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Discontent is a misallocation of effort and desire.

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In Luke 12 Jesus is talking about what is going

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to happen after his death. He says that they

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should not live as the Pharisees, the religious

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leaders of the day, but they should live a life

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free of hypocrisy as everything that is done

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in secret will be revealed. He also says that

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they should not make decisions about their conduct

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out of fear of death by the Pharisees, but they

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should live in such a way as to please God, who

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unlike the Pharisees, who could only judge them

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and bring physical death, God could judge them

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and bring spiritual death. He goes on to share

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that God cares for the birds and He cares for

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us who are more valuable. so valuable even that

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the hairs on her heads are numbered. It seems

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like in the middle of this serious conversation

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about how disciples should live their lives in

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view of eternity, a man says, hey, I have this

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problem. Would you help me? Jesus is frustrated

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by the question and was like, that is not my

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job. The question launches him into a different

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direction. He is trying to get people to live

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with eternity in mind and this guy can't get

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past today. The question is can you help me because

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my brother got more stuff than me. Let's read

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this. Luke 12 verse 1 says, Beware ye of the

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leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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For there is nothing covered that shall not be

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revealed, neither hid that shall not be known.

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Wherefore, whatsoever you have spoken in darkness

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shall be heard in the light, and that which you

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have spoken in the ear, in closet, shall be proclaimed

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upon the housetops. And I say unto you, my friends,

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be not afraid of them that kill the body, and

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after that have no more that they can do. But

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I will forewarn you whom you shall fear. Fear

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him, which after he hath killed, hath power to

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cast into hell. Yea, I say unto you, fear him.

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Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,

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and not one of them is forgotten before God?

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But even the very hairs of your head are all

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numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are more value

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than many sparrows. Also, I say unto you, Whosoever

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shall confess me before men, him shall the Son

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of Man also confess before the angels of God.

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But he that denieth me before men shall be denied

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before the angels of God. And whosoever shall

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speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall

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be forgiven him. But unto him that blasphemeth

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against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

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And when they bring you into the synagogues and

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unto magistrates and powers, take you no thought

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how or what thing you shall answer or what you

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shall say, for the Holy Ghost shall teach you

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in that same hour what you ought to say. And

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one of the company said unto him, Master, speak

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to my brother that he divide the inheritance

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with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made

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me a judge or a divider over you? And he said

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unto them, Take heed and beware of covetousness,

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for a man's life consists not in the abundance

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of things which he possesseth. Jesus identifies

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the request as rooted in covetousness, wanting

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something he didn't have, wanting something that

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someone else has, being content with what was

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given. Because discontent is a misallocation

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of effort and desire and we can see this in the

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man's request Jesus is talking about eternal

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things but this man's eyes are on what his brother

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has what he perceives to be an injustice and

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things and He spake a parable unto them saying

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the ground of a certain rich man brought forth

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plentifully and he thought within himself saying

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What shall I do? Because I have no room where

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to bestow my fruits. And he said, This will I

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do. I will pull down my barns and build greater,

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and there will I bestow all my fruits and my

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goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou

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hast much goods laid up for many years. Take

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thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God

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said unto him, Thou fool! This night thy soul

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shall be required of thee. Then whose shall those

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things be which thou hast provided? So is he

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that layeth up treasure for himself and is not

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rich toward God. Jesus is always trying to get

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us to live for eternity. He wants us to live

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with God in mind. We are always getting sidetracked

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trying to make heaven right here. I think that

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is particularly true for us as Americans. We

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have this thing called the American dream. We

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spend our lives building our ideal here and forget

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our true destination is heaven. And so we are

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working to make more money or spend more time

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or build more of this or that because we're looking

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to build that perfect life. Live for the weekend.

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Live for retirement. It is a misallocation of

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time and resources. This man's time and resources

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were focused on being comfortable and getting

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to the point where he could relax. But God wanted

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him to use his time and resources for the kingdom

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of God. This man would have made his decisions

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differently if he knew he was going to die that

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night. He would have done something else than

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build a barn and plan for retirement. Our decisions

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are based on a false premise. I will be content

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if I will be happy when God calls this foolish

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he says this is the wrong goal and he said unto

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his disciples therefore I say unto you take no

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thought for your life what you shall eat neither

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for the body what you shall put on the life is

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more than meat and the body is more than raiment

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consider the ravens for they neither sow nor

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reap which neither have storehouse nor barn and

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God feedeth them How much more are you better

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than the fowls? And which of you, with taking

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thought, can add to a stature one cubit? If you,

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then, be not able to do the thing which is least,

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why take you thought for the rest? Consider the

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lilies how they grow. they toil not, they spin

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not, and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all

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his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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If then God so clothed the grass, which is today

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in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven,

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how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little

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faith? and seek not what you shall eat or what

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you shall drink neither be ye of a doubtful mind

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for all these things do the nations of the world

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seek after and your father knoweth that you need

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of these things but rather seek the kingdom of

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God and all these things shall be added unto

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you fear not little flock for it's your father's

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good pleasure to give you the kingdom what is

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he saying he's saying Use your time and resources

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for the kingdom from a place of contentment or

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a place that is happy within the boundary of

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the eternal. God knows all the stuff, but he

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wants us to use our time and resources for his

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kingdom. It's his responsibility to provide for

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our needs. He continues, sell what you have and

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give alms. Provide yourselves bags which wax

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not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth

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not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth

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corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there

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will your heart be also. Jesus says God knows

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what we need and we will make sure we get it.

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He says the nations of the world seek after material

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things in this world that will satisfy. Let me

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just jump off here and say we see thousands of

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ads every day. Each ad is there to bring you

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discontentment because if you're content you

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don't need what they are selling. Each ad says

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I have what will make you happy. Your life isn't

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good because you don't have... You need this

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and your life will be easier when you buy it.

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You will be satisfied if you get this thing.

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Think of how many ads have someone sitting with

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a satisfied smile on their face. This is all

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what the nations of the world seek. But Jesus

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has a better plan. His plan is to give us the

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kingdom of God. His plan is to give us a treasure

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that will not fail, be stolen, or rot. We just

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need to make sure we use our time and resources

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the right way We need to use them from a place

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of contentment. We need to make our decisions

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with eternity in view