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The Seven Deadly Sins: GREED
Text: Luke 12:13-21
Theme: Greed is not good.
Christians must instead >seek first the kingdom of God= and thus become >rich toward God.=
In this parable, the rich man died before he could use all that he
had stored in his barns.
He mistakenly believed that the wealth he had amassed was his alone.
Jesus viewed his attitude as a form of greed.
When you concentrate your efforts on amassing wealth and material things and ignore God=s plan for your resources, you violate one of His key principles B stewardship of property and possessions.
Jesus illustrates to His listeners that if you plan only for this life, you are heading for eternity empty-handed.
*I.
GREED IS BASIC TO HUMAN NATURE*
1. notice the warning
Luke 12:15 /A//Beware, and be on your guard against every form /
/of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions//@/ NASB
a. Jesus was striking out against one of the most common
misconceptions B that life equals possessions
b. or that the more possessions a man or woman has, the
better life will be
2. now, I already know what some of you are thinking . . .
a. /A//Aw, preacher, you may have hit a little too close to /
/home with those sermons on pride and envy, but I know for sure that I don//=//t have a problem with greed.//@/
3. are you sure you don=t have a problem with it?
a. OK, so let me ask you some diagnostic questions that
might help you evaluate where your are in regard to the morning=s topic
(1) you don=t have to raise your hands on these!
b. how many of you have ever bought or continue to
purchase Missouri lottery tickets?
1) if so, you /might/ have a problem with greed
2) nawh, you probably just do it to insure our children=s
education, right?
(a) the possibility of winning multi-millions of dollars
doesn=t even enter your mind
b. how many of you send back your Publisher=s Clearing
House entry form promising God that you=ll tithe on that $10 million dollars, no questions asked?
1) if so, you /might/ have a problem with greed
c. how many of you have ever made a trip to one of those
lake-side developments because your letter said that you were >one of three lucky contestants= who could win a car?
1) if so, you /might/ have a problem with greed
d. how many of you do not give a tithe of your income to
the church or Christian causes?
1) if not, you /might/ have a problem with greed
*A.
JESUS**=** PARABLE ILLUSTRATES THAT MEN ARE *
*SELDOM CONTENT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND WANT CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THEY DESERVE*
ILLUS.*
*The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant once said,
/A//Give a man everything he desires and yet at this very moment he will feel that everything is not everything.//@/
Luke 12:15 /A//Then he said to them, "Watch out!
Be on your /
/guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."//@/
(NIV)
1. in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve knew true
contentment
a. God provided for their every need and they lived in
perfect harmony with their Creator
2. then /pride/, the first deadly sin, entered the picture and
Adam and Eve believed the devil=s lie that God was holding out on them and they became /envious/
a. they wanted more than they had and greed was born
3. Western literature abounds with fables and stories that
teach us to be on guard against greed
a. such as the story of /The Fisherman and His Wife/ I read
to the children
4. the fisherman=s wife reveals a common problem of attitude
among many of America=s citizens today
a. she felt she was owed prosperity
* *
\\ *B.
ENTITLEMENT HAS REPLACED INDUSTRY AND GREED HAS *
*REPLACED BENEVOLENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE*
1. let me say, first of all, that achievement and
accomplishment are inbred desires
a. our God is a successful God and He has engineered us
for success
1) the desire for material gain and the accumulation of
wealth is found in every culture on earth
b. the desire to be successful . . . the desire to achieve
reputation and prosperity are not in and of themselves wrong
1) money and wealth, while not evil in themselves, are
capable of corrupting the human heart and diverting our attention from what is most important B seeking the kingdom of God
c. what has changed in America is how many of our fellow
citizens achieve their wealth B it reveals a changing attitude about money and possessions
2. some of our citizens believe that they are /entitled// /to
prosperity
a. there was a time when industry B that is, good >ol
fashioned hard work, imagination, ingenuity, and fairness were the means to success and prosperity
1) it was not uncommon to work a life-time in order to
achieve it
b.
today, however, we are well into the third generation of
citizens who believe that they are /entitled/ to financial support whether they work for it or not
1) many of our citizens are convinced that there is some
person, or some cooperation, or some government agency up the line that has an abundance of wealth that rightly ought to be shared
2) their attitude is, />//I//=//m entitled to my fair share of the /
/American pie whether I//=//ve worked for it or not.
It//=//s not fair that others should have so much.//@/
c. folks let me tell you what that attitude really is B it=s greed
3. some of our citizens believe that they can /borrow/ their way
into prosperity
a. the good news this morning is that many people have
finally realized that money can't buy happiness
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