359 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,569 The videos you watch, those people love the world. 360 00:15:43,590 --> 00:15:46,719 And so it's easy to love the world 'cause everyone's doing it. 361 00:15:47,729 --> 00:15:47,959 Right? 362 00:15:47,959 --> 00:15:50,279 Loving the world doesn't feel dangerous, it feels normal. 363 00:15:50,509 --> 00:15:54,629 And there's a lot of things that the world offers you, and there's … Even 364 00:15:54,630 --> 00:15:58,540 the way the world thinks about things, the values the world has, that are normal 365 00:15:58,540 --> 00:16:01,130 because that's how the world works. 366 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:01,830 Right? 367 00:16:01,830 --> 00:16:05,389 Loving the world also adopt … Uh, it means you kind of adopt 368 00:16:05,389 --> 00:16:07,129 the world's value system. 369 00:16:07,539 --> 00:16:11,570 You start thinking, "Oh, that's important because everyone 370 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:12,279 else thinks it's important." 371 00:16:13,819 --> 00:16:14,069 Right? 372 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:16,780 Or you start to feel at home in the world. 373 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:18,020 Right? 374 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,050 I'll, I'll give you an example. 375 00:16:19,050 --> 00:16:23,809 It, it's funny when you think about, um … When, when Shay and I were 376 00:16:23,810 --> 00:16:27,749 planning our wedding, um, we realized that there's a lot of things people 377 00:16:27,759 --> 00:16:33,440 do at weddings that they just do them because everyone else does them, you know? 378 00:16:33,579 --> 00:16:35,249 There's just a lot of things that happen at weddings and 379 00:16:35,249 --> 00:16:36,439 you're like, "Why do we do this? 380 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:37,669 I don't know. 381 00:16:37,679 --> 00:16:41,079 Because I saw it on Instagram, or because this is how it works, or 382 00:16:41,079 --> 00:16:42,019 because this is the way it is." 383 00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:43,379 And you just start doing it 'cause it's normal. 384 00:16:44,439 --> 00:16:46,949 And so what we did is we were like, "Okay, we wanna … If we're gonna 385 00:16:46,950 --> 00:16:47,820 do something at our wedding," right? 386 00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:50,109 This is, like, the one of the most important days in our lives. 387 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:51,939 We wanna do it on purpose, right? 388 00:16:51,939 --> 00:16:54,829 We don't wanna just do it because, well, someone else did it and it was cool. 389 00:16:55,319 --> 00:16:56,749 We wanna do it for a good reason. 390 00:16:58,119 --> 00:17:00,839 And I think, as a Christian, when you see the world doing stuff, like 391 00:17:00,839 --> 00:17:05,469 maybe everyone's watching a show, or everyone's gonna go see that movie, right? 392 00:17:05,648 --> 00:17:07,079 You don't wanna just be like, "Well, okay. 393 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:07,269 Cool. 394 00:17:07,270 --> 00:17:07,529 I'll go." 395 00:17:07,550 --> 00:17:09,628 You wanna ask, "Why should I do this?" 396 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:11,169 Right? 397 00:17:11,169 --> 00:17:13,040 Am I honoring God by doing this? 398 00:17:13,990 --> 00:17:17,349 You don't wanna just do it because everyone else is doing it, right? 399 00:17:17,349 --> 00:17:19,650 For example, if everyone in your small group decided to bleach 400 00:17:19,650 --> 00:17:23,919 their hair- … you would wanna ask, "Well, why am I doing this?" 401 00:17:25,009 --> 00:17:25,769 Like, just hypothetically. 402 00:17:25,770 --> 00:17:26,760 Hypo- Imagine, right? 403 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:27,199 Y- Just imagine. 404 00:17:27,199 --> 00:17:29,869 Imagine everyone in your small group was like, "Oh, well, yeah, guys. 405 00:17:29,869 --> 00:17:30,420 Let's bleach our hair. 406 00:17:30,420 --> 00:17:31,289 It'll be so cool. 407 00:17:31,329 --> 00:17:31,979 I'll look tough. 408 00:17:32,029 --> 00:17:32,749 Yeah, let's do it." 409 00:17:32,839 --> 00:17:33,109 Right? 410 00:17:35,270 --> 00:17:36,680 You wanna ask yourself, "Why? 411 00:17:37,539 --> 00:17:39,179 Am I just doing this because everyone else is doing it?" 412 00:17:40,249 --> 00:17:40,569 Hyp- Yeah. 413 00:17:40,609 --> 00:17:42,400 Again, this is totally hypothetical, right? 414 00:17:42,439 --> 00:17:44,260 I don't know, I don't know why anyone would do this. 415 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:46,790 But just imagine for a second that someone would do that, right? 416 00:17:52,154 --> 00:17:55,234 But the whole point, the whole point of that, right, is you 417 00:17:55,234 --> 00:17:57,754 don't wanna do something just because every- everyone else… 418 00:17:57,794 --> 00:17:57,994 Right? 