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Bringing the Materialistic Person to Christ
ESS: It is a grave error for a person to make material possessions the major emphasis of their life.
OSS: Believers will be equipped to help materialistic people come to Christ.
PQ: What truths can I share with a materialistic unbeliever to help bring them to Christ?
UW: truths
Introduction:
What truths can I share with a materialistic unbeliever to help bring them to Christ?
TS: Help them to understand that there are three ways to know when their life is out of kilter.
I- When material possession more important than people.
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A- The mind becomes preoccupied with the pursuit of material gain.
1- The man in the text missed what Jesus had been teaching.
a.
His only concern was his father's estate.
b.
Notice what he had already missed:
1) The joy of assembling to hear what Jesus was about to teach.
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to teach.
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(a) He missed sharing in the excitement of the moment.
moment.
· It appears he was oblivious to the magnitude of the crowd around him
· It appears that he was oblivious to the excitement of the crowd around him.
· It appears that he was oblivious to opportunities for fellowship with people around him.
2) He missed the lesson that truth and righteousness will prevail.
(Verse 1b – 3)
will prevail.
(Verse 1b – 3)
· Hypocrisy will be revealed and dealt with.
· If he were right, he would be vindicated by God.
3) He missed the lesson that man's main concern is to be his relationship with the heavenly father.()
be his relationship with the heavenly father.
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· God is to be reverenced, not things.
(V. 4 – 5)
· God will provide all of our needs.
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6 – 7) ()
· the Lord desires to be acknowledged publicly as Savior and Lord (v. 8 – 9)
· the Lord grants power and guidance to those who choose to follow him.
(v. 10 – 12)
B- Both men and God become viewed as the means to attain material gain.
material gain.
1- This fellow tries to get Jesus to use his authority to force his brother to settle the estate, thereby increasing his wealth.
(v.
13b)
his brother to settle the estate, thereby increasing his
wealth.
(v.
13b)
2- Some people have the idea they can use God for material gain.
gain.
3- Notice that Jesus refused to cater to this guy's demands.
II- When selfish desires to place of focusing upon God's will for one's life ().
A- A focus on self will occurs when God's will is ignored and replaced with the use of human reasoning.
replaced with the use of human reasoning.
1- There are scriptural principles that will guide us in every situation.
situation.
a.
All an individual has to do is to search God's word to find guiding principles for life.
b.
An individual whose life's focus is material gain for the purpose of self gratification will attempt to use human logic to justify unethical practices.
they will usually ignore the counsel of God's word.
· A good way to expose this line of thinking is by asking questions designed to uncover the faulty reasoning and compromise of ethics in the life of the individual.
B- A focus on self-will occurs when the purpose of self-glorification and not God's glory is the object of life and actions.
1- Notice the focus of the man in the text.
a- 2 times in verse 13, the man himself uses personal pronoun.
pronoun.
b- Jesus drives home the attitude of the man by telling a story with that same focus.
story with that same focus.
1) The personal pronoun is used 10 times in 3 verses.
verses.
· You might say, the man was suffering from “I” strain.
III- When eternity is forgotten in all is done with only this life in view ().
A- It is important to help them understand the foolishness of focusing on this life and material goods.
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focusing on this life and material goods.
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1- It is foolish because we never know when this life will come to an end.
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come to an end.
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a- There is no promise of tomorrow for any of us.
* Young man in Mansfield – 30 years old.
died of a heart attack as he arose from bed to go to work.Had his whole life planned with his wife – even down to death.
a heart attack as he arose from bed to go to work.
Had his whole life planned with his wife – even
down to death.
* Harold in Scott.
He told me he had to work all of the time.
Did not even have time to consider his relationship with Christ.
His excuse was putting his children through school.
of the time.
Did not even have time to
consider his relationship with Christ.
His
excuse was putting his children through
school.
2- It is foolish because we cannot keep what we have saved up.
up.
a. Ask: "How much would you leave when you die?"
1) answer: all of it!
B- It is important to help them understand that it is foolish to fail to be rich toward God ().
to be rich toward God ().
1- The only positive guarantees are made to the person who focuses on the growing relationship with Christ.
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focuses on the growing relationship with Christ.
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a.
We are to love him above all else.()
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