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culture<00:10:41.179><c> is</c><00:10:41.559><c> obsessed</c><00:10:41.940><c> with</c><00:10:42.240><c> seeing</c><00:10:42.480><c> how</c>

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wealthy<00:10:43.080><c> people</c><00:10:43.539><c> live.</c><00:10:45.200><c> And</c><00:10:45.279><c> so</c><00:10:45.460><c> nothing</c><00:10:46.000><c> has</c><00:10:46.179><c> really</c><00:10:46.419><c> changed</c><00:10:46.740><c> about</c>

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the<00:10:47.399><c> exclusivity</c><00:10:48.419><c> of</c><00:10:48.700><c> wealth.</c>

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Accessing<00:10:51.460><c> wealth,</c><00:10:52.360><c> going</c><00:10:52.919><c> into</c><00:10:53.200><c> the</c><00:10:53.460><c> centers</c><00:10:53.740><c> of</c><00:10:54.000><c> power</c><00:10:54.259><c> as</c>

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it<00:10:54.639><c> were,</c><00:10:55.799><c> is</c><00:10:56.179><c> still</c><00:10:56.360><c> very</c><00:10:56.580><c> difficult.</c>

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people<00:11:00.759><c> in</c><00:11:00.919><c> the</c><00:11:01.059><c> past</c><00:11:01.320><c> might</c><00:11:01.600><c> have.</c><00:11:02.519><c> And</c><00:11:02.799><c> so</c><00:11:02.980><c> our</c>

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sense<00:11:03.679><c> of</c><00:11:03.919><c> not</c><00:11:04.539><c> having</c><00:11:05.059><c> this</c><00:11:06.360><c> thing,</c><00:11:07.960><c> these</c><00:11:07.960><c> lavish</c><00:11:10.399><c> and</c><00:11:11.399><c> exorbitant</c><00:11:11.860><c> lifestyles,</c><00:11:13.120><c> there</c><00:11:13.659><c> may</c>

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be<00:11:14.039><c> a</c><00:11:14.139><c> sense</c><00:11:14.279><c> of,</c>

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oh,<00:11:14.759><c> hey,</c><00:11:14.919><c> I'm</c><00:11:15.259><c> missing</c><00:11:15.559><c> out.</c><00:11:15.879><c> This</c><00:11:16.059><c> is</c><00:11:16.279><c> something</c><00:11:16.559><c> that</c><00:11:17.000><c> everybody</c><00:11:17.480><c> else</c>

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has.<00:11:18.960><c> Practically</c><00:11:19.519><c> speaking,</c>

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that's<00:11:20.080><c> not</c><00:11:20.320><c> the</c><00:11:20.460><c> case</c><00:11:20.639><c> at</c><00:11:20.860><c> all.</c><00:11:22.659><c> So</c><00:11:22.879><c> there's</c><00:11:23.139><c> some</c><00:11:23.379><c> deception</c>

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that's<00:11:24.159><c> happening</c><00:11:24.360><c> there.</c>

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I<00:11:26.059><c> thought</c><00:11:26.179><c> this</c><00:11:26.399><c> was</c><00:11:26.559><c> interesting</c><00:11:27.000><c> too.</c><00:11:27.460><c> It's</c><00:11:27.620><c> the</c><00:11:27.799><c> same</c><00:11:28.039><c> map,</c><00:11:28.519><c> but</c>

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just<00:11:28.980><c> with</c><00:11:29.799><c> the</c><00:11:30.000><c> Zillow</c><00:11:30.320><c> listings</c><00:11:30.659><c> for</c><00:11:30.940><c> homes</c>

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over<00:11:31.899><c> $5</c><00:11:32.360><c> million.</c><00:11:33.539><c> And</c><00:11:33.679><c> you</c><00:11:33.779><c> can</c><00:11:34.019><c> see</c><00:11:34.159><c> that</c><00:11:34.419><c> that</c><00:11:35.320><c> distinction</c><00:11:35.720><c> between</c>

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Manhattan<00:11:37.039><c> and</c><00:11:37.480><c> the</c><00:11:37.659><c> Bronx,</c>

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I'm<00:11:38.399><c> sorry,</c><00:11:38.759><c> or</c><00:11:39.080><c> Brooklyn,</c><00:11:39.279><c> I</c><00:11:39.440><c> should</c><00:11:39.600><c> say,</c><00:11:40.960><c> has</c><00:11:41.299><c> really</c><00:11:41.700><c> changed.</c><00:11:42.299><c> The</c>

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gentrification<00:11:43.139><c> has</c><00:11:43.419><c> resulted</c>

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in<00:11:44.500><c> very</c><00:11:44.840><c> expensive</c><00:11:45.259><c> homes</c><00:11:45.620><c> throughout</c><00:11:46.000><c> the</c><00:11:46.220><c> boroughs</c><00:11:46.440><c> of</c><00:11:46.600><c> New</c><00:11:46.820><c> York.</c><00:11:50.200><c> So</c>

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in<00:11:50.600><c> any</c><00:11:50.740><c> case,</c>

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we<00:11:53.319><c> are</c><00:11:54.019><c> all</c><00:11:54.480><c> getting</c><00:11:54.720><c> exposed</c><00:11:55.299><c> to</c><00:11:55.940><c> the</c><00:11:56.259><c> billboards</c><00:11:56.759><c> in</c><00:11:57.139><c> Times</c><00:11:57.419><c> Square,</c>

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glossy<00:12:00.490><c> magazines,</c><00:12:01.169><c> ads</c><00:12:01.549><c> targeted</c><00:12:02.029><c> to</c><00:12:02.370><c> the</c><00:12:02.529><c> upper</c><00:12:02.710><c> echelons</c>

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of<00:12:03.330><c> society.</c><00:12:04.129><c> We</c><00:12:04.350><c> still</c><00:12:04.649><c> see</c><00:12:04.909><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:05.870><c> marketing</c><00:12:06.190><c> agents</c><00:12:06.549><c> are</c><00:12:07.309><c> putting</c><00:12:07.669><c> the</c><00:12:07.970><c> lives</c><00:12:08.129><c> of</c><00:12:08.309><c> the</c><00:12:08.470><c> wealthy</c><00:12:08.690><c> on</c>

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display<00:12:09.289><c> to</c><00:12:09.570><c> ask</c><00:12:09.809><c> us,</c>

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why<00:12:10.330><c> don't</c><00:12:10.629><c> you</c><00:12:10.830><c> live</c><00:12:11.029><c> this</c><00:12:11.330><c> way?</c><00:12:13.789><c> So</c><00:12:14.309><c> I'm</c><00:12:14.389><c> just</c><00:12:14.610><c> going</c><00:12:14.710><c> to</c><00:12:14.909><c> share</c><00:12:15.309><c> as</c>

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an<00:12:16.769><c> illustration</c><00:12:17.250><c> of</c><00:12:17.509><c> that</c>

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video<00:12:21.049><c> or</c><00:12:21.309><c> part</c><00:12:21.470><c> of</c><00:12:21.610><c> an</c><00:12:21.870><c> advertisement</c><00:12:22.210><c> that</c><00:12:22.429><c> was</c><00:12:22.549><c> shown</c><00:12:22.649><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:22.929><c> Super</c><00:12:23.070><c> Bowl</c><00:12:23.190><c> this</c><00:12:23.470><c> year.</c>

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Live<00:12:28.730><c> longer.</c><00:12:32.470><c> All</c><00:12:32.549><c> that</c><00:12:32.809><c> money</c><00:12:33.490><c> doesn't</c><00:12:34.470><c> just</c><00:12:34.850><c> buy</c><00:12:35.049><c> more</c><00:12:35.389><c> stuff.</c><00:12:36.490><c> It</c>

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buys<00:12:36.990><c> more</c><00:12:37.409><c> time.</c><00:12:38.230><c> The</c><00:12:38.509><c> wealth</c><00:12:38.809><c> gap</c>

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is<00:12:39.529><c> a</c><00:12:39.750><c> health</c><00:12:39.970><c> gap.</c><00:12:40.889><c> The</c><00:12:41.049><c> rich</c><00:12:41.330><c> have</c><00:12:41.570><c> healthcare</c><00:12:41.909><c> that</c><00:12:42.230><c> comes</c>

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to<00:12:42.830><c> them,</c><00:12:43.590><c> custom</c><00:12:43.830><c> formulated</c><00:12:44.409><c> peptides,</c>

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specialists<00:12:46.149><c> on</c><00:12:46.649><c> call</c><00:12:46.950><c> and</c><00:12:47.429><c> preventative</c><00:12:47.929><c> care</c><00:12:48.350><c> before</c><00:12:48.870><c> they</c>

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need<00:12:49.389><c> it.</c><00:12:49.889><c> They</c><00:12:50.070><c> get</c><00:12:50.289><c> the</c><00:12:50.649><c> best</c><00:12:51.210><c> of</c><00:12:51.570><c> everything.</c>

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So<00:12:52.929><c> why</c><00:12:53.210><c> don't</c><00:12:53.490><c> you?</c><00:12:54.210><c> Now</c><00:12:54.590><c> you</c><00:12:54.909><c> can.</c><00:12:55.610><c> All</c><00:12:55.809><c> right.</c><00:12:57.970><c> All</c><00:12:58.169><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:12:58.830><c> all</c><00:12:58.970><c> you</c><00:12:59.090><c> really</c><00:12:59.250><c> need</c><00:12:59.429><c> to</c><00:12:59.669><c> see.</c>

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I'm<00:13:00.250><c> sorry</c><00:13:00.429><c> for</c><00:13:00.649><c> subjecting</c><00:13:01.070><c> you</c><00:13:01.190><c> to</c><00:13:01.330><c> that.</c><00:13:02.710><c> But</c><00:13:03.110><c> they</c><00:13:03.750><c> ask</c><00:13:03.990><c> a</c>

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question,<00:13:04.769><c> right?</c><00:13:04.950><c> Kind</c><00:13:05.149><c> of</c><00:13:05.370><c> the</c><00:13:05.649><c> hook</c>

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to<00:13:06.250><c> that</c><00:13:06.529><c> advertisement</c><00:13:07.009><c> is</c><00:13:07.470><c> they</c><00:13:07.929><c> get</c><00:13:08.169><c> the</c><00:13:08.409><c> best</c><00:13:08.649><c> of</c><00:13:08.909><c> everything.</c><00:13:09.909><c> So</c><00:13:10.210><c> why</c>

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don't<00:13:10.850><c> you?</c>

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And<00:13:12.870><c> that's</c><00:13:13.370><c> really</c><00:13:13.789><c> compelling.</c><00:13:14.470><c> I</c><00:13:14.710><c> think</c><00:13:14.870><c> it</c><00:13:15.029><c> gets</c><00:13:15.230><c> to</c><00:13:15.470><c> the</c>

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heart<00:13:15.750><c> of</c><00:13:15.889><c> the</c><00:13:16.090><c> problem.</c>

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like<00:13:22.169><c> the</c><00:13:22.370><c> rich</c><00:13:22.529><c> and</c><00:13:22.690><c> the</c><00:13:22.830><c> wealthy,</c>

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but<00:13:24.250><c> also</c><00:13:24.549><c> shows</c><00:13:24.769><c> how</c><00:13:24.929><c> these</c><00:13:25.250><c> premium</c><00:13:25.629><c> services</c><00:13:26.350><c> are</c><00:13:27.190><c> more</c><00:13:27.529><c> in</c>

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reach<00:13:27.929><c> to</c><00:13:28.149><c> many</c><00:13:28.309><c> Americans.</c><00:13:30.090><c> But</c><00:13:30.529><c> the</c><00:13:30.950><c> reality</c><00:13:31.350><c> is</c>

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these<00:13:32.409><c> services</c><00:13:32.850><c> are</c><00:13:33.129><c> still</c><00:13:33.289><c> being</c><00:13:33.590><c> marketed</c><00:13:34.110><c> to</c><00:13:34.450><c> those</c><00:13:34.710><c> upper</c><00:13:35.049><c> middle</c><00:13:35.409><c> class</c><00:13:35.809><c> and</c>

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wealthy<00:13:36.389><c> people,</c>

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those<00:13:37.110><c> growing</c><00:13:37.429><c> segments</c><00:13:37.830><c> of</c><00:13:38.049><c> the</c><00:13:38.690><c> population,</c><00:13:39.470><c> and</c><00:13:40.049><c> not</c><00:13:40.330><c> the</c>

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30<00:13:40.769><c>%</c><00:13:41.110><c> of</c><00:13:41.309><c> households</c><00:13:41.690><c> that</c><00:13:41.950><c> are</c><00:13:42.110><c> near</c><00:13:42.250><c> the</c><00:13:42.490><c> poverty</c>

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limit<00:13:43.049><c> or</c><00:13:43.289><c> below</c><00:13:43.509><c> the</c><00:13:43.769><c> poverty</c><00:13:43.970><c> limit</c><00:13:44.269><c> or</c><00:13:44.850><c> poor,</c><00:13:45.570><c> lower</c><00:13:45.929><c> middle</c><00:13:46.169><c> class.</c><00:13:48.070><c> They</c>

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still<00:13:48.750><c> had</c><00:13:48.889><c> to</c><00:13:49.029><c> watch</c><00:13:49.210><c> the</c><00:13:49.450><c> Super</c>

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Bowl<00:13:49.809><c> commercial,</c><00:13:51.230><c> but</c><00:13:51.389><c> they're</c><00:13:51.649><c> not</c><00:13:51.889><c> necessarily</c><00:13:52.330><c> the</c><00:13:52.649><c> target</c><00:13:52.909><c> audience.</c><00:13:55.710><c> So</c><00:13:55.870><c> just</c><00:13:56.090><c> giving</c><00:13:56.230><c> you</c><00:13:56.409><c> a</c><00:13:56.429><c> little</c>

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perspective<00:13:57.149><c> there.</c><00:13:57.610><c> And</c><00:13:57.610><c> another</c><00:13:58.230><c> similar</c><00:13:58.610><c> issue</c><00:13:59.029><c> has</c><00:13:59.769><c> been</c>

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called<00:14:00.429><c> premiumization.</c><00:14:02.330><c> And</c><00:14:02.470><c> air</c><00:14:02.649><c> travel</c><00:14:02.909><c> is</c><00:14:03.169><c> a</c>

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perfect<00:14:03.509><c> example</c><00:14:03.950><c> of</c><00:14:04.149><c> this.</c><00:14:05.909><c> Back</c><00:14:06.190><c> in</c><00:14:06.370><c> the</c><00:14:06.509><c> day,</c><00:14:06.870><c> if</c><00:14:06.870><c> you</c><00:14:07.289><c> took</c>

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a<00:14:07.730><c> flight,</c><00:14:08.149><c> you</c><00:14:08.370><c> had</c><00:14:08.529><c> the</c><00:14:08.669><c> option</c><00:14:08.950><c> to</c><00:14:09.190><c> fly</c><00:14:09.350><c> economy</c>

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or<00:14:10.070><c> first</c><00:14:10.769><c> class.</c><00:14:12.230><c> Now</c><00:14:12.490><c> there's</c><00:14:12.769><c> first</c><00:14:13.090><c> class,</c><00:14:13.850><c> there's</c>

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business,<00:14:14.850><c> there's</c><00:14:15.129><c> business</c><00:14:15.450><c> select,</c><00:14:15.970><c> there's</c><00:14:16.309><c> premium,</c>

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there's<00:14:17.070><c> comfort,</c><00:14:17.429><c> plus</c><00:14:17.730><c> there's</c><00:14:18.049><c> like</c><00:14:18.389><c> all</c><00:14:18.570><c> these</c><00:14:18.950><c> different</c><00:14:19.250><c> things.</c>

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And<00:14:20.610><c> all</c><00:14:21.269><c> these</c><00:14:21.490><c> people</c><00:14:21.750><c> they're</c>

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paying<00:14:22.210><c> more</c><00:14:22.850><c> are</c><00:14:23.730><c> boarding</c><00:14:23.929><c> before</c><00:14:24.350><c> you</c><00:14:24.629><c> are.</c><00:14:25.470><c> Right?</c><00:14:26.110><c> So</c>