419 00:17:58,014 --> 00:18:00,054 So if all your friends jumped off a bridge, you'd jump too, right? 420 00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:00,674 Okay. 421 00:18:00,674 --> 00:18:03,234 Well, I would jump 'cause I wouldn't have any friends, Dad, duh. 422 00:18:03,244 --> 00:18:03,464 Okay. 423 00:18:03,594 --> 00:18:04,174 No, I'm just kidding. 424 00:18:06,524 --> 00:18:07,844 That's, that's not what you're supposed to say. 425 00:18:08,313 --> 00:18:09,104 Don't say that. 426 00:18:09,494 --> 00:18:09,764 Uh. 427 00:18:10,293 --> 00:18:10,354 Thank you. 428 00:18:11,754 --> 00:18:16,574 But the, the whole idea is if, if everyone around you loves the world 429 00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:22,774 and you feel comfortable there, that probably means you love the world, too. 430 00:18:23,724 --> 00:18:26,574 If you're, if you feel at home with everyone else loving the world… 431 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:28,013 Right? 432 00:18:28,013 --> 00:18:29,624 You, you know the phrase fish out of water? 433 00:18:29,714 --> 00:18:29,833 Right? 434 00:18:29,844 --> 00:18:33,303 The whole point is the fish is at home in the water, so it feels 435 00:18:33,333 --> 00:18:34,694 out of place out of the water. 436 00:18:34,694 --> 00:18:37,564 If you're a Christian, you should feel out of place in the world. 437 00:18:38,274 --> 00:18:40,544 You should expect to be like, "Oh, I don't really like that." 438 00:18:41,114 --> 00:18:42,194 The world wants to do that. 439 00:18:42,204 --> 00:18:43,243 They wanna watch that show. 440 00:18:43,443 --> 00:18:45,964 They care about doing those type of things. 441 00:18:46,173 --> 00:18:47,964 They want to feel that way. 442 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:49,834 They react to things this way. 443 00:18:50,094 --> 00:18:53,504 You should start thinking, "Well, I don't feel like doing that. 444 00:18:53,614 --> 00:18:54,543 I feel differently. 445 00:18:55,464 --> 00:18:57,353 I don't like the same things they like." 446 00:18:58,213 --> 00:18:59,733 If you love the world, you're gonna be like, "Oh, yeah. 447 00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:00,144 That's great. 448 00:19:00,183 --> 00:19:00,663 I love that. 449 00:19:01,124 --> 00:19:02,664 I love the same shows everyone else loves. 450 00:19:02,874 --> 00:19:05,363 I love the same videos everyone else wants to watch. 451 00:19:05,414 --> 00:19:07,033 I love doing the same things everyone wants to do. 452 00:19:07,033 --> 00:19:09,344 I love making the same jokes everyone wants to, wants to make. 453 00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:10,004 I think they're funny. 454 00:19:10,004 --> 00:19:10,763 I think they're hilarious. 455 00:19:10,763 --> 00:19:11,324 It's what I do." 456 00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:13,193 It's 'cause you love the world 457 00:19:16,146 --> 00:19:19,916 And if you love the world, you are going to adopt the world's value system, 458 00:19:19,916 --> 00:19:21,836 and the world runs on money, right? 459 00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:24,206 What, the, what the world places value on are the things 460 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:24,966 that are the most expensive. 461 00:19:24,976 --> 00:19:26,026 That's how money works, right? 462 00:19:26,326 --> 00:19:28,736 Money is, is just a placeholder for value, right? 463 00:19:28,746 --> 00:19:30,806 The world thinks something's really important, it makes 464 00:19:30,806 --> 00:19:32,316 it really expensive, right? 465 00:19:32,696 --> 00:19:35,826 Like flying to th- places, right, on a plane. 466 00:19:36,046 --> 00:19:39,105 Like, the only way you can fly is if you do this, so you have to be able to do it. 467 00:19:39,156 --> 00:19:41,096 And, or, like, think about sport-- We were talking about 468 00:19:41,096 --> 00:19:42,156 the s- sport tickets earlier. 469 00:19:42,386 --> 00:19:43,986 Like, why are World Cup tickets so expensive? 470 00:19:44,346 --> 00:19:47,456 Because they know you're gonna have to buy them if you wanna go, so 471 00:19:47,456 --> 00:19:48,936 they charge the price a ton, right? 472 00:19:51,275 --> 00:19:55,906 If you love the world, you will be a slave to money because you need 473 00:19:55,935 --> 00:19:58,195 money to participate in the world. 474 00:19:59,106 --> 00:20:03,266 You need money to do the things the world wants you to do, right? 475 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:07,185 You need money to go on the cool vacations or to, to have the great career or to, 476 00:20:07,385 --> 00:20:11,006 to be in, in the places or to dress the way the world wants you to dress, right? 