Sunday Message: Tackling Ten Timeless Truths, Part 3

Tackling 10 Timeless truths. That will transform every aspect

of your life. They are Timeless because they

go across culture, they go from Century to Century.

They're always going to be there and you're going to tackle them

throughout the rest of your life.

But they are very important for us to understand if Christ is

sufficient and he is if Christ is all Supreme and he is which

is the theme of the book of Hebrews then it will be seen and

how you live your life it would manifest itself.

Number one in your Option, number two, your commitment and

never three your contentment, right?

Those are the first three points.

First one dealt with the fact that we need to respond with

love to the needs of others. That's compassion with, we love

the Brethren that are Among Us in the church or whether we are

lovers of strangers or whether we are visiting those in prison,

those who are suffering. We have compassion toward those

who are in need. So you respond with love to the

needs of others. Number two, you reaffirm your

loyalty to me. I reach, this is commitment.

We reaffirm our loyalty to marriage marriage is to be

honored among all not just some, but by all.

And that's so important. Because the Bible tells us the

first Peter 3 first number seven, the husbands are to honor

their wives as the most precious position that they have.

So, I know I'm honoring marriage.

When I honor my wife as my most precious possession because he

honors me, the Lord says, I will honor.

And so I honor the Lord by honoring my Wife.

And but I honor my wife, I honor marriage and and I hold it in

high esteem. I exalted as as the Bible says

because it's God's Divine institution.

He goes on to talk about the fact that they'll be great

judgment upon Those who commit fornication and those who are

adulterers So, you moved from compassion, to commitment to

contentment. If we respond with loved what

the needs of others and reaffirm your loyalty to marriage, then

number three, you resist the love.

Of money. Verse number 4, excuse me.

Verse number 5, make sure that your character is free from the

Love of Money, being content with what you have.

For he himself has said, I will never desert you nor will I ever

forsake you so that we confidently.

Say the Lord is my helper. I will not be afraid.

What will man do? To me.

Resisting the love of money will be a Temptation.

You will tackle throughout the rest of your life learning not

to covet learning, not to be filled with greed and avarice.

But to truly be content with the things that God has given to

you. you know, one thing about the rich, They know something,

the poor don't. And that is, they know that

money cannot buy you happiness. The poor don't know that, but

the rich do. They realize that.

They realize that their richest can make them a little bit more

comfortable. Maybe that would be true.

Things a little bit more convenient, that would be true

as well. But it can't bring you

contentment. And certainly can bring you

happiness. They know that.

That money can buy them a bed. But money cannot buy them sleep.

They know that money can buy them a gun.

But money cannot buy them security.

They know that money can buy them companionship.

But it cannot buy them. Friendship.

They know probably better than anyone else knows that money.

Can buy you medicine. But it cannot buy you health.

Money. Can buy you, pleasure.

But it cannot buy you, peace. Money can buy you a crucifix but

it can't buy you savior. Because the things that are

eternal. Cannot be purchased.

With things on the Earth. This is the writer of Hebrews.

Is going to emphasize that very unique point.

That of Christ really is enough. if you really is sufficient, he

is Supreme Over All. Are you content with that?

Is that good enough for you? Or is there always a little bit

more? You must have. one officer said

to him, little is not enough. Nothing is ever enough.

That's true. To whom little is not enough.

Nothing is ever. Enough. so, the question comes,

Are you one who resists the Love of Money?

By being content with the things that you have.

The word content is unique word. Paul would use the Greek word

because the stoics believe that to be content.

You had to be self-sufficient, satisfied and independent other

words, you were independent of anything, external independent

of anything around you, because you are satisfied, insufficient

with where you're at. Paul would use that word.

As he talks about contentment of Philippians chapter 4, when he

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said that, I've learned to be content in whatever state I am

in. And he uses that word, simply

because it's not about his own self, sufficiency, but in God's

sufficiency in his life Because God's efficiency leads to God

satisfaction and God satisfaction leads.

You not to be dependent upon external things but completely

dependent upon the God, who is all sufficient for everything.

So the word sufficient or the word adequate?

We were satisfied. All the same.

Is that which characterizes those who is just the love?

Of money. How about you?

Are you satisfied with your salary or do you need just a

little bit more? Are you satisfied with your

home? Oh, do you something a little

bit bigger? Are you satisfied?

with the number of children, you have Or do you need?

Just need one more. Are you satisfied with what God

has given to you? You see if Christ is all

sufficient in all Supreme, then he will be enough for me.

