1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,120 So, since I was a young boy, I was always fascinated by magic, and so today I'm gonna 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:11,880 do some close-up magic for you. 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,040 Nobody wants to see that, it's a joke, it's not happening. 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,080 Like preach the Bible, that's why we're here, so I will. 5 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:19,880 But I will tell you this, it's fascinating. 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:20,880 Yeah, exactly. 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,360 This is what I do. 8 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,920 Teach to the Bible each and every week. 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:25,920 Man, I'm glad to see you. 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,640 Are you glad to be in church if you are, say amen. 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,040 Now why do I call the sermon series, brand new sermon series, so if you're new for the 12 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,240 first time, we're really glad you're here. 13 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:40,360 Today I begin a three-week sermon series entitled You've Been Tricked, and there are many aspects 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:45,240 of the world in which we believe things to be true that are just not so. 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,200 We've been tricked by the world around us, tricked by the enemy, we call them the devil, 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,200 and we want to unveil and reveal some of those tricks. 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:58,160 It reminds me a couple years ago on my birthday, my wife wanted to surprise me, and so she 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,840 told me, hey, on your birthday, schedule the night away, I'm going to take you on a special 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,320 night, a date night, I said, great, what are we going to do? 20 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:07,440 She said, well, I'm not going to tell you. 21 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,600 It's a surprise. 22 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,120 And I said, oh, okay, fantastic. 23 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,880 Now you might not like surprises, I do. 24 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,960 I like surprises because it means people are showing me attention, and I am the type of 25 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:21,720 person who likes attention, as you can tell. 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,960 And so my wife said, okay, we're going to go to a certain restaurant, and then we're 27 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:25,960 going to go see a show. 28 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:29,080 I said, where are we going? she said, I'm not going to tell you, and which makes me 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,120 a little nervous because my wife and I have combined our finances as husbands and wife 30 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,120 often do. 31 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:41,200 And so when she said she was taking me to a place, I was taking myself, amen. 32 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,920 I've used that joke with her in the past, and now she says it to me every single time. 33 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,760 She says, where am I taking myself for dinner? 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,280 And so it's fair both ways. 35 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,680 So she said to me, let's go. 36 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,520 And so we jumped in the car and we headed down to dinner, beautiful dinner, wonderful 37 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,720 dinner downtown. 38 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,680 And then she took me to a show that I'd never been to, but I'd always wanted to go. 39 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,560 We went and saw Penn and Teller. 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Anybody seen Penn and Teller? 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,040 Anybody seen them before? 42 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:06,040 All right. 43 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,040 A couple of you have. 44 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,200 It was really exciting for me. 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,000 I always wanted to see it because I've always enjoyed magic. 46 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,760 And the cool thing about their show is their show not only does the magic trick, it then 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,240 tells you how the magic trick is done. 48 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:23,240 So they actually show you behind the scenes, which I think is absolutely fascinating. 49 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,520 They show you the trick and then they show you how you've been tricked. 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,320 That is what this three week sermon series is. 51 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:38,320 I'm going to show you the trick that the world tries to portray on unsuspecting humans. 52 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:43,600 And then I'm going to show you how the trick is done and that you can avoid these common 53 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,520 mistakes and pitfalls of Christians. 54 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,680 Now most of the world is going to be tricked by the statements we're going to make. 55 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,960 Most of the world is not going to believe what I'm going to share with you because they've 56 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,360 been tricked. 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,400 But today begins a three week sermon series entitled You've Been Tricked and we're going 58 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,600 to see the truth about all three of these. 59 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:09,320 And the first trick that I want to reveal to you is there has been a lie perpetrated 60 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,280 on humanity. 61 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:17,520 And that lie is that once you die, that's the end. 62 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:25,200 That you live a life, you've only been given one life, and then after this life, it's over. 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,640 We even have a catchphrase that helps us understand this idea of only living once and it's called 64 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:34,520 YOLO. 65 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,800 You only live once. 66 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,360 But this is a lie. 67 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,200 It's a trick. 68 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,160 And we're going to see from God's perspective today, from the Bible's perspective, from 69 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:51,840 Jesus's perspective, that you certainly have a life right now, but that death is not the 70 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,840 end. 71 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,440 That's sermon number one. 72 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:55,760 Death is not the end. 73 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,160 Say it with me. 74 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,600 Death is not the end. 75 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,080 Say it again, say it again. 76 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,240 Death is not the end. 77 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:09,480 Now if death is not the end and that you in your life will continue after death, there 78 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,960 is what we call an after life. 79 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,720 How should I live now based upon the idea that death is not the end? 80 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,640 How am I supposed to live today knowing that life will continue after death? 81 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,440 That's the premise of today's sermon. 82 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,280 And it's the premise of Jesus' teaching in Luke chapter 16. 83 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,880 So turn with me to Luke chapter 16 if you brought a Bible. 84 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,680 If not, most of the Scripture will be on the screen today. 85 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:38,360 Luke chapter number 16, verses one and two, where we see the first answer to the question, 86 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,320 how should I live my life if death is not the end? 87 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:51,720 And the answer to that question is number one, you should audit your life. 88 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,800 Number one, audit your life. 89 00:04:53,800 --> 00:05:03,120 How many of you, when you see that word audit, it makes you nervous a little bit. 90 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,200 And not because you mean to cheat on your taxes, because you don't understand what you're 91 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,200 doing. 92 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,840 You just put random stuff down, you're like, sure, yeah, that's, I don't know, if they 93 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:16,120 catch me, I'll explain, I don't know what I'm talking about. 94 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,640 Audit, not just your finances. 95 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,360 I want you to audit your life. 96 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,120 Say it with me, audit your life. 97 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,440 How do I audit my life, Pastor Josh? 98 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Ask this question, what am I spending my life on? 99 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,840 What are you doing with your life? 100 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,280 So Jesus tells a story to his disciples that help illustrate this. 101 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:40,280 It begins in verse one. 102 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:41,280 Look at what it says. 103 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:46,880 It says, and he also said to his disciples, Jesus is talking to his disciples here, and 104 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,080 I'm going to read the passage and then go back and explain it. 105 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,680 Jesus said to his disciples, there was a certain rich man who had a steward and an accusation 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:58,800 was brought against his steward that this man was wasting his goods. 