{"id":1259,"date":"2025-02-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/334-robert-evans-exhortation-i-am-a-rich-man-and-you-are-too\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T01:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:24:23","slug":"334-robert-evans-exhortation-i-am-a-rich-man-and-you-are-too","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/334-robert-evans-exhortation-i-am-a-rich-man-and-you-are-too\/","title":{"rendered":"334: Robert Evans – Exhortation: I am a Rich Man, and You are Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Bro. Robert Evans given at the Abilene, Texas Ecclesia on December 12th, 2023.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week on this
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\nLet’s talk more about.
\nThis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHi, this is Levi.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation by a brother, Robert
\nEvans, that he gave at the <\/p>\n

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\nAbilene, TX Ecclesia.
\nHis title is I Am a Rich Man and<\/p>\n

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\nso are you.
\nRobert does a really good job <\/p>\n

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\nkind of honestly having the
\nconversation about how wealthy <\/p>\n

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\nalmost all of us are here in
\nNorth America and he really <\/p>\n

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\ndives into comparing what our
\nwealth can do to our mindset and<\/p>\n

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\nhow it can distract us from a
\nreliance on God. <\/p>\n

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\nI think this is kind of a maybe
\nan obvious topic, but he <\/p>\n

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\npresents it so well and and
\nbrings in so really great verses<\/p>\n

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\nmake it.
\nI think like some of the best <\/p>\n

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\ntalks are really basic themes,
\nkind of obvious points expanded <\/p>\n

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\non and that is definitely what’s
\ndone here. <\/p>\n

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\nRobert is a high school teacher
\nby trade and you can tell in his<\/p>\n

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\npresentation style, he’s very
\neasy to listen to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think this was a really
\nexcellent example of that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I was excited to share it
\nwith everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nI think it would be very helpful
\nas an excitation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it definitely had me
\nthinking a lot about my own life<\/p>\n

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\nand my own mindset around money.
\nSo really excited to share this.<\/p>\n

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\nThis was a suggestion by a
\nmember of the audience that day.<\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you to that person who
\nsent that in. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here is Robert Evans.
\nI’m a rich man and so are you. <\/p>\n

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\nGood morning brothers and
\nsisters in our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nIt is, as always, a wonderful, <\/p>\n

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\nbeautiful thing to see you all
\non a Sunday morning where we are<\/p>\n

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\ncoming together to remember our
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you may not know this, but I
\nam a rich man. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m a very rich man, as are you.
\nNo matter how poor you may think<\/p>\n

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\nyou are, if you live inside of a
\nclosed building in the United <\/p>\n

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\nStates in 2023, you are a rich
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know if asked by a random
\nperson on the street about my <\/p>\n

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\nsocio economic status I would
\nsay I’m probably somewhere in <\/p>\n

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\nthe middle class right?
\nBut even being lower class in <\/p>\n

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\nour country compared to much of
\nthe world leaves a man with far <\/p>\n

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\nmore luxuries and conveniences
\nthan millions upon millions upon<\/p>\n

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\nmillions upon millions of people
\nacross the world. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, I saw this first hand
\neven when travelling in <\/p>\n

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\ncountries that aren’t
\nnecessarily destitute third <\/p>\n

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\nworld places in the world, like
\nwhen Tabby and I went to Costa <\/p>\n

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\nRica or when we travelled to
\nIreland, we saw some things that<\/p>\n

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\nwere very different from the
\nlifestyle that we’re accustomed <\/p>\n

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\nto and kind of makes you realize
\njust how rich even the average <\/p>\n

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\nperson is over here.
\nI remember going, ’cause when we<\/p>\n

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\ntravelled to Costa Rica, and
\nsame with Ireland and most <\/p>\n

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\nplaces we went aside from
\nAfrica, we stayed in Airbnb’s. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Airbnb’s in Costa Rica,
\nnobody had AC in the homes we <\/p>\n

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\nstayed in.
\nYou know, nobody had hot water <\/p>\n

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\nrunning.
\nYou could get it from the <\/p>\n

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\nshower.
\nAnd like two of the three Air <\/p>\n

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\nBNBS ’cause they had this little
\nelectrical thing on there that <\/p>\n

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\nthey were like, be very careful
\ntouching it ’cause it might <\/p>\n

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\nshock you.
\nAnd surprisingly to us in <\/p>\n

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\nIreland, two of the three Air
\nMB, SB, MB S, we stayed there, <\/p>\n

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\nit was the same thing actually.
\nThey didn’t have hot running <\/p>\n

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\nwater.
\nYou had to have the electrical <\/p>\n

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\nthing attached to it.
\nThat’s something that, you know,<\/p>\n

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\ngrowing up in America, even I
\ncan remember when I moved to <\/p>\n

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\nDallas and I was apartment
\nsearching and the 1st place I <\/p>\n

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\ntried to search ’cause I thought
\nI was gonna be very poor because<\/p>\n

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\nI my, I was getting my job at
\nthe Dallas World Aquarium and I <\/p>\n

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\nwas gonna make starting out
\n$15.00 an hour. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I was like, OK, this is like
\nI’m really low income. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the first department I
\nlooked at had AC and heat and it<\/p>\n

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\nhad a refrigerator and a stove
\nand all these things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I didn’t qualify because I
\nwas looking at a low income <\/p>\n

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\nhousing apartment and they said
\nI made too much money at my <\/p>\n

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\n$15.00 an hour to qualify.
\nSo people that you know, $15.00 <\/p>\n

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\nan hour, I don’t qualify for
\nthis apartment that had all of <\/p>\n

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\nthese amenities.
\nSo when I say I am a rich man, <\/p>\n

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\nI’m comparing myself to much of
\nthe outside world where it’s <\/p>\n

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\nlike, yes, I am a rich man, as
\nare you, right? <\/p>\n

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\nSo yes, by worldwide standards,
\nin present day, we are rich men.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd then if we compare ourselves
\nto, you know, the past, we are <\/p>\n

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\ncertainly rich men.
\nEven just go back 300 years and <\/p>\n