477 00:20:11,885 --> 00:20:14,725 So you will be a slave to money because you'll be following the desires 478 00:20:14,725 --> 00:20:16,726 of the world if you love the world 479 00:20:21,918 --> 00:20:24,298 It's kinda like i- remember Pastor PJ preached on the four soils, right? 480 00:20:24,298 --> 00:20:30,118 He talked about the third soil, where it, it gets choked out by the what? 481 00:20:30,138 --> 00:20:32,528 The cares of the world, right? 482 00:20:32,678 --> 00:20:37,148 If, if you want to follow Jesus and you also want to love the world, 483 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:42,048 you're gonna find yourself pulled in two different directions 'cause, 484 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,258 'cause those are, those, those trains are going different ways, right? 485 00:20:45,258 --> 00:20:47,658 You're not, you're not gonna be able to stay on one or the other. 486 00:20:48,698 --> 00:20:50,458 You're gonna have to, you're, so you're not gonna be able to stay on both. 487 00:20:50,478 --> 00:20:53,208 You're gonna have to pick one, 'cause they go different ways. 488 00:20:55,188 --> 00:20:57,967 If you love the world, you're not gonna be able to follow Jesus very long, 489 00:20:58,378 --> 00:21:02,078 'cause as soon as you hear something that Jesus says that you don't like, 490 00:21:02,098 --> 00:21:06,578 'cause it, Jesus is the opposite of the world, you're gonna bail on Jesus. 491 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:12,748 And maybe that's why it's hard for you to do Christian things, is 492 00:21:12,748 --> 00:21:15,437 because you actually have a lot of love for the world in your heart. 493 00:21:16,387 --> 00:21:19,008 And so when Jesus says, "I want you to live my way," you're 494 00:21:19,008 --> 00:21:19,857 like, "I don't like that. 495 00:21:19,948 --> 00:21:20,747 It doesn't sound good. 496 00:21:21,578 --> 00:21:22,948 You're asking too much of me." 497 00:21:23,367 --> 00:21:26,128 And it's not that his standard's too high, it's that you love the world. 498 00:21:26,958 --> 00:21:29,837 And so as soon as he attacks the things you love, it feels like an 499 00:21:29,837 --> 00:21:33,368 attack, but it's really him saying, "I, I love you and this is what's 500 00:21:33,368 --> 00:21:37,328 best for you and I care about you and I don't want you to be in love with 501 00:21:37,328 --> 00:21:38,488 something that's gonna let you down." 502 00:21:42,206 --> 00:21:45,616 But back in our verse, we talk about how this is a, a love battle, right? 503 00:21:45,616 --> 00:21:47,886 This isn't a effort battle. 504 00:21:47,966 --> 00:21:50,446 I just gotta try really hard not to love money and love the world. 505 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:52,616 It's a, it's a desire battle. 506 00:21:52,736 --> 00:21:53,426 It's a love battle. 507 00:21:53,516 --> 00:21:56,306 And that key word here is better. 508 00:21:57,046 --> 00:21:57,396 Better. 509 00:21:58,396 --> 00:21:58,626 Right? 510 00:21:58,626 --> 00:22:01,216 Not smarter, not… 511 00:22:01,366 --> 00:22:01,566 Right? 512 00:22:01,566 --> 00:22:03,396 There's a lot of things that could have been true here, right? 513 00:22:03,576 --> 00:22:07,856 Could have said it's smarter to fear the Lord than to have a lot of money, right? 514 00:22:08,396 --> 00:22:11,856 Or it's better for you, you know, like it's better for your… 515 00:22:11,856 --> 00:22:13,176 It's like healthier, right? 516 00:22:14,305 --> 00:22:16,586 But he says better in like a qualitative sense. 517 00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:18,275 It's like it's, it's more enjoyable. 518 00:22:18,916 --> 00:22:20,216 It brings you more happiness. 519 00:22:20,246 --> 00:22:23,896 It makes you happier to fear the Lord than to have a lot of money. 520 00:22:25,195 --> 00:22:25,385 Right? 521 00:22:25,386 --> 00:22:29,386 Saying yes to something is always better than saying no to something. 522 00:22:29,936 --> 00:22:30,496 You notice that? 523 00:22:30,785 --> 00:22:33,505 Like, when you're trying to do something that's hard, it's better 524 00:22:33,506 --> 00:22:37,786 if you're saying yes to something than saying no to something. 525 00:22:38,526 --> 00:22:38,726 Right? 526 00:22:38,726 --> 00:22:41,205 Like, let's say you w- you wanna work out, or you wanna be really good at your 527 00:22:41,206 --> 00:22:44,705 sport, or, or you wanna be really, really good at your instrument or whatever. 528 00:22:45,605 --> 00:22:49,835 It's better to say yes to being good than saying no to being bad. 529 00:22:50,265 --> 00:22:50,555 Right? 530 00:22:50,835 --> 00:22:53,325 If, if your whole motive is I just don't wanna be bad and, like, let 531 00:22:53,325 --> 00:22:58,256 my coach down, it'll kinda work, but you won't get that good at it, right? 532 00:22:58,606 --> 00:23:00,176 But if your motive is I just love doing this… 533 00:23:00,176 --> 00:23:01,876 This is what we talked about last week, right? 534 00:23:02,555 --> 00:23:05,836 Don't love your job, job your love, right? 