107 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,240 So he called to him as steward and said to him, what is this that I hear about you? 108 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,480 Give an account for you are my steward. 109 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,080 Give an account of your stewardship for you can no longer be my steward. 110 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,840 Then the steward said to himself, what shall I do? 111 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:16,760 For I, my master, is taking away the stewardship from me. 112 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:18,080 I cannot dig. 113 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,800 I am ashamed to beg. 114 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,880 I have resolved what to do. 115 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:29,040 That when I am put out of my stewardship that they may receive me into their houses. 116 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,080 So he called every one of his masters debtors to himself and said to the first, how much 117 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,160 does my you owe my master? 118 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,680 And he said, I owe your master a hundred measures of oil. 119 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,880 So he said to him, take your bill, sit down right quickly, fifty. 120 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,560 Then he said to another, how much do you owe my master? 121 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,480 And he said, I owe your master one hundred measures of wheat. 122 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:53,160 And he said to him, sit down quickly and write your bill, eighty. 123 00:06:53,160 --> 00:07:05,420 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. 124 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:10,400 This is an interesting story that Jesus tells to his disciples. 125 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,740 I have a question for you. 126 00:07:11,740 --> 00:07:13,660 Who does Jesus tell this story to? 127 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:14,880 If you know, say it out loud. 128 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,040 Who does he tell the story to? 129 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,040 To his disciples. 130 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,040 It's right there. 131 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,040 Look at the very first verse. 132 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,680 Let's go on the screen back to the first verse. 133 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,920 And look what it says. 134 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,440 He said also to his disciples this story. 135 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,920 Now this is really important to understanding why the story is structured the way it is. 136 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,880 Sometimes a preacher like me will preach a sermon to followers of Jesus. 137 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,240 And sometimes a preacher like me will preach a sermon to people who are not yet followers 138 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,760 of Jesus, who are still thinking about becoming believers. 139 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,200 Jesus does the same thing. 140 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,680 This part of the sermon is for the believer. 141 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,400 And you're going to see next week's sermon is to the person who's not yet a believer. 142 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,920 So this sermon is for the disciple. 143 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:55,960 I'm going to say who is this sermon for? 144 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,160 You say the disciple. 145 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,520 Who is this sermon for? 146 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,520 The disciple. 147 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:08,520 It's dedicated to the disciple so that the disciple of Jesus can think about the afterlife. 148 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,760 How many disciples of Jesus are here today if you are? 149 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:11,760 Say amen. 150 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:12,760 Okay. 151 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,240 There was a certain rich man. 152 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,440 This is story is for you. 153 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,440 It was a certain rich man who had a steward. 154 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,480 It was a wealthy man who owned a business. 155 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,640 And in this business, he had a manager of the business. 156 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,560 And an accusation was brought against this man that he wasted his goods. 157 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,680 The rich man found out that the manager of his business was not a good manager. 158 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:38,960 Have you ever worked with anybody that was incompetent? 159 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:39,960 I think we're safe. 160 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,120 How many of you have ever worked with somebody who's incompetent before? 161 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,120 Raise your hand. 162 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:45,600 I've never worked with somebody who's incompetent before. 163 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:46,760 All right, put your hands down. 164 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:56,040 And you say, I've never done that. 165 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,040 It's you. 166 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,040 Okay. 167 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,040 So it's okay. 168 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,040 You're accepted here. 169 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,040 We love you. 170 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,360 But you know, you're the one. 171 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,320 And so this guy, rich man, has a manager. 172 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,400 He's incompetent and he's wasting his time. 173 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,680 He's wasting his talents and he's wasting his treasure. 174 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,440 He's wasting it all. 175 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,840 Now the manager, does he own the business? 176 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:19,840 Yes or no? 177 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:20,840 No. 178 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,920 The manager just runs the business for the owner. 179 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,120 Verse two. 180 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:29,240 So the owner brings the manager in and says, what is this that I hear about you? 181 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,240 Give an account. 182 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Give an account. 183 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,920 That means write out the fact that I want to see the business plan. 184 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:35,480 Show me the books. 185 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,920 What have you been doing with my money? 186 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,280 What have you been doing with my time? 187 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,640 What have you been doing with all of the staff and the talents that you've been given? 188 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:43,880 What are you doing? 189 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,360 Give an account of your stewardship. 190 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,360 Why? 191 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,880 Because you are no longer to be steward. 192 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,880 He got fired. 193 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,960 Have you ever been in the room when somebody got fired? 194 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,640 Have you ever been in the room when somebody got fired? 195 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,040 You say, yeah, pastor, I was the one who had to do the firing. 196 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,040 That's awkward. 197 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,920 You say, well, no, pastor, I was the one who got fired. 198 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:06,920 That's even more awkward. 199 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,480 By the way, we all have it passed. 200 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:10,720 We've all been in these moments. 201 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:11,720 It's an awkward moment. 202 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,360 So the guy calls him in and says, you're my manager. 203 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:14,760 You're not doing a good job. 204 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,520 You're no longer going to be steward. 205 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:22,680 You're no longer going to be the manager. 206 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,200 This beginning of the story is to tell us this. 207 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,760 Jesus is telling us, I want you to know the way God the Father sees you. 208 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:35,720 He sees you as a steward, as a servant, as a manager. 209 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,720 You're not the owner of your life. 210 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,480 You're not the owner of your time. 211 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,200 You're not the owner of your talents. 212 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,760 You're not the owner of your treasure. 213 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,440 All of what you have belongs to God. 214 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,400 You simply manage it for him. 215 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,360 You say, no, it's my life. 216 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,360 You're fooling yourself. 217 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:52,360 It's not your life. 218 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:57,520 It's God's life that he's temporarily giving you now. 219 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:02,800 And he can take your life anytime he wants whenever you're done. 220 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,200 Does that make sense? 221 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,120 So this is Jesus, the Son of God, letting you know. 222 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:12,280 It's really cool, a behind-the-scenes look, behind-the-curtain look about how God sees 223 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,280 us. 224 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,720 Do you remember in chapter 15, if you were here last week, how many of you heard Pastor 225 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,160 Caleb Sermon about the prodigal son? 226 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,040 How many of you remember, oh, we have lights. 