So, the Bible speaks a lot about money, believe it or not. and as

it does, that explains to us, many things, That would need to

be aware of in fact over in first, Timothy chapter 6.

Paul says this, For the Love of Money is the root of all sorts

of evil and some by longing for it.

Have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves

with many griefs. You know, think about that.

It's called it cause Dimas second, Timothy 4.

Verse number 10, Who Loved this present world to wander away

from the faith. His love for the things of the

world, his love for money. How about Judas?

Judas had a love for money. He's willing to betray his Lord

for a certain amount of money. But no one ever believe that

Judas will be that kind of guy because Judas was the most

trusted of all the disciples because he held the money.

Everybody thought that Judas was the most Godly person.

The most holy person, the most committed person.

But he was the son of perdition. Because down deep, he loved.

Money. Unless, and Sapphira.

They were killed in church for their Love of Money.

They loved us so much, he would lie about how much they would

solar home for. And God struck him dead.

In church. So we must learn to resist the

Love of Money. In fact, it says this in verse

number, nine, halves, 436, those who want to get, rich fall into

temptation, not those who are rich.

Those who want to get rich, there's a difference, right?

Abraham was rich. Joe was rich, right?

All you have to do is read scripture.

Solomon was rich. Which is man who ever lived.

So it's not riches that caused you to fall Temptation into

temptation. It's the love of money.

It's the love of riches. So he says, but those who want

to get, rich fall into temptation and a snare and many

foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into ruin and

destruction. Wow.

Why is that? Because riches are deceitful.

We know that from the parable of the sower and the soil in Mark's

gospel as the Lord speaks about the Thorny soil.

And how that thorny soil chokes out the seed of the Gospel.

For Mark's gospel, the 4th chapter.

It says this. And others are the ones in whom

the seed was sown among the thorns.

And these are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries

of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the

desires of other things, enter in and choke the word, and it

becomes unfruitful Riches are so deceitful.

And we don't even recognize it. But they are.

Listen to what the Bible says in the Book of Proverbs.

The 23rd chapter of the fourth verse.

Do not weary yourself to gain wealth.

Do not wear yourself to do that. Cease from your consideration of

it. When you set your eyes on it, it

is gone. For wealth can certainly makes

itself wings like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

How true is that? Every time I go to the gas pump,

I'm like there goes my money. Flying away, spreading wings and

off it goes. Whether it's the grocery store,

whether it's the gas pump, whether it's McDonald's,

everything's just flying away. Is there one minute gone?

The next Solomon knows this. He's a rich man. in fact, he

says he's words in in Proverbs chapter, Chapter 24.

I'm sorry. My bad.

Chapter 29. A faithful man.

Will abound with blessings. But he who makes haste to be

rich will not go unpunished. One who saw him was talking to

you there. How about this verse 22, a man

with an evil eye. Hastens after wealth.

And does not know that want will come.

Upon him, in other words, he's hastening to get rich, he will

do all he can to gain wealth. And when he does, he doesn't

recognize that, he's just going to want it all the more because

he can never get enough of it. and so over in, Proverbs Chapter

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11. Solomon would say these words.

Proverbs chapter 11 verse number 28, he who trusts in his riches.

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Will fall. But the righteous will flourish

like a green leaf. The Bible has so much to say

about riches. And wealth and the love of those

things. So the writer of Hebrews comes

back and says, listen if Christ really is all sufficient for

you, you have to learn to be content satisfied with what God

has given to you. Because that's going to enable

you to resist the Love of Money. Back early on in the book of

Deuteronomy. As as Moses is reiterating the

law of the nation of Israel. Listen to what he says.

Verse number 11 of Deuteronomy chapter 8, be aware that you do.

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Not forget the Lord your God beware.

He's still in this Israel. Those who had seen the, the

miraculous plagues and in Egypt, those have been taken through

the Wilderness for 40 years and seen all that God had done by

providing water for them and providing food for them, taking

care of them that the soles of their shoes.

Never wore out. Got to care them.

So Moses said, Beware. Lest you forget?

The Lord your God. By not keeping his Commandments

and his ordinances and statutes which I am commanding you today?

Otherwise when you have eaten and are satisfied, have built

good houses and lived in them. And when you're hurting your

flocks multiply and your silver and your gold multiply and all

you have multiplies, then your heart will become proud.

And you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out

from the land of Egypt. Beware.

When you're still wearing your gold multiplying. when your

flocks multiply when things are going really good and what the

built-in curse that is, You just forget all about God.