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how<00:14:26.690><c> does</c><00:14:26.870><c> that</c><00:14:27.129><c> make</c><00:14:27.230><c> you</c><00:14:27.450><c> feel,</c><00:14:27.730><c> right?</c><00:14:27.809><c> When</c><00:14:27.929><c> you're</c>

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put<00:14:30.929><c> your</c><00:14:31.289><c> carry</c><00:14:31.509><c> on.</c>

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people<00:14:37.190><c> that</c><00:14:37.389><c> are</c><00:14:37.590><c> wealthier</c><00:14:37.889><c> than</c><00:14:38.070><c> you.</c>

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And<00:14:39.090><c> so</c><00:14:39.490><c> you</c><00:14:39.629><c> can't</c><00:14:39.909><c> get</c><00:14:40.029><c> into</c><00:14:40.250><c> that</c><00:14:40.490><c> echelon,</c><00:14:42.149><c> unless</c><00:14:42.750><c> you're</c>

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obviously<00:14:43.370><c> in</c><00:14:43.610><c> that</c><00:14:43.970><c> higher</c><00:14:44.190><c> income</c><00:14:44.529><c> bracket.</c>

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example<00:14:50.269><c> is</c><00:14:50.370><c> at</c><00:14:50.470><c> the</c><00:14:50.610><c> grocery</c><00:14:50.950><c> store,</c>

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you've<00:14:51.830><c> got</c><00:14:52.549><c> the</c><00:14:52.870><c> options</c><00:14:53.149><c> at</c><00:14:53.429><c> Aldi's,</c><00:14:53.809><c> which</c><00:14:53.950><c> maybe</c><00:14:54.169><c> aren't</c>

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quite<00:14:54.529><c> as</c><00:14:54.750><c> appealing</c><00:14:54.950><c> as</c><00:14:55.190><c> Whole</c><00:14:55.429><c> Foods.</c><00:14:55.870><c> When</c>

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you<00:14:56.129><c> put</c><00:14:56.190><c> them</c><00:14:56.409><c> side</c><00:14:56.629><c> by</c><00:14:56.809><c> side,</c><00:14:57.350><c> you've</c><00:14:57.509><c> got</c><00:14:57.610><c> the</c><00:14:57.789><c> same</c><00:14:57.970><c> thing</c>

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with<00:14:58.250><c> clothing</c><00:14:58.730><c> and</c><00:14:59.009><c> even</c><00:14:59.389><c> fitness</c><00:15:00.049><c> experiences,</c>

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like<00:15:01.590><c> going</c><00:15:01.710><c> to</c><00:15:01.889><c> a</c><00:15:02.070><c> football</c><00:15:02.350><c> game</c><00:15:02.669><c> or</c><00:15:02.850><c> going</c><00:15:03.009><c> to</c><00:15:03.210><c> Disney</c><00:15:03.490><c> World</c><00:15:03.830><c> that</c>

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class<00:15:06.009><c> families.</c><00:15:07.210><c> And</c><00:15:07.389><c> now</c><00:15:07.610><c> they</c><00:15:07.850><c> feel</c><00:15:07.990><c> a</c><00:15:08.230><c> little</c><00:15:08.250><c> more</c><00:15:08.450><c> out</c>

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of<00:15:08.690><c> touch.</c><00:15:09.009><c> It's</c><00:15:09.190><c> harder</c><00:15:09.490><c> to</c><00:15:09.690><c> get</c><00:15:09.809><c> there</c><00:15:10.110><c> for</c><00:15:10.370><c> normal</c>

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Americans.<00:15:12.669><c> There's</c><00:15:13.149><c> still</c><00:15:13.389><c> this</c><00:15:13.629><c> exposure</c><00:15:14.090><c> to</c><00:15:14.370><c> premium</c><00:15:14.710><c> products</c><00:15:15.090><c> and</c>

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services,<00:15:16.289><c> but</c><00:15:16.690><c> accessing</c><00:15:17.009><c> them</c><00:15:17.230><c> is</c>

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another<00:15:17.669><c> story.</c><00:15:18.529><c> And</c><00:15:18.769><c> all</c><00:15:18.929><c> of</c><00:15:19.029><c> this</c><00:15:19.149><c> can</c><00:15:19.409><c> kind</c><00:15:19.529><c> of</c><00:15:19.970><c> lead</c><00:15:20.110><c> to</c><00:15:20.309><c> a</c>

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sense<00:15:20.649><c> of</c><00:15:20.950><c> deprivation.</c><00:15:22.210><c> Despite</c><00:15:22.570><c> living</c><00:15:22.830><c> in</c><00:15:22.990><c> the</c>

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richest<00:15:23.370><c> country</c><00:15:23.710><c> in</c><00:15:23.850><c> the</c><00:15:23.970><c> world,</c><00:15:24.649><c> we're</c><00:15:24.809><c> constantly</c><00:15:25.269><c> comparing</c><00:15:25.730><c> ourselves</c><00:15:26.090><c> to</c><00:15:26.309><c> a</c>

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standard<00:15:26.710><c> of</c><00:15:26.929><c> wealth</c><00:15:27.129><c> that's</c>

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far<00:15:27.649><c> beyond</c><00:15:28.029><c> most</c><00:15:28.409><c> of</c><00:15:28.830><c> what</c><00:15:29.049><c> human</c><00:15:29.289><c> history</c><00:15:29.669><c> had</c><00:15:29.950><c> access</c><00:15:30.409><c> to.</c>

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And<00:15:31.649><c> so</c><00:15:31.889><c> this</c><00:15:33.009><c> might</c><00:15:33.169><c> sound</c><00:15:33.409><c> dramatic,</c><00:15:33.850><c> but</c><00:15:34.129><c> I</c><00:15:34.409><c> would</c>

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call<00:15:34.629><c> this</c><00:15:34.870><c> a</c><00:15:35.070><c> form</c><00:15:35.289><c> of</c><00:15:35.649><c> psychological</c><00:15:36.370><c> oppression.</c><00:15:38.230><c> It</c><00:15:38.269><c> hasn't</c><00:15:38.470><c> always</c><00:15:38.830><c> existed,</c><00:15:39.309><c> but</c>

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is<00:15:40.009><c> rampant</c><00:15:40.470><c> in</c><00:15:40.570><c> the</c><00:15:40.710><c> world</c><00:15:40.870><c> today.</c>

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Just<00:15:46.149><c> one</c><00:15:46.370><c> more</c><00:15:46.570><c> example</c><00:15:47.009><c> before</c><00:15:47.309><c> we</c><00:15:47.529><c> turn</c><00:15:47.649><c> to</c><00:15:47.809><c> the</c><00:15:47.970><c> scriptures.</c><00:15:50.190><c> This</c><00:15:50.610><c> week,</c><00:15:51.570><c> I</c><00:15:51.690><c> had</c><00:15:51.809><c> to</c>

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because<00:15:52.549><c> I</c><00:15:52.750><c> saw</c><00:15:52.830><c> it</c><00:15:52.970><c> on</c><00:15:53.090><c> Monday,</c><00:15:54.190><c> the</c><00:15:54.370><c> New</c><00:15:54.509><c> York</c><00:15:54.710><c> Times</c><00:15:54.950><c> published</c><00:15:55.309><c> an</c><00:15:55.529><c> opinion</c><00:15:55.789><c> piece</c><00:15:56.070><c> entitled,</c><00:15:56.529><c> The</c><00:15:56.629><c> Death</c>

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of<00:15:56.990><c> the</c><00:15:57.070><c> Basic</c><00:15:57.370><c> American</c><00:15:57.809><c> Car.</c><00:15:58.690><c> And</c><00:15:58.850><c> it</c><00:15:59.029><c> highlighted</c><00:15:59.289><c> a</c><00:15:59.590><c> time</c>

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in<00:16:00.070><c> American</c><00:16:00.250><c> history</c><00:16:00.629><c> where</c><00:16:00.850><c> models</c><00:16:01.210><c> like</c><00:16:01.710><c> the</c>

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Civic<00:16:02.710><c> or</c><00:16:03.769><c> the</c><00:16:04.190><c> Toyota</c><00:16:04.590><c> Corolla</c><00:16:05.210><c> were</c><00:16:05.409><c> very</c><00:16:05.750><c> popular.</c><00:16:07.429><c> I</c><00:16:07.509><c> think</c><00:16:07.710><c> perhaps</c><00:16:08.129><c> because</c><00:16:08.370><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:08.669><c> 1970s</c><00:16:09.610><c> gas</c><00:16:10.149><c> crisis,</c>

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auto<00:16:13.730><c> manufacturers</c><00:16:14.289><c> made</c><00:16:14.590><c> these</c><00:16:14.850><c> smaller</c><00:16:15.289><c> econobox</c><00:16:16.509><c> vehicles</c><00:16:17.169><c> that</c><00:16:18.289><c> did</c><00:16:18.470><c> quite</c><00:16:18.710><c> well</c><00:16:18.889><c> for</c><00:16:19.090><c> a</c><00:16:19.210><c> while.</c>

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But<00:16:20.870><c> now</c><00:16:21.110><c> they're</c><00:16:21.269><c> shifting</c><00:16:21.549><c> to</c><00:16:22.090><c> luxury</c><00:16:22.509><c> SUVs</c><00:16:23.549><c> and</c><00:16:23.850><c> these</c><00:16:24.570><c> huge</c><00:16:24.870><c> trucks</c><00:16:25.389><c> and</c>

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luxury<00:16:26.490><c> cars.</c>

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So<00:16:29.129><c> the</c><00:16:29.590><c> options</c><00:16:30.049><c> for</c><00:16:30.490><c> inexpensive</c><00:16:31.269><c> vehicles</c><00:16:31.870><c> are</c><00:16:32.610><c> just</c><00:16:32.889><c> not</c>

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And<00:16:35.429><c> I</c><00:16:35.570><c> found</c><00:16:35.710><c> this</c><00:16:36.009><c> quote</c><00:16:36.389><c> by</c><00:16:37.009><c> the</c><00:16:37.210><c> author</c><00:16:37.549><c> really</c><00:16:38.049><c> insightful.</c><00:16:39.190><c> They</c><00:16:39.370><c> wrote,</c><00:16:40.110><c> today</c><00:16:40.350><c> there</c><00:16:40.549><c> are</c><00:16:40.610><c> so</c>

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many<00:16:41.029><c> wealthy</c><00:16:41.350><c> people</c><00:16:41.710><c> who</c><00:16:41.870><c> can</c><00:16:42.049><c> afford</c><00:16:42.350><c> luxury</c><00:16:42.730><c> cars</c><00:16:43.070><c> that</c>

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simply<00:16:43.610><c> isn't</c><00:16:43.929><c> that</c><00:16:44.250><c> profitable</c><00:16:44.669><c> for</c><00:16:44.950><c> companies</c>

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to<00:16:45.629><c> produce</c><00:16:45.789><c> cars</c><00:16:46.389><c> for</c><00:16:47.070><c> the</c><00:16:47.230><c> bottom</c><00:16:47.509><c> 40</c><00:16:47.909><c>%</c><00:16:48.330><c> of</c><00:16:48.590><c> Americans</c><00:16:48.970><c> by</c><00:16:49.230><c> income.</c><00:16:50.830><c> So</c>

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than<00:16:53.190><c> your</c><00:16:53.429><c> neighbor.</c><00:16:54.289><c> It's</c><00:16:54.769><c> actually</c><00:16:55.149><c> not</c><00:16:55.350><c> being</c><00:16:55.509><c> able</c><00:16:55.669><c> to</c>

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afford<00:16:56.269><c> the</c><00:16:56.629><c> options</c><00:16:56.889><c> in</c><00:16:57.090><c> the</c><00:16:57.269><c> marketplace</c>

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because<00:16:58.470><c> the</c><00:16:59.470><c> wealthiest</c><00:16:59.990><c> Americans,</c><00:17:00.649><c> which</c><00:17:00.789><c> are</c><00:17:01.049><c> a</c><00:17:01.190><c> growing</c>

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proportion,<00:17:02.590><c> are</c><00:17:02.789><c> asking</c><00:17:03.190><c> for</c><00:17:03.970><c> these</c>

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vehicles.<00:17:04.670><c> And</c><00:17:04.970><c> the</c><00:17:05.170><c> corporations,</c><00:17:06.130><c> it's</c><00:17:06.609><c> not</c><00:17:06.869><c> worth</c><00:17:07.009><c> their</c>

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time<00:17:07.529><c> to</c><00:17:07.750><c> make</c><00:17:07.890><c> the</c><00:17:08.309><c> cheaper,</c><00:17:09.109><c> less</c><00:17:09.990><c> expensive</c>

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vehicles.<00:17:13.250><c> So</c><00:17:13.589><c> just</c><00:17:13.849><c> kind</c><00:17:13.990><c> of</c><00:17:14.250><c> framing</c><00:17:14.549><c> where</c><00:17:14.869><c> we</c><00:17:15.150><c> are</c><00:17:15.490><c> as</c><00:17:15.750><c> a</c>

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society<00:17:16.730><c> with</c><00:17:17.589><c> the</c><00:17:17.990><c> economics</c><00:17:18.410><c> of</c><00:17:18.670><c> today,</c>

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they<00:17:20.509><c> really</c><00:17:21.049><c> forced</c><00:17:21.329><c> these</c><00:17:21.609><c> financial</c><00:17:22.009><c> issues</c><00:17:22.410><c> to</c><00:17:22.650><c> the</c><00:17:22.769><c> forefront</c><00:17:22.970><c> of</c>

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And<00:17:25.089><c> this</c><00:17:25.410><c> is</c><00:17:25.650><c> a</c><00:17:25.670><c> quote</c><00:17:25.849><c> attributed</c><00:17:26.490><c> to</c><00:17:26.890><c> Teddy</c><00:17:27.049><c> Roosevelt.</c><00:17:28.410><c> Comparison</c><00:17:29.089><c> is</c>

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going<00:17:45.210><c> to</c><00:17:45.369><c> steal</c><00:17:45.549><c> our</c><00:17:45.789><c> joy.</c>

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Mrs.<00:18:04.990><c> Jones.</c><00:18:05.210><c> She's</c><00:18:05.529><c> got</c><00:18:05.730><c> to</c><00:18:06.029><c> matinee.</c><00:18:06.430><c> She</c><00:18:06.690><c> entertains.</c><00:18:07.410><c> She</c>

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wears<00:18:07.789><c> wonderful</c><00:18:08.190><c> clothing.</c><00:18:09.009><c> She</c><00:18:09.170><c> gets</c><00:18:09.309><c> something</c>

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out<00:18:09.829><c> of</c><00:18:09.930><c> life.</c><00:18:10.869><c> You</c><00:18:11.589><c> simply</c><00:18:13.009><c> got</c><00:18:13.430><c> to</c><00:18:13.650><c> make</c><00:18:13.849><c> more</c><00:18:14.329><c> money.</c><00:18:17.089><c> And</c>

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others.<00:18:28.369><c> The</c><00:18:28.609><c> context</c><00:18:29.049><c> of</c><00:18:29.210><c> the</c><00:18:29.369><c> scripture</c><00:18:29.589><c> isn't</c><00:18:29.910><c> specifically</c><00:18:30.670><c> about</c><00:18:30.990><c> wealth,</c><00:18:31.829><c> but</c>

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principle,<00:18:33.049><c> there's</c><00:18:33.410><c> a</c><00:18:33.509><c> lot</c><00:18:33.730><c> of</c><00:18:33.970><c> wisdom</c><00:18:34.369><c> in</c><00:18:34.789><c> avoiding</c><00:18:35.069><c> comparisons,</c><00:18:36.349><c> because</c><00:18:37.009><c> we're</c>

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often<00:18:38.269><c> comparing</c><00:18:39.049><c> the</c>

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things.<00:18:41.150><c> Okay,</c><00:18:41.769><c> your</c><00:18:42.410><c> neighbor</c><00:18:42.750><c> drives</c><00:18:43.089><c> a</c><00:18:43.349><c> Porsche,</c><00:18:43.769><c> but</c><00:18:43.869><c> he's</c><00:18:44.150><c> miserable</c><00:18:44.589><c> at</c>