227 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,240 Look at the lights just turned on. 228 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:23,240 How about that? 229 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,240 Oh, we have people here. 230 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,240 I can see you now. 231 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,240 Very good. 232 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,360 All right. 233 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,240 Last week's sermon, how many of you heard Pastor Caleb Sermon about the prodigal son 234 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,240 last week? 235 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,240 Raise your hand. 236 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:40,280 And in chapter 15 of the book of Luke, it shows us the way God sees humanity, and we 237 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,880 are his sons. 238 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,720 In chapter 16, Jesus tells us even more about how God sees humanity. 239 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,880 In chapter 15, God sees you as his sons. 240 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:55,400 In chapter 16, God sees you as his servants. 241 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,760 You are not only his children. 242 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:04,840 You are also his managers, his stewards of your time, talents, and treasures. 243 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,200 And this is what's being expressed here. 244 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,080 So what does it mean to be a manager? 245 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,080 I thought about how I would talk about this today, so we're going to do something a little 246 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,880 different. 247 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,160 How many of you are sports fans? 248 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,160 Any big sports fans here? 249 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,160 Raise your hand. 250 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,160 How many of you are sports fans? 251 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,160 Raise your hand if you're a sports fan. 252 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,160 Okay, very good. 253 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,160 All right, very good. 254 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,160 All right. 255 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:27,720 Let's go over to Josh. 256 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,960 That's a great name. 257 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:29,960 Stand up, Josh. 258 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:30,960 Would you stand up? 259 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,960 Give Josh a round of applause. 260 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,960 Come stand over here. 261 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,960 Josh, that was your daughter who was baptized earlier, correct? 262 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:39,960 It is. 263 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:40,960 You can hold it. 264 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:41,960 You can hold it. 265 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:42,960 Let's turn on this mic. 266 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:43,960 All right, very good. 267 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,960 Joshua, how are you doing today? 268 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:45,960 Good. 269 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:46,960 How are you? 270 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:47,960 You're not nervous to be up here, right? 271 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:48,960 Not at all. 272 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:49,960 Okay, fantastic. 273 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:50,960 We're friends. 274 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:51,960 All right. 275 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:52,960 Now, let's get started. 276 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Joshua, here's a question. 277 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,960 Have we talked about this before at all? 278 00:12:58,960 --> 00:12:59,960 We have not. 279 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:00,960 We have not. 280 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:01,960 Okay, all right. 281 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:02,960 I'm not going to do magic. 282 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:03,960 Don't worry. 283 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:04,960 All right. 284 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:05,960 Okay. 285 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,960 Who is your favorite sports team? 286 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:09,960 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 287 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,960 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 288 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:19,960 Are they allowed to boo me? 289 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:20,960 Pick again. 290 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:21,960 Yeah. 291 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:22,960 I'm just kidding. 292 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:23,960 I'm kidding. 293 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:24,960 That's fine. 294 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:25,960 That's fine. 295 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:26,960 Any other Tampa... 296 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,960 Folks, let's try to be serious at this church. 297 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,960 Any other Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans here? 298 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,960 Yeah, that makes sense. 299 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,960 Yeah, actually, that's it. 300 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:37,960 All right. 301 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:38,960 Very good. 302 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:39,960 Who owns the Tampa Bay... 303 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,960 Do you know who the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is? 304 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,960 Same people who own the Manchester United. 305 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:45,960 Okay. 306 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,960 So the answer is no. 307 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:47,960 He has no idea who... 308 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:48,960 Manchester United. 309 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,960 You know these are Americans. 310 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,960 We have no idea what you're talking about. 311 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,960 Very good. 312 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,960 All right. 313 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Soccer, I think. 314 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:57,960 All right. 315 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:58,960 Now, okay. 316 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:04,960 Let's suppose you got an email from the owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Josh, and it says, 317 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,960 hey, Josh, we heard you're the biggest fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 318 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,960 In fact, there are only one left. 319 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:11,960 Okay. 320 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:18,960 So, you know, and then the email says to you, we want you to be the new manager of the 321 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,960 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 322 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:21,960 Wow. 323 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,960 Give him a round of applause. 324 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:23,960 That's kind of cool. 325 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:24,960 Wow. 326 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:25,960 Josh, what do you do now? 327 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:26,960 What do you do now? 328 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:27,960 For work. 329 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:28,960 For work. 330 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,960 What do you do now? 331 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,960 I work for a bank. 332 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:31,960 He works for a bank. 333 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,960 Now, you're going to have to leave banking and run the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 334 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,960 Are you willing to do it? 335 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:35,960 Yes. 336 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:36,960 For the illustration. 337 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:37,960 Say yes. 338 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:38,960 Yes. 339 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:39,960 Okay. 340 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:40,960 All right. 341 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:41,960 Very good. 342 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:42,960 He's like, I do not want that mess. 343 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:43,960 No, I do not want to clean that up. 344 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Okay. 345 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:45,960 All right. 346 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,960 Okay. 347 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,960 Imagine, I want you to really feel this. 348 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:49,960 Okay. 349 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:55,560 Imagine genuinely and truly and real that you are now, I mean, you go this week and now 350 00:14:55,560 --> 00:15:00,640 next week, you're preparing for football season. 351 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,800 You are now the manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 352 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,440 What are you feeling? 353 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:07,440 What are the things that you feel? 354 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,440 Go. 355 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,440 Nervous. 356 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:10,440 Okay. 357 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:11,440 You're nervous. 