Is do. Because honestly, this in verse

number 17, otherwise you may see in your heart, my power and the

strength of my hand made me this wealth, but you shall remember

the Lord your God for it is he who is giving you power to make

wealth? God gives you power to make

wealth. God gave Elon Musk the power to

make wealth. I smarter than you are.

You sleep naughty better looking than you are.

But God gave him power to make wealth.

Soon. Bill Gates.

God gave him the power to make wealth.

God, does that? We forget that.

So, we need to understand that. The root of evil is the love and

the Lust For more money. So I could have more things.

In Luke's gospel. The 18th chapter.

Listen to these words, you know them.

Well, a ruler, a rich ruler asked him saying, good teacher.

What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 18, 18. And Jesus said to him, why do

you call me good? No one is good.

Except God alone. You know, the Commandments do

not commit adultery do not murder, do not steal, do not

bear false, witness, honor your father and mother and he said

all these things I have kept from my youth.

I've done all that. What must I do to inherit

eternal life in Christ quotes? The second half of the

decalogue? I've done that.

I'm good. That mean I'm in.

Does that mean I get to inherit eternal life?

Because I haven't committed adultery, I don't steal, I don't

lie. I've always thought of my father

and mother. So, does that mean I'm in?

She says, one thing. You still act just one, only

one. So we wanted matters.

Is one thing you lack. Sell all that you possess

distributed to the poor. And you shall have treasure in

heaven. And come follow me.

Are you got used to all that? You have?

Gives to the poor. Does that mean, if I if I just

give away everything that I have, I'm going to heaven.

No, that's not it. So Christ is saying Christ.

Knew that in his heart he had another God.

And that God was the god of possessions and money.

He was an idolater. That's why Christ and quote, the

first half of the decalogue because of all deals with his

relationship with God. You shall have no other gods

before me, but he did. He had a God that was preeminent

his life. He had a God that made him

sufficient in life. He had a God that was Supreme in

his life and it wasn't the Lord God of Israel.

It was his money was his possessions Christ knows that

Sue Christ, hit him where his heart is for, where your

treasure, is there. Your heart will be also.

First way 923 says, but when he had heard these things he became

very sad for. He was extremely rich. and Jesus

looked at him and said, how hard it is for those who are wealthy

to enter the kingdom of God, It is easier for a camel to go

through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the

kingdom of God. They heard it said, then who Can

ever be saved. Because in there, Day and time,

they believe that wealth was a gift from God.

And God, only bless the righteous.

And because he did the righteous were the richest.

Jesus says the things that are impossible with people.

Are possible with God the Russians.

This is humanly possible. Who can be saved, nobody.

You can't. It's absolutely humanly

impossible to ever get saved. There's nothing you can do to

save you, nothing. Nothing.

You said wait a minute, wait a minute.

The Bible says to as many as received him to them gave he

power to become the sons of God. So I am receiving him but you

got to be the next verse. Who are born not of the will of

the flesh, nor of the will of, man.

But of the will. Of God.

No one comes to me Christ, as a John 6.

Let's the father draws him. You can't get there on your own.

You can't make it on your own. And one of the big hindrances

for us to see that of is the riches in the well that we

possess because I don't need God.

I have my bank account, I can go to the doctor and he got there.

I choose to I could buy any car. I want to bike by anyhow, I want

to buy, I can do whatever I want to do.

Like I said to my kids to the school, I want to send them to

who needs God. so, I express that by saying, I'm sufficient

in and of myself. That's why Christ always

matches, man against his standard, his law.

Because man needs to beg for mercy.

Cry out to God. I can't do that for the Bible

says, were dead in our trespasses and sins can dead men

speak? No, can did men think.

Nope. Condemned been walk.

Nope. What can dead men do?

Nothing but lie. There and be what dead they're

dead. you're born dead, you're born, spiritually dead, you're

incapable of doing anything spiritual So God has to make you

alive, his to Quicken you, his to work in your heart and when

he does you respond by faith and all these says so I salvation is

a supernatural work of God. It's a miracle.

It's very cold, a new creation, right?

New Creation. So God does how about this?

Luke chapter. 12 crisis is waxing, eloquent about the

Triune nature of God, the revelation of God, he's talking

about the danger of false religion.

He's just he's just preaching as strong as he can.

In the come to verse 13 of Luke chapter 12.

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Someone in the crowd said the end teacher teacher tell my

brother to divide the family inheritance with me.

It's almost like he couldn't wait for Jesus to take a breath

because once Jesus Took a breath, he had to insert, what

he had to say. Jesus, tell my brother that he

must split the inheritance with me.

