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[1122.90 --> 1123.78] this sense of like, |
[1123.84 --> 1124.74] if you are generous, |
[1124.82 --> 1126.14] it reveals a heart |
[1126.14 --> 1126.82] that is generous. |
[1127.54 --> 1128.48] And if you are stingy, |
[1128.52 --> 1129.08] it reveals a heart |
[1129.08 --> 1129.74] that is dark |
[1129.74 --> 1130.66] and ingenerous. |
[1130.80 --> 1131.64] Almost like a tree |
[1131.64 --> 1132.68] that bears good fruit |
[1132.68 --> 1133.50] or a bad tree |
[1133.50 --> 1134.38] that bears bad fruit. |
[1134.46 --> 1135.92] But generosity reveals |
[1135.92 --> 1137.82] a heart of health. |
[1138.74 --> 1139.48] And that's why |
[1139.48 --> 1140.16] it's placed there. |
[1140.16 --> 1142.98] But in our context, |
[1142.98 --> 1143.76] I'm just going to say this |
[1143.76 --> 1144.54] as clear as I can, |
[1144.62 --> 1145.22] I think there is |
[1145.22 --> 1146.66] a profound temptation |
[1146.66 --> 1148.56] for us to be selfish, |
[1149.38 --> 1149.90] entitled, |
[1150.66 --> 1151.94] and possessive. |
[1152.62 --> 1152.92] Right? |
[1153.26 --> 1153.92] We're selfish |
[1153.92 --> 1154.86] with the stuff we have, |
[1155.10 --> 1155.92] we feel entitled |
[1155.92 --> 1156.58] to more and more |
[1156.58 --> 1157.24] of that stuff, |
[1157.30 --> 1158.34] and the stuff we have, |
[1158.38 --> 1159.08] we sort of hoard |
[1159.08 --> 1159.78] to ourselves. |
[1160.52 --> 1161.20] And that story |
[1161.20 --> 1161.84] of my in-laws |
[1161.84 --> 1162.64] was one of those moments |
[1162.64 --> 1162.96] where I'm like, |
[1163.00 --> 1164.02] yeah, sharing the stuff |
[1164.02 --> 1164.64] we have |
[1164.64 --> 1165.54] is the calling |
[1165.54 --> 1166.16] of the church. |
[1166.80 --> 1167.76] And I sometimes worry |
[1167.76 --> 1168.48] that we amass |
[1168.48 --> 1169.10] so much stuff |
[1169.10 --> 1169.86] and then as Christians, |
[1170.00 --> 1170.88] we do what everyone else does. |
[1171.04 --> 1172.38] We sort of put our arms around it. |
[1172.42 --> 1172.58] We say, |
[1172.66 --> 1173.94] we're not willing to share it. |
[1174.36 --> 1174.84] We're not willing |
[1174.84 --> 1175.50] to lend it out |
[1175.50 --> 1176.70] to people who might scratch it |
[1176.70 --> 1177.20] or dent it |
[1177.20 --> 1177.86] or use it in a way |
[1177.86 --> 1178.54] we're not happy with. |
[1178.70 --> 1179.14] And it's like, |
[1179.26 --> 1179.50] really? |
[1180.00 --> 1180.72] Is that how the church |
[1180.72 --> 1181.44] is called to live |
[1181.44 --> 1182.76] with all the stuff |
[1182.76 --> 1183.76] God has given us? |
[1184.10 --> 1185.00] I'm not so sure. |
[1185.88 --> 1186.82] And I think we're invited |
[1186.82 --> 1187.66] to a sense of |
[1187.66 --> 1189.08] healthy detachment |
[1189.08 --> 1191.04] with our earthly treasures. |
[1192.06 --> 1193.30] And this increasing |
[1193.30 --> 1194.68] spirit-led eagerness |
[1194.68 --> 1196.08] to see other people |
[1196.08 --> 1196.84] blessed |
[1196.84 --> 1198.82] by the stuff we have |
[1198.82 --> 1200.04] cared for |
[1200.04 --> 1200.74] by the resources |
[1200.74 --> 1201.42] we have |
[1201.42 --> 1203.04] used for its purposes |
[1203.04 --> 1204.12] in ways that other people |
[1204.12 --> 1205.06] can be blessed by. |
[1207.44 --> 1208.04] I remember |
[1208.04 --> 1209.06] visiting a pastor |
[1209.06 --> 1209.76] in San Diego. |
[1210.94 --> 1211.30] In fact, |
[1211.34 --> 1212.22] I visited him in November |
[1212.22 --> 1213.68] which is a super dangerous time |
[1213.68 --> 1214.94] to fly from B.C. |
[1214.98 --> 1215.60] to San Diego |
[1215.60 --> 1216.16] because it's like |
[1216.16 --> 1216.84] pouring rain |
[1216.84 --> 1217.34] and depressing. |
[1217.78 --> 1218.40] Then I got to visit |
[1218.40 --> 1219.68] this sunny church plant |
[1219.68 --> 1220.22] in San Diego. |
[1220.32 --> 1220.46] I'm like, |
[1220.48 --> 1221.42] how do I get this gig? |
[1221.52 --> 1222.42] Right by the ocean. |
[1222.98 --> 1224.06] And I'm visiting this pastor. |
[1224.18 --> 1225.64] He's in a very affluent neighborhood. |
[1226.32 --> 1227.02] And it just felt like |
[1227.02 --> 1227.86] he had everything put together |
[1227.86 --> 1228.56] in his church. |
[1228.76 --> 1229.06] I'm like, |
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