It's great to have you here today.
If you can take your song books and turn to song number 259,
song number 259, Jesus Saves, song number 259.
We have heard the joyful sound, Jesus says, Jesus says, spread the tidings all around.
Jesus says, Jesus says, share the news to every land, climb the steams and cross the waves.
Above the battle's stride, Jesus says, Jesus says,
By his death an endless life, Jesus says, Jesus says,
Sing it song.
Father Reginaldo, we'll pray for the service today.
Father in heaven, thank you for this day.
Thank you for this church gathered together.
I pray that you would fill us with a spirit
as we continue to sing to you and worship you.
And I pray that you feel Pastor Anderson
with the Holy Ghost as he preaches your word to us, Lord.
We love you and pray in Jesus' name, amen.
For the next song, turn in your hymn books
to song number 121, song number 121.
Like a river glorious song number
All right, if you need a bulletin, please raise your hand
and the ushers will bring you a bulletin
as soon as they possibly can.
And so let's get the announcements out of the way.
First things first, Pastor Anderson,
in case you know, will not be preaching this morning.
His flight had issues, so he will be preaching this evening.
So if I totally vomit this morning,
in case you don't know, I ain't preaching.
I'll find out around nine a.m.
when my wife shows up.
I put my phone on charge.
I'm busy cleaning the building, setting up the coffee,
getting the tub ready.
She's like, you know you're preaching this morning,
I'm like, I am?
She's like, yeah, what do you mean?
It's like, your phone, oh, it's charging.
I'm like, all right, well, you know what to do,
go bring me two rock stars this morning
because I'm gonna get on fire for you.
Just kidding, no rock stars, okay?
They're monsters, amen.
All right, so besides that, in case you don't know,
we finally have the yearbook.
So if you want a yearbook,
they're gonna be in a very, very back.
So feel free to grab one as soon as you can
and enjoy the yearbook.
And yes, we'll be taking pictures soon
for the next yearbook that we plan to have
by December 25th, amen.
We will redeem ourselves, right Ramon?
You don't sound very motivated, bro.
All right, I heard something back there.
I'm assuming he said amen.
All right, so if you do have a bulletin,
feel free to open it up.
Service times are right there on the left side.
Winning, so winning times are right there,
very bottom and salvation and baptisms for the year.
All right, I'm just read this announcement
on the right hand.
All families with students in K5 through 12th grade,
ages five and up, are invited to join us tomorrow,
Monday, September 1st at 4 p.m. for our annual
Don't Go Back to School Pot.
That's going to be right down here about five minutes away or less at Swat Park in Tempe.
If you don't know, give it to somebody that knows.
Come ask me if you need directions.
We'll have a water balloon fight by age group followed by ice cream and fellowship.
Younger simply may attend, but due to safety reasons, we will not be permitted to participate
in the water balloon fight because some teenagers can throw a water balloon very, very hard.
Join us next Sunday, September 7th at 10 a.m. for Donuts and Coffee and honor those celebrating their birthday in the month of September.
Very bottom, join us for Soul Winning in downtown Phoenix.
First Friday, September 5th at 6 p.m.
We're going to meet at Burton Bar Central Library, 1221 North Central Avenue.
Phoenix average zone, Steve Tillsons numbers right there.
I don't want to give it out to the internet because he will hate me forever.
On the back, please pray for the expectant ladies
and take a look at those upcoming events
when you get a chance.
Other than that, I think I've got everything.
Mrs. A, did I miss anything?
What I got?
The what?
Oh, exactly, thank you.
One, your book per household.
What do we do with these young guys
that are single living by themselves?
All right, that's a household.
Silly question, just checking y'all.
Everybody good so far?
This is coffee in case you're wondering.
Sorry, didn't really go to bed early last night,
but I'm about to wake up, amen?
In your songbook's turn to use song number 21,
song number 21.
What a wonderful savior.
Song number 21.
Christ has force in atonement. What a wonderful Savior. We are reading the prices pay. What a wonderful Savior.
What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus. What a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Jesus.
What a wonderful Savior, what a wonderful Savior, is Jesus, my Jesus, what a wonderful
Savior, is Jesus, my Jesus.
Oh, Savior is Jesus, my Jesus.
Jesus, what a wonderful Savior is Jesus, my Lord. To Him I've given all my heart, what a wonderful Savior.
Jesus, my Jesus, we are a wonderful Savior. Is Jesus my Lord?
Alright, we'll sing one last song before we get into the preaching.
Song number 321. Song number 321.
Where he leads, I will follow. Song number 321.
Sweet on the price is kind is the word Dearer for the many message men ever heard
Where He leads, I'll follow, follow all the way, where He leads, I'll follow, follow Jesus every day.
Sweet is the tender love Jesus has shown, sweeter far than any thought that mortals have known.
Tied to the airing one, faithful is he.
He the great example is and patterned for me.
Where he leads, I'll follow, follow all the way.
Where he leads, I'll follow, follow Jesus every day.
Really our favorite part.
Where He leads our follow, follow Jesus every day.
All right, great singing.
Man, I'm waiting for that piano to end.
All right, at this time, we're going to pass the offering place.
That's where we're passing around the offering place.
Please turn your Bibles to Luke chapter number 12.
Luke chapter number 12.
Luke chapter 12
In the meantime when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so much that they trod one upon another
He began to say into his disciples first of all, but where you have the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy
for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known.
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light,
and that which ye have spoken in the ear and closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
And I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body,
and after that have no more that they can do.
But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear fear him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell
Yay, I say unto you fear him are not five sparrows sold for two farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered fear not therefore you are of more value than many sparrows
Also, I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men,
him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him.
But unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
And when they bring you unto the synagogues and under magistrates and powers,
how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say, for the Holy Ghost shall teach
you in the same hour what ye ought to say."
And one of the companies said unto him, Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance
with me.
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness, for a man's life consists
of not and the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
And he thought within himself saying,
what shall I do because I have no room
where to bestow my fruits?
And he said, this will I do.
I will pull down my barns and build greater.
And there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
And I will say to my soul, soul,
thou as much goods laid up for many years,
take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
But God said unto him, thou fool.
This night thy soul shall be required of thee,
Then whose shall those things be,
Which thou hast provided?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
And is not rich toward God.