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\nroyalty would love to live the
\nlives and have the luxuries that<\/p>\n

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\nwe have.
\nThe richest man in the world 300<\/p>\n

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\nyears ago didn’t have a button
\non his wall that he pushed or <\/p>\n

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\nnowadays even on his phone
\nsometimes that he pushed to make<\/p>\n

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\nthe house get cooler if he felt
\na little bit warm, or a button <\/p>\n

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\nto make things get warmer if he
\nfelt a little bit cool. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we have an insane
\namount of luxuries and <\/p>\n

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\nconveniences that sometimes we
\ndon’t even realize because we’re<\/p>\n

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\nin this rat race of a world that
\ntells us that we need more and <\/p>\n

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\nmore and more and that we don’t
\nhave enough and that we are <\/p>\n

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\nactually down here.
\nBut in reality, we are all very <\/p>\n

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\nrich men now, kind of before I I
\ndive into James, James 5, where <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re going to start out before
\nI, I get into there, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s what really kind of stuck
\nout to me. <\/p>\n

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\nThe start of James 5.
\nIt says go to now you rich men <\/p>\n

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\nweep and howl.
\nAnd I started to think it really<\/p>\n

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\nstuck out to me, you know, and
\nwith my 9th graders, I’m an <\/p>\n

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\nEnglish teacher.
\nAnd with my 9th graders, we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nbeen reading Romeo and Juliet.
\nAnd a a little piece near the <\/p>\n

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\nend of Romeo and Juliet that we
\nactually spent a lot of time <\/p>\n

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\ntalking about this past week
\nwith the students was this part <\/p>\n

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\nthat they were very confused by,
\nwhere if you don’t know Romeo <\/p>\n

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\nand Jr. and Juliet, they end up,
\nyou know, killing themselves at <\/p>\n

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\nthe end.
\nBut Romeo, he goes to an <\/p>\n

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\napothecary to buy a poison that
\nhe’s going to use to kill <\/p>\n

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\nhimself.
\nAnd the apothecary is like, <\/p>\n

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\nwell, it’s illegal to sell this
\npoison, But Romeo’s like, well, <\/p>\n

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\nI have all this gold and you’re
\nvery poor and starving, so just <\/p>\n

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\nsell it to me, you know, The
\napothecary ends up agreeing to <\/p>\n

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\nsell him this poison that
\nRomeo’s going to use to kill <\/p>\n

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\nhimself.
\nAnd Romeo kind of comforts the <\/p>\n

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\napothecary in a sense.
\nAnd he tells him, he says, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, I’m really the one selling
\npoison to you because gold has <\/p>\n

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\ncaused far more death and hurt
\nin this world than poison ever <\/p>\n

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\nhas.
\nAnd I thought that was really <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting, you know, ’cause
\nthat’s been on my mind this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nIt’s been a big discussion I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nhad with students throughout the
\nweek. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then, you know, I open this
\nup and it says, see, rich men <\/p>\n

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\nweep and howl, for your miseries
\nshall come upon you. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s James 5 verse one.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

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\nI think Shakespeare, Romeo and
\nJuliet had a keen mind because <\/p>\n

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\nit’s true.
\nPoison. <\/p>\n

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\nThings like that are deadly.
\nBut we all know full well how <\/p>\n

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\ndeadly and dangerous they are.
\nThey have warning labels these <\/p>\n

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\ndays.
\nGold, on the other hand, gold is<\/p>\n

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\ndangerous and deadly also, but
\nwe don’t always fully understand<\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nWe don’t always see it because <\/p>\n

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\nit is shiny and it’s beautiful,
\nand instead of a warning label <\/p>\n

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\nwith a skull and crossbones, it
\ninstead has a society and a <\/p>\n

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\nworld that tries to convince us
\nwe need more of it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s put up as a good thing
\nrather than something that’s <\/p>\n

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\nkind of dangerous.
\nWhat we see in our world is that<\/p>\n

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\nthe wealthy of all the nicest
\nthings, They occupy covers of <\/p>\n

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\nmagazines.
\nThey grace the recommended video<\/p>\n

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\nsection of every teenager’s
\nInstagram and TikTok and <\/p>\n

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\nYouTube.
\nGold is the reward that we all <\/p>\n

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\nget for a hard day’s work.
\nAnd obtaining that is their <\/p>\n

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\nmotivation to go back to work
\nand to work harder often. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd why we try and put in extra
\nhours and our promotions and <\/p>\n

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\ngrow and grow.
\nBecause we’re going to get a <\/p>\n

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\nraise with those promotions and
\nwith the more work that we do. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we can purchase new
\nthings and have a bigger bank <\/p>\n

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\naccount and have more comforts
\nand luxuries and so on and so <\/p>\n

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\nforth.
\nWe all know to not drink a <\/p>\n

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\nbottle of poison, but we don’t
\nnecessarily know to be careful <\/p>\n

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\nabout wealth.
\nOK, so in James 5 verses one to <\/p>\n

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\nthree it says go to now you rich
\nman, weep and howl, for your <\/p>\n

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\nmiseries shall come upon you.
\nYour riches are corrupted and <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:09,000 –> 00:10:12,600
\nyour garments are moth eaten,
\nyour gold and silver is <\/p>\n

157
\n00:10:12,600 –> 00:10:16,000
\ncankered, and the rest of them
\nshall be a witness against you, <\/p>\n

158
\n00:10:16,640 –> 00:10:19,440
\nand shall eat your flesh as it
\nwere fire. <\/p>\n

159
\n00:10:20,240 –> 00:10:25,880
\nYe have heaped treasures
\ntogether for the last days. <\/p>\n

160
\n00:10:27,960 –> 00:10:32,040
\nNow, as I made clear earlier, I
\nam a rich man. <\/p>\n

161
\n00:10:33,080 –> 00:10:36,680
\nAnd as thus sometimes when I
\nread verses like this, I get a <\/p>\n

162
\n00:10:36,680 –> 00:10:39,680
\nbit of trepidation, ’cause I’m
\nlike, that’s me. <\/p>\n

