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American Idols
!! •    April 15: Respect
!! •    April 22: Money
!! •    April 29: Power
!! •    May 6: Sex
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! Idols
!! •    Good things in this creation that our hearts grab hold of, turning them into ultimate things that we build our identities on.
!! •    In each case we’ll see that idolatry is the pursuit and grasping after these things, violating trust and the “giftness” of them.
Idolatry is HOW we pursue them.
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The idol of money
!! •    Isn’t it fairly obvious when someone has money as their primary idol?
What are the symptoms?
!! •    Does anyone ever think they are greedy?
!! •    How common is it really?
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True or False
!! •    The Bible says “Money is the root of all evil”
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Those who want to be rich
!! •    Fall into (“be caught with fishhooks”, fall into the hands of bandits”)
!!! –   Temptation~/trials (Jesus with the devil)
!!! –   Snares, traps (that bring death)
!!! –   Epithumia: inordinate desires (idols)
!!!! •   That are many, foolish, and harmful
!!!! •   Which sink (like a ship) people into ruin and destruction
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! Idols
!! •    Good things in this creation that our hearts grab hold of, turning them into ultimate things that we build our identities on.
!! •    In each case we’ll see that idolatry is the pursuit and grasping after these things, violating trust and the “giftness” of them.
Idolatry is HOW we pursue them.
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Money is a gateway idol
!! •    The glorious thing about money is its ability to translate value from one thing to another
!!! –   It’s not the money, it’s what it gets you
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Money serves and enables other idols
!! •    Security
!! •    Pleasure~/Entertainment~/Diversion
!! •    Control~/Power
!! •    Money gives us a taste of idols we’ve never known, it introduces us to new idols
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! Idols
!! •    Good things in this creation that our hearts grab hold of, turning them into ultimate things that we build our identities on.
!! •    In each case we’ll see that idolatry is the pursuit and grasping after these things, violating trust and the “giftness” of them.
Idolatry is HOW we pursue them.
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Is it true
!! •    Money comes to those who work hard
!!! –   If someone has money it’s because they have worked hard
!!! –   Those who don’t have money it’s because they are lazy
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Do these look like lazy people?
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