535 00:23:05,856 --> 00:23:06,246 That thing. 536 00:23:06,776 --> 00:23:08,236 Um, whatever that means. 537 00:23:08,655 --> 00:23:12,845 Um, it's better to say yes to something than to say no to something. 538 00:23:13,255 --> 00:23:13,445 Right? 539 00:23:13,445 --> 00:23:15,445 Saying no to stuff only gets you so far. 540 00:23:15,445 --> 00:23:19,515 Saying yes to things is really the secret to being good at something, right? 541 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,006 And the same thing is true here. 542 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:22,845 You have to believe that it's better. 543 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:26,166 If all you think of is, "Oh, well, if I love the world, it's gonna be bad for me. 544 00:23:26,176 --> 00:23:28,755 If I love the world, it's gonna be bad for me," that'll help a little bit. 545 00:23:29,316 --> 00:23:31,666 But unless you think it's actually better to fear the Lord, unless 546 00:23:31,666 --> 00:23:32,916 you're like, "I love to fear the Lord. 547 00:23:32,916 --> 00:23:35,926 I love Jesus," you're not gonna get very far. 548 00:23:36,465 --> 00:23:40,415 And so our second point is believe Jesus is better than anything 549 00:23:46,174 --> 00:23:50,024 Part of this is a, a value statement, right? 550 00:23:50,034 --> 00:23:54,804 Better means more enjoyable, but also means more valuable, right? 551 00:23:54,813 --> 00:23:58,384 Jesus is more valuable to me than money 552 00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:04,236 I don't know if you've thought about this, but when you don't buy 553 00:24:04,236 --> 00:24:07,296 something, essentially what you're saying is, "That's not worth it." 554 00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:08,186 Right? 555 00:24:08,216 --> 00:24:08,716 Maybe you have. 556 00:24:08,726 --> 00:24:09,606 Maybe that's obvious to you. 557 00:24:10,286 --> 00:24:12,896 Wasn't super obvious to me until today, for some reason. 558 00:24:12,976 --> 00:24:14,226 But maybe you're smarter than me. 559 00:24:14,545 --> 00:24:17,046 But when you don't buy something, you're saying, "That's not worth it," right? 560 00:24:17,046 --> 00:24:18,286 'Cause you have the money. 561 00:24:18,926 --> 00:24:20,375 I'm assuming you have enough money to buy it. 562 00:24:20,476 --> 00:24:21,006 Maybe you don't. 563 00:24:21,006 --> 00:24:24,645 Maybe you just go into debt and buy it, which pro tip, if you don't 564 00:24:24,646 --> 00:24:26,585 have money, don't buy something. 565 00:24:27,086 --> 00:24:27,556 Pro tip. 566 00:24:28,076 --> 00:24:31,526 Um, if you can't afford it, don't pay for it. 567 00:24:31,956 --> 00:24:32,525 Pro tip. 568 00:24:32,866 --> 00:24:33,686 You'd be surprised. 569 00:24:34,066 --> 00:24:37,045 Um, but, um, 570 00:24:39,385 --> 00:24:40,815 it's, th- this is, uh, the reason I thought about this, I 571 00:24:40,835 --> 00:24:41,745 was thinking about Five Guys. 572 00:24:42,255 --> 00:24:43,726 I was thinking about how I never go to Five Guys. 573 00:24:43,956 --> 00:24:44,596 Like, I… 574 00:24:44,676 --> 00:24:46,136 And it's not because I don't like Five Guys. 575 00:24:46,566 --> 00:24:48,505 Every time I've been to Five Guys, I've enjoyed it. 576 00:24:49,045 --> 00:24:50,195 I thought the burger was good. 577 00:24:50,715 --> 00:24:52,265 It's cool that they give you free peanuts. 578 00:24:53,145 --> 00:24:54,476 I, I just, I had a good experience. 579 00:24:54,476 --> 00:24:55,335 It's, it's clean. 580 00:24:55,336 --> 00:24:56,795 I, I wouldn't be like, "Oh, that was horrible," right? 581 00:24:56,825 --> 00:24:58,246 I've been to burger places and it was really bad. 582 00:24:58,545 --> 00:25:00,355 It's not that I don't like Five Guys, it's just not worth it. 583 00:25:01,176 --> 00:25:03,485 I had to, like, take out a student loan to go to Five Guys. 584 00:25:03,866 --> 00:25:04,585 It was h- it was terrible. 585 00:25:05,265 --> 00:25:07,756 It was so much money, and you could just go to In-N-Out, right? 586 00:25:07,795 --> 00:25:09,645 Like, why would you ever go to Five Guys when you can go to In-N-Out? 587 00:25:09,705 --> 00:25:11,425 That's, that's kinda the way I th- I think about it. 588 00:25:12,065 --> 00:25:13,045 Nothing wrong with Five Guys. 589 00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:14,085 I don't mind Five Guys. 590 00:25:14,116 --> 00:25:14,676 It's good. 591 00:25:14,705 --> 00:25:16,915 I've enjoyed it, but just not worth it 592 00:25:20,462 --> 00:25:21,202 And so I never go. 593 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:27,172 Maybe that's you, and that's why you don't love Jesus. 594 00:25:27,502 --> 00:25:28,432 You're like, "Oh, Jesus is cool. 595 00:25:29,332 --> 00:25:29,862 I like him. 596 00:25:29,892 --> 00:25:32,562 He's kinda like Five Guys, but not worth it." 597 00:25:34,132 --> 00:25:37,092 Maybe that's you, 'cause you don't actually believe that Jesus is better. 