163
\n00:10:39,680 –> 00:10:41,360
\nIf I think about it, I’m a rich
\nman. <\/p>\n

164
\n00:10:41,360 –> 00:10:48,560
\nI’m full of luxuries and wealth,
\nyou know, so I think you know. <\/p>\n

165
\n00:10:48,560 –> 00:10:52,920
\nAm I to be weeping?
\nAm I to be howling as the rest <\/p>\n

166
\n00:10:52,920 –> 00:10:55,040
\nof my riches are a witness
\nagainst me? <\/p>\n

167
\n00:10:55,040 –> 00:10:57,440
\nIs that me that is being talked
\nabout here? <\/p>\n

168
\n00:10:57,880 –> 00:11:02,160
\nHave I slowly been heaping
\ntreasures together which are <\/p>\n

169
\n00:11:02,160 –> 00:11:05,640
\ngoing to rust and rot for the
\nlast days? <\/p>\n

170
\n00:11:06,920 –> 00:11:12,800
\nNow this phrase rich men here in
\nJames 5 verse one, Thayer’s <\/p>\n

171
\n00:11:12,800 –> 00:11:16,760
\nGreek lexicon defines it as
\nwealthy and abounding and <\/p>\n

172
\n00:11:16,760 –> 00:11:20,760
\nmaterial resources.
\nAnd so yes, that does apply to <\/p>\n

173
\n00:11:20,760 –> 00:11:24,160
\nme in that sense.
\nI am, like I said, compared to <\/p>\n

174
\n00:11:24,680 –> 00:11:27,800
\nmillions upon millions upon
\nmillions in the world and then <\/p>\n

175
\n00:11:27,800 –> 00:11:33,080
\nall men of history, I am
\nabsolutely abounding and <\/p>\n

176
\n00:11:33,080 –> 00:11:37,720
\nmaterial resources.
\nAnd this is the same Greek word <\/p>\n

177
\n00:11:37,720 –> 00:11:42,920
\nthat is used in Matthew 19
\nverses 23 and 24, where we read <\/p>\n

178
\n00:11:43,160 –> 00:11:46,120
\nThen said Jesus to his
\ndisciples, Verily I say unto <\/p>\n

179
\n00:11:46,120 –> 00:11:50,760
\nyou, that a rich man, same Greek
\nword there shall hardly enter <\/p>\n

180
\n00:11:50,760 –> 00:11:55,880
\ninto the Kingdom of heaven.
\nAnd again I say to you, it is <\/p>\n

181
\n00:11:55,880 –> 00:12:00,040
\neasier for a camel to go through
\nthe eye of a needle than for a <\/p>\n

182
\n00:12:00,040 –> 00:12:04,320
\nrich man to enter into the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n

183
\n00:12:05,040 –> 00:12:08,960
\nThat rich man there that Christ
\nrepeats twice in those verses. <\/p>\n

184
\n00:12:09,400 –> 00:12:13,560
\nIt’s the same as here in James
\n51, Ye rich men. <\/p>\n

185
\n00:12:14,440 –> 00:12:19,240
\nWe can look at Christ’s words in
\nLuke chapter 6 if we turn to <\/p>\n

186
\n00:12:19,240 –> 00:12:27,800
\nLuke 6 and we’ll start at verse
\nverse 20. <\/p>\n

187
\n00:12:27,800 –> 00:12:33,840
\nIn Luke 6 it says and he lifted
\nup his eyes on his disciples and<\/p>\n

188
\n00:12:33,840 –> 00:12:38,760
\nsaid, Blessed be the poor, for
\nyours is the Kingdom of God, <\/p>\n

189
\n00:12:39,480 –> 00:12:41,480
\nright?
\nKind of the the exact opposite <\/p>\n

190
\n00:12:41,480 –> 00:12:46,080
\nof what we just read of hardly
\nshall a rich man enter the <\/p>\n

191
\n00:12:46,080 –> 00:12:50,120
\nKingdom of heaven right here he
\nsays, blessed be the poor, for <\/p>\n

192
\n00:12:50,120 –> 00:12:53,040
\nyours is the Kingdom of God.
\nBlessed are you that hunger now,<\/p>\n

193
\n00:12:53,040 –> 00:12:56,160
\nfor you shall be filled.
\nBlessed are you that weak now, <\/p>\n

194
\n00:12:56,160 –> 00:13:00,040
\nfor you shall laugh.
\nBlessed are you when men shall <\/p>\n

195
\n00:13:00,040 –> 00:13:04,120
\nhate you, and when they shall
\nseparate you from their company,<\/p>\n

196
\n00:13:04,120 –> 00:13:07,600
\nand shall reproach you.
\nCast out your name as evil for <\/p>\n

197
\n00:13:07,600 –> 00:13:10,840
\nthe Son of man’s sake.
\nRejoice you in that last. <\/p>\n

198
\n00:13:10,840 –> 00:13:15,480
\nIn that day leap for joy, for
\nbehold, your reward is great in <\/p>\n

199
\n00:13:15,480 –> 00:13:18,480
\nheaven.
\nFor in the manner did their, in <\/p>\n

200
\n00:13:18,480 –> 00:13:21,040
\nlike manner did their fathers
\nunto the prophets. <\/p>\n

201
\n00:13:21,520 –> 00:13:27,080
\nBut woe unto you that are rich.
\nThat’s that same word that’s <\/p>\n

202
\n00:13:27,080 –> 00:13:31,680
\nused for rich men and James, or
\nthat is used for rich man in <\/p>\n

203
\n00:13:31,680 –> 00:13:35,480
\nMatthew 19.
\nWoe unto you that are rich, for <\/p>\n

204
\n00:13:35,480 –> 00:13:38,440
\nyou have received your
\nconsolation. <\/p>\n

205
\n00:13:39,080 –> 00:13:42,720
\nWoe unto you that are full, for
\nyou shall hunger. <\/p>\n

206
\n00:13:42,840 –> 00:13:45,560
\nWoe unto you that laugh now, for
\nyou shall mourn and weep. <\/p>\n