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home<00:18:45.349><c> because</c><00:18:45.970><c> he's</c><00:18:46.309><c> spent</c><00:18:46.410><c> all</c><00:18:46.670><c> his</c>

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time<00:18:47.049><c> investing</c><00:18:47.430><c> in</c><00:18:47.569><c> his</c><00:18:47.730><c> business</c><00:18:48.049><c> instead</c><00:18:48.390><c> of</c><00:18:48.549><c> investing</c><00:18:48.950><c> in</c><00:18:49.130><c> his</c><00:18:49.250><c> family.</c><00:18:49.990><c> So</c><00:18:50.349><c> there</c><00:18:51.750><c> isn't</c><00:18:51.970><c> really</c><00:18:52.269><c> a</c><00:18:52.569><c> parody</c>

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there.<00:18:54.769><c> You</c><00:18:55.089><c> don't</c><00:18:55.309><c> see</c><00:18:55.609><c> that.</c><00:18:55.890><c> And</c><00:18:56.029><c> if</c><00:18:56.170><c> you're</c><00:18:56.410><c> not</c><00:18:56.509><c> him,</c><00:18:57.869><c> you</c>

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won't<00:18:58.650><c> understand.</c><00:19:00.369><c> There</c><00:19:00.509><c> may</c><00:19:00.690><c> be</c><00:19:00.829><c> other</c>

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advantages<00:19:01.569><c> or</c><00:19:01.990><c> opportunities</c><00:19:02.430><c> in</c><00:19:02.589><c> his</c><00:19:02.730><c> life.</c><00:19:03.230><c> Not</c><00:19:03.450><c> worth</c><00:19:03.670><c> comparing.</c><00:19:05.549><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:05.750><c> 13</c>

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specifically<00:19:06.950><c> on</c><00:19:07.210><c> money</c>

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or<00:19:08.829><c> contentment</c><00:19:10.029><c> with</c><00:19:10.349><c> material</c><00:19:10.690><c> possessions.</c><00:19:11.269><c> Keep</c><00:19:11.309><c> your</c>

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life<00:19:11.750><c> free</c><00:19:12.029><c> from</c><00:19:12.250><c> love</c><00:19:12.470><c> of</c><00:19:12.710><c> money.</c>

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Be<00:19:13.609><c> content</c><00:19:13.930><c> with</c><00:19:14.109><c> what</c><00:19:14.289><c> you</c><00:19:14.569><c> have,</c><00:19:15.410><c> for</c><00:19:15.549><c> he</c><00:19:15.890><c> has</c><00:19:16.269><c> said,</c><00:19:16.849><c> I</c><00:19:16.849><c> will</c><00:19:17.109><c> never</c><00:19:17.349><c> leave</c><00:19:17.809><c> you</c>

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nor<00:19:18.990><c> forsake</c><00:19:19.650><c> you.</c>

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So<00:19:20.970><c> we</c><00:19:21.089><c> can</c><00:19:21.410><c> confidently</c><00:19:21.869><c> say,</c><00:19:22.490><c> the</c><00:19:22.670><c> Lord</c><00:19:22.869><c> is</c><00:19:23.089><c> my</c><00:19:23.250><c> helper.</c><00:19:23.730><c> I</c>

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will<00:19:24.089><c> not</c><00:19:24.390><c> fear</c><00:19:24.750><c> what</c><00:19:25.089><c> man</c><00:19:25.390><c> can</c><00:19:25.609><c> do.</c><00:19:25.809><c> What</c><00:19:26.069><c> can</c><00:19:26.329><c> man</c><00:19:26.509><c> do</c>

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to<00:19:26.970><c> me?</c><00:19:30.109><c> And</c><00:19:30.390><c> so</c><00:19:30.630><c> this</c><00:19:30.910><c> verse</c><00:19:31.470><c> starts</c><00:19:32.109><c> to</c><00:19:32.289><c> give</c><00:19:32.349><c> us</c><00:19:32.509><c> some</c><00:19:32.650><c> real</c>

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insight<00:19:33.349><c> into</c><00:19:33.710><c> why</c><00:19:34.069><c> covetousness</c><00:19:34.910><c> is</c><00:19:35.670><c> spiritual</c>

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failure.<00:19:37.210><c> When</c><00:19:37.569><c> we're</c><00:19:37.930><c> striving</c><00:19:38.349><c> for</c><00:19:38.690><c> more,</c><00:19:40.289><c> we're</c><00:19:40.490><c> telling</c>

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God<00:19:41.069><c> that</c><00:19:41.289><c> his</c><00:19:41.609><c> blessing</c><00:19:41.990><c> isn't</c><00:19:42.309><c> enough</c><00:19:42.549><c> for</c>

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our<00:19:43.009><c> lives.</c><00:19:44.509><c> When</c><00:19:44.670><c> we</c><00:19:45.009><c> fear</c><00:19:45.470><c> lest</c><00:19:45.970><c> we</c><00:19:46.150><c> lose</c><00:19:46.410><c> what</c><00:19:46.670><c> we</c><00:19:46.950><c> have,</c><00:19:48.269><c> we're</c><00:19:48.470><c> telling</c><00:19:48.710><c> God</c><00:19:48.990><c> that</c><00:19:49.170><c> we</c>

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don't<00:19:49.529><c> trust</c><00:19:49.869><c> his</c><00:19:50.170><c> care.</c>

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This<00:19:53.990><c> is</c><00:19:54.130><c> the</c><00:19:54.150><c> whole</c><00:19:54.369><c> point</c><00:19:54.509><c> of</c><00:19:54.690><c> that</c><00:19:54.930><c> famous</c><00:19:55.250><c> verse</c><00:19:55.569><c> in</c><00:19:56.130><c> Matthew</c><00:19:56.509><c> 6,</c><00:19:56.990><c> right?</c><00:19:57.170><c> Seek</c><00:19:57.390><c> first</c><00:19:57.670><c> the</c><00:19:57.829><c> kingdom</c><00:19:58.089><c> of</c><00:19:58.329><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:58.789><c> all</c><00:19:58.950><c> these</c><00:19:59.130><c> things</c><00:19:59.369><c> will</c><00:19:59.569><c> be</c><00:19:59.769><c> added</c><00:19:59.930><c> unto</c><00:20:00.210><c> you.</c><00:20:00.869><c> But</c><00:20:01.150><c> what</c>

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things<00:20:01.829><c> is</c><00:20:02.029><c> he</c><00:20:02.230><c> talking</c><00:20:02.549><c> about?</c><00:20:02.950><c> What</c><00:20:03.150><c> are</c><00:20:03.369><c> all</c><00:20:03.589><c> the</c>

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questions?<00:20:07.910><c> Wherewithal</c><00:20:08.490><c> will</c><00:20:08.670><c> we</c><00:20:08.809><c> be</c><00:20:09.069><c> clothed?</c><00:20:09.309><c> What</c><00:20:09.470><c> shall</c>

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we<00:20:10.230><c> drink</c><00:20:10.450><c> and</c><00:20:10.690><c> what</c><00:20:10.849><c> shall</c><00:20:11.009><c> we</c><00:20:11.150><c> eat?</c>

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Don't<00:20:12.710><c> worry</c><00:20:13.009><c> about</c><00:20:13.190><c> it.</c><00:20:13.309><c> Just</c><00:20:13.650><c> seek</c><00:20:13.869><c> the</c><00:20:14.109><c> kingdom</c><00:20:14.369><c> of</c><00:20:14.609><c> God</c><00:20:14.849><c> and</c><00:20:15.630><c> things</c><00:20:15.970><c> will</c><00:20:16.170><c> be</c>

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He<00:20:18.769><c> doesn't</c><00:20:19.089><c> promise</c><00:20:19.450><c> us</c><00:20:19.710><c> a</c><00:20:19.869><c> new</c><00:20:20.069><c> iPhone</c><00:20:20.589><c> every</c><00:20:21.170><c> year</c><00:20:21.730><c> or</c><00:20:22.210><c> concierge</c><00:20:22.910><c> medical</c><00:20:23.329><c> services</c><00:20:23.970><c> or</c>

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season<00:20:24.869><c> tickets,</c>

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but<00:20:26.750><c> living</c><00:20:27.049><c> life</c><00:20:27.329><c> in</c><00:20:27.490><c> a</c><00:20:27.630><c> state</c><00:20:27.730><c> of</c><00:20:28.029><c> contentment</c><00:20:28.430><c> is</c><00:20:28.710><c> such</c><00:20:28.970><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:20:29.730><c> gift.</c><00:20:30.990><c> We're</c><00:20:31.309><c> able</c><00:20:31.549><c> to</c><00:20:31.809><c> say,</c>

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the<00:20:32.490><c> Lord</c><00:20:32.769><c> is</c><00:20:33.029><c> my</c><00:20:33.250><c> helper.</c><00:20:33.829><c> What</c><00:20:34.029><c> can</c><00:20:34.309><c> man</c><00:20:34.690><c> do</c><00:20:34.990><c> to</c><00:20:35.289><c> me?</c><00:20:37.470><c> I</c><00:20:37.730><c> just</c>

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wanted<00:20:38.089><c> to</c><00:20:38.349><c> share</c><00:20:38.529><c> a</c><00:20:38.789><c> personal</c><00:20:39.890><c> note.</c>

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A<00:20:41.789><c> little</c><00:20:41.950><c> over</c><00:20:42.250><c> a</c><00:20:42.369><c> year</c><00:20:42.529><c> ago,</c><00:20:43.650><c> my</c><00:20:44.009><c> company</c><00:20:44.710><c> gave</c><00:20:45.490><c> the</c><00:20:45.789><c> workforce</c><00:20:46.230><c> notice</c>

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that<00:20:46.769><c> there</c><00:20:46.910><c> was</c><00:20:47.049><c> going</c><00:20:47.150><c> to</c><00:20:47.230><c> be</c><00:20:47.329><c> a</c>

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reduction<00:20:47.890><c> force.</c><00:20:48.869><c> That's</c><00:20:49.170><c> what</c><00:20:49.289><c> they</c><00:20:49.490><c> call</c><00:20:49.630><c> layoffs</c><00:20:50.089><c> nowadays.</c><00:20:52.690><c> They</c><00:20:53.069><c> gave</c><00:20:53.170><c> us</c><00:20:53.329><c> a</c>

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month's<00:20:53.930><c> notice.</c><00:20:54.329><c> I</c><00:20:54.349><c> don't</c>

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know<00:20:55.029><c> if</c><00:20:55.150><c> that</c><00:20:55.349><c> was</c><00:20:55.930><c> generous</c><00:20:56.349><c> or</c><00:20:56.730><c> cruel</c><00:20:57.089><c> because</c><00:20:57.730><c> that</c><00:20:57.970><c> month</c>

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was<00:20:58.269><c> terrible.</c><00:20:59.269><c> The</c><00:20:59.650><c> morale</c><00:20:59.950><c> was</c><00:21:00.349><c> awful.</c><00:21:00.750><c> People</c>

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layoffs<00:21:01.509><c> were</c><00:21:01.730><c> coming.</c><00:21:02.109><c> I</c><00:21:02.150><c> guess</c><00:21:02.349><c> it</c><00:21:02.509><c> gave</c><00:21:02.670><c> folks</c><00:21:03.009><c> time</c><00:21:03.349><c> to</c><00:21:03.549><c> find</c><00:21:03.710><c> other</c><00:21:03.990><c> jobs.</c><00:21:06.390><c> There</c><00:21:06.589><c> was</c><00:21:06.730><c> a</c>

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real<00:21:07.009><c> sense</c><00:21:07.309><c> of</c>

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dread<00:21:07.670><c> in</c><00:21:07.869><c> the</c><00:21:08.049><c> office</c><00:21:08.369><c> at</c><00:21:08.569><c> that</c><00:21:08.750><c> time.</c><00:21:10.329><c> At</c><00:21:10.809><c> that</c><00:21:11.089><c> time,</c><00:21:11.490><c> Hannah</c><00:21:11.549><c> and</c><00:21:11.730><c> I</c>

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were<00:21:12.269><c> expecting</c><00:21:13.029><c> August.</c>

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we<00:21:19.950><c> needed</c><00:21:20.210><c> the</c><00:21:20.450><c> stability</c><00:21:20.930><c> of</c><00:21:21.569><c> work,</c>

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I'm<00:21:22.230><c> the</c><00:21:22.369><c> only</c><00:21:22.549><c> one</c><00:21:22.690><c> in</c><00:21:22.789><c> our</c><00:21:22.910><c> family</c><00:21:23.690><c> earning</c><00:21:24.710><c> an</c><00:21:24.950><c> income,</c><00:21:26.670><c> the</c>

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situation<00:21:27.930><c> didn't</c><00:21:28.369><c> really</c><00:21:28.849><c> bother</c><00:21:29.150><c> us</c><00:21:29.410><c> that</c><00:21:29.690><c> much.</c>

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care<00:21:35.150><c> of</c><00:21:35.369><c> us.</c><00:21:36.390><c> We</c><00:21:36.609><c> tried</c><00:21:37.210><c> to</c><00:21:37.509><c> live</c><00:21:37.509><c> our</c><00:21:37.730><c> lives</c><00:21:37.990><c> by</c>

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biblical<00:21:39.089><c> principles</c><00:21:39.710><c> and</c><00:21:40.230><c> show</c><00:21:40.549><c> good</c><00:21:40.769><c> financial</c><00:21:41.269><c> stewardship</c><00:21:41.829><c> over</c><00:21:42.150><c> our</c>

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resources.<00:21:43.049><c> We</c><00:21:43.109><c> weren't</c>

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trying<00:21:43.589><c> to</c><00:21:44.150><c> keep</c><00:21:44.390><c> up</c><00:21:44.589><c> with</c><00:21:44.750><c> the</c><00:21:44.970><c> Joneses</c><00:21:45.490><c> and</c><00:21:45.710><c> rack</c><00:21:45.890><c> up</c><00:21:46.450><c> incredible</c><00:21:47.029><c> credit</c>

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card<00:21:47.549><c> debts.</c><00:21:48.009><c> That</c><00:21:48.230><c> wasn't</c><00:21:48.549><c> an</c><00:21:48.789><c> issue</c>

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for<00:21:49.289><c> us.</c><00:21:53.450><c> Yeah,</c><00:21:54.009><c> it</c><00:21:54.089><c> was</c><00:21:54.750><c> actually</c><00:21:55.250><c> quite</c><00:21:55.529><c> a</c><00:21:55.789><c> relief</c><00:21:56.029><c> to</c><00:21:56.970><c> not</c>

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have<00:21:57.569><c> to</c><00:21:57.809><c> have</c><00:21:58.230><c> really</c><00:21:58.690><c> heavy</c><00:21:58.950><c> stress.</c>

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I'm<00:22:00.690><c> not</c><00:22:00.970><c> saying</c><00:22:01.150><c> that</c><00:22:01.470><c> if</c><00:22:01.650><c> somebody</c><00:22:01.910><c> else</c><00:22:02.170><c> was</c><00:22:02.349><c> in</c><00:22:02.549><c> our</c><00:22:02.789><c> situation</c><00:22:03.349><c> and</c>

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did<00:22:03.750><c> feel</c>

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wrong,<00:22:08.609><c> but</c><00:22:08.930><c> I</c><00:22:09.029><c> think</c><00:22:10.730><c> it</c><00:22:10.869><c> helped.</c><00:22:11.529><c> I</c><00:22:11.529><c> think</c>

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our<00:22:11.890><c> having</c><00:22:12.349><c> a</c><00:22:12.589><c> spiritual</c><00:22:13.049><c> mindset</c><00:22:13.509><c> helped</c><00:22:13.849><c> us</c><00:22:14.170><c> navigate</c><00:22:14.769><c> through</c><00:22:15.549><c> that</c><00:22:15.829><c> situation</c><00:22:16.490><c> in</c>