598 00:25:38,162 --> 00:25:39,022 You think He's all right. 599 00:25:39,052 --> 00:25:39,912 You think He's decent. 600 00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:41,662 You think He's okay. 601 00:25:42,922 --> 00:25:43,592 You like church. 602 00:25:43,592 --> 00:25:44,462 You like God. 603 00:25:44,462 --> 00:25:48,142 You like the Bible, but you also really like the other stuff more. 604 00:25:49,331 --> 00:25:51,362 You're not op- you're not opposing God. 605 00:25:51,692 --> 00:25:52,512 That's what you think at least. 606 00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:57,182 But just not worth it, right? 607 00:25:58,042 --> 00:26:02,371 Now, if In-N-Out cost as much as Five Guys, and Five Guys cost 608 00:26:02,371 --> 00:26:05,471 as much as In-N-Out, then we'd really be in a predicament, right? 609 00:26:05,472 --> 00:26:07,321 'Cause then I'd be like, "I really wanna go to In-N-Out 'cause it's 610 00:26:07,322 --> 00:26:09,881 way better than Five Guys," but it's also more expensive, right? 611 00:26:10,022 --> 00:26:12,692 But because it's the opposite, that's where it gets tricky. 612 00:26:14,522 --> 00:26:15,222 So maybe that's you. 613 00:26:15,312 --> 00:26:17,021 Maybe you're like, "Oh, well, you know what? 614 00:26:17,062 --> 00:26:20,342 If Jesus was, was cheaper, if He didn't ask as much of me, I would follow Him. 615 00:26:20,741 --> 00:26:22,252 But He asks a lot, not worth it. 616 00:26:22,761 --> 00:26:23,492 My whole life? 617 00:26:24,412 --> 00:26:27,632 Die to yourself, deny yourself, take up your cross daily and follow me? 618 00:26:28,522 --> 00:26:29,051 Not worth it. 619 00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:31,141 If it was lower bar, I'd do it." 620 00:26:32,342 --> 00:26:32,982 And maybe that's you 621 00:26:39,158 --> 00:26:40,628 In our proverb that we're looking at, right? 622 00:26:40,628 --> 00:26:42,908 It says, "Better is a little with fear of the Lord, than great 623 00:26:42,988 --> 00:26:44,248 treasure and trouble with it," right? 624 00:26:45,238 --> 00:26:50,338 But sometimes I think we say, "Well, okay, can't I, like, have God and 625 00:26:50,338 --> 00:26:52,257 also, like, have enough money?" 626 00:26:53,628 --> 00:26:53,808 Right? 627 00:26:53,808 --> 00:26:54,448 Maybe you're like, well… 628 00:26:54,478 --> 00:26:55,528 'Cause, 'cause think about it this way. 629 00:26:55,878 --> 00:26:59,228 If the only way to be a Christian was to be poor, would you do it? 630 00:27:00,947 --> 00:27:04,228 If the only way to be a Christian was what Jesus said to the rich young 631 00:27:04,228 --> 00:27:06,998 ruler, "Sell everything you own, come follow me," would you do it? 632 00:27:08,958 --> 00:27:09,208 Right? 633 00:27:09,208 --> 00:27:10,328 Say bye to your Nintendo Switch. 634 00:27:10,328 --> 00:27:11,158 Say bye to your e-bike. 635 00:27:11,648 --> 00:27:12,517 Say bye to your car. 636 00:27:13,778 --> 00:27:15,498 Say bye to almost all your clothes. 637 00:27:16,247 --> 00:27:17,048 Say bye to your phone. 638 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:17,907 Would you do it? 639 00:27:20,062 --> 00:27:23,132 'Cause I think what we say is, "Jesus, I'll follow you as long as 640 00:27:23,132 --> 00:27:28,432 you give me enough money, as long as you give me my standard of living" 641 00:27:31,144 --> 00:27:34,454 And that's really just us not thinking he's worth it. 642 00:27:35,814 --> 00:27:36,784 That's really just unbelief. 643 00:27:36,814 --> 00:27:37,994 Jesus, you won't take care of me. 644 00:27:38,764 --> 00:27:41,564 Because we're trying to hold on to, well, Jesus, you can have most of my 645 00:27:41,564 --> 00:27:44,134 money, but not all of my money, right? 646 00:27:44,574 --> 00:27:47,214 You can be in control of most of my life, but not all of my life 647 00:27:52,126 --> 00:27:58,376 And something else that I want you to be aware of too is don't 648 00:27:58,476 --> 00:28:01,436 believe Jesus is better because he's more useful to you than money. 649 00:28:02,236 --> 00:28:04,216 'Cause I think when we start talking about money and Jesus, you can say, 650 00:28:04,216 --> 00:28:07,126 "Well, duh, I wouldn't trade Jesus for money because then I'd be going to hell." 651 00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:10,256 And it's really not about Jesus, it's about not going to hell. 652 00:28:12,065 --> 00:28:15,686 And that's not what we're here for, right? 653 00:28:15,686 --> 00:28:18,196 If you're saying, "Well, yeah, I wouldn't trade Jesus for money because 654 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:22,336 I don't wanna spend forever in hell," that's not the point of this sermon. 655 00:28:23,416 --> 00:28:28,276 The point of this sermon is not, oh yeah, being rich and going to hell is bad, but 656 00:28:28,286 --> 00:28:29,576 being poor and going to heaven is good. 657 00:28:31,255 --> 00:28:32,156 That's not the point of the sermon. 