207
\n00:13:45,560 –> 00:13:50,240
\nWoe unto you when all men shall
\nspeak well of you, For so did <\/p>\n

208
\n00:13:50,240 –> 00:13:52,640
\ntheir fathers to the false
\nprophets. <\/p>\n

209
\n00:13:54,920 –> 00:13:57,440
\nThinking about reading verses
\nwith trepidation. <\/p>\n

210
\n00:13:57,440 –> 00:14:03,880
\nI’m like, oh, right, I’m rich.
\nI don’t hunger right now. <\/p>\n

211
\n00:14:04,880 –> 00:14:07,800
\nI’m full.
\nI laugh now. <\/p>\n

212
\n00:14:10,800 –> 00:14:14,040
\nAnd so you know, it’s, it’s,
\nit’s kind of this, this message <\/p>\n

213
\n00:14:14,040 –> 00:14:18,400
\ngets hit again and again.
\nWoe unto you that are rich. <\/p>\n

214
\n00:14:18,400 –> 00:14:20,600
\nYou have received your
\nconsolation. <\/p>\n

215
\n00:14:21,040 –> 00:14:24,560
\nIt’s the same word from Matthew
\n19, from James 5. <\/p>\n

216
\n00:14:24,920 –> 00:14:28,040
\nIt’s also the same word in
\nRevelation. <\/p>\n

217
\n00:14:28,360 –> 00:14:34,440
\nRevelation chapter 3, right?
\nRevelation 3 and I’m sorry, 14 <\/p>\n

218
\n00:14:34,440 –> 00:14:36,880
\nRevelation 314.
\nAnd unto the Angel the Church of<\/p>\n

219
\n00:14:36,880 –> 00:14:40,200
\nthe Laodiceans writes these
\nthings, saith the Amen, the <\/p>\n

220
\n00:14:40,200 –> 00:14:42,560
\nfaithful and true witness, the
\nbeginning of the creation of <\/p>\n

221
\n00:14:42,560 –> 00:14:44,960
\nGod.
\nI know your works, that you are <\/p>\n

222
\n00:14:44,960 –> 00:14:48,440
\nneither cold nor hot.
\nI would that you were cold or <\/p>\n

223
\n00:14:48,440 –> 00:14:50,080
\nhot.
\nSo then, because you are <\/p>\n

224
\n00:14:50,080 –> 00:14:54,000
\nlukewarm, neither cold nor hot,
\nI will spew you out of my mouth,<\/p>\n

225
\n00:14:54,520 –> 00:14:58,640
\nbecause you say I am rich.
\nIt’s the same Greek word again. <\/p>\n

226
\n00:14:58,640 –> 00:15:03,200
\nBecause you say I am rich and
\nincreased with goods and have <\/p>\n

227
\n00:15:03,200 –> 00:15:07,840
\nneed of nothing.
\nAnd knowest not that you are <\/p>\n

228
\n00:15:07,840 –> 00:15:13,280
\nwretched and miserable and poor
\nand blind and naked ’cause you <\/p>\n

229
\n00:15:13,280 –> 00:15:15,720
\nsay I am rich and increased with
\ngoods. <\/p>\n

230
\n00:15:15,720 –> 00:15:20,840
\nAnd I look around my life and
\nother lives and I’m like, we are<\/p>\n

231
\n00:15:20,840 –> 00:15:26,120
\nall rich materially and we are
\nall increased with goods, <\/p>\n

232
\n00:15:26,440 –> 00:15:29,520
\nwhether we think we are or not.
\nBecause like I said, society <\/p>\n

233
\n00:15:29,520 –> 00:15:32,080
\ntries to convince us we always
\nneed more and we never have <\/p>\n

234
\n00:15:32,080 –> 00:15:34,280
\nenough.
\nBut compare yourselves to the <\/p>\n

235
\n00:15:34,280 –> 00:15:37,160
\nrest of the world, or compare
\nyourselves to men 200 years ago,<\/p>\n

236
\n00:15:37,160 –> 00:15:40,000
\nor 50 years ago even, or 100
\nyears ago, and you are <\/p>\n

237
\n00:15:40,000 –> 00:15:45,320
\nabsolutely increased with goods
\nabounding and wealth and <\/p>\n

238
\n00:15:45,320 –> 00:15:48,440
\nluxuries, whether you realize it
\nor not. <\/p>\n

239
\n00:15:49,200 –> 00:15:52,640
\nSo what are we to do?
\nWe are all rich. <\/p>\n

240
\n00:15:53,800 –> 00:15:58,720
\nWe are all rich and we have this
\nlittle clump of verses. <\/p>\n

241
\n00:15:59,480 –> 00:16:02,080
\nI didn’t go to all the verses
\nthat popped up when I searched <\/p>\n

242
\n00:16:02,080 –> 00:16:06,560
\nthat Greek word and concordance.
\nBut does this mean we’re all <\/p>\n

243
\n00:16:06,560 –> 00:16:09,080
\ndoomed?
\nDoes it mean that we need to <\/p>\n

244
\n00:16:09,080 –> 00:16:11,920
\nquickly give everything away we
\nhave and run out and live in the<\/p>\n

245
\n00:16:11,920 –> 00:16:14,880
\nstreets, or run off to a third
\nworld country, or live as the <\/p>\n

246
\n00:16:14,880 –> 00:16:19,120
\nAmish do?
\nNo, it does not mean that. <\/p>\n

247
\n00:16:20,320 –> 00:16:24,440
\nFor it’s not simply the act of
\nbeing rich, of having wealth, <\/p>\n

248
\n00:16:24,880 –> 00:16:28,880
\nthat is the issue.
\nIt’s the way in which one allows<\/p>\n

249
\n00:16:28,880 –> 00:16:34,240
\nthose riches to affect and rule
\ntheir lives that really matters.<\/p>\n

250
\n00:16:34,960 –> 00:16:38,120
\nSo let’s let’s take a look again
\nback in James 5. <\/p>\n