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a<00:22:16.789><c> way</c><00:22:16.930><c> that</c><00:22:17.390><c> some</c><00:22:17.710><c> of</c><00:22:17.849><c> my</c>

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colleagues<00:22:18.390><c> might</c><00:22:18.609><c> not</c><00:22:18.769><c> have</c><00:22:18.970><c> enjoyed.</c><00:22:22.029><c> It's</c><00:22:22.549><c> a</c><00:22:22.710><c> really</c><00:22:22.910><c> powerful</c><00:22:23.369><c> thing.</c><00:22:26.049><c> That</c>

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brings<00:22:26.849><c> us</c><00:22:27.049><c> to</c><00:22:27.170><c> our</c><00:22:27.309><c> next</c>

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marquee<00:22:29.009><c> verse</c><00:22:29.250><c> here</c><00:22:30.309><c> from</c><00:22:31.130><c> our</c><00:22:31.869><c> reading,</c><00:22:32.750><c> 1</c><00:22:32.950><c> Timothy</c><00:22:33.210><c> 6,</c><00:22:34.630><c> godliness</c><00:22:35.089><c> with</c><00:22:35.470><c> contentment</c><00:22:36.670><c> is</c>

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great<00:22:37.910><c> gain.</c>

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We<00:22:39.430><c> brought</c><00:22:39.589><c> nothing</c><00:22:39.849><c> into</c><00:22:40.049><c> the</c><00:22:40.250><c> world</c><00:22:40.490><c> and</c><00:22:40.670><c> we</c><00:22:40.829><c> can't</c><00:22:41.109><c> take</c>

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anything<00:22:41.450><c> out,</c><00:22:41.930><c> but</c><00:22:42.089><c> if</c><00:22:42.309><c> we</c><00:22:42.549><c> have</c><00:22:42.769><c> food</c><00:22:43.309><c> and</c><00:22:43.750><c> clothing,</c>

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with<00:22:44.990><c> these,</c><00:22:45.450><c> we</c><00:22:45.569><c> will</c><00:22:45.750><c> be</c><00:22:46.049><c> content.</c><00:22:48.130><c> Paul</c><00:22:48.329><c> says,</c><00:22:48.890><c> you</c><00:22:49.410><c> want</c>

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to<00:22:49.630><c> be</c><00:22:49.809><c> wealthy,</c><00:22:50.930><c> try</c><00:22:51.170><c> godliness</c><00:22:51.670><c> with</c><00:22:51.950><c> contentment.</c>

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It's<00:22:52.990><c> a</c><00:22:53.150><c> great</c><00:22:53.329><c> investment.</c><00:22:54.170><c> It's</c><00:22:54.589><c> great</c><00:22:54.930><c> gain.</c><00:22:56.349><c> He</c><00:22:56.589><c> says</c><00:22:56.789><c> food</c><00:22:57.109><c> and</c>

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clothing<00:22:57.730><c> are</c><00:22:58.450><c> really</c><00:22:58.730><c> enough.</c><00:22:59.670><c> Here,</c>

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I<00:23:00.430><c> believe</c><00:23:00.730><c> food</c><00:23:01.069><c> and</c><00:23:01.150><c> clothing</c><00:23:01.390><c> is</c><00:23:01.829><c> actually</c><00:23:02.369><c> shorthand</c><00:23:02.829><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:03.509><c> essentials.</c><00:23:06.069><c> Losing</c><00:23:06.710><c> your</c><00:23:06.950><c> job,</c><00:23:07.390><c> losing</c><00:23:07.509><c> your</c>

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soul<00:23:07.789><c> sense</c><00:23:08.029><c> of</c><00:23:08.230><c> income,</c><00:23:08.509><c> that</c><00:23:08.690><c> could</c><00:23:08.910><c> threaten</c><00:23:09.210><c> your</c><00:23:09.529><c> essentials.</c><00:23:10.829><c> I</c><00:23:11.309><c> want</c>

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to<00:23:11.750><c> limit</c><00:23:12.089><c> the</c><00:23:12.490><c> scope</c><00:23:12.829><c> of</c><00:23:13.069><c> my</c>

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personal<00:23:14.130><c> example.</c><00:23:16.309><c> In</c><00:23:16.730><c> the</c><00:23:16.970><c> food</c><00:23:17.150><c> and</c><00:23:17.289><c> clothing</c><00:23:17.470><c> category,</c>

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I<00:23:18.329><c> also</c><00:23:18.650><c> put</c><00:23:18.890><c> housing,</c><00:23:20.490><c> transportation</c>

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to<00:23:21.269><c> get</c><00:23:21.390><c> to</c><00:23:21.650><c> work,</c><00:23:23.849><c> money</c><00:23:24.130><c> for</c><00:23:24.329><c> your</c><00:23:24.390><c> gas</c><00:23:24.829><c> bill,</c><00:23:25.589><c> wood</c><00:23:25.750><c> on</c><00:23:25.930><c> the</c>

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fire<00:23:26.390><c> in</c><00:23:26.690><c> winter,</c><00:23:27.970><c> these</c><00:23:28.109><c> things</c><00:23:28.269><c> that</c><00:23:28.430><c> you</c><00:23:28.509><c> need</c><00:23:28.670><c> to</c>

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live.<00:23:30.569><c> There</c><00:23:30.910><c> are</c><00:23:31.509><c> a</c><00:23:31.549><c> lot</c><00:23:31.750><c> of</c><00:23:31.910><c> things</c><00:23:32.289><c> that</c><00:23:32.490><c> we</c><00:23:32.609><c> could</c><00:23:32.869><c> probably</c><00:23:33.190><c> live</c><00:23:33.450><c> without,</c><00:23:34.410><c> even</c><00:23:34.609><c> if</c>

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we<00:23:34.910><c> think</c><00:23:35.029><c> we</c><00:23:35.210><c> need</c>

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them.<00:23:35.809><c> The</c><00:23:36.029><c> upgrades,</c><00:23:36.609><c> the</c><00:23:36.750><c> next</c><00:23:37.029><c> generation,</c><00:23:37.730><c> new</c><00:23:38.130><c> features,</c><00:23:39.450><c> especially</c><00:23:40.430><c> in</c><00:23:40.609><c> the</c>

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West,<00:23:41.049><c> there's</c><00:23:41.250><c> so</c>

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living<00:23:44.809><c> modestly,</c><00:23:45.430><c> we</c><00:23:45.769><c> might</c><00:23:45.990><c> actually</c><00:23:46.369><c> be</c><00:23:46.710><c> happier.</c>

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desire<00:23:54.670><c> to</c><00:23:54.789><c> be</c><00:23:55.049><c> rich,</c><00:23:56.190><c> and</c><00:23:56.390><c> in</c><00:23:56.809><c> that</c><00:23:57.049><c> category,</c>

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I'm<00:23:57.690><c> going</c><00:23:57.849><c> to</c><00:23:57.950><c> add</c><00:23:58.390><c> those</c><00:23:59.170><c> who</c><00:23:59.509><c> desire</c><00:23:59.869><c> a</c><00:24:00.109><c> luxurious</c><00:24:00.650><c> lifestyle,</c><00:24:01.970><c> those</c><00:24:02.549><c> who</c><00:24:02.990><c> desire</c><00:24:03.269><c> a</c>

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life<00:24:03.589><c> of</c><00:24:03.930><c> leisure</c>

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and<00:24:04.970><c> indolence,</c><00:24:06.589><c> those</c><00:24:06.910><c> who</c><00:24:07.170><c> desire</c><00:24:07.529><c> lots</c><00:24:07.890><c> of</c><00:24:08.150><c> zeros</c><00:24:08.410><c> at</c><00:24:08.650><c> the</c>

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end<00:24:08.809><c> of</c><00:24:08.930><c> their</c><00:24:09.109><c> bank</c><00:24:09.329><c> accounts.</c><00:24:10.390><c> This</c><00:24:10.829><c> encompasses</c>

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many<00:24:13.769><c> variations</c><00:24:14.329><c> on</c><00:24:14.549><c> a</c><00:24:14.710><c> theme.</c><00:24:15.289><c> This</c><00:24:15.470><c> is</c><00:24:15.710><c> a</c><00:24:16.210><c> mindset</c><00:24:16.769><c> that</c><00:24:17.109><c> Paul</c><00:24:17.269><c> is</c>

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addressing.<00:24:18.589><c> He</c><00:24:18.710><c> says,</c>

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those<00:24:19.170><c> who</c><00:24:19.430><c> desire</c><00:24:19.710><c> to</c><00:24:19.869><c> be</c><00:24:20.049><c> rich</c><00:24:20.210><c> fall</c><00:24:20.490><c> into</c><00:24:20.730><c> temptation</c><00:24:21.509><c> and</c>

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into<00:24:22.329><c> a</c><00:24:22.569><c> snare,</c><00:24:22.950><c> into</c><00:24:23.170><c> many</c><00:24:23.509><c> senseless</c><00:24:24.009><c> and</c><00:24:24.369><c> harmful</c>

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desires<00:24:25.250><c> that</c><00:24:25.529><c> plunge</c><00:24:25.730><c> people</c><00:24:26.029><c> into</c><00:24:26.410><c> ruin</c><00:24:26.829><c> and</c><00:24:27.109><c> destruction.</c>

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This<00:24:29.769><c> verse</c><00:24:29.970><c> is</c><00:24:30.250><c> depicting</c><00:24:30.589><c> a</c><00:24:30.950><c> three</c><00:24:31.269><c>-step</c>

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process.<00:24:32.910><c> The</c><00:24:33.009><c> first</c><00:24:33.230><c> step</c><00:24:33.410><c> is</c><00:24:33.730><c> enticement,</c><00:24:34.950><c> becoming</c><00:24:35.309><c> allured,</c><00:24:36.710><c> enticed</c><00:24:37.190><c> by</c>

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wealth.<00:24:38.849><c> Like</c><00:24:39.049><c> any</c><00:24:39.289><c> good</c><00:24:39.569><c> trap,</c>

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there's<00:24:40.529><c> a</c><00:24:40.890><c> bait.</c><00:24:42.210><c> There's</c><00:24:42.730><c> some</c><00:24:43.230><c> benefit</c><00:24:44.230><c> that</c><00:24:44.470><c> seems</c><00:24:44.730><c> to</c><00:24:44.930><c> be</c>

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dangled<00:24:45.450><c> out</c><00:24:45.650><c> in</c><00:24:45.789><c> front</c><00:24:45.910><c> of</c><00:24:46.049><c> us,</c><00:24:46.210><c> and</c><00:24:46.329><c> it</c><00:24:46.509><c> seems</c>

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harmless<00:24:47.069><c> at</c><00:24:47.309><c> first.</c><00:24:48.430><c> But</c><00:24:48.609><c> don't</c><00:24:48.789><c> take</c><00:24:48.990><c> that</c><00:24:49.250><c> bait,</c><00:24:49.450><c> because</c>

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if<00:24:49.910><c> you</c><00:24:50.029><c> do,</c><00:24:50.329><c> you</c><00:24:50.450><c> get</c><00:24:50.970><c> entangled.</c><00:24:52.069><c> That's</c>

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the<00:24:52.549><c> next</c><00:24:52.829><c> step.</c><00:24:53.390><c> We</c><00:24:53.529><c> become</c><00:24:54.009><c> entangled</c><00:24:54.809><c> or</c><00:24:55.069><c> wrapped</c><00:24:55.349><c> up</c><00:24:55.630><c> in</c>

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senseless<00:24:56.630><c> and</c><00:24:56.869><c> harmful</c><00:24:57.150><c> desires.</c><00:24:58.650><c> Our</c><00:24:58.930><c> relationships,</c>

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our<00:25:00.549><c> moral</c><00:25:01.130><c> responsibilities,</c><00:25:02.150><c> our</c><00:25:02.329><c> sense</c><00:25:02.609><c> of</c><00:25:02.990><c> ethics,</c><00:25:03.869><c> they</c>

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start<00:25:04.230><c> to</c><00:25:04.430><c> become</c><00:25:04.690><c> warped</c><00:25:05.210><c> by</c><00:25:05.450><c> an</c><00:25:05.650><c> obsession</c><00:25:06.049><c> with</c>

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wealth,<00:25:07.490><c> which</c><00:25:07.650><c> finally</c><00:25:08.210><c> leads</c><00:25:08.670><c> to</c><00:25:09.509><c> the</c><00:25:09.630><c> third</c><00:25:09.970><c> step,</c><00:25:10.670><c> enslavement.</c><00:25:12.910><c> The</c><00:25:13.109><c> love</c><00:25:13.329><c> of</c>

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money<00:25:13.849><c> ultimately</c><00:25:14.670><c> ruins</c>

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and<00:25:15.690><c> destroys.</c><00:25:17.009><c> So</c><00:25:17.130><c> that's</c><00:25:17.470><c> enticement,</c><00:25:18.150><c> entanglement,</c><00:25:19.309><c> and</c><00:25:19.509><c> enslavement.</c>

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musical<00:25:26.170><c> Fiddler</c><00:25:26.390><c> on</c><00:25:26.630><c> the</c><00:25:26.769><c> Roof.</c><00:25:35.569><c> I'll</c><00:25:36.250><c> just</c>

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recover.<00:25:40.990><c> So</c><00:25:40.990><c> hopefully</c><00:25:44.210><c> that</c><00:25:44.430><c> came</c><00:25:44.609><c> through</c><00:25:45.150><c> loud</c><00:25:45.589><c> enough.</c>

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Tavia's<00:25:47.349><c> told</c><00:25:47.529><c> that</c><00:25:47.829><c> money</c><00:25:48.049><c> is</c><00:25:48.250><c> the</c><00:25:48.410><c> world's</c>

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curse,<00:25:49.509><c> and</c><00:25:49.750><c> he</c><00:25:49.990><c> responds,</c><00:25:50.329><c> may</c><00:25:50.430><c> the</c><00:25:50.710><c> Lord</c><00:25:50.970><c> smite</c><00:25:51.390><c> me</c><00:25:51.589><c> with</c><00:25:51.789><c> it,</c><00:25:51.970><c> and</c><00:25:52.170><c> may</c><00:25:52.289><c> I</c>

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never<00:25:52.769><c> recover.</c><00:25:54.970><c> So</c><00:25:55.289><c> it's</c><00:25:55.750><c> a</c><00:25:55.869><c> humorous</c>

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line,<00:25:56.569><c> obviously.</c><00:25:57.009><c> In</c><00:25:57.150><c> the</c><00:25:57.289><c> context</c><00:25:57.609><c> of</c><00:25:57.789><c> the</c><00:25:57.910><c> film,</c><00:25:58.710><c> Tavia's,</c>

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you<00:26:00.769><c> know,</c><00:26:00.950><c> he</c><00:26:01.569><c> famously</c><00:26:01.950><c> speculates,</c>

00:26:02.549 --> 00:26:07.089
I<00:26:02.809><c> was</c><00:26:03.029><c> a</c><00:26:03.269><c> rich</c><00:26:03.569><c> man,</c><00:26:04.829><c> and</c><00:26:05.190><c> his</c><00:26:05.470><c> desire</c><00:26:06.009><c> for</c><00:26:06.309><c> wealth,</c><00:26:06.690><c> I</c><00:26:06.910><c> think</c>

00:26:07.089 --> 00:26:09.349
in<00:26:07.210><c> the</c><00:26:07.349><c> film,</c><00:26:07.569><c> is</c><00:26:07.650><c> more</c><00:26:07.930><c> about</c><00:26:08.309><c> having</c><00:26:08.650><c> dignity</c>

00:26:09.349 --> 00:26:12.670
and<00:26:09.730><c> stability</c><00:26:10.269><c> in</c><00:26:10.430><c> his</c><00:26:10.650><c> life.</c><00:26:11.329><c> He's</c><00:26:11.789><c> concerned</c><00:26:12.130><c> about</c><00:26:12.430><c> his</c>

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wife,<00:26:13.250><c> Golda,</c><00:26:13.390><c> and</c><00:26:13.589><c> his</c><00:26:13.789><c> five</c><00:26:14.009><c> daughters,</c>