358 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Yeah. 359 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,440 What else? 360 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,440 Excited. 361 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:15,440 Excited. 362 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,440 What else? 363 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,440 How many of you started? 364 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:18,440 Yeah. 365 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,440 Wow. 366 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,160 Nervous, excited and anxious. 367 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:25,160 Give them a round of applause. 368 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,080 Ladies and gentlemen, that's Josh. 369 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:33,480 Nervous, excited and anxious. 370 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:34,480 Why is he nervous? 371 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,820 Well, he's nervous because he has a fan base to please. 372 00:15:37,820 --> 00:15:42,440 He's nervous because he has to live up to the incredible history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 373 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:48,560 He's nervous about this. 374 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:53,560 He also is excited because he loves this team and to live for something beyond himself. 375 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,680 This is a really cool opportunity and he's anxious. 376 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,520 He's anxious because he wants to get started. 377 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,000 He wants to get to work. 378 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,320 So this is what Jesus is telling you about your life. 379 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,740 The life you've been given, it's not your life. 380 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:12,880 It's God's life in you, through you. 381 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,600 And when you finally realize that, there is a sense of nervousness. 382 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,600 Why? 383 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,760 Because it's not just your life to waste. 384 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,760 It's not just about you. 385 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,480 It's not just your time, your talents, your treasures. 386 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,160 You represent something bigger than yourself. 387 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,760 It's not just nervousness. 388 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,680 You feel anticipation and excitement about getting started. 389 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,200 You're excited that you represent God. 390 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,200 You're excited that you represent His kingdom. 391 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,280 You have this anxiety about, let's get started, let's do something. 392 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:45,040 That is the essence of what you're supposed to feel when you study this passage. 393 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,160 That you and I are not owners of our lives. 394 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,440 We are simply stewards of the life that God has given us. 395 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:56,760 Number one, what you must do, what we must do is audit our lives. 396 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,760 Ask the question, how am I spending my life? 397 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,600 What am I spending my life on? 398 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:06,680 Number two, number two, how should I live if death is not the end? 399 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,320 Number one, you must audit your life. 400 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,360 Number two, you must seize the opportunity. 401 00:17:12,360 --> 00:17:14,880 I'm going to say number two, you say seize the opportunity. 402 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:20,520 Number two. 403 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:24,400 The question you're supposed to wrestle with is this. 404 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:34,600 Do you see the urgency of time running out? 405 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,480 Death is not the end. 406 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,960 You have to audit your life. 407 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,520 You have to say, what am I spending my life on? 408 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:53,720 And do you see the urgency of seizing the opportunity to live, not for the moment, but for the 409 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:54,720 life to come? 410 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,200 Look what he says in verse three, the story goes on. 411 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,560 Remember, the guy got fired and Jesus says, so what happens to this guy who's going to 412 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:02,560 get fired? 413 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,000 Well, then the steward said within himself, what shall I do? 414 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,080 For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. 415 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,840 Apparently he got a two-week notice. 416 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,720 Apparently the guy didn't get fired immediately and was told packing. 417 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,040 He's still steward. 418 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,680 He's still manager for a little, hey, I'm going to take your life or I'm going to take 419 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,360 your job away from you soon. 420 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,280 You still have a little bit of time. 421 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,120 And then he said to himself, well, what am I going to do whenever I no longer have this 422 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:27,120 job? 423 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,120 I cannot dig. 424 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:29,600 I guess this guy was an accountant for too long. 425 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:30,800 You know what I mean? 426 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,640 And he says to beg, I am ashamed. 427 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,360 So what am I going to do? 428 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:44,840 With this two-week notice, he realized time was short and he had to come up with a plan. 429 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:50,960 Now this is one of the most weird Bible stories that Jesus ever tells. 430 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,480 What was this guy's plan? 431 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,560 I have resolved this is what I will do. 432 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:59,360 When I am fired and put out of my stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 433 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:00,360 I've got a plan. 434 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:04,440 If he's going to fire me, I've only got a limited amount of time, I'm going to go to 435 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,480 all of the people who are debtors to my owner. 436 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:14,480 I'm going to go to all the people who owe my master money and I'm going to make friends 437 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,720 with them. 438 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:22,440 And that way when I get fired, they'll like me and I'll be able to spend time with them. 439 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:23,880 I won't starve. 440 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,040 So I'm going to go make friends with them. 441 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:30,880 He said, how does he make friends with the owner's debtors? 442 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,280 Oh, in a really weird way, a bit dishonest. 443 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:33,280 Verse 5. 444 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,760 So he called every one of his master's debtors to him and said to the first, how much does 445 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,760 my master owe you? 446 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,320 He said, 100 measures of oil. 447 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:45,600 He said, okay, sit down, take out your bill and quickly write 50. 448 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,040 You owe him 100? 449 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,040 Say it's 50. 450 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,440 I'll change my books. 451 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,760 You change your books. 452 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:53,760 We're good. 453 00:19:53,760 --> 00:20:03,320 Now, what do you think the debtor felt toward this guy? 454 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,520 Thank you. 455 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:06,800 You're my new friend. 456 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,920 Now, before you judge this guy too harshly, say that's immoral. 457 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:16,960 How many of you have ever received a big discount from a friend at a store? 458 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,320 How many of you are like, we're family friends discount, you know what I mean? 459 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,120 And you're like, you met their cousin once, right? 460 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,760 It was last Tuesday night, I had finished my Bible study here. 461 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,840 I teach through church history here on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. 462 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:30,840 And it was late. 463 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,360 I was tired and I stopped for some food. 464 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:33,360 I hadn't eaten dinner. 465 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,400 I stopped at the El Pollo local with my daughter Scarlett and we pulled up and I ordered a 466 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:43,560 double chicken tostada salad and a diet coke for just for fun. 467 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,080 Who am I kidding, right? 468 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,640 And we pulled up to the front. 469 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,240 And apparently, like they were ready to shut down. 470 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,640 And I know if you've ever worked in food service like I have, sometimes things are shutting 471 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,040 down and you want to go home and sometimes customers are being weird. 