And he sent it to his disciples,
Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life,
What ye shall eat,
Neither for the body,
What ye shall put on.
The life is more than meat,
And the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens for they neither sow nor reap,
which neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them.
How much more are ye better than the fowls?
And which of you with taking thought
can add to his stature one cubit?
And if ye then be not able to do that thing which is leased,
why take ye thought for the rest?
Consider the lilies, how they grow, they toil not,
they spin not.
And yet I say unto you that Solomon and all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
If then God so clothed the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven,
how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
And seek not ye, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and neither be ye of doubtful mind.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you
Fear not little flock for it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom
Sell that you have and give alms provide yourselves bags
Which wax not old a treasure in the heavens that fail with nod where no thief approacheth neither moth corrupteth
For where your treasure is there will your heart be also let your loins be girded about and your lights burning
and ye yourselves liken to men that wait for their Lord when he will return from the wedding,
that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching.
Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meet,
and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch,
or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
And this know that if the good men of the house had known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Be therefore ready also, for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when you think not.
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all.
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household to give them their portion of meat and due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing, of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
But, and if that servant say in his heart, my Lord, delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men's servants and maidens, and to eat and drink and to be drunken.
The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware,
and will cut him in thunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
And that servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will,
shall be beaten with many stripes.
But he that knew not, and did not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Of him shall much be required, and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
I am come to send fire on the earth. And what will I, if it be already kindled?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with. And how am I straightened till it be accomplished?
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth, I tell you nay, but rather division.
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided against or divided three against two and two against three
The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother
The mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and he said also to the people
When you see a cloud rise out of the west straight way you say there come at the shower and so it is
And when you see the south wind blow, you say there will be heat and it coming to pass.
You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it that
you do not discern this time?
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him, lest he hail thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, to thou hast paid the very last might."
Lord, we just thank you for this day. We just thank you for the word, Lord. We just thank you that
you've just given us your blessing, your word, your truth, Lord, and we just
ask you to give a blessing to the message you're gave with the brother, Segura. We just thank you for the service. Your name we pray, Lord. Amen.
Amen. So Luke chapter number 12 the verses that I want to focus on is right there in verse number 13 through 21 and
13 is a
Reminder says in one of the company said on the hand master speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me
and he said unto him, man, who made me a judge
or a divider over you?
And he said unto them, take heed and beware of covetousness.
Take heed and beware of covetousness.
And that's the title of my sermon this morning,
is beware of covetousness.
Beware of covetousness.
And I want to talk about covetousness this morning,
because this is a very serious sin.
I mean, I seem like it. At times it may be silly, but covetousness is a very dangerous sin.
And I'll talk about that in a second, but my first point is that covetousness is dumb.
Covetousness is dumb. It makes you foolish.
Sometimes when we covet things, you may not see it as so, but it will make you look foolish.
Especially with little children. Little children, they covet things that we know they will never, ever have.
For example, when I was a kid, I coveted a submarine.
I couldn't wait to grow up and try to get my hands on a submarine.
And I'm not talking about those private submarines that people make these days. I'm talking about the ones with nuclear weapons.
I'm like, man, this thing is bad.
Nuclear weapon, nuclear power.
It could be underwater for years.
I'm like, man, that would be awesome to have one day.
I don't know how to get one, but I want to get one.
Now imagine an adult saying that.
Brother, my goal one day is to get a submarine.
I don't need the nuclear weapons, but you know what, I would love to own a submarine
one day.
I class one submarine.
I hope one day the Navy has a sail and I get so rich that I'll be able to afford one
and I'll be cruising all over the world.
But I'll do it for the Lord's sake, alright?
I'll do it for the Lord's sake.
I promise I'll go from port to port, get out, and I'll go witnessing in every street,
in every country.
That is my goal.
That's what I desire.
You guys are kind of laughing because you're afraid to laugh out loud, but I can kind of hear you
But it's no different than when people try to cover something that they will never be
Or they will never have it's silly. And if you don't believe me, let's just keep reading. Let's just keep reading really quickly
And he said, take heed and beware of covetousness for a man life consists is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses
See, here's the thing then he goes into a parable into a parable where there's a guy who loves money
He loves money and you'll see what the Lord calls this individual
So my first point is that covetousness is dumb or in other words foolish
Foolish for us to desire things that we will never have you name the thing. So let's keep reading
And he spake a parable unto them, saying,
the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
And he thought within himself, saying,
what should I do?
Because I have no room for it to be stolen my fruits.
I know what I'll do.
I know a bunch of poor people.
I'm just going to take my extra food
and I'm going to just go give it away,
give it to poor people, people that really need it.
Is this what this rich man's thinking?
No way.
He's not thinking that.
This is the coverage person.
How do you know it because of his actions?
and look what the Lord calls them and he said this well I do I will put down my
barns and build greater and there I will bestow all my fruits and my goods and I
would say to my soul so thou hast much goods laid off for many years take
thine ease eat drink and be merry but God said unto him look at those two words
thou fool
What is this guy's problem he wants more what is his desire which is covetousness covetousness comes down to desire
And you can say it's not always bad, true, because guess what? Paul said I covet your prayers.
What is he saying? I desire your prayers. I want your prayers.
But in this case, this guy's coveting things that are evil.
And we shouldn't covet after evil things. And what does he want?
He just wants money because this guy loves money. Nothing wrong with money.
Some people like to say that, oh, Christians, you have a problem with money.
No, we have a big problem with the love of money.
That's the big issue right there when you love profit over people. You'll do wicked things
You'll do anything you can and everything you can to get power because guess what money does equal to power sometimes
But right here you clearly see that God calls this man a fool
So catch yourself. I try to do that. Listen. This is a sin that is common to men
So I don't need to ask raise your hand if you ever covered it. I know you have
I don't think that's such a silly question.
I already have my silly question for the day,
and that's what I said earlier during the announcements.
All right?
So I'm tapped out with silly questions.
So we all know that it's a sin that we all struggle with,
but we need to control it.
You need to be careful, little 11, 11 at the whole lump.
And if you're not careful,
you can become a very wicked person, very quick, super quick.
And so of course, if you got your Bibles, go to Isaiah 14.
Go to Isaiah 14.
