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*Luke 12:22-34*
*“Who…Me, Worry?”*
v Cigarettes
Ø In 1966 cigarette warnings began to be printed on the packs
§ It read…
· Caution: Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health
Ø Updated in 1970
§ Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health
v Currently…
Ø The surgeon general has determined that:
§ Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy.
§ Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.
§ Smoking By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight.
§ Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.
v The reason there is a warning on cigarettes is that they are
Ø Highly addictive and Slow killers
§ And so is the subject Jesus deals with in our text today…
· Worrying
v Worry or anxiety is a lot like a pack of cigarettes (*Pick up “Worry” pack*)
Ø It should come with its own warning…
Ø *READ Cigarette pack with worry on it*
§ God Almighty warning:
· Worry causes Soul Cancer, Heart Disease, inactivity, And May Complicate spiritual growth.
· Quitting worrying Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Faith.
· Worrying By New Christians May Result in spiritual growth defects, leaving the faith Prematurely, And Low evangelism rate.
· Worrying Contains Lack of Faith
v Knowing this…
Ø Jesus turns from the crowd to his disciples and says…
*READ 12:22-34*
v There is a danger in having too much as well as too little
Ø Jesus just taught on the dangers of having too much
§ The Rich Fool
Ø Now he turns and gives a warning to those who have too little
§ And tells them to “Beware” of worry ~/ anxiety
*Worrying*
Ø The word translated “worry” in Luke 12:22 & 29 means “to be torn apart,” or “to be held in suspense.”
§ It is the picture of a ship being tossed in a storm.
Ø Our English word /worry /comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word that means “to strangle.”
§ And that is what worry does to a believer’s faith…
· It strangles it
Ø Corrie Ten Boom
§ “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
Ø E.
Stanley Jones
§ Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrows troubles
Ø Kent Hughes
§ Worry loads the present with the weight of the future
Ø Worry, it is said, is the great inhibitor of action
v And that is why Jesus focus in on worrying
Ø Because it neutralizes a disciple, makes him or her spiritually ineffective
The United States Public Health Service issued a statement some time ago about the tendency of worry to weaken and shorten life.
It reads in part:
"So far as is known, no bird ever tried to build more nests than its neighbor.
No fox ever fretted because it had only one hole in which to hide.
No squirrel ever died of anxiety, lest it should not lay up enough for two winters instead of one, and no dog ever lost any sleep over the fact that it had not enough bones laid aside for the declining years."
Worry wreaks havoc.
It makes you ineffective and inefficient.
It weakens you for the long pull.
v And that is exactly what Satan wants…
Ø Ineffective, stunted, preoccupied, unproductive, fruitless, anxiety-filled, worry ridden disciples
v Remember, Jesus is addressing this section to his disciples!
(v.
22)
Ø He knew that they gave up everything to follow him
§ They would need this teaching in their calling
· So he gives them 3 reasons not to worry and a way to overcome worry
*Reason #1*
v *Realize Your Value*
Ø Jesus helps us realize our value by way of two examples…
Ø Consider the Ravens (v.
24-26)
§ Jesus goes to bottom of the creature barrel
· Unclean animal (Lev 11)
· Despised bird
¨ Yet God Feeds them!
Ø /V.
24 ~~ They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them/
§ Idea is…
· If God cares for them, how much more will he care for you!
| Said the Robin to the Sparrow, “I should really like to knowWhy these anxious human beingsRush about and worry so.” | Said the sparrow to the robin“Friend, I think that it must beThey have no heavenly fatherSuch as cares for you and me.”
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Ø That is what we are saying when we worry
§ Our heavenly father does not care for us
· Scripture tells us that that is not true at all!
¨ *1 Peter 5:7*
Ø /Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you./
Ø We have to realize that the Lord cares for us and values us
He then turns to a second example…
Ø Consider the Lilies (v.
27-28)
§ Jesus turns from unclean birds to another extreme example
· The basic, simple, short-lived plants
¨ Lilies = scarlet anemones
Ø Bloom after rain, live one day and then die
§ Yet God Clothes!
· /V.
27 ~~ Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these/
Ø *Illustration: Talk about Rose*
§ M.
Luther…
· It seems that the flower stands there and makes us blush and becomes our teacher.
Thank you, flowers, you who are to be devoured by the cows!
God has exalted you very highly, that you become our masters and teachers.
¨ If God takes the time to dress a flower like this…
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