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and<00:26:15.410><c> meeting</c><00:26:15.609><c> their</c><00:26:15.890><c> needs.</c><00:26:17.349><c> So</c><00:26:17.549><c> in</c><00:26:17.710><c> some</c><00:26:17.869><c> respects,</c><00:26:18.450><c> I</c><00:26:18.589><c> think</c>

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it<00:26:19.109><c> falls</c><00:26:19.329><c> into</c><00:26:19.569><c> that</c><00:26:19.829><c> food</c><00:26:20.130><c> and</c><00:26:20.349><c> raiment</c><00:26:20.630><c> category,</c>

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that<00:26:21.630><c> the</c><00:26:21.829><c> minimum</c><00:26:22.109><c> things</c><00:26:22.349><c> we</c><00:26:22.589><c> need</c><00:26:22.950><c> to</c><00:26:23.490><c> live,</c><00:26:23.869><c> to</c><00:26:24.009><c> care</c><00:26:24.210><c> for</c>

00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:27.849
our<00:26:24.470><c> basic</c><00:26:24.809><c> needs.</c><00:26:26.750><c> But</c><00:26:27.029><c> the</c><00:26:27.250><c> truth</c><00:26:27.490><c> is,</c>

00:26:27.849 --> 00:26:31.029
there's<00:26:28.230><c> some</c><00:26:28.390><c> wisdom</c><00:26:28.690><c> to</c><00:26:28.890><c> the</c><00:26:29.089><c> students'</c><00:26:30.430><c> expression</c><00:26:30.829><c> of</c>

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money<00:26:31.250><c> being</c><00:26:31.470><c> the</c><00:26:31.650><c> world's</c>

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court<00:26:32.390><c> curse.</c><00:26:33.069><c> If</c><00:26:33.329><c> we</c><00:26:33.589><c> have</c><00:26:33.829><c> an</c><00:26:34.069><c> inordinate</c><00:26:34.569><c> affection,</c><00:26:35.930><c> an</c>

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improper<00:26:36.970><c> affection</c><00:26:37.609><c> for</c><00:26:37.930><c> wealth,</c>

00:26:38.829 --> 00:26:42.990
it<00:26:39.269><c> really</c><00:26:39.529><c> can</c><00:26:39.670><c> lead</c><00:26:39.809><c> to</c><00:26:39.990><c> dreadful</c><00:26:40.390><c> consequences.</c><00:26:42.269><c> People's</c>

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problems<00:26:43.309><c> with</c><00:26:43.549><c> gambling,</c><00:26:44.829><c> pressing</c><00:26:45.049><c> other</c>

00:26:45.349 --> 00:26:50.430
people,<00:26:45.970><c> theft</c><00:26:46.430><c> and</c><00:26:46.789><c> illegal</c><00:26:47.349><c> schemes,</c><00:26:48.289><c> blackmail,</c><00:26:48.930><c> extortion,</c><00:26:49.789><c> financial</c><00:26:50.130><c> debt</c>

00:26:50.430 --> 00:26:53.269
bondage.<00:26:52.609><c> Some</c><00:26:53.029><c> things</c>

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sound<00:26:53.549><c> pretty</c><00:26:53.849><c> extreme,</c><00:26:55.609><c> but</c><00:26:55.849><c> love</c><00:26:56.089><c> of</c><00:26:56.289><c> money</c><00:26:56.450><c> can</c><00:26:56.849><c> also</c><00:26:57.309><c> quietly</c><00:26:57.710><c> make</c>

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a<00:26:58.150><c> family</c><00:26:58.410><c> miserable</c><00:26:59.009><c> when</c><00:26:59.630><c> one</c><00:26:59.829><c> or</c><00:27:00.049><c> both</c>

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spouses<00:27:00.750><c> are</c><00:27:01.130><c> hyper</c><00:27:01.450><c> fixated</c><00:27:01.970><c> on</c><00:27:02.289><c> either</c><00:27:02.569><c> earning</c><00:27:02.950><c> or</c><00:27:03.269><c> spending.</c><00:27:04.910><c> And</c>

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it's<00:27:05.569><c> worth</c><00:27:05.869><c> noting</c><00:27:06.250><c> that</c><00:27:06.549><c> it's</c>

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the<00:27:07.349><c> love</c><00:27:07.630><c> of</c><00:27:07.930><c> money,</c><00:27:08.990><c> not</c><00:27:09.430><c> money</c><00:27:09.670><c> itself,</c><00:27:10.710><c> but</c><00:27:10.869><c> the</c><00:27:11.130><c> love</c><00:27:11.289><c> of</c>

00:27:11.549 --> 00:27:13.750
money<00:27:11.750><c> that</c><00:27:11.950><c> is</c><00:27:12.089><c> the</c><00:27:12.250><c> root</c><00:27:12.329><c> of</c><00:27:12.549><c> all</c><00:27:12.750><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:27:15.710><c> you</c><00:27:15.829><c> don't</c><00:27:16.009><c> have</c><00:27:16.250><c> to</c><00:27:16.390><c> be</c><00:27:16.609><c> rich</c><00:27:16.849><c> to</c><00:27:17.069><c> love</c><00:27:17.250><c> money.</c><00:27:18.529><c> So</c><00:27:18.869><c> it</c><00:27:19.750><c> has</c><00:27:20.029><c> everything</c><00:27:20.390><c> to</c>

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do<00:27:20.690><c> with</c><00:27:20.849><c> our</c><00:27:21.150><c> attitude</c>

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and<00:27:22.470><c> relationship.</c><00:27:24.950><c> So</c><00:27:25.230><c> just</c><00:27:25.430><c> returning</c><00:27:26.009><c> to</c><00:27:26.869><c> 1</c><00:27:27.029><c> Timothy</c><00:27:27.369><c> 6</c><00:27:27.829><c> verse</c><00:27:28.049><c> 9,</c>

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I<00:27:31.009><c> want</c><00:27:31.250><c> to</c><00:27:31.410><c> apply</c><00:27:31.609><c> this</c><00:27:31.869><c> model</c><00:27:32.150><c> of</c><00:27:32.410><c> enticement,</c>

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entanglement,<00:27:34.490><c> and</c><00:27:34.670><c> enslavement</c><00:27:35.589><c> to</c><00:27:36.150><c> a</c><00:27:36.390><c> few</c><00:27:36.529><c> familiar</c><00:27:36.930><c> Bible</c>

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stories.<00:27:39.369><c> So</c><00:27:39.750><c> first</c><00:27:39.970><c> off,</c><00:27:40.289><c> in</c><00:27:40.410><c> Genesis</c><00:27:40.690><c> 13,</c>

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you've<00:27:41.529><c> got</c><00:27:41.869><c> Lot</c><00:27:42.190><c> whose</c><00:27:43.109><c> story</c><00:27:43.609><c> starts</c><00:27:43.910><c> off</c><00:27:44.130><c> well</c><00:27:44.390><c> enough.</c><00:27:45.569><c> Maybe</c><00:27:45.869><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:27:46.250><c> love</c><00:27:46.690><c> money,</c><00:27:47.049><c> he</c><00:27:47.210><c> just</c><00:27:47.450><c> wants</c><00:27:47.609><c> a</c><00:27:47.789><c> better</c>

00:27:47.970 --> 00:27:53.029
opportunity<00:27:48.630><c> for</c><00:27:48.890><c> his</c><00:27:49.109><c> family.</c><00:27:50.150><c> But</c><00:27:50.349><c> you</c><00:27:50.529><c> have</c><00:27:50.750><c> to</c><00:27:50.950><c> ask</c><00:27:51.230><c> at</c><00:27:51.410><c> what</c><00:27:51.710><c> cost</c><00:27:52.309><c> he</c>

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ignores<00:27:53.450><c> the</c><00:27:53.809><c> wickedness</c><00:27:54.230><c> of</c><00:27:54.430><c> that</c><00:27:54.769><c> city</c>

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because<00:27:56.289><c> it's</c><00:27:56.509><c> an</c><00:27:56.769><c> opportunity</c><00:27:57.430><c> for</c><00:27:57.869><c> prosperity.</c><00:27:59.349><c> And</c><00:27:59.490><c> of</c><00:27:59.690><c> course</c><00:27:59.869><c> that</c><00:28:00.069><c> leads</c><00:28:00.349><c> to</c>

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eventual<00:28:01.349><c> ruin</c><00:28:01.769><c> for</c><00:28:02.150><c> his</c><00:28:02.490><c> family.</c>

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I'm<00:28:05.150><c> just</c><00:28:05.369><c> going</c><00:28:05.450><c> to</c><00:28:05.549><c> go</c><00:28:05.710><c> through</c><00:28:05.849><c> these</c><00:28:06.049><c> quickly.</c><00:28:06.910><c> You've</c>

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got<00:28:07.430><c> Elisha's</c><00:28:08.029><c> servant</c><00:28:08.210><c> Gehazi.</c>

00:28:09.710 --> 00:28:13.329
You<00:28:10.170><c> remember</c><00:28:10.390><c> that</c><00:28:10.630><c> after</c><00:28:11.289><c> Naaman</c><00:28:11.549><c> is</c><00:28:11.890><c> healed,</c><00:28:12.690><c> Gehazi</c><00:28:13.089><c> goes</c>

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running<00:28:13.670><c> after</c><00:28:14.009><c> the</c><00:28:14.309><c> Syrian.</c><00:28:15.230><c> And</c><00:28:15.549><c> first</c><00:28:15.890><c> he</c><00:28:16.190><c> lies</c>

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to<00:28:16.869><c> Naaman.</c><00:28:17.190><c> He</c><00:28:17.230><c> says,</c><00:28:18.190><c> Oh,</c><00:28:18.390><c> Naaman,</c><00:28:18.990><c> we</c><00:28:20.910><c> got</c><00:28:21.250><c> visitors,</c><00:28:21.970><c> right?</c><00:28:22.869><c> We've</c><00:28:23.089><c> got</c>

00:28:23.269 --> 00:28:25.430
visitors<00:28:23.869><c> and</c><00:28:24.210><c> they</c><00:28:24.450><c> need</c><00:28:24.609><c> a</c><00:28:24.890><c> bar</c><00:28:25.089><c> of</c>

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silver.<00:28:26.970><c> It's</c><00:28:27.430><c> not</c><00:28:27.569><c> that</c><00:28:27.710><c> strange.</c><00:28:28.349><c> It's</c><00:28:28.529><c> like,</c><00:28:28.890><c> give</c><00:28:29.109><c> us</c><00:28:29.329><c> the</c>

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clothes<00:28:29.690><c> and</c><00:28:29.849><c> give</c><00:28:29.930><c> me</c><00:28:30.210><c> a</c><00:28:30.769><c> bar</c><00:28:31.109><c> of</c><00:28:31.170><c> silver</c><00:28:31.529><c> for</c><00:28:31.869><c> our</c>

00:28:32.230 --> 00:28:39.890
visitors.<00:28:34.549><c> Sure,</c><00:28:35.210><c> take</c><00:28:35.329><c> two.</c><00:28:36.890><c> Then</c><00:28:37.349><c> he</c><00:28:37.730><c> takes</c><00:28:38.049><c> the</c><00:28:38.329><c> stuff,</c><00:28:38.849><c> the</c><00:28:39.309><c> treasury,</c><00:28:39.710><c> and</c><00:28:39.809><c> he</c>

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comes<00:28:40.069><c> back</c><00:28:40.289><c> to</c><00:28:40.470><c> Elisha.</c>

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And<00:28:41.009><c> Elisha</c><00:28:41.230><c> says,</c><00:28:41.529><c> Where</c><00:28:41.890><c> have</c><00:28:42.009><c> you</c><00:28:42.130><c> been?</c><00:28:42.930><c> He</c><00:28:42.930><c> says,</c><00:28:43.109><c> I</c><00:28:43.210><c> didn't</c><00:28:43.390><c> go</c>

00:28:43.609 --> 00:28:47.029
anywhere.<00:28:44.789><c> So</c><00:28:45.029><c> now</c><00:28:45.210><c> he's</c><00:28:45.430><c> lying</c><00:28:45.650><c> to</c><00:28:45.849><c> Elisha.</c>

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And<00:28:48.210><c> we</c><00:28:48.809><c> lie</c><00:28:49.009><c> to</c><00:28:49.250><c> ourselves</c><00:28:49.690><c> if</c><00:28:49.910><c> we</c><00:28:50.150><c> assume</c><00:28:50.430><c> that</c><00:28:50.750><c> the</c><00:28:50.950><c> money</c>

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will<00:28:51.410><c> bring</c><00:28:51.549><c> us</c><00:28:51.809><c> happiness</c><00:28:52.309><c> or</c><00:28:52.609><c> security</c><00:28:53.130><c> or</c>

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satisfy<00:28:54.930><c> our</c><00:28:55.349><c> existential</c><00:28:55.950><c> needs.</c><00:28:57.309><c> We</c><00:28:57.730><c> lie</c><00:28:58.089><c> to</c><00:28:58.329><c> God</c><00:28:58.849><c> when</c><00:28:59.190><c> we</c>

00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:01.430
tell<00:28:59.630><c> him</c><00:28:59.849><c> that</c><00:29:00.049><c> we</c><00:29:00.289><c> trust</c><00:29:00.630><c> him,</c>

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when<00:29:01.769><c> in</c><00:29:02.009><c> reality</c><00:29:02.390><c> we</c><00:29:02.690><c> trust</c><00:29:02.990><c> in</c><00:29:03.210><c> our</c><00:29:03.410><c> 401k.</c><00:29:05.190><c> I</c><00:29:05.730><c> want</c><00:29:05.950><c> to</c><00:29:06.049><c> be</c>

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clear<00:29:06.450><c> that</c><00:29:06.910><c> having</c><00:29:07.289><c> savings,</c><00:29:07.829><c> being</c><00:29:08.130><c> responsible,</c>

00:29:08.829 --> 00:29:12.210
it<00:29:08.950><c> doesn't</c><00:29:09.150><c> make</c><00:29:09.390><c> us</c><00:29:09.730><c> unfaithful</c><00:29:10.269><c> people.</c><00:29:11.329><c> But</c><00:29:11.670><c> trusting</c><00:29:11.970><c> in</c>

00:29:12.210 --> 00:29:15.589
them<00:29:12.349><c> might.</c><00:29:13.210><c> Our</c><00:29:13.529><c> attitude</c><00:29:13.950><c> towards</c><00:29:14.410><c> the</c><00:29:15.170><c> bunny</c><00:29:15.410><c> that</c>

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we<00:29:15.670><c> have,</c><00:29:15.950><c> the</c><00:29:16.069><c> bigger</c><00:29:16.289><c> barns</c><00:29:16.670><c> we</c><00:29:16.829><c> built,</c><00:29:17.710><c> that</c><00:29:18.029><c> probably</c><00:29:18.430><c> does.</c><00:29:20.490><c> And</c>

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God<00:29:20.950><c> sees</c><00:29:21.170><c> right</c><00:29:21.410><c> through</c><00:29:21.569><c> it,</c><00:29:21.789><c> like</c><00:29:22.069><c> Elisha</c>

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does.<00:29:23.910><c> And</c><00:29:24.069><c> Gehazi</c><00:29:24.390><c> is</c><00:29:25.089><c> smitten</c><00:29:25.349><c> with</c><00:29:25.829><c> leprosy.</c><00:29:27.609><c> Bad</c><00:29:27.869><c> news.</c>

00:29:31.349 --> 00:29:36.769
Next<00:29:31.630><c> up,</c><00:29:34.190><c> going</c><00:29:34.569><c> out</c><00:29:35.049><c> of</c><00:29:35.309><c> chronological</c><00:29:36.349><c> order</c>

00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:40.809
a<00:29:36.890><c> little</c><00:29:37.150><c> bit</c><00:29:37.309><c> here</c><00:29:37.529><c> with</c><00:29:37.809><c> Achan.</c><00:29:39.230><c> But</c><00:29:39.390><c> again,</c><00:29:40.349><c> concealment</c>