251
\n00:16:39,800 –> 00:16:43,800
\nJames 5 starting in verse one
\nsaid, go to now, you rich men <\/p>\n

252
\n00:16:44,280 –> 00:16:47,040
\nweep and howl for your miseries
\nwill come upon you. <\/p>\n

253
\n00:16:47,600 –> 00:16:50,480
\nYour riches are corrupted,
\ngarments are moth eaten, gold <\/p>\n

254
\n00:16:50,480 –> 00:16:52,520
\nand silver is canchored.
\nThe rest of them will be a <\/p>\n

255
\n00:16:52,520 –> 00:16:56,000
\nwitness against you and shall
\neat your flesh as it were fire. <\/p>\n

256
\n00:16:56,280 –> 00:16:59,440
\nYou have heaped treasure
\ntogether for the last days. <\/p>\n

257
\n00:17:00,280 –> 00:17:04,319
\nBehold the higher of the
\nlaborers who have reaped down <\/p>\n

258
\n00:17:04,319 –> 00:17:11,160
\nyour fields, which is of you
\nkept back by fraud cries, and <\/p>\n

259
\n00:17:11,160 –> 00:17:15,720
\nthe cries of them which reaped
\nare entered into the ears of the<\/p>\n

260
\n00:17:15,720 –> 00:17:20,040
\nLord of Sabaoth.
\nYou have lived in pleasure on <\/p>\n

261
\n00:17:20,040 –> 00:17:24,480
\nthe earth and been wanted.
\nYou have nourished your hearts <\/p>\n

262
\n00:17:24,640 –> 00:17:28,960
\nas in a day of slaughter.
\nYou have condemned and killed <\/p>\n

263
\n00:17:28,960 –> 00:17:33,520
\nthe just and he does not resist
\nyou. <\/p>\n

264
\n00:17:34,600 –> 00:17:39,600
\nSo if we really think about
\nthose verses, it’s not just you <\/p>\n

265
\n00:17:39,600 –> 00:17:44,040
\nare wealthy, you are rich men
\nand therefore you’re done with. <\/p>\n

266
\n00:17:44,680 –> 00:17:49,520
\nIt’s the attitude and the
\nactions of these rich men, the <\/p>\n

267
\n00:17:49,520 –> 00:17:53,760
\nhire of laborers who reaped your
\nfields, which you kept back by <\/p>\n

268
\n00:17:53,760 –> 00:17:56,080
\nfraud.
\nThey cry. <\/p>\n

269
\n00:17:56,280 –> 00:17:59,920
\nYou lived in pleasure, you
\nnourished your hearts as in a <\/p>\n

270
\n00:17:59,920 –> 00:18:02,960
\nday of slaughter.
\nYou have condemned and killed <\/p>\n

271
\n00:18:03,320 –> 00:18:06,720
\nthe just.
\nThe issue is the attitude and <\/p>\n

272
\n00:18:06,720 –> 00:18:08,520
\nthe actions of those who are
\nrich. <\/p>\n

273
\n00:18:08,520 –> 00:18:13,160
\nThese rich who shall weep and
\nhowl are those who place their <\/p>\n

274
\n00:18:13,160 –> 00:18:15,440
\ntrust and confidence in their
\nriches. <\/p>\n

275
\n00:18:15,440 –> 00:18:19,080
\nThey have heaped them for the
\nlast days. <\/p>\n

276
\n00:18:19,680 –> 00:18:21,400
\nAll right.
\nThey’ve mistreated their <\/p>\n

277
\n00:18:21,400 –> 00:18:25,960
\nlaborers.
\nThe attitude and actions are the<\/p>\n

278
\n00:18:25,960 –> 00:18:30,520
\nopposite of what we know.
\nGod calls us to act. <\/p>\n

279
\n00:18:32,320 –> 00:18:37,880
\nBut that is the difficult part.
\nThough I wish Tabby was still in<\/p>\n

280
\n00:18:37,880 –> 00:18:39,320
\nhere because she would like this
\nline. <\/p>\n

281
\n00:18:39,320 –> 00:18:43,720
\nA famous rapper once said MO
\nmoney, MO problems. <\/p>\n

282
\n00:18:45,320 –> 00:18:47,080
\nI don’t even know who that
\nrapper was, right? <\/p>\n

283
\n00:18:47,880 –> 00:18:51,000
\nBut you know, there’s there’s
\nsome truth in that. <\/p>\n

284
\n00:18:51,000 –> 00:18:56,720
\nIn a sense, having riches, it
\nmakes our lives a little bit <\/p>\n

285
\n00:18:56,720 –> 00:19:00,440
\nmore difficult to live in a
\ngodly manner often times, <\/p>\n

286
\n00:19:00,960 –> 00:19:04,040
\nbecause the richer you are and
\nthe more comforts and luxuries <\/p>\n

287
\n00:19:04,040 –> 00:19:07,840
\nyou have, the easier it is to
\nfall into the thinking, even if <\/p>\n

288
\n00:19:07,840 –> 00:19:11,640
\nit’s subconscious, that you
\ndon’t need God. <\/p>\n

289
\n00:19:12,080 –> 00:19:15,280
\nYou’ve solved your difficulties
\nin life, and whenever a new <\/p>\n

290
\n00:19:15,280 –> 00:19:18,720
\ndifficulty pops up, you get more
\nmoney and that will solve that <\/p>\n

291
\n00:19:18,720 –> 00:19:22,760
\ndifficulty.
\nOh, I have a difficulty of, I <\/p>\n

292
\n00:19:22,800 –> 00:19:25,760
\ndon’t know, whatever it could
\nbe, my house doesn’t heat as <\/p>\n

293
\n00:19:25,760 –> 00:19:27,720
\nwell as it should.
\nIt’s fine. <\/p>\n

294
\n00:19:27,720 –> 00:19:30,560
\nI’ll get more money and then I
\ncan heat my house better. <\/p>\n

295
\n00:19:30,560 –> 00:19:35,600
\nWhat Like any difficulty that
\ncomes up, we have this tendency <\/p>\n

