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[568.28 --> 569.40] That's not what Jesus teaches. |
[569.54 --> 571.20] It does lead to all sorts of evil, |
[571.42 --> 572.64] but it itself is not evil. |
[572.64 --> 576.00] God is a generous God who gives good gifts for us to enjoy. |
[576.58 --> 579.46] But these gifts so quickly become our slave owners, |
[580.08 --> 582.32] and we become enslaved to them. |
[582.72 --> 584.24] And that's the real threat. |
[585.04 --> 588.02] And I used to think that greed was an issue |
[588.02 --> 589.30] for some people over there. |
[589.60 --> 590.46] The older I get, |
[590.52 --> 592.38] the more I realize that greed is an issue for all of us, |
[592.44 --> 595.10] especially in a consumer society, right? |
[595.36 --> 596.64] Where at any stage, |
[596.70 --> 598.08] there's going to be things you want, |
[598.18 --> 599.08] money you want, |
[599.36 --> 600.22] things you want to buy, |
[600.36 --> 601.40] housing you want to afford, |
[601.40 --> 603.30] and you're always chasing for more. |
[603.50 --> 605.92] And that hunger is deep within our sinful condition |
[605.92 --> 607.50] to want more of stuff, |
[607.86 --> 609.82] more money to fund a certain lifestyle, |
[610.14 --> 612.00] more and more and more. |
[612.80 --> 613.84] And Jesus invites us |
[613.84 --> 616.80] into a totally different way of being. |
[617.98 --> 619.30] And his way of saying it, |
[619.66 --> 621.26] in contrast to storing up for ourselves |
[621.26 --> 622.40] treasures on earth is, |
[622.78 --> 624.68] to store up treasures for ourself in heaven. |
[625.76 --> 626.54] And I don't know about you, |
[626.62 --> 628.10] but that is a strange phrase. |
[628.10 --> 630.10] Like when you think of that even, |
[630.32 --> 632.46] how do you imagine doing that, right? |
[632.62 --> 634.44] How do you store up for yourself |
[634.44 --> 636.36] treasures in heaven? |
[638.42 --> 640.08] Now, you won't be surprised maybe to hear |
[640.08 --> 641.20] that there's different ways |
[641.20 --> 642.68] that people interpret that phrase. |
[643.42 --> 645.14] And I happen to like more than one of them. |
[645.24 --> 646.76] One is to live in a way |
[646.76 --> 648.20] that reflects eternity, right? |
[648.28 --> 649.62] You live with character, |
[649.82 --> 650.60] you develop relationships, |
[650.74 --> 651.64] and you live in a way of, |
[651.76 --> 653.36] you invest in the things that will last. |
[653.90 --> 654.96] But I like this way, |
[655.02 --> 656.80] this comes from a fellow named N.T. Wright. |
[656.80 --> 658.98] He says, Jesus talks about heaven |
[658.98 --> 660.78] as the kingdom of heaven. |
[661.38 --> 663.20] In fact, that's a phrase he repeats a lot |
[663.20 --> 664.16] in the Gospel of Matthew. |
[664.66 --> 666.28] And for Jesus, the kingdom of heaven |
[666.28 --> 667.86] is this coming rule |
[667.86 --> 670.10] that will come when he returns in glory. |
[670.42 --> 671.00] And it's his kingdom |
[671.00 --> 672.60] that will fill the earth of peace, |
[672.98 --> 675.04] of justice, of care for the poor. |
[675.20 --> 676.60] There will be no more warfare, |
[676.74 --> 678.58] no more division between the wealthy and the poor. |
[679.00 --> 680.78] All the needs of the world will be met |
[680.78 --> 681.96] when Jesus' kingdom comes. |
[682.30 --> 683.76] And the church, then, |
[684.32 --> 685.82] is the community that sees |
[685.82 --> 687.50] and catches a glimpse of that future |
[687.50 --> 689.56] because of what Jesus is doing in the church |
[689.56 --> 691.46] and begins to live now |
[691.46 --> 693.76] what will one day be normal for the whole earth. |
[694.86 --> 696.38] Or my father-in-law, |
[696.48 --> 697.52] who's written on the story of the Bible, |
[697.60 --> 699.58] he says, the church is sort of the sneak preview |
[699.58 --> 701.80] in a movie of the future. |
[701.98 --> 703.66] You know, when you go to see sneak previews |
[703.66 --> 704.48] at a movie theater, |
[704.54 --> 705.84] it gives you a glimpse of what's coming. |
[705.92 --> 707.18] The church is the glimpse |
[707.18 --> 708.86] of the way the world is gonna be |
[708.86 --> 710.20] when Jesus returns in glory. |
[710.76 --> 712.12] And if you read the book of Acts |
[712.12 --> 714.48] and you pay attention to how the church is living, |
[714.58 --> 716.80] you'll see that they are caring for the poor |
[716.80 --> 718.64] because they know that in God's future, |
[718.70 --> 719.64] the poor will be cared for. |
[719.98 --> 721.02] They are giving generously |
[721.02 --> 721.92] because they know in the future |
[721.92 --> 722.74] there will be generosity. |
[723.28 --> 724.84] They are living in just ways |
[724.84 --> 727.04] and caring in all sorts of amazing ways |
[727.04 --> 728.94] because they know that day is coming |
[728.94 --> 729.82] when Christ returns. |
[730.52 --> 733.96] They are storing up treasures for heaven. |
[735.66 --> 737.02] And for the rest of our time here, |
[737.06 --> 738.10] I'm actually gonna focus on |
[738.10 --> 739.96] how we do that practically. |
[739.96 --> 742.52] And I'm trying to keep myself on time here |
[742.52 --> 743.76] because we're gonna take a little more time |
[743.76 --> 744.84] with communion this morning. |
[745.56 --> 746.54] But I wanna open up, |
[746.60 --> 748.10] what are the practical ways |
[748.10 --> 750.36] that we store up for ourselves |
[750.36 --> 751.54] treasures in heaven? |
[752.24 --> 753.52] And here are the three things |
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