00:29:40.809 --> 00:29:43.569
and<00:29:41.029><c> deception,</c><00:29:42.210><c> major</c><00:29:42.410><c> themes</c><00:29:42.670><c> in</c><00:29:42.910><c> Achan's</c><00:29:43.289><c> case.</c>

00:29:43.569 --> 00:29:46.690
They<00:29:44.049><c> were</c><00:29:44.230><c> told</c><00:29:44.450><c> to</c><00:29:44.809><c> destroy</c><00:29:45.109><c> everything</c><00:29:45.549><c> in</c><00:29:45.809><c> Jericho,</c><00:29:46.490><c> but</c>

00:29:46.690 --> 00:29:50.329
Achan<00:29:46.910><c> didn't.</c><00:29:48.430><c> He</c><00:29:48.950><c> dug</c><00:29:49.029><c> a</c><00:29:49.190><c> hole</c><00:29:49.309><c> under</c><00:29:49.549><c> his</c><00:29:49.730><c> tent.</c><00:29:50.029><c> He</c>

00:29:50.329 --> 00:29:54.289
put<00:29:50.509><c> his</c><00:29:50.730><c> stuff</c><00:29:50.849><c> in</c><00:29:51.009><c> there.</c><00:29:52.450><c> What</c><00:29:52.970><c> happened?</c><00:29:53.390><c> This</c><00:29:53.670><c> led</c><00:29:53.809><c> to</c><00:29:54.150><c> a</c>

00:29:54.289 --> 00:29:58.250
terrible<00:29:54.569><c> defeat</c><00:29:55.069><c> at</c><00:29:55.410><c> AI</c><00:29:55.829><c> and</c><00:29:57.309><c> the</c><00:29:57.410><c> loss</c><00:29:57.529><c> of</c><00:29:57.710><c> many</c><00:29:57.890><c> lives.</c>

00:29:58.589 --> 00:30:03.069
And<00:29:58.730><c> so</c><00:29:58.869><c> we</c><00:29:59.009><c> see</c><00:29:59.109><c> there's</c><00:29:59.609><c> community</c><00:29:59.930><c> impact</c><00:30:00.430><c> as</c><00:30:00.730><c> well.</c><00:30:02.430><c> Ultimately,</c><00:30:02.809><c> he</c>

00:30:03.069 --> 00:30:05.710
and<00:30:03.190><c> his</c><00:30:03.509><c> family</c><00:30:04.089><c> bear</c><00:30:04.950><c> the</c><00:30:05.250><c> brunt,</c>

00:30:05.769 --> 00:30:08.529
but<00:30:06.029><c> there's</c><00:30:06.329><c> community</c><00:30:06.849><c> impact.</c><00:30:07.210><c> So</c><00:30:07.349><c> we</c><00:30:07.470><c> have</c><00:30:07.650><c> to</c><00:30:07.829><c> think</c><00:30:07.970><c> about</c><00:30:08.269><c> the</c>

00:30:08.529 --> 00:30:10.589
Elisha<00:30:09.009><c> and</c><00:30:09.170><c> how</c><00:30:09.549><c> sort</c><00:30:09.730><c> of</c><00:30:09.829><c> our</c><00:30:10.049><c> lifestyle</c>

00:30:10.589 --> 00:30:14.269
and<00:30:11.069><c> our</c><00:30:11.450><c> spending</c><00:30:11.910><c> or</c><00:30:13.069><c> our</c><00:30:13.390><c> focus</c><00:30:13.529><c> on</c><00:30:13.730><c> earning,</c><00:30:14.009><c> it</c><00:30:14.029><c> could</c>

00:30:14.269 --> 00:30:16.430
really<00:30:14.690><c> negatively</c><00:30:15.069><c> impact</c><00:30:15.430><c> others.</c>

00:30:19.190 --> 00:30:27.829
So<00:30:19.390><c> there's</c><00:30:19.869><c> Achan.</c><00:30:22.430><c> Ananias</c><00:30:23.009><c> and</c><00:30:23.230><c> Sapphira.</c><00:30:24.029><c> This</c><00:30:24.309><c> one's</c><00:30:24.730><c> scary.</c><00:30:26.789><c> Peter</c><00:30:27.150><c> says</c><00:30:27.490><c> to</c><00:30:27.829><c> them,</c>

00:30:27.950 --> 00:30:32.630
you've<00:30:28.369><c> not</c><00:30:28.730><c> lied</c><00:30:29.029><c> to</c><00:30:29.369><c> man,</c><00:30:30.190><c> but</c><00:30:30.450><c> to</c><00:30:30.750><c> God.</c><00:30:31.910><c> And</c><00:30:32.210><c> there's</c><00:30:32.450><c> that</c>

00:30:32.630 --> 00:30:34.849
line<00:30:32.789><c> about</c><00:30:33.210><c> the</c><00:30:33.789><c> feet</c><00:30:34.009><c> of</c><00:30:34.170><c> those</c><00:30:34.369><c> who</c><00:30:34.529><c> have</c><00:30:34.670><c> taken</c>

00:30:34.849 --> 00:30:38.789
your<00:30:35.069><c> husband</c><00:30:35.369><c> are</c><00:30:35.609><c> at</c><00:30:35.750><c> the</c><00:30:35.869><c> door.</c><00:30:36.930><c> Really</c><00:30:37.309><c> ominous</c><00:30:37.890><c> stuff.</c>

00:30:39.410 --> 00:30:41.869
But<00:30:39.609><c> we</c><00:30:39.849><c> see</c><00:30:40.089><c> this</c><00:30:40.690><c> theme</c><00:30:41.009><c> of</c><00:30:41.289><c> deception</c>

00:30:41.869 --> 00:30:46.309
appearing<00:30:42.430><c> again.</c><00:30:43.289><c> I</c><00:30:43.430><c> find</c><00:30:43.609><c> that</c><00:30:43.849><c> really</c><00:30:44.109><c> interesting.</c><00:30:46.089><c> And</c>

00:30:46.309 --> 00:30:48.690
perhaps<00:30:46.549><c> we</c><00:30:46.750><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:46.930><c> be</c><00:30:47.170><c> surprised</c><00:30:47.869><c> that</c>

00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:55.190
truth<00:30:49.349><c> felt</c><00:30:50.069><c> false</c><00:30:50.390><c> victim</c><00:30:50.769><c> to</c><00:30:50.970><c> the</c><00:30:51.150><c> pursuit</c><00:30:51.390><c> of</c><00:30:51.609><c> riches.</c><00:30:53.589><c> This</c><00:30:54.170><c> falsehood</c><00:30:54.869><c> is</c>

00:30:55.190 --> 00:30:57.849
actually<00:30:55.630><c> part</c><00:30:56.049><c> of</c><00:30:56.769><c> the</c><00:30:56.990><c> issue.</c>

00:31:00.349 --> 00:31:02.470
This<00:31:00.690><c> is</c><00:31:00.869><c> something</c><00:31:01.049><c> we</c><00:31:01.250><c> see</c><00:31:01.329><c> in</c><00:31:01.450><c> the</c><00:31:01.609><c> parable</c><00:31:01.829><c> of</c><00:31:02.029><c> the</c><00:31:02.230><c> sower</c>

00:31:02.470 --> 00:31:04.349
where<00:31:02.829><c> Jesus</c><00:31:03.230><c> refers</c><00:31:03.650><c> to</c><00:31:03.930><c> the</c><00:31:03.970><c> words</c>

00:31:04.349 --> 00:31:09.089
sown<00:31:04.750><c> among</c><00:31:05.049><c> thorns</c><00:31:05.369><c> as</c><00:31:05.569><c> being</c><00:31:05.829><c> choked</c><00:31:06.390><c> by</c><00:31:06.829><c> the</c><00:31:07.150><c> deceitfulness</c><00:31:07.789><c> of</c><00:31:08.210><c> riches.</c>

00:31:09.809 --> 00:31:10.950
The<00:31:10.210><c> riches</c><00:31:10.490><c> deceive</c>

00:31:10.950 --> 00:31:15.230
the<00:31:11.250><c> hearers,</c><00:31:11.789><c> and</c><00:31:11.930><c> they</c><00:31:12.150><c> in</c><00:31:12.269><c> turn</c><00:31:12.529><c> deceive</c><00:31:12.950><c> others</c><00:31:13.369><c> in</c><00:31:13.670><c> pursuit</c><00:31:13.970><c> of</c><00:31:14.210><c> wealth.</c><00:31:14.349><c> That's</c><00:31:14.650><c> what</c><00:31:14.789><c> happened</c><00:31:15.049><c> to</c>

00:31:15.230 --> 00:31:20.730
Ananias<00:31:15.630><c> and</c><00:31:15.769><c> Sapphira.</c><00:31:18.049><c> And</c><00:31:18.730><c> you</c><00:31:18.869><c> can</c><00:31:19.109><c> see</c><00:31:19.569><c> this</c><00:31:20.150><c> graphic</c><00:31:20.529><c> is</c>

00:31:20.730 --> 00:31:24.430
a<00:31:20.829><c> little</c><00:31:20.950><c> bit</c><00:31:21.190><c> ridiculous,</c><00:31:22.150><c> but</c><00:31:23.029><c> just</c><00:31:23.569><c> choking</c>

00:31:24.589 --> 00:31:30.230
that<00:31:25.089><c> word,</c><00:31:25.670><c> it's</c><00:31:25.829><c> just</c><00:31:26.490><c> throttling</c><00:31:27.150><c> the</c><00:31:27.750><c> word</c><00:31:27.970><c> that's</c><00:31:28.309><c> in</c><00:31:28.430><c> us.</c><00:31:29.829><c> And</c><00:31:29.890><c> so</c>

00:31:30.230 --> 00:31:33.950
that<00:31:31.769><c> seed</c><00:31:32.069><c> does</c><00:31:32.430><c> not</c><00:31:32.670><c> bear</c><00:31:33.009><c> fruit</c>

00:31:34.710 --> 00:31:37.509
so<00:31:35.309><c> we</c><00:31:35.470><c> must</c><00:31:35.690><c> keep</c><00:31:35.910><c> ourselves</c><00:31:36.369><c> from</c><00:31:36.569><c> the</c><00:31:36.769><c> cares</c><00:31:36.970><c> of</c><00:31:37.170><c> the</c><00:31:37.289><c> world</c>

00:31:37.509 --> 00:31:41.069
and<00:31:37.750><c> the</c><00:31:38.069><c> deceitfulness,</c><00:31:38.789><c> the</c><00:31:39.089><c> lies</c><00:31:39.690><c> of</c><00:31:40.190><c> riches.</c>

00:31:42.230 --> 00:31:45.470
Here's<00:31:42.450><c> another</c><00:31:42.930><c> verse</c><00:31:43.349><c> in</c><00:31:43.569><c> the</c><00:31:43.730><c> Psalms</c><00:31:43.950><c> of</c><00:31:44.089><c> David</c><00:31:44.869><c> speaking</c>

00:31:45.470 --> 00:31:47.049
to<00:31:45.829><c> the</c><00:31:46.049><c> deceitfulness</c><00:31:46.490><c> of</c><00:31:46.730><c> riches.</c>

00:31:47.529 --> 00:31:51.589
See<00:31:47.690><c> the</c><00:31:47.869><c> man</c><00:31:48.150><c> who</c><00:31:48.349><c> would</c><00:31:48.589><c> not</c><00:31:48.809><c> make</c><00:31:49.029><c> God</c><00:31:49.369><c> his</c><00:31:49.690><c> refuge,</c><00:31:50.710><c> but</c><00:31:50.990><c> trusted</c><00:31:51.349><c> in</c>

00:31:51.589 --> 00:31:53.430
the<00:31:51.769><c> abundance</c><00:31:52.150><c> of</c><00:31:52.390><c> his</c><00:31:52.630><c> riches</c><00:31:52.990><c> and</c>

00:31:53.430 --> 00:32:01.950
sought<00:31:53.789><c> refuge</c><00:31:54.549><c> in</c><00:31:54.890><c> his</c><00:31:55.170><c> own</c><00:31:55.410><c> destruction.</c><00:31:57.049><c> And</c><00:31:57.230><c> you</c><00:31:57.369><c> see</c><00:31:57.509><c> that</c><00:31:57.869><c> parallelism</c><00:31:58.450><c> between</c><00:31:58.829><c> trust</c><00:31:59.890><c> and</c><00:32:00.529><c> refuge.</c>

00:32:01.910 --> 00:32:05.309
It<00:32:02.210><c> draws</c><00:32:02.829><c> out</c><00:32:03.089><c> the</c><00:32:03.309><c> equivalence</c><00:32:03.769><c> being</c><00:32:03.990><c> made</c><00:32:04.210><c> between</c><00:32:04.569><c> riches</c><00:32:04.990><c> and</c>

00:32:05.309 --> 00:32:08.350
destruction.<00:32:06.490><c> The</c><00:32:06.630><c> very</c><00:32:06.950><c> thing</c><00:32:07.470><c> that</c>

00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:13.130
you<00:32:09.390><c> thought</c><00:32:09.589><c> brought</c><00:32:09.869><c> safety</c><00:32:10.470><c> is</c><00:32:11.069><c> actually</c><00:32:11.509><c> destroying</c><00:32:12.089><c> you.</c><00:32:12.970><c> And</c>

00:32:13.130 --> 00:32:15.369
that's<00:32:13.490><c> the</c><00:32:13.730><c> deceitfulness</c><00:32:14.210><c> of</c><00:32:14.509><c> riches.</c>

00:32:16.890 --> 00:32:22.109
And<00:32:17.150><c> there</c><00:32:17.349><c> can</c><00:32:17.569><c> be</c><00:32:17.730><c> no</c><00:32:17.930><c> greater</c><00:32:18.190><c> example</c><00:32:19.029><c> than</c><00:32:19.970><c> Judas,</c><00:32:20.970><c> right?</c><00:32:21.769><c> Judas</c>

00:32:22.109 --> 00:32:23.710
betrayed<00:32:22.549><c> the</c><00:32:22.750><c> Holy</c><00:32:22.930><c> One</c><00:32:23.069><c> of</c><00:32:23.269><c> God</c><00:32:23.470><c> for</c>

00:32:23.710 --> 00:32:26.950
30<00:32:23.990><c> miserable</c><00:32:24.430><c> pieces</c><00:32:24.769><c> of</c><00:32:25.029><c> silver.</c><00:32:25.190><c> It</c><00:32:25.470><c> wasn't</c><00:32:25.609><c> worth</c><00:32:25.950><c> it.</c><00:32:26.849><c> He</c>

00:32:26.950 --> 00:32:29.390
was<00:32:27.109><c> completely</c><00:32:27.569><c> wrecked</c><00:32:27.970><c> by</c><00:32:28.190><c> greed</c><00:32:28.329><c> in</c><00:32:28.529><c> the</c><00:32:28.589><c> end.</c>

00:32:29.730 --> 00:32:33.529
And<00:32:30.250><c> I</c><00:32:30.430><c> know</c><00:32:30.630><c> that</c><00:32:30.809><c> there</c><00:32:30.970><c> are</c><00:32:31.170><c> various</c><00:32:31.450><c> theories</c><00:32:31.910><c> about</c><00:32:32.349><c> Judas's</c><00:32:32.930><c> betrayal</c><00:32:33.309><c> and</c>

00:32:33.529 --> 00:32:35.049
what<00:32:33.750><c> motivated</c><00:32:34.289><c> it,</c>

00:32:35.450 --> 00:32:38.609
but<00:32:35.970><c> we</c><00:32:36.230><c> know</c><00:32:36.430><c> that</c><00:32:36.589><c> he</c><00:32:36.690><c> was</c><00:32:36.890><c> the</c><00:32:37.170><c> money</c><00:32:37.410><c> man</c><00:32:37.609><c> for</c><00:32:37.809><c> the</c><00:32:38.009><c> disciples.</c><00:32:38.269><c> He</c><00:32:38.369><c> was</c>