296
\n00:19:35,600 –> 00:19:39,280
\nor man has this tendency,
\nespecially Richmond, I think, to<\/p>\n

297
\n00:19:39,280 –> 00:19:44,920
\njust use their riches to try and
\nsolve every little difficulty in<\/p>\n

298
\n00:19:44,920 –> 00:19:50,200
\nlife.
\nYou know, we trust and rely in <\/p>\n

299
\n00:19:50,200 –> 00:19:52,200
\nthe things and the luxuries we
\nhave. <\/p>\n

300
\n00:19:52,200 –> 00:19:56,520
\nWe have homes that can withstand
\nall weather save the very most <\/p>\n

301
\n00:19:56,520 –> 00:19:59,440
\nextreme events, you know, like
\ntornadoes, but those are <\/p>\n

302
\n00:19:59,440 –> 00:20:01,240
\nextremely rare.
\nMost people live their whole <\/p>\n

303
\n00:20:01,240 –> 00:20:04,800
\nlives not being affected by one.
\nWe have refrigerators and <\/p>\n

304
\n00:20:04,800 –> 00:20:08,080
\npantries almost always full of
\nfood, and even if they aren’t, <\/p>\n

305
\n00:20:08,080 –> 00:20:11,920
\nwe have, within a 10 minute
\ndrive, hundreds of options from <\/p>\n

306
\n00:20:11,920 –> 00:20:15,800
\nwhich to get food at all various
\nprices from regions and cultures<\/p>\n

307
\n00:20:15,800 –> 00:20:19,120
\nall around the world.
\nOur food comes in prepackaged <\/p>\n

308
\n00:20:19,360 –> 00:20:22,720
\nwith nutrition facts and
\nexpiration dates. <\/p>\n

309
\n00:20:23,040 –> 00:20:26,000
\nWe don’t even know where it came
\nfrom most of the time or how it <\/p>\n

310
\n00:20:26,000 –> 00:20:30,240
\ngot on the shelf at HEB, but
\nit’s delicious and ready to eat.<\/p>\n

311
\n00:20:30,920 –> 00:20:34,760
\nSo why are we going to give a
\nhalf second of thankfulness to <\/p>\n

312
\n00:20:34,760 –> 00:20:38,000
\nGod for the origin of this food?
\nWe didn’t need to pray for the <\/p>\n

313
\n00:20:38,000 –> 00:20:41,920
\nrain to come down to grow the
\ncrops, or we didn’t need to pray<\/p>\n

314
\n00:20:41,920 –> 00:20:45,040
\nfor the safety of our livestock
\nthat we had to slaughter. <\/p>\n

315
\n00:20:45,840 –> 00:20:49,360
\nWe just went to HEB and bought
\nthis, and the thing that got us <\/p>\n

316
\n00:20:49,360 –> 00:20:52,600
\nthe food was our paycheck and
\nour money in our bank account. <\/p>\n

317
\n00:20:54,000 –> 00:20:57,280
\nWhen we get sick, we have
\ndoctors and hospitals and urgent<\/p>\n

318
\n00:20:57,280 –> 00:21:00,880
\ncares and pharmacies galore.
\nThe list of luxuries we have go <\/p>\n

319
\n00:21:00,880 –> 00:21:04,560
\non and on and on.
\nAnd I think maybe you can see a <\/p>\n

320
\n00:21:04,560 –> 00:21:08,480
\nlittle bit why Richmond are in a
\ndangerous position in a sense. <\/p>\n

321
\n00:21:08,480 –> 00:21:14,600
\nIt’s so easy to rely on all of
\nthose luxuries, right? <\/p>\n

322
\n00:21:15,240 –> 00:21:19,760
\nIt’s an easy way to be caught up
\nin man made systems of doing <\/p>\n

323
\n00:21:19,760 –> 00:21:22,720
\nthings with purchased money
\nrather than relying on God. <\/p>\n

324
\n00:21:23,440 –> 00:21:28,640
\nThe rich have no feeling of a
\nneed to pray to God because they<\/p>\n