658 00:28:32,646 --> 00:28:35,606 The point of the sermon is that Jesus is better than any amount of money 659 00:28:35,606 --> 00:28:40,186 you can ever have, and also having Jesus and having zero money is way 660 00:28:40,186 --> 00:28:42,505 better than anything else either 661 00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:45,396 That's the point. 662 00:28:46,306 --> 00:28:49,936 The point is not, well, yeah, I w- don't wanna go to hell, so of course 663 00:28:49,936 --> 00:28:51,256 I wouldn't pick money over Jesus. 664 00:28:52,346 --> 00:28:52,966 That's not the point 665 00:28:55,618 --> 00:28:59,678 'Cause if all you want is Jesus to be useful to you, to get you 666 00:28:59,678 --> 00:29:02,548 what you want, who's your God? 667 00:29:03,998 --> 00:29:04,548 You are. 668 00:29:05,798 --> 00:29:08,168 Because you just want Jesus to, to make you feel good. 669 00:29:08,197 --> 00:29:10,898 You just want Jesus to keep you safe. 670 00:29:10,968 --> 00:29:13,058 You just want Jesus to take away your anxiety. 671 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:15,757 You just want Jesus to accomplish your plans. 672 00:29:16,598 --> 00:29:17,938 That's you using Jesus. 673 00:29:17,967 --> 00:29:19,588 That's not you worshiping Jesus 674 00:29:26,046 --> 00:29:31,006 So this is a, not just Jesus is more useful to me than money, but Jesus 675 00:29:31,006 --> 00:29:32,756 is better than what money can get me. 676 00:29:33,296 --> 00:29:37,226 Having Jesus is better than what I can get from, from having money. 677 00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:46,586 The opposite, right, of, of this sometimes isn't that, oh, I have a 678 00:29:46,586 --> 00:29:47,866 lot of money and I forget about Jesus. 679 00:29:47,876 --> 00:29:49,996 Sometimes it's I don't have much and I hate it. 680 00:29:50,886 --> 00:29:51,506 And maybe that's you. 681 00:29:51,516 --> 00:29:54,226 Maybe you're like, "Lewis, I don't have a job, my parents don't give me 682 00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:56,836 allowance, I don't have any money, this sermon doesn't apply to me at all." 683 00:29:57,895 --> 00:29:59,956 Well, it really does, 'cause it's not about the money. 684 00:30:00,916 --> 00:30:01,126 Right? 685 00:30:01,126 --> 00:30:05,546 Maybe it's you really wish you had the money 686 00:30:07,838 --> 00:30:09,648 But you don't really wish you had Jesus. 687 00:30:11,438 --> 00:30:11,618 Right? 688 00:30:11,648 --> 00:30:16,988 Discontentment and grumbling are signs of an empty heart, right? 689 00:30:16,998 --> 00:30:22,507 It's a sign of I don't have what I want, I need it, and I'm not… 690 00:30:22,648 --> 00:30:24,308 Jesus isn't good enough for me, right? 691 00:30:24,308 --> 00:30:25,848 Even if you're a Christian and you're grumbling, you're 692 00:30:25,848 --> 00:30:29,648 complaining, you're saying, "What God gave me isn't good enough. 693 00:30:29,958 --> 00:30:30,678 I need more." 694 00:30:32,558 --> 00:30:32,768 Right? 695 00:30:32,768 --> 00:30:35,878 Grumbling really is kind of rebellion against God, right? 696 00:30:35,878 --> 00:30:38,218 So if you're someone who finds yourself complaining a lot and grumbling a lot, 697 00:30:38,717 --> 00:30:42,618 I would say that's a really warning sign for you, 'cause you're telling 698 00:30:42,618 --> 00:30:46,857 God, "God, y- I need something that you haven't given me, and I know better than 699 00:30:46,858 --> 00:30:48,908 you, and I need it to make me happy. 700 00:30:49,347 --> 00:30:50,437 And you can't make me happy. 701 00:30:50,437 --> 00:30:52,368 I need you to give me other stuff to make me happy." 702 00:30:52,498 --> 00:30:58,738 It's really what you're saying, is if I don't have this, I won't be happy, right? 703 00:31:00,127 --> 00:31:04,317 If, if you're only content, if you're only happy when God's desires align with your 704 00:31:04,318 --> 00:31:06,838 desires, you're not gonna be very happy. 705 00:31:08,527 --> 00:31:08,728 Right? 706 00:31:08,728 --> 00:31:12,668 If, if you're, if you only wanna follow God when God works out for you on your 707 00:31:12,668 --> 00:31:16,658 schedule, your timetable, what your plans are, it's not gonna go very well for you 708 00:31:19,038 --> 00:31:23,508 Because that's, again, that's I'll follow God on my terms, not His. 709 00:31:24,978 --> 00:31:25,188 Right? 710 00:31:25,188 --> 00:31:27,868 And that's, that's not what we're after here, right? 711 00:31:27,868 --> 00:31:30,338 We're after following God on His terms 'cause He's better. 712 00:31:30,458 --> 00:31:31,138 He's wiser. 713 00:31:31,298 --> 00:31:35,168 He loves me and knows me, and so I wanna follow Him His way rather than my way 714 00:31:37,214 --> 00:31:39,284 But your money and your heart are connected, right? 