00:32:38.609 --> 00:32:39.410
their<00:32:38.849><c> accountant,</c>

00:32:39.769 --> 00:32:44.970
and<00:32:39.809><c> it</c><00:32:39.950><c> says</c><00:32:40.509><c> he</c><00:32:41.430><c> was</c><00:32:41.630><c> a</c><00:32:41.950><c> thief</c><00:32:42.130><c> and</c><00:32:42.329><c> he</c><00:32:42.509><c> held</c><00:32:42.650><c> the</c><00:32:42.950><c> bag,</c><00:32:43.789><c> right?</c><00:32:44.450><c> He</c>

00:32:44.970 --> 00:32:47.750
was<00:32:45.309><c> ripping</c><00:32:45.569><c> off</c><00:32:46.109><c> the</c><00:32:46.450><c> other</c><00:32:46.670><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:50.350 --> 00:32:57.150
And<00:32:50.870><c> that</c><00:32:51.390><c> love</c><00:32:51.670><c> of</c><00:32:51.930><c> money</c><00:32:52.490><c> brought</c><00:32:52.990><c> him</c><00:32:53.190><c> to</c><00:32:53.369><c> the</c><00:32:53.470><c> point</c><00:32:53.730><c> of</c><00:32:55.009><c> suicide.</c><00:32:56.970><c> In</c>

00:32:57.150 --> 00:32:57.369
the<00:32:57.269><c> end,</c>

00:32:57.369 --> 00:33:04.309
he<00:32:57.529><c> was</c><00:32:57.609><c> destroyed</c><00:32:58.009><c> by</c><00:32:58.170><c> his</c><00:32:58.369><c> own</c><00:32:58.529><c> hand.</c><00:33:00.970><c> So</c><00:33:01.450><c> really</c><00:33:02.490><c> quite</c><00:33:03.230><c> tragic.</c>

00:33:06.130 --> 00:33:09.869
No<00:33:06.369><c> man</c><00:33:06.650><c> can</c><00:33:06.950><c> serve</c><00:33:07.289><c> two</c><00:33:07.529><c> masters.</c><00:33:08.430><c> This</c><00:33:08.650><c> is</c><00:33:09.109><c> from</c><00:33:09.430><c> the</c><00:33:09.650><c> Sermon</c>

00:33:09.869 --> 00:33:12.710
on<00:33:10.029><c> the</c><00:33:10.170><c> Mount.</c><00:33:11.450><c> You</c><00:33:11.930><c> will</c><00:33:12.089><c> either</c><00:33:12.269><c> love</c><00:33:12.569><c> the</c>

00:33:12.710 --> 00:33:15.549
one<00:33:12.970><c> and</c><00:33:13.170><c> hate</c><00:33:13.349><c> the</c><00:33:13.549><c> other,</c><00:33:14.269><c> or</c><00:33:14.390><c> hate</c><00:33:14.490><c> the</c><00:33:14.690><c> one</c><00:33:14.930><c> and</c><00:33:15.230><c> love</c><00:33:15.329><c> the</c>

00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:19.849
other.<00:33:16.769><c> You</c><00:33:17.069><c> can't</c><00:33:17.509><c> serve</c><00:33:18.009><c> God</c><00:33:18.470><c> and</c><00:33:18.970><c> money.</c>

00:33:21.130 --> 00:33:23.990
I<00:33:21.609><c> think</c><00:33:21.730><c> that's</c><00:33:21.970><c> what</c><00:33:22.170><c> Judas</c><00:33:22.349><c> was</c><00:33:22.589><c> trying</c><00:33:22.829><c> to</c><00:33:23.049><c> do.</c><00:33:23.430><c> He</c><00:33:23.549><c> was</c><00:33:23.690><c> trying</c><00:33:23.829><c> to</c>

00:33:23.990 --> 00:33:26.029
have<00:33:24.130><c> it</c><00:33:24.309><c> both</c><00:33:24.470><c> ways,</c><00:33:25.609><c> and</c>

00:33:26.029 --> 00:33:27.990
it<00:33:26.509><c> ruined</c><00:33:26.769><c> him</c><00:33:26.990><c> in</c><00:33:27.130><c> the</c><00:33:27.269><c> end.</c>

00:33:30.410 --> 00:33:34.549
Okay,<00:33:30.690><c> so</c><00:33:30.890><c> these</c><00:33:31.049><c> are</c><00:33:31.250><c> all</c><00:33:31.630><c> great</c><00:33:32.190><c> cautionary</c><00:33:32.710><c> tales.</c><00:33:33.190><c> They're</c><00:33:33.250><c> all</c><00:33:33.650><c> scriptural</c>

00:33:34.549 --> 00:33:37.750
tales<00:33:34.890><c> of</c><00:33:35.109><c> the</c><00:33:35.230><c> love</c><00:33:35.410><c> of</c><00:33:35.569><c> money</c><00:33:35.750><c> gone</c><00:33:36.029><c> wrong,</c><00:33:36.730><c> as</c><00:33:37.230><c> it</c><00:33:37.450><c> always</c>

00:33:37.750 --> 00:33:42.230
does.<00:33:39.849><c> But</c><00:33:40.250><c> what</c><00:33:40.490><c> if</c><00:33:40.589><c> we're</c><00:33:40.809><c> rich</c><00:33:41.089><c> already?</c>

00:33:42.650 --> 00:33:47.069
Or<00:33:42.829><c> what</c><00:33:43.150><c> if,</c><00:33:43.730><c> by</c><00:33:43.910><c> no</c><00:33:44.250><c> inordinate</c><00:33:44.869><c> desire</c><00:33:45.410><c> of</c><00:33:45.670><c> our</c><00:33:45.950><c> own,</c><00:33:46.450><c> we've</c>

00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:49.049
become<00:33:47.349><c> wealthy,</c><00:33:48.069><c> right?</c>

00:33:49.230 --> 00:33:54.630
You<00:33:49.789><c> think</c><00:33:50.029><c> of</c><00:33:50.549><c> Joseph,</c><00:33:51.829><c> who</c><00:33:52.329><c> did</c><00:33:52.609><c> very</c><00:33:52.990><c> well</c><00:33:53.410><c> for</c><00:33:53.650><c> himself.</c>

00:33:55.809 --> 00:33:59.670
Abraham<00:33:56.369><c> or</c><00:33:56.670><c> Solomon,</c><00:33:57.650><c> pick</c><00:33:58.269><c> your</c><00:33:58.529><c> example.</c>

00:34:03.850 --> 00:34:08.510
So<00:34:04.410><c> I</c><00:34:04.970><c> want</c><00:34:05.150><c> to</c><00:34:05.250><c> talk</c><00:34:05.369><c> about</c><00:34:05.549><c> that</c><00:34:05.750><c> for</c><00:34:05.930><c> a</c><00:34:06.069><c> minute.</c><00:34:07.210><c> And</c><00:34:07.309><c> for</c><00:34:08.190><c> those</c><00:34:08.369><c> of</c>

00:34:08.510 --> 00:34:10.230
us<00:34:08.610><c> who</c><00:34:08.730><c> are</c><00:34:08.849><c> not</c><00:34:09.090><c> in</c><00:34:09.429><c> those</c><00:34:09.789><c> upper</c><00:34:10.010><c> middle</c>

00:34:10.230 --> 00:34:14.110
class<00:34:10.710><c> or</c><00:34:11.070><c> wealthy</c><00:34:11.429><c> or</c><00:34:11.590><c> even</c><00:34:11.829><c> middle</c><00:34:12.090><c> class,</c><00:34:12.469><c> even</c><00:34:12.909><c> if</c><00:34:13.070><c> we</c><00:34:13.210><c> don't</c><00:34:13.530><c> think</c><00:34:13.869><c> we</c>

00:34:14.110 --> 00:34:16.210
have<00:34:14.289><c> a</c><00:34:14.429><c> lot</c><00:34:14.630><c> compared</c><00:34:14.929><c> to</c><00:34:15.110><c> our</c><00:34:15.269><c> neighbors,</c>

00:34:16.990 --> 00:34:21.130
we<00:34:17.590><c> have</c><00:34:17.750><c> to</c><00:34:17.869><c> remember</c><00:34:18.230><c> that</c><00:34:18.650><c> living</c><00:34:18.929><c> in</c><00:34:19.269><c> this</c><00:34:19.570><c> time</c><00:34:19.829><c> in</c><00:34:20.090><c> history</c><00:34:20.610><c> and</c>

00:34:21.130 --> 00:34:22.210
living<00:34:21.289><c> in</c><00:34:21.469><c> this</c><00:34:21.690><c> country,</c>

00:34:22.349 --> 00:34:27.789
we<00:34:22.730><c> do</c><00:34:23.050><c> get</c><00:34:23.349><c> exposed.</c><00:34:23.829><c> We</c><00:34:23.829><c> are</c><00:34:24.230><c> relatively</c><00:34:24.769><c> wealthy</c><00:34:25.630><c> from</c><00:34:27.530><c> a</c>

00:34:27.789 --> 00:34:29.329
certain<00:34:28.010><c> perspective,</c>

00:34:30.230 --> 00:34:35.409
and<00:34:30.829><c> that</c><00:34:31.010><c> comes</c><00:34:31.190><c> with</c><00:34:31.409><c> all</c><00:34:31.570><c> sorts</c><00:34:31.809><c> of</c><00:34:32.090><c> caveats.</c><00:34:34.309><c> So</c><00:34:34.449><c> what</c><00:34:34.650><c> does</c><00:34:34.829><c> scripture</c><00:34:35.170><c> say</c>

00:34:35.409 --> 00:34:37.170
for<00:34:35.670><c> us?</c>

00:34:38.650 --> 00:34:44.070
1<00:34:39.170><c> Timothy</c><00:34:39.590><c> 6</c><00:34:40.190><c> teaches</c><00:34:40.829><c> that</c><00:34:41.550><c> as</c><00:34:42.650><c> for</c><00:34:42.849><c> those</c><00:34:43.429><c> who</c><00:34:43.650><c> are</c><00:34:43.789><c> rich</c><00:34:43.929><c> in</c>

00:34:44.070 --> 00:34:46.849
this<00:34:44.289><c> present</c><00:34:44.489><c> age,</c><00:34:45.150><c> charge</c><00:34:45.550><c> them</c><00:34:45.789><c> not</c><00:34:45.989><c> to</c><00:34:46.150><c> be</c>

00:34:47.090 --> 00:34:49.750
haughty,<00:34:47.769><c> not</c><00:34:47.989><c> to</c><00:34:48.250><c> set</c><00:34:48.269><c> their</c><00:34:48.449><c> hopes</c><00:34:48.690><c> on</c><00:34:48.889><c> the</c><00:34:49.010><c> uncertainty</c><00:34:49.510><c> of</c>

00:34:49.750 --> 00:34:53.210
riches,<00:34:51.530><c> but</c><00:34:51.869><c> to</c><00:34:52.070><c> set</c><00:34:52.170><c> their</c><00:34:52.309><c> hopes</c><00:34:52.510><c> on</c><00:34:52.690><c> God,</c><00:34:53.150><c> who</c>

00:34:53.210 --> 00:34:56.630
richly<00:34:53.690><c> provides</c><00:34:53.989><c> us</c><00:34:54.210><c> with</c><00:34:54.469><c> everything</c><00:34:54.829><c> to</c><00:34:55.090><c> enjoy.</c><00:34:56.550><c> They're</c>

00:34:56.630 --> 00:34:59.389
to<00:34:56.769><c> do</c><00:34:56.989><c> good,</c><00:34:57.889><c> to</c><00:34:58.110><c> be</c><00:34:58.329><c> rich</c><00:34:58.590><c> in</c><00:34:58.789><c> good</c><00:34:59.050><c> works,</c>

00:34:59.889 --> 00:35:04.929
to<00:35:00.110><c> be</c><00:35:00.389><c> generous</c><00:35:00.909><c> and</c><00:35:01.150><c> ready</c><00:35:01.449><c> to</c><00:35:01.769><c> share,</c><00:35:02.929><c> thus</c><00:35:03.130><c> storing</c><00:35:03.489><c> up</c><00:35:03.750><c> for</c><00:35:03.909><c> themselves</c><00:35:04.429><c> a</c>

00:35:04.929 --> 00:35:06.650
good<00:35:05.190><c> foundation</c><00:35:05.809><c> for</c><00:35:06.070><c> the</c><00:35:06.250><c> future.</c>

00:35:06.650 --> 00:35:11.550
So<00:35:07.530><c> that</c><00:35:07.690><c> they</c><00:35:07.869><c> may</c><00:35:08.150><c> take</c><00:35:08.510><c> hold</c><00:35:08.909><c> of</c><00:35:09.289><c> that</c><00:35:09.550><c> which</c><00:35:09.750><c> is</c><00:35:10.170><c> truly</c><00:35:10.550><c> life.</c>

00:35:14.250 --> 00:35:20.269
And<00:35:14.329><c> so</c><00:35:14.530><c> a</c><00:35:14.809><c> couple</c><00:35:15.030><c> of</c><00:35:15.250><c> notes</c><00:35:15.409><c> here.</c><00:35:17.210><c> As</c><00:35:17.409><c> you</c><00:35:17.570><c> can</c><00:35:17.750><c> see</c><00:35:17.909><c> from</c><00:35:18.250><c> the</c><00:35:18.949><c> colored</c><00:35:19.449><c> text</c><00:35:19.929><c> on</c>

00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:21.909
screen,<00:35:20.969><c> this</c><00:35:21.250><c> first</c><00:35:21.550><c> is</c>

00:35:21.909 --> 00:35:25.150
inverting<00:35:22.469><c> our</c><00:35:22.829><c> typical</c><00:35:23.309><c> idea</c><00:35:23.630><c> of</c><00:35:23.929><c> wealth</c><00:35:24.250><c> to</c><00:35:24.750><c> a</c><00:35:24.949><c> different</c>

00:35:25.150 --> 00:35:28.889
kind<00:35:25.429><c> of</c><00:35:26.010><c> wealth.</c><00:35:26.889><c> Generosity</c><00:35:27.530><c> and</c><00:35:27.750><c> good</c><00:35:27.989><c> works</c><00:35:28.369><c> become</c>

00:35:28.889 --> 00:35:33.050
that<00:35:29.170><c> new</c><00:35:29.449><c> kind</c><00:35:29.809><c> of</c><00:35:30.070><c> wealth.</c><00:35:30.929><c> And</c><00:35:31.329><c> unlike</c><00:35:31.650><c> the</c><00:35:31.929><c> uncertain</c><00:35:32.389><c> riches</c><00:35:32.809><c> of</c>

00:35:33.050 --> 00:35:35.289
the<00:35:33.289><c> present</c><00:35:33.510><c> age,</c><00:35:33.909><c> they</c><00:35:34.170><c> become</c><00:35:34.489><c> a</c><00:35:35.090><c> good</c>

00:35:35.289 --> 00:35:39.230
foundation,<00:35:36.469><c> a</c><00:35:36.809><c> reliable</c><00:35:37.409><c> foundation</c><00:35:38.030><c> for</c><00:35:38.289><c> the</c><00:35:38.469><c> future.</c><00:35:38.809><c> This</c><00:35:38.989><c> is</c>

00:35:39.230 --> 00:35:40.489
something<00:35:39.389><c> you</c><00:35:39.570><c> can</c><00:35:39.849><c> trust</c><00:35:40.150><c> on,</c>

00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:44.389
whereas<00:35:40.789><c> the</c><00:35:41.050><c> uncertain</c><00:35:41.409><c> riches</c><00:35:41.949><c> could</c><00:35:43.349><c> be</c><00:35:43.590><c> gone</c><00:35:43.710><c> in</c><00:35:43.889><c> a</c><00:35:44.030><c> moment.</c><00:35:44.210><c> They</c>

00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:46.750
don't<00:35:44.750><c> provide</c><00:35:45.349><c> true</c><00:35:45.610><c> security.</c>

00:35:47.130 --> 00:35:51.030
So<00:35:47.349><c> Paul</c><00:35:47.530><c> is</c><00:35:48.050><c> very</c><00:35:48.610><c> cleverly</c><00:35:49.010><c> subverting</c><00:35:49.670><c> the</c><00:35:49.929><c> classical</c><00:35:50.429><c> idea</c><00:35:50.769><c> of</c>