472 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,080 And my credit card wasn't working and my app wasn't working. 473 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,600 And I guess I irritated them a little too long because they looked and said, it's free. 474 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:05,600 It's on the house. 475 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,600 It's free. 476 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:13,320 And they just gave it to me. 477 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,120 And I was like, thank you. 478 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:19,720 You know, I got out of there as quick as possible. 479 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,640 My daughter, she's 14. 480 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,040 She looked at me and said, you should be a mean every time you go to the drive-thru. 481 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,040 I was a mean. 482 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,040 I was just, I was law. 483 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,400 I was, I was an old man confused. 484 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:30,400 It was late and I was hungry. 485 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,160 All right. 486 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,160 That discount was fantastic. 487 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,480 Did they have the authority to do? 488 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:38,480 I guess. 489 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,480 I don't know. 490 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:40,480 I didn't ask. 491 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,560 I wasn't like, let me speak with your owner. 492 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,320 I was like, call Mr. Polio, please. 493 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,120 I want to talk to him. 494 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,120 Give me the food. 495 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:50,120 Let's go. 496 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,120 I'm out of here. 497 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:52,760 That's what's happening. 498 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,720 This guy is giving discounts on all, in fact, he goes on. 499 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,040 Look what he, this was his plan. 500 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,040 Verse number seven. 501 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,080 So he said to the other, how much do you owe my master? 502 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,720 And he said 100 measures of wheat. 503 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,080 And he said to him, take your bill down and write 80. 504 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,520 His plan. 505 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,560 His plan was to seize the opportunity while he still had it. 506 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:20,080 If he was only going to be a manager for two more weeks, he better take advantage of the 507 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:26,080 two weeks. 508 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,560 How much longer do you have life? 509 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:36,640 For some of us, it could be two weeks, two months, two years, 20 years. 510 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,800 Jesus is saying, life is short. 511 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:44,680 Are you taking advantage of the opportunity now? 512 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:45,680 Say really? 513 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,040 Look at verse eight. 514 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:54,160 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. 515 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,480 Isn't that a weird thing to say? 516 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:58,640 Jesus doesn't yell at this guy. 517 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:04,960 The master doesn't yell at this guy for dealing smartly, shrewdly. 518 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,560 The master in fact actually commends him, but he doesn't call him just. 519 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:14,480 He says, no, the guy was unjust, but he was smart in what he did. 520 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:18,680 Now, you say, well, was Jesus commending his dishonesty? 521 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,240 No, no, no. 522 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,240 Jesus was not commending his dishonesty. 523 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:31,360 He was commending his bold seizing of the opportunity that he had in front of him. 524 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:36,280 What Jesus is telling us is that life is short. 525 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:41,600 You better seize the opportunity to not live for this life, but to live for the life to 526 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:49,280 come. 527 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:54,080 What would you do if you only had two weeks left at work? 528 00:23:54,080 --> 00:24:00,320 Some of you are like, I see some smiles creeping across your face. 529 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,320 What would you say? 530 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:02,320 Who would you say it to? 531 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,560 How would you deal with that? 532 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,920 What would you do if you only had two weeks left to live? 533 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,040 Two months, two years. 534 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:16,160 This is the emotional place Jesus wants you to get, the logical place Jesus wants you 535 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,160 to get. 536 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:23,200 To say life is not about this life. 537 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,320 It's short. 538 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:31,000 The poet of the Bible said, life is but a vapor, it appears for a moment, and then vanishes 539 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 away. 540 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,760 Now Jesus says a commentary on his story. 541 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:37,760 Look at verse 8. 542 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,440 So the master commended the unjust steward because he dealt shrewdly, for the sons of 543 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:48,960 this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light. 544 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,440 Jesus said, don't you understand? 545 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,080 You are the sons of light. 546 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,280 He established this in the last chapter. 547 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,240 Because sometimes the sons of the world are smarter than the sons of light. 548 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,240 Sometimes the people of the world are smarter than Christians. 549 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,280 Can I get an amen? 550 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,000 Now notice, he doesn't say they're smarter all the time. 551 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,960 They're smarter in their generation. 552 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,120 In their brief lifespan, they're smart. 553 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:10,120 Why? 554 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:16,200 Because the people of the world, they never cease to seize the opportunity for temporary 555 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,680 money and temporary power. 556 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,080 They're really good at it. 557 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,080 Watch the world. 558 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,120 They're really good at taking advantage of the moment, seizing the opportunity to get 559 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:29,520 as much money and power and influence as they can right now. 560 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:36,040 Jesus is saying, take that same spirit inside of you and say, what can I do now to prepare 561 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:42,280 for the real life to come? 562 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:47,160 The smartest person in the world that seizes opportunity throughout their life so they 563 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,640 can live in pleasure through their 80s. 564 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,320 They'll have to live through their 80s. 565 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,120 And then it's over. 566 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:06,120 The wisest men and women, they seize opportunity now investing in the life to come. 567 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,800 That's what the scripture is teaching us here. 568 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:18,040 You only have a short time left in this life and death is not the end. 569 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,840 Now let me ask you a question before I move on to the third thought of the sermon that 570 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,640 we're done. 571 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:27,440 Is this sermon or this story meant for disciples or unbelievers? 572 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,760 Who is it meant for? 573 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,760 Disciples. 574 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,760 Disciples. 575 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,720 Next week's sermon is for the unbeliever. 576 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,960 We're going to see that. 577 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,440 But the rest of the sermon won't make sense if you're thinking this is trying to get people 578 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,440 into heaven. 579 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:40,440 It's not. 580 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,400 It's people who are already going to heaven. 581 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,400 Number one, what do I need to do if I understand that life is not the end? 582 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:48,680 How should I live my life? 583 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,840 Number one, you must audit your life. 584 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,760 Number two, you must seize the opportunities. 585 00:26:54,760 --> 00:27:02,200 And then number three, you must invest your life in the next life. 586 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,200 I'm going to say number three, you say invest in the next life. 587 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,200 Number three, invest in the next life. 588 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,200 Say how do I do this? 589 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:15,080 You have to ask the question, do I make the next life part of the equation? 