And I want to preach about covetousness because it's something that we need to be careful that we don't become in fact
If you ever want to be used by God newsflash, he doesn't pick covetous people
He doesn't you know when they decided to pick people in the Old Testament
I believe it's in the book of Exodus. Well, God says thou shall pick from among you, you know able men
men of truth
Then it says, hating, covetousness, and that shall place them to be rulers of the thousands and hundreds and fifties and tens.
And when I notice that the most wicked rulers, that's what they have in common. They're not men of truth.
They lie because that's how they are. They're wicked. When you're wicked, you lie a lot.
And then they covet. They desire more because one thing leads to another.
When I think about foolish people that covered it in the Bible, I don't know about you, but I think of Satan. I think of Satan
Why let's take a look
Because I think this is the silliest thing in the best example of someone who desires something that he can never get
Never get big-time foolish individual
So if you're in Isaiah go to verse number 12
Let's talk about our enemy, our adversary, sorry about that.
Man, this is actually on a hair trigger.
And so we're on verse number 12.
Howard died falling from heaven on Lucifer, son of the morning.
So what are we talking about? Lucifer.
Howard thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations.
And at the end of the day, that's who's weakening our nation, is Satan.
Yeah, he uses people but at the end of the day don't get so cut up in politics because at the end of the day
Who's the one that's weakening our nations or any nation? It's the devil. That's your adversary
That's the guy to always remember. He's the one behind it. Everybody else is just being used by him, unfortunately
And so says for doubt has said in thy heart
Didn't even say it out loud because I'm sure all the other angels will be laughing at him if you said it out loud
But he's saying it in his heart. What is he saying? Let's take a look. I'm in verse number 13 Isaiah 12
I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God
I will sit also upon the mouth of the congregation in the size of the north. I
Will ascend about the heights of the clouds. I will be like the most high
What a foolish thing to think, something you will never ever do and we all know the story.
It ain't gonna happen, it will never happen.
The Bible makes it very clear that everlasting fire is prepared for the devil and his angels
and he's working hard to take you with him.
Not if you're saved, but I'm talking about the world.
He's doing everything he can in his power to take people to hell with him because it's
prepared for him.
He has no hope.
The devil.
He has no salvation.
When Christ died, he tasted death for every man, not everything that he created.
He didn't taste death for the angels.
He didn't taste death for Satan.
So he's done.
He's toast.
So of course, he knows he hasn't done it for a while and he's going around destroying
the nations.
And of course, if you become this individual that covers things that you should not be
covered in after, you will not be satisfied if you were to get it.
You're just not going to be satisfied.
You're going to look like a total fool.
Ecclesiastes 510, he that love is silver
shall not be satisfied with silver,
nor he that love with abundance will increase.
This also is vanity.
The covetous man is never content.
He's never happy.
He looks like a total fool.
Real life, real life example.
Some of you may get offended. I'm not here to offend your purpose, but I'm just calling it like it is.
One of the best examples of this is our president, Donald Trump.
Donald Trump. I don't know if you notice what he's been up to, but he's turned out White House,
which is supposed to be for servants. You know, when you look at the White House,
you're supposed to look at the White House and think this is where our leaders are.
Leaders are supposed to be humble.
They're not supposed to turn the White House into some kind of palace and he started with a little bit of gold
Then he does another conference, more gold, then another conference, more gold.
Now when you look at him and he's being interviewed, he sits on a gold color's chair and there's
gold all over him and he brags about it, look how much gold is here, look at this gold,
look at this gold.
So he's starting another office, now he's in the hallways.
He's like, I want gold here, I want gold there, I want gold everywhere.
You don't think he'll be contained with all that gold when he's doing interviews or the
whole.
And a lot of times when we covet, we covet things that we want
because we kind of want to be looked at, we want to be, I guess you can say, admired.
But you end up impressing no one and you end up looking like a total fool.
And that's what he's doing. He's constantly just adding more and more gold and he brags about it.
That's 24 gold. That's 24 carats gold right there.
Then people figure them out, okay, if you want this guy to be on your good side so he can help you and get some policies going,
people are bringing him literally gold.
Tim Cook the CEO of Apple who knows what he did to get Trump to start liking him again
So he doesn't tariff the heck out of his company because that's how he makes money is by selling goods
And now that there's tariffs going through the roof
He knows he has to charge more for his iPhones and nobody's gonna pay $3,000 for an iPhone
But if he doesn't get Trump to put down the tariffs guess what's gonna end up happening
He's got to raise the price on these iPhones. He ain't gonna eat the cause he wants to be a trillionaire
So what does he do? Hey, Mr. Trump. You're so wonderful. You're so great. Here. I've got your gold bar 24 carats gold
And then of course they're trying to bring FIFA into the United States. So what does the FIFA leader do? Hey, Mr.
Donald Trump, this is our FIFA trophy. The last guy that touched it was messy. It's real gold
Ah, Donald Trump. Ah, you know how to get my attention. Ah
Hey, he admits it he loves it
And he's coveting the Nobel Peace Prize, probably because that medal's made out of gold.
Does anybody know what that medal's made out of?
He doesn't want it because he wants peace. He wants that gold medal.
Hanks are around his neck like a gangster rapper.
I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, he's already selling gold sneaks.
Maybe one day he'll sell gold grills.
Maybe one day we'll catch him in an interview, Mr. President, he's got your new grill.
Oh yeah, 24 karat gold. How you like it?
While he's wearing his Nobel Peace Prize
He's constantly like I want the Nobel Peace Prize. He's covered in the Nobel Peace Prize
He's trying to claim that he sold or sold what seven wars
Seven wars and people are calling them out seven wars. What wars well the war between Pakistan and India
I solved that and then the Pakistanis and the Indian president is like no you didn't you liar
You never solved that
So then they start making fun of him in the Indian news.
Well, Donald Trump, since you're making stuff up,
hey, why don't you just declare yourself
that you solved the war between, I don't know,
what is it, the road runner in coyote?
They literally said that in an interview.
They said, America, why stop there?
Donald Trump, since you stopped the war
with India and Pakistan, why don't you just continue?
They cleared through the war, they used to stop the war
between the welly coyote and the road runner.
Why not? Continue. You saw the water between Luke Skywalker and Dr. Vader.
Who's seeing that? Who's in that interview?
