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Avarice (Greed)

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Greediness: Having a keen appetite For.... 10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. 11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze…

Revelation 18:1-24 THE DESTRUCTION OF ECONOMIC BABYLON The End Times-#42 Intro : In our last study, we considered the destruction of religious Babylon. The Bible paints a horrific picture of the end of all false religion. One day, every belief system in the world that bypasses the Lord Jesus Christ will…

Introduction “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” A Day of HONESTY And you shall know…

Worshiping Wealth My struggles with greed and theft. Where do we go wrong when it comes to wealth?: Gamble Debt Get rich quick schemes Faith Fortunes What are we really looking for? Luck - escape the trap of work Immediate Gratification Outsmart the system The goal of my faith lies on the other side…

8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without…

An important subject Money impacts physically, spiritually and mentally, no wonder there is much in the bible about it. (Insert money key words PowerPoint slide here) Look at those words, would you think they accurately speak about money and what we think or may do with it? Bible speaks a great deal…

Intro Week three of four in this series Looking at some of the things that people object to when they consider the Church Week one: Hypocrisy Week two: Leadership and the failure of leadership both in but also of the Church. This week we are looking at Money. 56.7% say that we are too focused on money…

19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. Thesis/Central Idea: The cares of this world are the pursuit of possessions and wealth, and a preoccupation with material things is futile and dissatisfying.…

8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without…

Greed harms others - but it also harms us ourselves so Jesus tells us to be on our guard against it. Jesus tells a story of a rich man and his folly to teach us how.

Introduction: Any author knows that a key element of a good story is an attention-grabbing introduction and a strong conclusion. In similar manner, God gives a 10th commandment that is significantly different than the previous 5—disrespect, anger, unfaithfulness, theft, and lying. What sets 1 and 10…

In this sermon, pastor John walks us through what it means when we fear something other than the fear of the LORD. Nehemiah has accomplished much in his leading and has successfully accomplished great tasks against the enemies desires but now the battle lies within the family of God and this is due to followers of God no longer walking in the fear of God.

If you’ve been with us - you know that for the month of May, we are discussing various topics within Christianity... Topics that I believe - if NOT discussed on a regular basis (annual for us) - that we’ll run the risk of getting ourselves OUT AHEAD of GOD... instead of being LED - BY Him! We started…

Intro review: God ‘s kingdom Inheritance five lists of those who do not inherit: sexually immoral (summary term) idolaters (idol of body and gratifying flesh) adulterers (not committed to the design of God between man and woman and those who lust after those whom they are not married to) effeminate homosexuals…

11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 1/3 of the estate. According to Jewish law. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he…

1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.…

8.23.15 week 30 LIGHT FOR THE LOST - Introduction: The tension and controversy of who Christ is, is growing each day that passes. Some who are hearing Christ are submitting to His teachings and authority, while others are growing more and more hostile. It is within this hostile environment that Christ…

“Move that Bus” these words started becoming famous in December of 2002. These words were shouted over and over again by groups of excited people as they waited the unveiling of a gorgeous house. The TV cameras would be rolling and the family that was about to move into the house would respond with wide…

If you’ve been with us the past couple of weeks - 2 weeks ago we broke into chapter 5 of Galatians... And we saw that Paul highlighted for the Galatians - the 2 paths of humanity The path of Freedom The path of Slavery That freedom - ultimately, only comes through Jesus Christ... And that the only other…

Today we continue to walk through Paul’s letter to the Galatians…and what we’ve been hearing OVER and OVER again from Paul... Is that the Galatians - IF THEY were to receive circumcision as a means of salvation - would become ACCOUNTABLE for the whole law! They would take themselves - back UNDER the…

This night is a really important night. If you remember when we started this series, I said we were going to be talking about a three-letter word: SEX sex. Now, like I said in our first week, I know some of you giggled uncomfortable rolled your eyes paid attention All of those responses I just outlined…

Shoulds I had the most wonderful start to my day on Friday. I woke up with a song in my head. Take it easy easy God already loves you completely Take it easy easy Rest in the shade of His wing And instead of finding my glasses - which is my usual habit. I decided not to. Instead of plugging in my ear-pods…

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