590 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:21,560 Some of you are very good at math. 591 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,120 And you've used math to actually benefit your life. 592 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:27,840 You've done the equations in your mind. 593 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,840 If I do this now, this is where it's going to be. 594 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,600 And if I do this now, this is what's going to happen. 595 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,520 And if I do this now, I'm going to be here later on. 596 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:38,200 You have used math to invest in the latter part of your life. 597 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,960 You're very smart to do so. 598 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:46,680 Because some of you that are incredible with math have left out of the equation a key component, 599 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:53,120 and that is the afterlife. 600 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:58,200 And that key component out of the equation is going to absolutely wreck you, because 601 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:04,280 you're going to do really, really well for a few decades and then have nothing. 602 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:08,680 And so it's really cool that the Son of God leaves heaven to tell us, here's how it really 603 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:09,680 works. 604 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:10,680 Does that make sense? 605 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,760 That's what's going on in this passage. 606 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:19,680 To illustrate the importance of the next life, Jesus uses money as the illustration. 607 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,200 Now the passage is not all about money, though a lot of preachers try to make it all about 608 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,480 money, it's not. 609 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:29,120 The passage is really about money as an illustration of this idea. 610 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:32,520 Use what you have now to invest in the life to come. 611 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,520 Does this make sense? 612 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,920 Look at what he says in verse nine. 613 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:41,160 When I say to you, make friends for yourself by unrighteous mammon. 614 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,160 Mammon means money. 615 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,600 I'm going to say mammon, you say money. 616 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,400 Mammon. 617 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:52,040 Make for yourselves friends by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive 618 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,560 you into their everlasting home. 619 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:59,680 Just like this steward had a temporary time to make as many friends as possible using 620 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:05,880 this wealth, so you have a temporary amount of time to literally yours your wealth, to 621 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,600 make friends in the next life. 622 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,760 Say how does that work practically? 623 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,360 It's very simple. 624 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,160 If in the next life there are people who have heard the gospel, repented of their sins and 625 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:26,240 received Jesus as savior, that arrived in a place of repentance and heaven because they 626 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,520 were born again, the question is how did they get there? 627 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,840 Well, by the grace of God and by their own faith, but they heard the gospel because you 628 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,800 sent a preacher to them. 629 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,240 This is written to the early church before the world knew the gospel of Jesus Christ. 630 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,720 Jesus was saying, you need to spread my name around the world so that everybody has a 631 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,160 chance to be saved. 632 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:55,280 Take the money you have now, use the money you have now to make a future friend in heaven. 633 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,440 Here's another way to say it. 634 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,160 I know this is a completely different way to think. 635 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:05,760 Like you're elevating your mind to a whole other level here, an eternal perspective. 636 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:10,600 Imagine the money that you give to missionaries. 637 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,280 Let's say some missionary in Africa, like the Snooks. 638 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,760 You're like, I'm just going to give to this mission's program. 639 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,080 You'll never see that money this side of heaven. 640 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:25,720 But 10,000 years from now in heaven, you have a best friend and you begin to find out how 641 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,000 did you get saved? 642 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,480 Oh, I happened to live in the 21st century. 643 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,480 Me too. 644 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,480 Where did you live? 645 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,480 Oh, in Africa. 646 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,480 I did not. 647 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,480 I lived in America. 648 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,240 Well, how did you hear about Jesus? 649 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,080 Oh, there was this missionary. 650 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,720 You're like, hold on. 651 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,080 And now you're connecting dots. 652 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,560 Do you see what Jesus is saying here? 653 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:50,000 He doesn't think like us because he's not from this place. 654 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,040 He's from the eternal kingdom of heaven. 655 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:57,320 And he's trying to elevate our thinking to think in that way. 656 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,480 Use earthly money to make heavenly friends. 657 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:00,480 This is the concept. 658 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,480 Hey, hey, we as humans have been tricked. 659 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:08,480 We've been told that the most important thing you can do with your money is to make yourself 660 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,720 more comfortable. 661 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,280 Use your time, your talents, and your treasures. 662 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,760 Use everything at your resource to take care of yourself. 663 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:25,160 Jesus is saying, no, take your time, talents, and treasures to procure heavenly friendships. 664 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,680 Look, he goes on to explain verse 10 and 11. 665 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,240 He who is faithful in that which is least is also faithful in that which is much. 666 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,080 And he who is unjust in that which is least is also unjust in that which is much. 667 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:42,320 Jesus says, hey, if you are faithful as a disciple with something as small as money, 668 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:48,080 one day you'll be given opportunity to be faithful in bigger things than money. 669 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,680 Trust 11. 670 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:53,960 Therefore if you have not been faithful in unrighteous money, who will commit to your 671 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:59,440 trust true riches? 672 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:00,760 This I understand. 673 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,240 This is a broad Christian crowd. 674 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:08,320 And I understand that we're talking about next level Christianity in understanding what 675 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,480 most Christians don't understand. 676 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,520 But that's what we do when we teach through the Bible. 677 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:17,120 I teach through every verse and explain it to every person. 678 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:25,360 Be sane, use the temporary monetary money that you have now to prove yourself to God 679 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:33,080 and advance your future life in a way that you could never understand. 680 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,100 That's what he's saying. 681 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:43,600 This is why pastors like myself teach about giving. 682 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:48,320 When we say give to the work of God, it's not because the work of God needs your money 683 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:49,320 to function. 684 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,200 Now, I've had people after I preach this, they'll come and be like, pastor, you can't 685 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,200 say that. 686 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,200 You shouldn't say that. 687 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,200 People will stop giving. 688 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,240 Look, let's be very clear so I can offend these people permanently. 689 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:05,200 If every single person in this room never gave another dime to this church, the church 690 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,080 will be fine. 691 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:09,080 It will be fine. 692 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,280 The church will keep going. 693 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,040 You say, why, because we're not here because you want it to be here, we're here because 694 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,400 God wants it to be here. 695 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,000 And so if you don't give, God will bring somebody else to give. 696 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,680 Does that make sense? 