325
\n00:21:28,640 –> 00:21:31,360
\njust take out their credit card,
\nright? <\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:32,760 –> 00:21:39,680
\nFirst Timothy 617 to 19 says
\ncharge them that are rich. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:39,840 –> 00:21:44,600
\nThis is the same word used in
\nJames 5, Matthew 19, Revelation <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:44,600 –> 00:21:47,120
\n3.
\nI charge them that are rich in <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:47,120 –> 00:21:52,320
\nthis world, that they be not
\nhigh minded nor trust in <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:52,320 –> 00:22:00,040
\nuncertain riches, but in the
\nliving God, who gives us richly <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:00,160 –> 00:22:04,720
\nall things to enjoy.
\nThat they do good works, ready <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:04,720 –> 00:22:08,480
\nto distribute, willing to
\ncommunicate, laying up in store <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:08,480 –> 00:22:12,760
\nfor themselves a good foundation
\nagainst the time to come, that <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:12,760 –> 00:22:16,040
\nthey may lay hold on eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:17,600 –> 00:22:23,440
\nSo, as said earlier, the point
\nof all this talk of the rich man<\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:23,440 –> 00:22:26,640
\nis not to say that things are
\nimpossible for him or that we <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:26,640 –> 00:22:29,320
\nare doomed because we are rich
\nmen. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:30,160 –> 00:22:38,960
\nBut it’s rather that there is
\nhope and that we, no matter how <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:39,560 –> 00:22:44,440
\nwealthy we are, we have a
\ncorrect way that we’re given to <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:44,440 –> 00:22:48,040
\nlive our lives.
\nBut it’s good to keep in mind <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:48,040 –> 00:22:52,080
\nthe warning of how you can
\neasily fall into trusting in <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:52,080 –> 00:22:57,120
\nyour riches instead, right?
\nNotice the point that Paul that <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:57,120 –> 00:23:00,600
\nPaul has, as he puts it here to
\nTimothy, he’s saying don’t trust<\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:00,600 –> 00:23:04,200
\nin uncertain riches, but trust
\nin the living God. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:05,480 –> 00:23:09,680
\nAll right, He says, lay up in
\nstore a good foundation against <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:09,680 –> 00:23:13,120
\nthe time to come that you they
\nmay hold lay hold on eternal <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:13,120 –> 00:23:15,720
\nlife, which is the exact
\ncounterpoint. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:16,080 –> 00:23:19,200
\nSo the rich man described in
\nJames Five, who has heaped <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:19,200 –> 00:23:23,520
\ntreasures together for the last
\ndays, which will corrupt and rot<\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:23,520 –> 00:23:28,480
\naway and rust and be gone, the
\nexact opposite, the way we <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:28,480 –> 00:23:32,000
\nshould be doing things is laying
\nup in store a good foundation <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:32,000 –> 00:23:35,760
\nagainst the time to come.
\nAnd it’s not that only the poor <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:35,760 –> 00:23:39,280
\ncan lay up a good foundation.
\nThose who have material wealth <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:39,280 –> 00:23:41,760
\ncan do that as well.
\nFirst Timothy 6, he doesn’t say <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:42,040 –> 00:23:44,520
\ncharge them that are rich, that
\nthey quickly get rid of <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:44,520 –> 00:23:47,480
\neverything so that they can lay
\nup a good foundation. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:47,480 –> 00:23:50,800
\nNo, he just says charge them
\nthat they’re not high minded and<\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:50,800 –> 00:23:55,160
\nthat they don’t trust in
\nuncertain riches, but that they <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:55,160 –> 00:23:58,840
\ntrust in the living God.
\nAnd that’s the expectation to us<\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:58,840 –> 00:24:02,320
\nas well as rich men.
\nThis needs to be our focus. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:02,520 –> 00:24:05,840
\nWe need to lay up a good
\nfoundation and take care that we<\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:05,840 –> 00:24:09,960
\nare not simply heaping up
\ntreasures for heaping up <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:09,960 –> 00:24:14,520
\ntreasures in this world is is
\nwhat really the world around us <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:14,520 –> 00:24:17,600
\ntries to convince us is the
\nthing to do and it’s <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:17,600 –> 00:24:21,240
\nfoolishness.
\nOur good foundation needs to be <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:21,240 –> 00:24:26,400
\nas described here in Timothy.
\nNow, Speaking of foundation, <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:26,560 –> 00:24:30,080
\nthis whole thing, it all goes
\nback to the very start, ’cause <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:30,080 –> 00:24:34,880
\nit’s all a line of thinking.
\nWhich line of thinking are you <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:34,880 –> 00:24:38,080
\nfollowing?
\nWe were expelled from the Garden<\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:38,080 –> 00:24:41,720
\nof Eden, and we’ve been building
\na world filled with knowledge, <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:41,840 –> 00:24:44,120
\nthe knowledge of good and evil,
\never since. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:44,880 –> 00:24:48,720
\nWe are rich men at the current
\npinnacle of all of man’s <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:48,720 –> 00:24:52,400
\nmachinations, carved from the
\nvery wood that bore the fruit <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:52,400 –> 00:24:55,400
\nthat Eve grasped at the word of
\nthe serpent. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:55,960 –> 00:25:01,000
\nJames 44 says You adulterers and
\nadulteresses, know you not that <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:01,000 –> 00:25:04,000
\nfriendship of the world is
\nenmity with God. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:04,680 –> 00:25:08,120
\nWhosoever, therefore, is a
\nfriend of the world is the enemy<\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:08,560 –> 00:25:12,560
\nof God.
\nAre we a friend of the world <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:12,640 –> 00:25:16,920
\nthat our riches want to embed us
\nin, or are we a friend of God? <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:17,880 –> 00:25:19,880
\nAre we Abraham’s seed or are we
\nnot? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:20,160 –> 00:25:22,920
\nAre we the seed of the woman or
\nthe seed of the serpents? <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:24,480 –> 00:25:27,600
\nYou know Abraham left the
\ncomforts of his father’s tent <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:27,600 –> 00:25:29,840
\nand set out for a land yet
\nunseen. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:30,000 –> 00:25:33,800
\nAre we walking that journey,
\nstumbling over rocks and hills <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:33,800 –> 00:25:35,640
\nand mountains and wading through
\nrivers? <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:36,600 –> 00:25:40,320
\nOr are we just sunken down in an
\nexpensive mattress of memory <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:40,320 –> 00:25:45,440
\nfoam as our shades darken the
\nsun’s rays and thick walls stop <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:45,440 –> 00:25:50,400
\nthe wind from tussling our hair
\nor the bird song from reaching <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:50,400 –> 00:25:54,560
\nour ears that are likely focused
\nin on some YouTube video or <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:54,560 –> 00:26:00,160
\ntelevision show anyway, right?
\nWe are rich men living in overly<\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:00,360 –> 00:26:03,600
\ncomfortable times.
\nWe being in the truth. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:03,600 –> 00:26:08,040
\nWe have seen the path of God,
\nthe way to the tree of life, but<\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:08,040 –> 00:26:10,880
\nwe have unfettered access to the