It's a real thing that some Indian
newcasts started calling out Trump for all his lies, and they're like, no, you will never never get a peace prize
while he's bombing Iran.
Never get a peace prize while he's feeding weapons to Israel to annihilate, you know, the Palestinians.
While he's aligned Russia to bomb children left and right. He can technically stop it if he really wanted to but he ain't
Ain't gonna stop it because his buddy
He wants the approval of dictators because he wants encouragement to become one one day in case you haven't figured it out
But this man loves silver, this is not a shock that he's not satisfied with just his little office or the little press conference area.
Now he's going to the hallways, and he brags about him, but he loves gold. I love that gold.
Well, you'll never be satisfied with that gold, Donald Trump.
Even if you own all the gold in the world, but he's looking silly in the world's eyes
And that's what happens when you become a covetous person and you're always talking about making money
And how you want to own this one day own that one day and you're gonna be like Satan
Look like a silly person in the world's eyes as well because these aren't Christians calling Donald Trump out
These are people from all kinds of parts of the world all different religions seeing these acting thing that we're all seen in America
But we can't think about it because we voted them in
And maybe you love Trump, keep praying for him, maybe he can still get saved, who knows?
But hey, I think it's a cult.
You're like, why? Why are you calling the Mac a group of cult?
I don't know, because their leader is preaching down the boy heresy?
Let's start with that.
See, people call us a cult.
Oh, faithful word is a cult. Faithful word is a cult. Faithful word is a cult.
Okay, so you're basically saying you don't believe the salvation that we believe in.
So you're basically saying you don't believe that it's by grace through faith.
So what you're basically saying that you don't believe is salvation is a gift and to Christ
once is yours forever because ain't we been preaching that for who knows how long?
For 19 years going on 20?
So somebody's going to call us a cult, that means that you believe that we are preaching
damn noble heresy.
True?
Isn't that what a cult is?
Because obviously every church is going to preach maybe something different, maybe heresy,
but it's not damn noble heresy.
But if you're gonna call a group a cult I'm gonna start out. Well, what makes them a cult to me would be damnation
What do they believe about salvation and what that old wonderful leader our great leader come up with that?
He's trying to get into heaven
I'm trying to get into heaven people. I heard I'm not doing so well. I heard him at the bottom of the totem pole
And then people get mad when I say Donald Trump is crap. You know where'd you get that from Donald Trump?
He said it himself. I'm at the bottom of the totem pole translation. I know I'm a bad person
I know I suck, but I'm trying to do something about it
I don't really want to go to heaven now that I'm 79 having no problems. Who knows when I'm gonna die
My vice president keeps I eat my position
Talking about like I'm ready if something happens. I'm ready to take over
Six months of OTJ. I'm ready to take over as soon as he quotes, but he's in great health. He's in great health
Don't worry. He's in great help
So Donald Trump's like why y'all trying to kill me or what?
So now more and more he's thinking about death more and more he's thinking about heaven more and more
He's trying to get at the heaven, but what is your preaching down the boat heresy and
There's Catholic people everybody nobody's calling them out because they follow him blindly
It sounds to me like it's a what a cold hate to break it to you
Sorry, I'm not saying that everybody devoted for him as part of the cult. I'm not saying that Joe Rogan. It's like I'm out
He tricked me. I'm out of here. If Job won't get figured out other people will figure it out
But we've been figured it out. We've been known that this guy ain't saved
He says he's a Christian he gets offended with it when we call him that he's not a Christian
But at the end of the day his biggest issue besides obviously being covetous is that it believes damn noble heresy
And who knows if it's too late for him. Hey, if you love him that much, okay?
Keep praying for him God opens up his eyes. Who knows right?
Never can Ezra can get saved. Maybe old Donny has a chance. Amen
So point number one covetous will make you a fool in God's eyes
You're like who cares to people think I'm a fool you shouldn't worry about what I say
You shouldn't worry about hit what he says. He's sure about God says and what does he say now fool if you become this money-loving
Covetious person
Not just that it'll make you devilish. That's point number two. Just stay in Isaiah. We're in Isaiah, right?
Well, we're ready read the part that I wanted to bring up
But you're right there in verse number 15 yet doubt should be brought down to hell
the hell
Those that lift themselves up a God is going to bring them down
Those that humble themselves God is going to raise them up
So when it comes to being a covetous person, it'll make you devilish go to Matthew 16, please Matthew 16
Save or unsave it can make you devilish
By becoming a covetous person when you desire those things that are of men instead of those things that are of our God
Hey, you know what?
There was a certain person in the Bible. We all know he saved
We all know he meant well
Way greater man than me and you
He's in the Bible. He wrote books in the Bible, but yet God called him Satan
Satan why because he was desiring coveting things that were of men not of God
You guys are right there in Matthew 16 let's go to verse number 23 Matthew 16
23 in fact let's start in verse number 21 if you happen to be there great if
not I'm gonna start reading you can beat me in the main verse I want to focus on
which is verse number 23 I'm gonna read Matthew chapter number 16 starting in
verse number 21
It says, from that time forward began Jesus to show unto his disciples how that he must
go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and
be killed and be raised again the third day.
Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
Imagine he's rebuking Jesus Christ, the Son of God, because at this point Peter is so
But don't be like Peter because hey, this is a sin that's also common to man. We cannot think that we know better than God
Don't believe me. Well, let me ask you this. Are there Christians in this world that get tattoos?
Absolutely. There's Christians in this world that get there. I'm not talking about Catholics, okay?
I'm not talking about people that are whatever. I'm talking about independent fundamental King James.
So went in, guess what?
They, if they're not careful, can be deceived by the world and think tattoos is no big deal.
I was one of them. I didn't think they were a big deal.
I almost got a tattoo as an 18-year-old kid. I was in the tattoo shop.
I was getting ready to get one. My buddy went first, took forever, I got hungry, I left, then I changed my mind.
That's just how it worked out and then I never got one just because I just like yeah
I'll get one when I when I get out the Marines or something
You know, I want to take my time because I know it's permanent
You know, I want to make sure if I get something or something that'll help my life
At least I was thinking kind of spiritual like a Bible verse or something cool, right?
You know, I was doing it for me. I wasn't trying to get these tattoos that are on your back that you'll never ever see
What the heck, talk about attention or the tramp stamp.