Evidently his brother was in the audience.

First brother, to hear from Jesus.

So Jesus says, man. Who put him be a judge or

arbitrator over you? I didn't come to judge between

you and someone else and who gets what money and who doesn't

get what that's what. That's what I'm here for.

So he says this beware and be on your guard against every form of

greed. Bio tells us in Colossians 3:5

Colossians 3:5

at greens idolatry. Be aware be on your guard.

For not even when one has an abundance, does his life

consists of his possessions. He told them a parable saying

the land of rich man was very productive.

He began to reasoning to himself saying what shall I do since I

have no place to store my crops that he said this is what I will

do. I will tear down my Barns and

build larger ones and there I will store all my grain and my

goods and I will say to my soul soul, you have many Goods laid

up for many years to come, take your ease eat drink and be

merry, because hit him. You fool.

This night, your very soul is required of you.

Now, who will own what you? Have prepared.

So is man who stores up Treasures for himself?

And is not rich. Toward God.

Drive Hebrews. Once these people to resist the

love, the ler, the longing. From money.

But be content with such things as you have.

Be status fine with what God has given to you.

Because he truly is the all sufficient god of the universe.

Psalm 62, 10 says, if riches increase do not set your heart

on them, Second Corinthians 6. Verse number 10.

Paul says having nothing yet. I possess everything.

That's contentment. and so, he quotes to verses one from

Joshua, one from Psalms, remember the writer of Hebrews

does not tell you where he's quoting it from, he doesn't have

to, they're Jews, they're masters of the Old Testament.

Severe simply says he himself. Has said, I will never leave you

nor forsake you so that we can complete say, the Lord is my

helper. I will not be afraid.

What will man do to? Me takes him back to the

scriptures. Why?

Because of Grace is all sufficient Supreme.

Everything he says is sufficient.

And supreme. So my time is fleeting, so let

me give you six principles in six minutes, Fat Chance.

What do I do? How do I resist the Love of

Money? Six principles, you're ready.

First of all, there needs to be a confession of my unacceptable

passion. A confession of my unacceptable

passion. The love of money is an

unacceptable passion. Not an acceptable one.

Resist the Love of Money. Pugs I'll talk about Timothy

being a man of God flee. These things, the man of God

cannot be a man who's the lover of money.

Can't flee these things and Timothy pursue gaudiness pursue

righteousness, pursue Faith, but don't pursue the love of money.

So there needs to be a confession of my unacceptable

Pursuit. I got to recognize that my my,

my playing the lottery every week.

Is that unacceptable Pursuit? Shoot.

An acceptable passion. Thinking that it's the hastening

to get rich quick. We just read several verses.

The Book of Proverbs is speaking about against that, right?

It's a quick fix to my, my indebtedness is the Quick Fix to

my financial woes. There's be confession of my

unacceptable passion. He conceals a transgression will

never prosper. But he who confesses?

And forsakes his sin. So, find compassion. these point

over to not only use our confession of my unacceptable

passion, but there is a cessation From my unknown

fillable. Pursuit.

A cessation from my unfillable pursuit.

In other words this Pursuit is never going to feel you.

Listen to what Solomon says, Ecclesiastes chapter 5.

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Verse number 10, he who loves money.

Will never be satisfied. Does it get any clearer than

that? He loves money will never be

satisfied. He loves money will never be

satisfied with money, nor he who loves it with abundance with its

income for this to is emptiness. Vanity.

Worthlessness. See, I just can't confess the

fact that I have an unacceptable passion.

I had to cease pursuing that which cannot fill my life.

He who confesses and forsakes his way will find compassion.

So there's a confession and a forsaking we can't confess our

sin all the while Conjuring up in our mind, another Avenue by

which we can pursue our sin. That'll work.

God knows your heart anyway, right.

So there's a confession of my unacceptable.

Passion, a cessation from my unfillable.

Pursuit. The number three.

A comprehension of his. Unfathomable person.

I must learn to comprehend God. He's all sufficient.

He's unspeakable, he's unfathomable and therefore, I

seek Him and only him. I love what it says in Luke's

gospel. The 12th Chapter 30 verse Your

father knows what you need before you even ask him.

Wow. I wish that was that way with my

children, I wish I knew what they needed before they ask me.

I'm not that way. He would go on to say, if your

father, if your father on Earth knows what you need and gives

you good things while on Earth, how much more will your father

in heaven? Give you the spirit of God to

those who ask him. I'm going to give you the Holy

Spirit, who is the Divine comforter?