\ntree of knowledge of good and <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:10,880 –> 00:26:14,760
\nevil, and our riches only make
\nthat fruit tastes sweeter and <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:14,760 –> 00:26:19,160
\nsweeter and easier and easier to
\ncome by and to gorge ourselves <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:19,160 –> 00:26:22,840
\nupon in the modern world.
\nSo what will you do? <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:25,560 –> 00:26:28,640
\nWhat would Jesus do?
\nHe said that it’s easier for a <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:28,640 –> 00:26:31,600
\ncamel to pass through the eye of
\na needle than a rich man to <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:31,640 –> 00:26:35,080
\nenter the Kingdom of heaven.
\nAnd I know that camels are <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:35,080 –> 00:26:38,960
\nexceedingly larger than a
\nneedle, and we are exceedingly <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:38,960 –> 00:26:42,720
\nrich even by modern standards
\ncompared to the world. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:43,920 –> 00:26:46,400
\nBut the good news is, is that it
\nis all a choice. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:47,360 –> 00:26:50,280
\nAll right.
\nAs James 48 says, draw nigh to <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:50,280 –> 00:26:52,520
\nGod and He will draw nigh to
\nyou. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:53,600 –> 00:26:58,320
\nWe must not be slack in doing
\nso, for we are in a position of <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:58,320 –> 00:27:02,400
\ngreat difficulty.
\nThe world is at enmity with God,<\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:03,520 –> 00:27:07,480
\nand it’s very tempting and very
\naccessible to all of us, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:08,000 –> 00:27:10,240
\nespecially all of us who are
\nrich men. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:10,240 –> 00:27:15,000
\nIf we don’t take care, we could
\neasily slip into a mindset that <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:15,000 –> 00:27:17,800
\nleads to serving mammon rather
\nthan serving God. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:19,080 –> 00:27:22,680
\nThanks be to God that we have
\nall of these warnings and <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:22,680 –> 00:27:28,480
\nexamples in Scripture that we as
\nrich men may also be wise in our<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:28,480 –> 00:27:32,760
\nknowledge and our understanding,
\nthat we might avoid the pitfalls<\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:32,760 –> 00:27:38,640
\nthat come with wealth and
\nabundant luxuries, right? <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:38,800 –> 00:27:41,360
\nWe are here to remember Christ
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:41,880 –> 00:27:45,360
\nYou know Second Corinthians 8-9
\nsays, For you know the grace of <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:45,600 –> 00:27:50,440
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, that
\nthough he was rich, yet for your<\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:50,440 –> 00:27:55,360
\nsakes he became poor, and that
\nthrough his poverty you might be<\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:55,360 –> 00:27:58,560
\nrich.
\nChrist lived a life that was <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:58,560 –> 00:28:02,920
\nfully reliant upon and filled
\nwith thankfulness to His Father.<\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:03,520 –> 00:28:08,280
\nHe did not live a life trusting
\nin the riches of men, gold, <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:08,280 –> 00:28:13,240
\nsilver, costly things.
\nHis life was lived in the trust <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:13,240 –> 00:28:17,120
\nof His Father.
\nChrist is our example to follow.<\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:17,280 –> 00:28:19,760
\nIf we do not follow Him, then we
\nare lost. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:20,640 –> 00:28:24,600
\nWe are chasing the wrong ending.
\nWe are friends with the world <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:24,600 –> 00:28:29,680
\nand at enmity with God.
\nI’d like to close by going back <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:29,680 –> 00:28:36,520
\nto Revelation chapter 3,
\nfinishing out these verses to <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:36,520 –> 00:28:40,840
\nthe Laodiceans who lived in
\nenvironments characterized by <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:40,840 –> 00:28:45,560
\napathy and lack of commitment
\nand worldly riches but not being<\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:45,560 –> 00:28:49,360
\nrich for God.
\nAs we read these verses, keep in<\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:49,360 –> 00:28:54,760
\nmind that gold refined by fire
\nis faith that has been tried. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:55,480 –> 00:28:59,080
\nWhite clothes are a symbol of
\nrighteousness and cover our <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:59,080 –> 00:29:02,560
\nnakedness.
\nI salve so that we can see and <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:02,560 –> 00:29:04,600
\nhave a clear vision of God in
\nour lives. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:05,400 –> 00:29:10,480
\nThese all come from Christ we
\nremember this morning. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:10,480 –> 00:29:12,400
\nWe can acquire them nowhere
\nelse. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:13,160 –> 00:29:16,080
\nIn Him we find faith,
\nrighteousness, and the vision <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:16,080 –> 00:29:20,800
\nneeded to overcome worldly
\nriches and instead become rich <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:20,800 –> 00:29:25,520
\nin God.
\nRevelation 3 starting in verse <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:25,520 –> 00:29:31,360
\n14 says, And unto the Church of
\nthe Laodiceans, write these <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:31,360 –> 00:29:34,280
\nthings, sayeth the Amen, the
\nfaithful and true witness, the <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:34,280 –> 00:29:36,000
\nbeginning of the creation of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:36,840 –> 00:29:40,960
\nI know thy works, that thou art
\nneither cold nor hot. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:41,400 –> 00:29:43,200
\nI would that you were cold or
\nhot. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:43,200 –> 00:29:46,400
\nSo then, because you are
\nlukewarm and neither cold nor <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:46,400 –> 00:29:52,680
\nhot, I will spew you out of my
\nmouth, because you say I am rich<\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:53,080 –> 00:29:57,760
\nand increased with goods, and
\nhave need of nothing, and <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:57,760 –> 00:30:02,400
\nknowest not that you are
\nwretched and miserable, and <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:02,400 –> 00:30:09,000
\npoor, and blind and naked.
\nI counsel you to buy of me gold <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:09,000 –> 00:30:15,960
\ntried in the fire, that you may
\nbe rich and white raiments that <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:15,960 –> 00:30:21,200
\nyou may be clothed, and that the
\nshame of thy nakedness do not <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:23,920
\nappear And anoint thine eyes
\nwith. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:23,920 –> 00:30:28,880
\nI salve that thou mayest see as
\nmany as I love. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:29,240 –> 00:30:32,440
\nI rebuke and chasten.
\nBe zealous therefore, and <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:32,440 –> 00:30:37,480
\nrepent.
\nBehold, I stand at the door and <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:37,480 –> 00:30:42,360
\nknock.
\nIf any man hear my voice and <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:42,360 –> 00:30:47,040
\nopen the door, I will come into
\nhim, and will Sup with him, and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:47,040 –> 00:30:50,480
\nhe with me.
\nTo him that overcomes will I <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:50,480 –> 00:30:55,120
\ngrant to sit with me and my
\nthrone, even as I also overcame,<\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:55,520 –> 00:30:58,000
\nand him set down with my Father
\nand his throne. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:59,000 –> 00:31:03,640
\nHe that hath an ear to hear, let
\nhim hear what the Spirit says <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:03,760 –> 00:31:20,120
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