You'll never see it unless your dad addicted to yourself
that every morning you're taking out everything.
Guys, we don't check out everything, right?
Hope you don't.
We're like, how's the hair?
Nappy, gel.
How's the shave rough? Whoo shave except for those that have good beards. I can't grow a beard to save my life
I look like a retardate. I don't want to say it
as you say a
Teenager of a certain religion with a funny hat little curls on the side
That's what I look like if I try to grow a beard I look like a 14 year old teenager from Israel
You want to know I'm in a go there, man
But let's just be honest
If you become that individual that just wants to be noticed you'll you'll do things save or unsafe
You'll be the same if it wasn't until somebody sat me down and they weren't I wasn't trying to get a tattoo
They just went over tattoos. It was just a basic discipleship course
We're going over everything as much as we could thought that was basic like long hair on men out
Sinful like good
Tattoos I'm like tattoos really where show me boom
I like done, got it, alcohol, well I'm not a drinker but as you get to know, yeah I always
thought it would be dumb to just drink yourself to the point where you don't know what's going
on.
I'm like glad to see, hey, Bible's making more sense.
You know, so it is what it is.
You gotta be careful or you can end up desiring things and even rebuking Christians that are
trying to correct you.
You could be like Peter.
He's like, what are you talking about?
It's like, does he think Jesus is an idiot at this point?
Probably.
But don't be Peter in many different ways.
But what happens?
Here's what happens.
You know, he's desiring those things that are of our men.
And what does God call this individual?
Well, let's keep reading.
Peter took him and began to rebuke him,
saying, be afar from thee, Lord.
This shall not be unto thee.
But he turned and said unto Peter get thee behind me. What?
Satan
Now are in the fence unto me. That could be another point
Confucius people are in the fence unto God
So if you're like, I don't really care who cares if people think I'm dumb because I want to be a
Billionaire or whatever have you not read don't labor to be rich my guy
then we'll get into why in a second. But here we see Peter just desiring those
things that aren't of God. He says, thou savers not the things that be of God, but
those that be of men. Those that be of men. So what am I getting at? I'm getting
at that, A, covetous people look stupid in the eyes of God. Covetousness makes
you need to be careful being covetous because it makes you devilish and you
may be thinking well I don't buy that I think this I think that I got a verse
for you James 3 15 see the wisdom that send us not from above but it's earthly
sensual devilish what wisdom the wisdom of the world
And see, that's the thing is that we sometimes are afraid to just live by the Bible.
Why?
Because we fear man more than God.
And we need to be careful to be these people that fear man more than God because you'll
start doing insane, dumb things just to please man, just to get some attention.
It's a fact.
Sometimes we're easily influenced.
I know of a guy.
Some girl says, man, I think earrings on guys are cute.
earrings and it's like maybe it's not the person that she's attracted to maybe
those earrings that she's attracted to bro so earrings on dude I don't know
what you think but I think they're effeminate that's what I think I think
they belong on girls because they're girly I think men should avoid them like
the plague and if you catch yourself wanting one is some earrings one day
That wisdom ain't from above, that wisdom is devilish, devilish, amen?
Don't worry, I got five minutes left, I only wanted to preach for half an hour this morning,
I'm 25 minutes and 11 seconds in.
So let's go with point number three, covetousness is dangerous, dangerous.
Why do you think we have all these wars?
Why do you think Donald Trump is changing the Department of Defense to the Department
of War?
Did you know that?
Why do you think Donald Trump told the Israelis, hey, I'm going to help you finish the job?
What job?
Annihilating the Palestinians?
Blowing up innocent man, woman, and children?
For what so that he can have a Trump Tower in Israel beachfront property look it up
He said it when it tonight he was at the White House. He said we're gonna take over the Gaza
Great beachfront property. We're like hold it. We what?
Not because he was a Nobel Peace Prize. He wants his beachfront property
That's what he said. Hey in my line who knows what I'm talking about
That's what he said and the people like oh, he's just joking. Then he makes an AI video. Who's seen the AI video an
AI video of him with this giant gold statue in the middle
Him and it's an audio on some Trump resorts
Chilling by the pool with no shirt on it's pretty accurate. He was fat as hell
I don't know why he did himself like that, but whatever, he posted it on truth social and I don't know about the White House official account
But he's trying to get us ready for what he's thinking
And why because he's a covetous man
And if you don't believe that a this isn't this can happen just read the Bible
There's a certain king who coveted a field he wanted that field he goes to the owner says hey
I want your field how much none? I'm not selling it not for sale
Goes home all
Whatever sad wife's like wife's so sad. He's not what my field. He won't tell it to me
He's a you're the king take it
And they covet fields all the day long and they're willing to kill to get what they want
Then they get it and it doesn't make him happy
They think it will but it doesn't
And we need to be careful coveting and there's a list of stuff not to covet
But covet things that matter
You know, covet things that God wants you to covet because you know what?
It is foolish to covet something that you will never have.
Another example, being taller.
Being taller.
I've got an email and this guy's like, why did God make me short?
Like what?
I don't I haven't responded how do I respond to that because somebody please help me
People on the internet give me some suggestions. How do I respond to this man?
I'm trying to answer the email put it on hold a those of you out there send me something to help this guy out
Let's give me some wise counsel a man
Because the answer I want to give him because he wanted to
That's why it made you short and the fact that you are so mad
Probably is the reason why it made you short to learn to be content
No matter what because he thinks if I was just six foot tall
I would be a lot happier and I'll get into it, but hey your possessions. Yeah
Per se it could make you happy
But real happiness joy comes from who from God and he only gives it to those that are good and in sight
Spoiler alert almost done
29 minutes in
So go ahead and go to Joshua. Let's take a look at this guy
This is one of the scariest stories in the Bible of someone that coveted and his family got burned up
Burned up Donald Trump made a law against burning flags. Who's heard about that?
It's like brother, I don't see any laws against burning flags, but I see a lot of people that get burnt in the Bible
And I also see that God commands certain people to be burned.
If you're like, well, who?
Chat GPT and you'll find out.
Who in the Bible does God want us to burn up?
It ain't flags, it's, um, Google it.
I just don't want the channel to get shut down because of me.