Who is the, who is the embodiment of all truth?

He's your guide, he's your peace.

Yeah, the Holy Spirit. You have everything.

And so, we need to comprehend his unfathomable person.

He's not only omniscient, he's good.

No good thing to the Lord. With whole, for those who walk

uprightly, he's a good God. Psalm 34 Verse number 10, makes

it very clear. When the psalmist says this, the

Young Lion is, you lack and suffer hunger, but they seek the

Lord. She's not being anyone's.

Of any good thing? Wow.

Those who seek the Lord shall not be in any want of anything.

That is good because God is good and God, who is the author of

all goodness? Bestows his goodness on those

who walk uprightly? Come out God's on the presence,

right? That's why the author quotes For

the Book of Joshua, I will never leave you.

Nor will I ever desert you? I'm always there.

That's how I know what you need before you even ask me.

I'm always there. Not because I see your knee

because I know your need before you even put on your tongue, I

know it all. That's why quotes from the

psalmist, Psalm 118 when he says.

There was my helper. I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me? That's his omnipotence.

It's the reason we love monies could be.

Don't love God and nothing know who he is.

So there comes a confession of my unacceptable passion, a

cessation of my unfillable Pursuits, the comprehension of

his unfathomable person number for it.

Conviction, Of his unalterable Providence.

His unalterable Providence for same Route, 27, the Lord.

Makes one poor and the Lord makes one rich.

That's Providence. You thought you were Rich

because you were smart. Oh no.

Shame on you. You thought you were Rich

because you had a good education from a good to know.

You thought you were Rich? Because you were creative and

Innovative and a good idea? No, the Lord makes you rich.

The Lord makes you poor. He's in charge of those things.

Deuteronomy 10:18, it's by the Lord's power.

Deuteronomy 10:18

We obtain wealth not by your power, not by your might not buy

your intellect, it's by the Lord's power.

That's why there needs to be a conviction of God's unalterable

Providence. Listen you have what you have

because in God's Providence, that's what you have.

But I just want a little bit more.

Don't you think that God knows you want more?

And if God knew you could handle more guess what he gave?

You more. But he knows the deceitfulness

of riches. He knows how easily you'll

forget your God. God's Providence rules and

Reigns Over All. Number 6.

The longer the six minutes. There needs to be a

concentration on his. Shakeable.

Promises. A concentration on his

unshakable promises. If he says he's never going to

leave you nor forsake you It's promised.

If the Lord is your helper. It's a promise.

My God, shall supply. All your needs.

According to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.

She promised. Since shakeable.

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things, but things

shall be added unto you. Don't worry about what you eat.

Don't worry about what you wear. And certainly, don't worry about

how long, or how short you live, that's all the Matthew chapter 6

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because all that is providential.

Eat what you want. You're still going to die on

time. What you eat is not cause you to

live longer God's in charge of all those things.

Right. So therefore we realize that God

will close us. He will feed us.

He will take care of us. Psalm chapter 37.

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Verse number 25. I've been old and I've been

Young. Yet, I have not seen the

righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread.

David says, And so there needs to be a concentration on God's

on shakeable. Promises.

And Proverbs Chapter 30 verse number 7.

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Someone says this. Two things, I ask of you.

Do not refuse me before I die. Keep deception and lies far from

me. Give me neither poverty, nor

riches. Feed me with the food.

That is my portion. That I not be full and deny you

and say, who is the Lord? Or that I not be in want and

steel and profane the name of my God.

Christendom, when he was. About to die. in the book of in

the, if you were read it from, As he stood before the Roman

Emperor and was threatened under banishment.

It says. Now, cats not banished me for

this world as my father's house. To which the emperor said I was

Lady then. Yeah.

Alcance not said the noble Champion.

The faith for my life is hid with Christ in God.

I will take away thy Treasures. Yeah.

Now Kansas not for my treasures are in heaven and my heart is

there. Also.

But I will drive the away from man and thou shalt have no

friend left. Okay, it's not For, I have a

friend in Heaven from whom thou canst not separate me.

I defy thee for there is nothing that thou canst do.

To hurt me. Why?

Because he recognized the Savior as the all sufficient supreme

god of his life. How about you?

The Way You Are. Let's pray.

Father, we thank you for today. The opportunity you give us as

being your word. And pray that we protected, the

Lord's table. You remind us once again?

Of the great all-sufficient. Satisfying provision.

Of your salvation for All Souls. In Jesus name, amen.