697 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,800 But yeah, it's true. 698 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,080 It's also true that the church doesn't need me to preach. 699 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,080 I'm replaceable. 700 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,080 Oh, thank you. 701 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:34,880 Really, it felt sarcastic. 702 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:39,200 At any moment, God could say, Josh is done here and God puts another preacher here and 703 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,400 the church will continue. 704 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:41,400 Why? 705 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:46,000 Because I'm replaceable, you're replaceable, it's God's work. 706 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,880 You say, then why should I give? 707 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,480 Why should I be involved in giving? 708 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,480 Why does a pastor teach somebody to give? 709 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,920 The reason why God wants us to give to the work of God is because it elevates our mind 710 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,200 beyond the temporal. 711 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,920 And it focuses us on the eternal. 712 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:04,840 Now if you're not a disciple of Jesus yet, again, is this sermon for you, yes or no? 713 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:05,840 No. 714 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,040 If you come and you're like, I came to church for the first time and they tell me to give 715 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:09,040 all my money. 716 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,040 I'm talking to you. 717 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,040 I like you. 718 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,560 Just come to church and receive Jesus. 719 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,320 I'm talking to the disciple. 720 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,680 Understand? 721 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:20,000 And the disciple needs to understand the purpose of giving is to elevate their mindset beyond 722 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,000 the temporal. 723 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,520 That's why we teach the pathway of giving. 724 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,160 We say one step at a time. 725 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:25,680 Let's see that pathway of giving. 726 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,520 You become a first-time giver. 727 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,520 You just give. 728 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:29,520 You say how? 729 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:31,240 Just give, I don't know, pull out a 20, put it in the plate. 730 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:32,240 You're a giver. 731 00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:34,760 Say that's it, that's it. 732 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:39,160 But on the pathway of giving, the next step is to become a regular giver. 733 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,440 That is, it's structured. 734 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,840 You give every week or you give every month. 735 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,600 You give $100 a month. 736 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,120 You give $10 a month or whatever it might be. 737 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,960 You become a regular giver. 738 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,360 It's not just whenever you feel like it, you tip God. 739 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,120 No, you put it in your budget. 740 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,920 The third step is what we call tithe. 741 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:04,640 A tithe is somebody who has segmented a portion of their money and give it back to God. 742 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,080 Now, it's an Old Testament law. 743 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,360 It's not a law in the New Testament. 744 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,680 It's not like, if you don't tithe, God doesn't like you. 745 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,280 Or if you do tithe, God likes you. 746 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,360 That's not the point. 747 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:18,200 It's an Old Testament law and New Testament Christians kind of use it for inspiration. 748 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,800 And we get to a place where we give a certain percentage back to God. 749 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,520 But that's not the end game. 750 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,760 The end game is for every Christian to become an extravagant giver. 751 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:33,960 It means every chance they get, they give away to the poor, to the needy, to the homeless, 752 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,040 to the church, to the work of God, to missionaries. 753 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:41,280 We use our resources as if they were not our resources. 754 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:47,080 We use our resources as if they were God's proving to God we can be trusted with that 755 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,200 which is His. 756 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,000 That is stewardship. 757 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,720 You say, proving to God? 758 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,920 Oh yeah, look at what Jesus says. 759 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,760 Look what He says in verse 12. 760 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:04,840 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you 761 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,840 what is your own? 762 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:16,160 Now, you deeper Christians, listen, your time, talents and treasures are not your own. 763 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:22,160 If you cannot be trusted with God's that He's given you, He's saying, how can I trust you 764 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:29,120 when you get to the eternal kingdom to give you what is really yours? 765 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:35,240 This passage is teaching that this life is a proving ground for the next life. 766 00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:39,320 You have to prove you can be trusted. 767 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:43,680 As a Christian, if you prove yourself untrustworthy in this world, you'll be given little opportunity 768 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,520 in the world to come. 769 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,840 Really? 770 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,760 That's exactly what Jesus is saying. 771 00:36:54,760 --> 00:37:02,000 You see, this life for a Christian is the practice lap. 772 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,960 Anybody, any race fans here? 773 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,360 NASCAR, Formula One, anybody a race fan? 774 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:08,360 Raise your hand if you are. 775 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,360 Okay, all right, very good. 776 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,040 Six of us, very good, all right. 777 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,440 So interestingly enough, whenever it comes to racing, did you know that there's a race 778 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,600 before the race? 779 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,320 Like there's the real race and then everybody lines up for the real race and if you ever 780 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,560 are new to racing, you might be like, well, why does that guy get to be up the front and 781 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,080 that guy has to be way in the back? 782 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,160 And the answer is pull position. 783 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:35,640 The answer is they had a race the day or the week before to determine which position you 784 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,280 get. 785 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:43,680 And if you do really well in the pre-race, then you get positioned in the real race. 786 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,640 And if you do really poorly in the pre-race, you get a bad position in the next race. 787 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,680 You say, well, the first race doesn't really count. 788 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,880 I guess it depends on how you look at it. 789 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:59,520 Say, whoa, whoa, whoa, are you saying that this whole world is a pre-race for the Christian? 790 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,400 That's exactly what I'm saying. 791 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,200 It's not like Jesus saved me, forgive me my sins, I get to go to heaven. 792 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,920 Yeah, you get to go to heaven, you're in the race. 793 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:15,120 The question is now, what is that next world going to be like for you? 794 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,240 And there'll be no complaining. 795 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:21,400 And the answer is, and you're going to see this at the end of the chapter very clearly 796 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:27,160 when Jesus tells about the rich man in Lazarus, life is fair. 797 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:33,400 How you race in this life will determine what your next life in eternity will be based upon 798 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,240 what God, you say, well, what are the details there? 799 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:37,520 Fascinatingly enough about heaven. 800 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,960 We don't get a lot of details. 801 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,400 I mean, we know there's streets of gold and angels and people walk it around in the city 802 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,400 and all this. 803 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,120 There's some, there are glimpses, but we don't get the full picture. 804 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,240 But we do know one thing is certain. 805 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:57,480 How you race in this life determines what that will be like for you there. 806 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,360 There are a lot of Jesus' parables that teach just this point. 