715 00:31:39,294 --> 00:31:40,574 Hopefully you've seen that so far. 716 00:31:41,214 --> 00:31:44,444 Um, but not just your money and your heart, but also your money and your 717 00:31:44,484 --> 00:31:46,364 concern, what you care about, right? 718 00:31:46,594 --> 00:31:50,554 So our third point is to be worried about the right things. 719 00:31:51,454 --> 00:31:52,974 Be worried about the right things. 720 00:31:52,974 --> 00:31:56,214 And maybe you didn't expect to talk about what you're worried about in a 721 00:31:56,214 --> 00:31:59,284 sermon about money, but Jesus does. 722 00:31:59,524 --> 00:32:02,084 When he talks about your money, he talks about what you're worried about. 723 00:32:03,694 --> 00:32:07,764 And so really what your money does is show you what you care about, right? 724 00:32:08,004 --> 00:32:09,873 And that's what Jesus says in Matthew 6. 725 00:32:09,874 --> 00:32:10,887 Okay, I'll put it on the screen for you. 726 00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:13,144 In Matthew 6 he says, "Where your treasure is," right? 727 00:32:13,154 --> 00:32:16,753 That's money, what you think is important, "there your heart will be also." 728 00:32:17,084 --> 00:32:20,314 So your treasure is a magnet for your heart. 729 00:32:20,324 --> 00:32:21,023 Think of it like that. 730 00:32:21,313 --> 00:32:24,504 What you think is important, your heart's gonna follow that, okay? 731 00:32:24,964 --> 00:32:28,414 If you think you're important, your heart's gonna be about you, right? 732 00:32:28,894 --> 00:32:31,563 Um, if you think people, uh, people's approval is important, 733 00:32:31,604 --> 00:32:32,543 that's where your heart's gonna go. 734 00:32:33,543 --> 00:32:36,013 Then he starts talking about your eye, which is weird, right? 735 00:32:36,014 --> 00:32:37,484 Because it's like what does that have to do with this? 736 00:32:37,494 --> 00:32:39,313 Is Jesus saying random stuff or how does this work? 737 00:32:39,343 --> 00:32:41,614 Well, okay, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 738 00:32:41,784 --> 00:32:43,873 The eye is the lamp of your body." 739 00:32:43,873 --> 00:32:44,703 So think of it this way. 740 00:32:44,714 --> 00:32:47,403 Your eye, that's what you take in, right? 741 00:32:47,653 --> 00:32:50,003 Uh, what I'm looking at, that's what I'm taking in, that's what I'm 742 00:32:50,513 --> 00:32:52,813 putting my attention towards, right? 743 00:32:53,464 --> 00:32:54,903 "Eye is the lamp of the body. 744 00:32:55,104 --> 00:32:58,303 So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light." 745 00:32:58,303 --> 00:33:01,274 So if you're putting your attention on things that are good for you, 746 00:33:01,773 --> 00:33:03,654 that is good for you, right? 747 00:33:03,654 --> 00:33:05,783 If you put your attention on things that are bad for you, 748 00:33:06,013 --> 00:33:07,144 that's not good for you, right? 749 00:33:07,144 --> 00:33:08,963 If your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. 750 00:33:08,973 --> 00:33:11,883 So where you put your attention affects you. 751 00:33:11,924 --> 00:33:12,503 It changes you. 752 00:33:12,813 --> 00:33:14,533 You become what you put your attention on. 753 00:33:14,553 --> 00:33:15,323 That's what Jesus is saying. 754 00:33:16,604 --> 00:33:19,203 "If the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness?" 755 00:33:19,203 --> 00:33:19,453 Right? 756 00:33:20,223 --> 00:33:23,083 Again, big deal where you put your attention, your focus. 757 00:33:23,883 --> 00:33:26,034 Then Jesus starts talking about money again. 758 00:33:26,113 --> 00:33:28,814 Next verse, verse 24, "No one can serve two masters. 759 00:33:28,814 --> 00:33:32,533 For he will, he will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted 760 00:33:32,534 --> 00:33:34,183 to the one and despise the other." 761 00:33:34,193 --> 00:33:37,793 So basically if you try to serve two masters, you won't. 762 00:33:38,053 --> 00:33:40,844 You'll start liking one more, and then you'll start hating the other one. 763 00:33:41,994 --> 00:33:44,134 You cannot serve God and money. 764 00:33:45,383 --> 00:33:48,634 So he talked about where your treasure is in your heart, then he talked about your 765 00:33:48,643 --> 00:33:52,333 attention, what you, what you're thinking about, what you're putting your eye on, 766 00:33:52,714 --> 00:33:53,764 and then he talked about money again. 767 00:33:54,313 --> 00:33:56,993 So clearly Jesus thinks these two things are connected, what 768 00:33:56,994 --> 00:34:00,903 you're worried about, what you're concerned about, and your money. 769 00:34:01,874 --> 00:34:06,104 And that's because your money is how you show what you care about. 770 00:34:07,184 --> 00:34:09,072 You ever heard the phrase put your money where your mouth is? 771 00:34:10,014 --> 00:34:12,973 What Jesus is saying is you put your money- 772 00:34:15,002 --> 00:34:16,232 Where your worry is. 773 00:34:17,972 --> 00:34:19,042 'Cause what does he talk about after this? 774 00:34:19,161 --> 00:34:21,342 He talks about anxiety, verse 25. 