That's all I gotta say.
Let it be pastor that gets it shut down, amen.
I'll give you the basic the milk of the word. This all milk in case you don't know in case you don't know
Luke I'm your father
Whoever was laughing I can tell you're a Star Wars fan
All right, let's go to Joshua. Let's get serious here. Let's talk about Joshua
Joshua chapter number seven. Let's talk about Israel sins real quick. I'm almost done. Don't worry. I'm about to wrap it up
Really thumb at minimum 30 minutes maximum 60 sometimes I go 90 don't make me go 90 people
All right, let's go to Joshua chapter number seven. Let's start with verse number one
I think it'll be worth going over this really quickly and then I'll wrap it up
It says, but the children of Israel committed a trespass and the accursed thing for Achan, the son of Karmai, the son of Zabdai, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
Why? Because one man took something that didn't belong to him and angered the Lord.
And he's still the same today.
When these nations are taking things from other nations, it angers the Lord and he never blesses it.
I.e. the Iraq war, Afghanistan, Vietnam, inferior militaries, they just withstood the time
and in the end they ended up stronger than when we first started fighting them.
You think that's a coincidence? I think not.
Because God doesn't care. He's going to be on the most righteous side.
Yeah, He knows. He has to sometimes pick.
But it is what it is.
He never likes it when we go to war to take resources.
And then we pretend it's because of our safety, i.e. Russia.
They're not going to war with Ukraine because they think Ukraine is going to one day invade us and overthrow us and make a gigantic Ukraine.
No. He wants the resources. That's what Putin really wants.
And this is the same thing that happens in the Bible.
When people do that, God just curses those nations,
like we see right now.
And so let's continue reading.
Let's go to verse number 19,
cause I am running out of time.
So it says, Akin took of the accursed thing,
something that was supposed to be destroyed, not taken.
He ends up taking it and here Joshua confronts him verse number 19 and Joshua said at the achin my son
Give I pray thee glory to the Lord God of Israel and make confession unto him and tell me what thou has done
Hide enough from me
And they can answer Joshua and said, Indeed, I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel.
At least He's confessing it, and thus and thus have I done.
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonian's garment and two hundred shekels of silver
and a wedge of gold, a fifty shekel's weight, then I what?
What did he do?
He coveted it.
He coveted something that did not belong to him, something that God clearly told him,
I want this destroyed.
This is the accursed stuff in this nation.
Don't take it.
Don't touch it.
I want it destroyed.
He said, no, I know better.
His pride kicked in.
He thought he knew better and he decided to what?
Take it.
What was his issue?
He coveted.
No different than when Saul, you know, saw David getting praised, you know, Saul
killing his thousands, but David is ten thousands. What does he end up doing?
Getting jealous. Envious. You know, he wanted that praise. He coveted that praise.
And did it make him a better person? Nope. It made him a wicked person. And if
you're not careful when you start coveting, whatever it is, you name the
thing. You know, someone's wife, someone's job, someone's position, you name it.
You better be careful and you better talk yourself out of it really quick.
Just call yourself out because if you don't, then you're not going to work on anything
if you think you're all good, but you're like, bro, what do you think?
Stop being stupid, stop being foolish, you know?
Stop acting like the devil, and more importantly, you need to be careful because the little
living limit, the whole love, and this can actually destroy you.
Because before you did it, you thought it.
That's how it always turns out.
we see the punishment. He saw Babylon's garment, says I coveted them and took them and behold,
they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent and the silver under it." So what ends up
happening? It says in Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerom and verse 24
and the silver and the garment and the wedge of gold and his sons and his daughters and his oxen.
So we got his sons, his daughters,
even his animals, his oxen, his asses, his sheep, and his tent, all his stuff, and all that he had,
and they brought them unto the valley of Acor, and Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us?
The Lord shall trouble thee this day, and all Israel stoned him. But that wasn't where it ended,
stoned them with stones, and burned them with fire. Is that how you want to end your life? I know I don't.
If I'm going to be burned up, I want it to be burned up for something good, serving God,
being martyred.
You name it.
Amen?
I talked about it before when I'm preaching.
My dream way to go out is to be here right before Christ shows up and have some guy arrest
me for preaching the gospel.
Takes me to whatever little torture chamber he has and he thinks he's about to blow me
away and as soon as he squeezes that trigger, boom, I disappear, I'm on my horse and I come
back.
I'm back!
Check out my wigs, whoosh.
How you like them apples, guys?
Thank you, I got the best of both worlds.
I got to be here till the very end
and I got martyrs suckers, just check out my mansion.
But y'all ain't gonna see it cause y'all going to who?
That's how I want to go.
I don't want to get burned up because I became a coverageist
man, ended up like Saul, getting my head cut off
because I decided to sin against God
and my children ended up dying because of my sins.
And guess what, you can't win with sin, amen.
this is why you need to be careful being a covetous person. 1st Timothy 6 9 says
this, but they that will be rich fall into temptation and they snare and into
many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and
What's the issue of what's going on in the world all the wickedness all these wars all this craziness you could take to the back
Somewhere somehow it goes back to the love of money
the love of money is the root of all evil not money the love of money and
Many are going to perish because they covet because they covet like crazy and that's the deal
All right, that's pretty much my sermon, but really quickly
What can we do about this stuff, you know, because we realize covetousness is dumb. It makes you look stupid
Makes you look silly. I don't know if you know this but a lot of world leaders are laughing at Trump because of the crap
He's doing at the White House the stuff he says how he's stopped all these seven wars
Who knows what else he's coming up with this week, but it's because he wants people to love him
He's desperate. He loves attention. He wants to be everybody's hero. He wants to be the center
You know, that's what he coveted, that's what he wants, and at the end he's not going to get it. Why? Because he's a wicked person.
What is going to happen is whatever fears he has, and here's his fears being mocked.
Here's his fears going to prison. Here's his fears dying very very soon.
And so far it looks like those three things are coming true. I eat the Epstein files.
Can we stop pretending he's not a pedophile or president yet? Can we stop pretending that he's not?