807 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,720 Pastor, what are you trying to say? 808 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:07,600 I'm saying invest in the next life, invest in the next life, invest in the next life, 809 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,320 invest in the next life. 810 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:16,200 That's why Jesus ends in verse 13 by saying, no servant can serve two masters. 811 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,200 Either he will hate the one and love the other or else he'll be loyal to the one and despise 812 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:20,200 the other. 813 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:25,160 You cannot serve God and money. 814 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,960 Jesus is saying as it relates to money, it's true for treasure, it's true for your talents, 815 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:29,960 it's true for your time. 816 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,520 If you look at your time and you're like, it's my time. 817 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:38,080 It's like, okay, it's my money, okay. 818 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,080 It's my talent. 819 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:43,000 I'll use my talent where I want to use my talent. 820 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,920 Fine. 821 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:49,000 You cannot serve God and focus on the next life while you're serving yourself and focusing 822 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,160 on this life. 823 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,080 See what he's saying? 824 00:39:52,080 --> 00:40:01,760 See, you have to be really intentional and strategic about life. 825 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:06,400 Faith for the next life. 826 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,560 My sister, her name is Faith. 827 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,760 I have three sisters actually. 828 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,600 Charity, Faith, and Hope. 829 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,760 I grew up in a religious home, can you tell? 830 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,680 It's true. 831 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,480 Faith is my middle sister and she's the sweetest thing in the world. 832 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,280 I'll never forget when she graduated from college and she got her first job. 833 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,760 Do you remember graduating from college, getting your first job? 834 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,240 And like you felt free, right? 835 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:35,800 For the very first time, you have your own money, your own life, you're ready to go. 836 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,240 And she was going to go buy her first car for herself. 837 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:44,280 Up until this point, she had been driving the family car, a 1991 Dodge Caravan with 838 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,160 234,000 miles on it. 839 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,320 Yeah, that's a car, baby. 840 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,240 That's a car. 841 00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:53,760 And so finally had opportunity to go on a bike in her very first car. 842 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:54,760 She was really excited about it. 843 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,520 She talked about it for like months. 844 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,160 You know, I know what car I want to get. 845 00:40:58,160 --> 00:40:59,160 I know what car I want to get. 846 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,200 I called her just to make sure I remember what it was. 847 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,400 She wanted to get the Lexus RS350. 848 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:12,920 And the reason she wanted to get the Lexus RS350 is because that was what her boss drove 849 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,760 and sometimes in college she got to drive her boss's car and she's like, this is my 850 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:16,760 car. 851 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:17,760 This is my car. 852 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:18,760 This is the car I'm going to get. 853 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:23,400 So she graduated from college, got her first job, had a little cash, cash, cashola. 854 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,400 Living with mom and dad. 855 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:25,400 You have a little cashola. 856 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,400 You know what I mean? 857 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:31,880 It's going to go by the RS300, Lexus RS300 something, something. 858 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,280 So I'll never forget, we had a big family gathering. 859 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,920 She had gone out car purchasing like a couple of days before. 860 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,440 We had a big family gathering and we're sitting around. 861 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,200 I'm like, hey, hey, did you get your car? 862 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,640 I don't know if it's me or somebody else answered. 863 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,400 She's like, oh yeah, yeah, I got a car. 864 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,080 I'm like, oh, the Lexus. 865 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:51,520 And she's like, well, not so much. 866 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:52,520 And we all laughed like you did. 867 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,480 Like, ah, you don't know how much it was. 868 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,360 She's like, and then she jumped in for herself. 869 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,000 She kind of, she said, no, I found out how much it was. 870 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,280 And actually I could afford it. 871 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,720 You know, when you're a younger sibling, you always try to prove yourself to the older 872 00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:04,720 stuff. 873 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,720 I could pay for it if I wanted to, you know. 874 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:10,960 And we're like, so, but you didn't get it? 875 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,960 We're like, she's like, no. 876 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,640 Like what, what, what did you get? 877 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:22,880 She said, I got a Nissan Rogue, which is a great car, but it's just not the Lexus 350. 878 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,200 It's like half the price. 879 00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:26,520 And so we all laughed. 880 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,280 We're like, oh, that's great. 881 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:29,280 That's awesome. 882 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,280 Let's go see it. 883 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:31,440 We walked outside and we're looking at the car. 884 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,440 And as we did, I remember I looked over to her. 885 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:34,440 She looked over to me. 886 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,480 I don't remember exactly the details, but I said, so why didn't you, like, why didn't 887 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:38,480 you, you could do it? 888 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,480 Like, why don't you just pull the trigger? 889 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,840 You've worked hard. 890 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:42,840 You deserve it. 891 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,040 She said, I know, I'm not saying I don't. 892 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:45,520 Why, why didn't you do it? 893 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:46,920 I'll never forget. 894 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:53,200 She looked at me and she said, you know, we have this big missionary offering coming 895 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:57,560 up at the church. 896 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,920 And she looked at me and she said, I realized, you know, I could do this, but that I won't 897 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,440 be able to do what I want to do for the missionaries. 898 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,360 So I'm like, I could just drive the Nissan for a couple years. 899 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,560 Use Nissan is fine. 900 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,560 Man. 901 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,320 She lived up to her name, Faith. 902 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,560 Why? 903 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:27,040 Because she had faith that she would rather see something. 904 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,240 It's not, it's not, you say that's such a sacrifice. 905 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,520 It's really not. 906 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:36,120 She has faith that the world to come is more important than the world right here. 907 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:40,280 Do you see what I'm saying? 908 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,520 And that's what I want for you. 909 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:46,280 I want for you 10,000 years from now to come give me a hug, pat me on the back of your 910 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,280 like pastor. 911 00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,320 I am so thankful you told me what Jesus said about the real world. 912 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:51,320 That's what I'm looking for. 913 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:52,320 Does that make sense? 914 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:53,320 Why? 915 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,400 Because you've been tricked. 916 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,000 Death is not the end. 917 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,000 Let's pray. 918 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,560 Thank you for watching the Southern Hills YouTube channel. 919 00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:06,680 Make sure you subscribe and hit the bell icon to be notified every time we make a new video. 920 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,160 And remember, we exist to make disciples for Jesus Christ. 921 00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:11,160 Have a great week. 922 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:21,160 Peace.