775 00:34:21,752 --> 00:34:23,292 "Therefore, don't be anxious." 776 00:34:23,772 --> 00:34:23,962 Right? 777 00:34:24,012 --> 00:34:26,732 You put your money what, with what you're worried about, right? 778 00:34:26,871 --> 00:34:28,712 People are worried about their safety, they pay tons 779 00:34:28,712 --> 00:34:30,212 of money for security systems. 780 00:34:31,032 --> 00:34:33,402 People are worried about relationships, they spend a ton 781 00:34:33,402 --> 00:34:36,532 of money on connections, right? 782 00:34:36,532 --> 00:34:38,652 Phones, computers, Wi-Fi, right? 783 00:34:39,081 --> 00:34:44,242 People are worried about traveling, they spend a ton of money on vehicles, right? 784 00:34:44,242 --> 00:34:48,041 People are worried about having fun, they spend a ton of money on vacations 785 00:34:48,041 --> 00:34:49,181 and, and things like that, right? 786 00:34:49,442 --> 00:34:51,342 You put your money with what you're worried about. 787 00:34:52,652 --> 00:34:56,531 So that's why your concern, what you're, what you're worried about, 788 00:34:57,161 --> 00:34:58,601 is really gonna follow your… 789 00:35:00,001 --> 00:35:02,532 It's really gonna show you where your heart is. 790 00:35:04,422 --> 00:35:07,471 So I wanna ask you, what's it easy for you to worry about? 791 00:35:08,462 --> 00:35:09,682 What's it easy for you to think about? 792 00:35:12,254 --> 00:35:13,104 That's where your heart is 793 00:35:15,486 --> 00:35:16,976 'Cause that's what you're worried about, that's what you're concerned about. 794 00:35:17,786 --> 00:35:21,796 And that has everything to do with your money, because what's it easy 795 00:35:21,796 --> 00:35:22,946 for you to spend your money on? 796 00:35:23,906 --> 00:35:25,976 What you're worried about, what you're thinking about. 797 00:35:27,546 --> 00:35:28,306 So it's the same thing. 798 00:35:28,316 --> 00:35:29,436 They're all, they're all connected 799 00:35:32,478 --> 00:35:37,658 Your money and how you pursue your money shows who your master is, right? 800 00:35:37,658 --> 00:35:38,288 Who you're serving. 801 00:35:39,148 --> 00:35:40,488 You're serving you, you're serving God 802 00:35:42,782 --> 00:35:47,772 So I hope from this sermon, hopefully you, you've understood 803 00:35:47,772 --> 00:35:50,322 that money isn't about money. 804 00:35:51,352 --> 00:35:56,772 The point of money is to show that God is better than money, right? 805 00:35:56,962 --> 00:35:59,872 God doesn't really care how much money you have. 806 00:36:01,112 --> 00:36:06,302 He cares about how much of your heart money has, right? 807 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:07,892 God doesn't really care about how much money you have. 808 00:36:08,372 --> 00:36:10,622 There's a lot of rich people in the Bible that are righteous, that 809 00:36:10,622 --> 00:36:12,172 are following the Lord faithfully. 810 00:36:12,662 --> 00:36:16,572 But he cares about how much of your heart your money has, how 811 00:36:16,572 --> 00:36:17,842 much of your heart the world has. 812 00:36:19,091 --> 00:36:23,272 That's really why your money matters, because it shows you your heart. 813 00:36:23,732 --> 00:36:24,201 Let's pray. 814 00:36:24,611 --> 00:36:26,202 We'll talk about that more in small groups. 815 00:36:30,344 --> 00:36:36,584 God, we know that you are worth more than everything. 816 00:36:37,344 --> 00:36:44,444 Um, in Philippians 3, Paul says that he has come to know the surpassing 817 00:36:44,444 --> 00:36:48,794 worth of knowing Jesus, that knowing Jesus is better than everything else. 818 00:36:48,864 --> 00:36:52,974 And so I pray that you help us to, to love you, not just to think you're important, 819 00:36:53,654 --> 00:36:59,044 um, but to live like you're important, and to believe it for ourselves, not 820 00:36:59,044 --> 00:37:00,184 just in our heads, but in our hearts. 821 00:37:00,854 --> 00:37:03,093 And I pray that you protect us from loving the world. 822 00:37:03,514 --> 00:37:06,603 I pray that you help us to see how dangerous and, and even subtle it can 823 00:37:06,604 --> 00:37:09,084 be to give our heart away to the world. 824 00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:14,653 And I pray that you help us to use our money to, um, to 825 00:37:14,704 --> 00:37:16,344 show you that you're valuable. 826 00:37:16,433 --> 00:37:18,183 I pray that you help us to be generous with our money. 827 00:37:18,663 --> 00:37:24,663 Help us to be, um, open and not, not stingy and holding onto our money, 828 00:37:24,904 --> 00:37:29,963 but rather be willing to use it for you, to glorify you, to love others, 829 00:37:31,183 --> 00:37:33,664 and for your purposes, not ours. 830 00:37:33,963 --> 00:37:34,883 We pray this in Jesus' name. 831 00:37:35,474 --> 00:37:35,844 Amen.