Please, can we stop pretending? I can understand the world. I get it
But the NIFB, we should be the cream of the crop, especially if you're a leader in the NIFB
If you don't know by now that Donald Trump is hiding the Epstein files because he's in it
He's been accused by 23 different women or more of sexually abusing them
You know the guy just came out saying that he believes that dude gonna work to go to heaven. Hey, he's preaching down to the boy heresy
You know, he lies about how like oh, we're just trying to protect innocent people
That's what we haven't released them. He can release him tonight if he wants to
But he's afraid he'll go to prison and in case you don't know
There was a woman that said Donald Trump raped me when I was 13 years old
Him and Epstein raped me when I was 13 years old, 13 years old, and they went after her, they threatened her,
she went into silence, it's official records.
I was in the Army.
Epstein raped me.
I told him to get off me.
He's like, I'm a virgin, get off me. I don't want to do this.
That's what she said. You're like, oh, that's another two or three witnesses.
Well, actions speak louder than words, and the way Donald Trump is acting, he's definitely afraid to go to prison.
That's just facts.
And he wants to be loved. He wants to be feared. That's why he's constantly saying force or whatever because he covet just he's coveting power
He's very unhealthy. So now he's thinking more and more about death. So who knows what's gonna happen?
But at the end of the day, can we stop pretending this guy's a great person?
Because he ain't I can understand the world. I can understand new people in our movement. I get it. They don't know the Bible very well
But if you've been coming here for a while and you read the Bible, get right with God
He'll reveal it to you if you ain't convinced yet. Amen
I'm not telling you to go vote for the trans loving abortion loving Democrats
I don't care who's in power because the end of the day. Hey most important thing is the fairy God and give us keep his commandments
No matter who's in power
Whether it's never Kenezer or King David. It doesn't matter
You know because God's gonna bless you
And if we get persecuted, great.
That means you're doing something right,
persecuted, not punished, two different things.
I'm talking about, hey, they're coming after us
because we're doing what's right
and they want to stop us, amen?
Don't fear none of those things without shall suffer,
behold the devil shall cast some of you into prison
that you may be tried.
It needs to have tribulation, 10 days,
be that faithful unto death
and I will give thee a crown of life, amen?
So don't get shocked if you get arrested
Don't be surprised if you'll be in prison until you die.
Don't be surprised if that's how you end your life.
I keep telling my kids,
I think you guys are the tribulation generation.
Because let's just face it,
our Constitution has to be destroyed for
the one world order to happen, true?
And now it looks like Donald Trump is
starting that process of
destroying our Constitution like crazy.
So I'm like, man, it's getting good, bro.
People are fair and I'm like, bro, I'm getting popular like, bro, it's getting good
Donald Trump is destroying like the Constitution so fast. I'm like, wow, let's see what happens
This could be the beginning stages. I'm not saying it's gonna happen in three years or in 15 years. Who knows?
I don't know. I like you telling my kids read your Bible memorize scripture get ready for it because hey
I'm probably gonna be gone in 40 years
You know, 40 years old, maybe I'll make it to 90.
I'm hoping I'll make it to 80.
My grandpa just died this month.
He made it to, I believe, 105.
So I got those good jeans, amen.
But there's no guarantee I'll make it to 100.
But I'm hoping God passed on, God passed on
my grandpa's jeans.
I'm like, yo, hope he gave me those jeans.
I can make it to 100, yo.
You know, and it's like, hey, me and Pastor will make it to 100, 120.
He'll make it to 120, I'll make it to 119.
You know, I'll retire when he puts me six feet deep, amen?
And then Ramon will take over.
At 100 and hold are you?
I don't know, 110 or whatever.
In other words, we ain't going nowhere unless God takes us.
But what to remember?
Let me just remind you of what you can think of to help you overcome covetousness.
Many covet because they think that what they coveting will make them happy bring them pleasure give them joy
But as a reminder, joy doesn't come from your possessions
Not from the things you possess, but from the God we possess the God we have
Psalm 1611 that was show me the path of life in
Thy presence is fullness of joy Ecclesiastity 26
God give it to a man that is good in his sight
wisdom, knowledge, and joy. So remember that. Don't lose focus. Don't covet things
that are evil like the Bible says. Those people in the Old Testament, there were
our examples that we should not lust, lust after evil things such as they
lust it. Also set your affections of things above, Colossians 3-2, set your
affections of things above, not on things on the earth. You know, heart must be
Not those things on earth and it's gonna be hard. Let me just put it out there. The Christian life is hard
Not all the time, but sometimes it can get hard
Well, you're like man, I just want to kill myself
Lord just take me to heaven. I don't want to live
You see it in scripture and I'm not gonna ask you raise your hand if you ever thought about I'm not gonna go there
But let's be honest
it is hard, or this verse wouldn't be in the Bible.
Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."
And whenever I read this verse, I'd say amen. Why? Because it says this,
No man dare war with, entangling themselves with the affairs of this life,
that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
And this verse may not be exactly what I'm about to explain.
But when I was in Iraq, when I was in combat, you know what?
I tried to keep myself from thinking about things that I couldn't do.
Like go party on the weekend with my friends back home,
my family's back home, and join life, having barbecues, wishing me well.
I couldn't just, like it says, entangle myself with the affairs of this life.
It would hurt me to be a good soldier and focus on my mission.
When I'm just thinking man, I wish I was back home, you know wish I was hanging out with my friends back home
Man this place sucks. I don't want to be here. I don't believe in this anymore. No, I couldn't think like that
I'm at war. I can't entangle myself with the affairs of this life. Why? Because I want to do a good job
I want to please those that obviously are over me by accomplishing the missions
They give me and keeping my guys alive and safe so we can go home and then party, amen
Same thing here, our world will be over one day.
Then we'll worry about being in heaven.
Rejoice in what those that rejoice over one center
that repents in the presence of the angels of God.
Those are the saints rejoicing when people get saved.
Rejoicing when people get right.
Hey, we'll join them soon.
Hopefully not too soon, amen.
Hopefully this ain't my last sermon, I'm just saying.
But life will be hard remember that remember that a true joy comes from God remember that remember that
Think more about heavenly things remember that cover just people are self-centered and think too much about themselves
Man, I wish I had this man. I wish I had that don't be that guy or gal
And just do your best to be content.
Hebrews 13.5, let your conversation be without covetousness.
And be content with such things as you have.
For he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hey, remember what Jesus said.
Hey, don't rejoice because those devils
are subject unto you,
but rejoice because your name is written in heaven.
You know, the more the better.
Think about as much as you can, you know,
to get you to have the joy that you think you'll get
from coveting whatever it is.
And of course, I got to throw this one in there.
Just keep on praying, amen.
Keep on watching and praying that you enter
not through temptation and that temptation is to covet.
We all have it.
It's a sin that's coming to man.
We just need to be careful of it.
So we don't do things that are going to destroy our lives.
And just remind yourself, you cannot win with sin.
You know if you have iniquity in your heart the Lord will not hear you and what does that matter?
Well probably 2026 many seek the ruler's favor many people are going to Donald Trump mr. Trump
I got a gold plated bar for you. Oh, thank you next mr. Trump
I got a four hundred million dollar plane for you here you go
We know okay next people just bringing him go trying to seek the ruler's favor because they're afraid of Trump
They're scared because they know he's out of his mind
He's going through dementia. Who knows what else?
You know, he says that he turned down some kind of water faucet in northern California
Or he turned it on and he shot water all the way to LA. What the heck is that? He's been smoking something
Just telling you that's what he says and so of course many seek the rule of favor, but every judgment comment from the
Lord
the Lord
And just if anything, to help you become a,
to keep you from becoming a Covetious person,
just do what Daniel did and purpose in your heart
that you're not gonna be one.
That you're gonna do your best to fight against this sin.
But Daniel purpose in his heart
that we would not defile himself
with the portion of the king's meat.
And we need to do that.
Lord, help us not, pray, help us not to be Covetious people.
Help me not to be a Covetious fool, a devilish fool.
It will make me a dangerous individual when that Covet power.
They don't do whatever it takes to get that power.
Lie, steal, and kill.
And that's exactly what you see from our president.
He lied over 30,000 times in the first four years,
30,000 times since he's on the record to break that right now.
Does that sound like a normal man to you?
No, because what does he do?
He covers the power that Putin asked.
He covers the power that that guy from North Korea asked.
The power that China holds where they can control just about anything.
He wants that too.
and he's not gonna stop until he gets it.
So just get ready for it.
More craziness is coming from Trump.
But my fate ain't in that guy.
My fate is in God.
And I know as long as I please him
and keep his commandments and I do what's right,
not perfect, just keep the basics
and you'll be in your own little ocean.
They'll be like Daniel when Nebuchadnezzar says,
kill all these wise men.
They can't tell him my dream, kill them all.
Daniel's so busy when they finally come to get him.
He's like, what the heck's going on?
Well, the king wants you all dead.
Why? Why so hasty?
Why so quick?
Well, it's been a few days, Daniel.
These guys couldn't tell him his dream.
You've just been busy doing the right thing.
And now guess what?
There's things that kind of affecting you.
But what did he do right away?
He went to God.
God protect me. Hey, if you want us to perish, we'll perish, but I don't want to die this way. If you're sure well for me to live
Let's do it and guess what he delivered him from Nebuchadnezzar
And you know what he'll deliver us from any danger as well
If you do us right, keep pleasing God. Bible makes it very clear. Psalm 34
That he'll deliver you from all your fears not some all your fears
So what if he doesn't and that tells us that you weren't serving him like you thought you would just being honest
and just be like Daniel.
Purpose in your heart, you will not defile yourself.
And that's exactly what we all need to do.
So in the end, how can we cure this covetousness
that creeps in our hearts by having the correct mindset?
I didn't tell you to go there,
I'm just gonna say it all out, Romans 12.
Romans 12 says this, I beseech you,
in other words, I beg you, and I'm begging my kids,
I'm begging the young kids, I'm begging the adults,
I'm begging the teenagers, I'm begging the older people.
I'm begging you all, like it says right there, by the mercies of God that you present your
bodies to live in sacrifice, wholly acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
I'm not asking you guys to do anything above and beyond.
I'm asking you to do what's your reasonable service and what is our reasonable service
and be not conformed to this world.
by being transformed by the renewing of your mind
that you may prove what is a good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.
How do you do that?
Doing what you're doing now.
Hearing God's word, reading your Bible, serving the Lord,
being good in his side,
he'll give you the wisdom and the joy that you desire.
He's gonna do it.
For I say, through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you,
Here's the issue with Satan and everybody else. Here's where it starts.
Not to think of himself more highly than the all-to-think.
I deserve that position. Not this guy.
If people knew how he really was, they wouldn't have been following this guy.
I should be in charge. I should be the one running the show.
Got to be careful when you think of yourself more highly than you should then you'll start coveting things that you think you deserve
All to just end up destroying your life and those around you
But to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man, the measure of faith.
Daniel purposely in his heart, Paul told us to endure harness, Jesus commanded us to watch and pray.
Solomon warned that sin never wins.
Both Dave and Solomon testified that joy is found in God's presence,
and we set our fixtures of things above, and it would be harder for us to begin to love the things here in this world.
So at the end of the day,
That mind say that you have will ruin you or make you
The more you hear God's word the more your faith will grow the more spiritually mind of you be the more strong
You'll be and that's how you'll overcome this sin of covetousness and man. Let's pray their father in heaven
We thank you so much for everything you've done for us Lord
We are what we are by your grace, Lord,
as I'm asking you this morning to just help us, Father,
to grow, help us to be stronger than we were yesterday
and help everybody hear their Father,
to not listen to me, but to listen to your word
and obey your word, because ultimately,
that will bring us the joy that we look,
that we think things are gonna give us.
So we ask you, Father, to protect us
from becoming covetous, wicked, devilish, foolish people
and to serve you with all our heart, with all our mind
and with all our soul.
We ask this in Jesus' name, amen.
Let's sing one last song you've already missed, song number 110, song number 110,
All the Way My Savior Leads Me, song number 110,
All the Way My Savior Leads Me,
What have I to ask beside?
Can I down this tender mercy?
Who through life has been my guide?
Have we peace in mind as comfort?
Dear God!
with all things well all the way my Savior leads me to each winding path I tread gives me grace for
every trial leads me with the living bread though my weary steps we falter and my soul
All the way my Savior leads me, O the fullness of His love, perfect rest to me.
House above, when my spirit floaty mortal paints his fly to realms of day. This my song through endless ages, Jesus
Thank you for coming, you are dismissed.