00:35:51.030 --> 00:35:53.909
wealth<00:35:51.349><c> by</c><00:35:52.289><c> showcasing</c><00:35:52.809><c> the</c><00:35:53.130><c> benefits</c><00:35:53.429><c> of</c>

00:35:53.909 --> 00:35:58.269
spiritual<00:35:54.510><c> riches.</c><00:35:56.329><c> And</c><00:35:56.829><c> so</c><00:35:57.030><c> I</c><00:35:57.289><c> thought</c><00:35:57.530><c> of</c><00:35:57.730><c> the</c><00:35:57.909><c> Sermon</c><00:35:58.110><c> on</c>

00:35:58.269 --> 00:36:00.869
the<00:35:58.409><c> Mount.</c><00:35:59.090><c> Do</c><00:35:59.309><c> not</c><00:35:59.610><c> lay</c><00:35:59.869><c> for</c><00:36:00.050><c> yourselves</c><00:36:00.449><c> treasures</c>

00:36:00.869 --> 00:36:03.949
on<00:36:01.110><c> earth,</c><00:36:01.989><c> where</c><00:36:02.110><c> moth</c><00:36:02.429><c> and</c><00:36:02.650><c> rust</c><00:36:02.909><c> destroy,</c><00:36:03.610><c> where</c><00:36:03.710><c> thieves</c>

00:36:03.949 --> 00:36:06.070
break<00:36:04.230><c> in</c><00:36:04.389><c> and</c><00:36:04.570><c> steal,</c><00:36:05.230><c> but</c><00:36:05.550><c> lay</c><00:36:05.769><c> up</c><00:36:05.929><c> for</c>

00:36:06.070 --> 00:36:09.889
yourselves<00:36:06.369><c> treasures</c><00:36:06.849><c> in</c><00:36:07.090><c> heaven.</c><00:36:07.309><c> This</c><00:36:07.510><c> is</c><00:36:08.090><c> real</c><00:36:08.429><c> treasure,</c><00:36:09.130><c> to</c><00:36:09.309><c> be</c><00:36:09.550><c> rich</c><00:36:09.750><c> in</c>

00:36:09.889 --> 00:36:11.030
good<00:36:10.090><c> works.</c>

00:36:14.130 --> 00:36:19.630
And<00:36:14.690><c> another</c><00:36:14.969><c> point,</c><00:36:15.929><c> it</c><00:36:16.010><c> does</c><00:36:16.170><c> say</c><00:36:16.329><c> God</c><00:36:16.909><c> has</c><00:36:17.309><c> richly</c><00:36:17.909><c> provided</c><00:36:18.309><c> us</c><00:36:18.730><c> everything</c><00:36:19.250><c> to</c>

00:36:19.630 --> 00:36:21.909
enjoy.<00:36:21.250><c> We're</c><00:36:21.510><c> not</c>

00:36:21.909 --> 00:36:24.849
actually<00:36:22.329><c> instructed</c><00:36:22.889><c> to</c><00:36:23.150><c> feel</c><00:36:23.389><c> guilty</c><00:36:23.949><c> for</c><00:36:24.269><c> enjoying</c><00:36:24.610><c> the</c>

00:36:24.849 --> 00:36:27.090
good<00:36:25.030><c> things</c><00:36:25.329><c> God's</c><00:36:25.809><c> given</c><00:36:25.909><c> us.</c><00:36:26.309><c> We're</c><00:36:26.710><c> supposed</c>

00:36:27.090 --> 00:36:29.829
to<00:36:27.389><c> enjoy</c><00:36:27.570><c> God's</c><00:36:28.070><c> gifts</c><00:36:28.250><c> and</c><00:36:28.389><c> to</c><00:36:28.489><c> be</c><00:36:28.590><c> generous</c><00:36:29.070><c> and</c><00:36:29.289><c> ready</c><00:36:29.550><c> to</c>

00:36:29.829 --> 00:36:32.869
share.<00:36:31.030><c> And</c><00:36:31.190><c> it's</c><00:36:31.550><c> not</c><00:36:31.789><c> an</c><00:36:32.030><c> either</c><00:36:32.369><c> or.</c><00:36:32.750><c> We</c>

00:36:32.869 --> 00:36:40.929
don't<00:36:33.110><c> have</c><00:36:33.449><c> to</c><00:36:33.750><c> be</c><00:36:34.670><c> generous</c><00:36:35.050><c> people</c><00:36:35.530><c> that</c><00:36:35.829><c> have</c><00:36:36.150><c> totally</c><00:36:36.389><c> impoverished</c><00:36:37.010><c> ourselves.</c><00:36:40.130><c> It's</c><00:36:40.650><c> to</c>

00:36:40.929 --> 00:36:41.710
enjoy<00:36:41.250><c> those</c><00:36:41.489><c> things</c>

00:36:41.710 --> 00:36:45.429
that<00:36:41.889><c> God</c><00:36:42.030><c> has</c><00:36:42.269><c> given</c><00:36:42.409><c> us</c><00:36:42.969><c> and</c><00:36:43.469><c> to</c><00:36:43.630><c> be</c><00:36:43.829><c> generous</c><00:36:44.170><c> and</c><00:36:44.750><c> to</c><00:36:44.869><c> be</c><00:36:44.989><c> ready</c><00:36:45.150><c> to</c>

00:36:45.429 --> 00:36:47.670
share.<00:36:46.530><c> And</c><00:36:46.650><c> this</c><00:36:46.809><c> speaks</c><00:36:47.010><c> to</c><00:36:47.210><c> the</c><00:36:47.369><c> mindset,</c>

00:36:47.670 --> 00:36:53.210
because<00:36:47.889><c> I</c><00:36:48.210><c> think</c><00:36:48.469><c> if</c><00:36:48.670><c> we're</c><00:36:48.909><c> hyper</c><00:36:49.190><c> folks</c><00:36:49.449><c> fixated</c><00:36:50.190><c> on</c><00:36:50.650><c> getting</c><00:36:51.489><c> money,</c><00:36:52.150><c> we</c><00:36:52.389><c> are</c><00:36:52.809><c> not</c><00:36:52.989><c> going</c><00:36:53.110><c> to</c>

00:36:53.210 --> 00:36:53.989
be<00:36:53.369><c> fixated</c><00:36:53.730><c> on</c>

00:36:53.989 --> 00:36:58.190
giving<00:36:54.190><c> away</c><00:36:54.469><c> money.</c><00:36:56.570><c> So</c><00:36:56.969><c> I</c><00:36:57.230><c> don't</c><00:36:57.449><c> know</c><00:36:57.550><c> if</c><00:36:57.650><c> you</c><00:36:57.789><c> would</c><00:36:57.929><c> call</c>

00:36:58.190 --> 00:37:01.130
this<00:36:58.650><c> a</c><00:36:59.670><c> matter</c><00:36:59.929><c> of</c><00:37:00.230><c> balance,</c><00:37:00.550><c> because</c><00:37:00.809><c> I</c><00:37:00.969><c> think</c>

00:37:01.130 --> 00:37:05.369
you<00:37:01.309><c> should</c><00:37:01.610><c> extremely</c><00:37:02.349><c> be</c><00:37:02.889><c> thankful</c><00:37:03.329><c> for</c><00:37:04.090><c> God's</c><00:37:04.389><c> good</c><00:37:04.510><c> gifts.</c><00:37:04.869><c> I</c><00:37:04.989><c> think</c><00:37:05.170><c> we</c>

00:37:05.369 --> 00:37:06.550
should<00:37:05.530><c> also</c><00:37:05.769><c> be</c><00:37:06.210><c> extremely</c>

00:37:06.550 --> 00:37:10.650
generous<00:37:07.110><c> and</c><00:37:07.889><c> giving</c><00:37:08.090><c> away</c><00:37:08.489><c> the</c><00:37:08.750><c> good</c><00:37:08.869><c> things</c><00:37:09.090><c> God</c><00:37:09.289><c> has</c><00:37:09.510><c> given</c><00:37:09.670><c> us.</c>

00:37:12.090 --> 00:37:14.010
And<00:37:12.190><c> that</c><00:37:12.550><c> leads</c><00:37:12.789><c> us,</c><00:37:13.250><c> at</c><00:37:13.369><c> least</c><00:37:13.530><c> for</c><00:37:13.750><c> me,</c>

00:37:14.010 --> 00:37:20.010
led<00:37:14.329><c> me</c><00:37:14.690><c> to</c><00:37:15.010><c> Jesus's</c><00:37:16.829><c> teaching</c><00:37:17.090><c> to</c><00:37:17.289><c> the</c><00:37:17.469><c> rich</c><00:37:17.710><c> men</c><00:37:18.130><c> in</c><00:37:18.349><c> Luke</c><00:37:18.650><c> 18.</c>

00:37:22.670 --> 00:37:26.170
And<00:37:22.690><c> this</c><00:37:22.949><c> was</c><00:37:23.389><c> really</c><00:37:23.690><c> a</c><00:37:23.730><c> challenging</c><00:37:24.309><c> teaching.</c><00:37:25.869><c> If</c><00:37:25.949><c> we're</c>

00:37:26.170 --> 00:37:27.070
honest<00:37:26.510><c> with</c><00:37:26.730><c> ourselves,</c>

00:37:27.090 --> 00:37:30.170
we<00:37:27.230><c> probably</c><00:37:27.670><c> feel</c><00:37:27.989><c> a</c><00:37:28.010><c> lot</c><00:37:28.309><c> of</c><00:37:28.489><c> affinity</c><00:37:28.869><c> for</c><00:37:29.070><c> the</c><00:37:29.230><c> rich</c><00:37:29.449><c> man</c>

00:37:30.170 --> 00:37:33.489
who<00:37:30.829><c> went</c><00:37:31.090><c> away</c><00:37:32.090><c> dismayed</c><00:37:32.969><c> after</c><00:37:33.150><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:33.489 --> 00:37:40.530
asked<00:37:33.789><c> him</c><00:37:33.949><c> to</c><00:37:34.010><c> give</c><00:37:34.150><c> up</c><00:37:34.329><c> all</c><00:37:34.530><c> his</c><00:37:34.789><c> goods</c><00:37:35.110><c> and</c><00:37:35.449><c> raise</c><00:37:35.690><c> money</c><00:37:35.929><c> for</c><00:37:36.110><c> the</c><00:37:36.269><c> poor.</c><00:37:38.010><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.429><c> comments</c><00:37:38.949><c> how</c><00:37:39.409><c> difficult</c><00:37:40.110><c> it</c><00:37:40.329><c> is</c>

00:37:40.530 --> 00:37:44.570
for<00:37:40.730><c> those</c><00:37:41.130><c> who</c><00:37:41.349><c> are</c><00:37:41.570><c> wealthy</c><00:37:41.809><c> to</c><00:37:42.030><c> enter</c><00:37:42.230><c> the</c><00:37:42.409><c> kingdom</c><00:37:42.630><c> of</c><00:37:42.869><c> God.</c><00:37:43.690><c> It's</c><00:37:44.010><c> easier</c><00:37:44.289><c> for</c>

00:37:44.570 --> 00:37:45.929
a<00:37:44.710><c> camel</c><00:37:44.949><c> to</c><00:37:45.090><c> go</c><00:37:45.230><c> through</c><00:37:45.449><c> the</c><00:37:45.650><c> eye</c>

00:37:45.929 --> 00:37:51.849
of<00:37:46.150><c> a</c><00:37:46.269><c> needle</c><00:37:46.590><c> than</c><00:37:46.949><c> for</c><00:37:47.230><c> a</c><00:37:47.349><c> rich</c><00:37:47.530><c> person</c><00:37:48.150><c> to</c><00:37:48.929><c> enter</c><00:37:49.170><c> the</c><00:37:49.389><c> kingdom</c><00:37:49.630><c> of</c><00:37:49.949><c> God.</c><00:37:51.489><c> So</c>

00:37:51.849 --> 00:37:52.710
I've<00:37:52.050><c> just</c><00:37:52.250><c> sort</c><00:37:52.349><c> of</c><00:37:52.550><c> said,</c>

00:37:52.809 --> 00:38:01.150
in<00:37:52.989><c> a</c><00:37:53.190><c> way</c><00:37:53.329><c> we</c><00:37:54.030><c> are</c><00:37:54.210><c> all</c><00:37:54.769><c> rich,</c><00:37:55.710><c> as</c><00:37:55.789><c> people</c><00:37:55.989><c> in</c><00:37:56.289><c> the</c><00:37:56.449><c> Western</c><00:37:56.829><c> world</c><00:37:57.869><c> are</c><00:37:59.969><c> all</c><00:38:00.269><c> kind</c><00:38:00.449><c> of</c>

00:38:01.150 --> 00:38:03.449
wealthy,<00:38:01.829><c> right?</c><00:38:02.590><c> So</c><00:38:03.030><c> is</c><00:38:03.210><c> it</c>

00:38:03.449 --> 00:38:06.449
really<00:38:03.690><c> difficult</c><00:38:04.030><c> for</c><00:38:04.250><c> all</c><00:38:04.409><c> of</c><00:38:04.550><c> us</c><00:38:04.670><c> to</c><00:38:04.829><c> get</c><00:38:04.929><c> into</c><00:38:05.110><c> the</c><00:38:05.309><c> kingdom</c><00:38:05.489><c> of</c><00:38:05.750><c> God?</c><00:38:05.909><c> That's</c><00:38:06.210><c> a</c>

00:38:06.449 --> 00:38:07.590
scary<00:38:06.710><c> thought.</c>

00:38:08.230 --> 00:38:12.909
And<00:38:08.630><c> I've</c><00:38:08.969><c> heard</c><00:38:09.070><c> various</c><00:38:09.469><c> explanations,</c><00:38:10.210><c> right?</c><00:38:10.449><c> There's</c><00:38:10.630><c> that</c><00:38:10.849><c> idea</c><00:38:11.329><c> that</c><00:38:12.309><c> there</c><00:38:12.489><c> was</c><00:38:12.690><c> a</c>

00:38:12.909 --> 00:38:13.630
gate<00:38:13.130><c> in</c><00:38:13.449><c> the</c>

00:38:13.630 --> 00:38:17.210
wall<00:38:13.750><c> of</c><00:38:13.929><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:14.230><c> called</c><00:38:14.550><c> the</c><00:38:14.829><c> eye</c><00:38:14.989><c> of</c><00:38:15.170><c> the</c><00:38:15.329><c> needle</c><00:38:15.769><c> that</c><00:38:16.650><c> actually</c><00:38:17.030><c> a</c>

00:38:17.210 --> 00:38:18.469
camel<00:38:17.349><c> could</c><00:38:17.630><c> get</c><00:38:17.889><c> through,</c><00:38:18.170><c> right?</c>

00:38:18.530 --> 00:38:21.130
That<00:38:18.929><c> makes</c><00:38:19.170><c> me</c><00:38:19.369><c> feel</c><00:38:19.510><c> a</c><00:38:19.610><c> little</c><00:38:19.710><c> better.</c><00:38:20.389><c> The</c><00:38:20.590><c> camel</c><00:38:20.750><c> can</c><00:38:20.969><c> get</c>

00:38:21.130 --> 00:38:22.070
through<00:38:21.309><c> the</c><00:38:21.449><c> eye</c><00:38:21.570><c> of</c><00:38:21.650><c> the</c><00:38:21.670><c> needle.</c><00:38:21.750><c> You</c><00:38:21.889><c> just</c>

00:38:22.070 --> 00:38:24.869
got<00:38:22.170><c> to</c><00:38:22.269><c> let</c><00:38:22.349><c> down</c><00:38:22.530><c> some</c><00:38:22.690><c> of</c><00:38:22.769><c> those</c><00:38:22.949><c> bags.</c><00:38:24.190><c> And</c><00:38:24.409><c> so</c><00:38:24.530><c> that</c><00:38:24.710><c> rich</c>

00:38:24.869 --> 00:38:27.550
camel<00:38:25.130><c> will</c><00:38:25.369><c> get</c><00:38:25.610><c> through</c><00:38:26.510><c> the</c><00:38:27.030><c> gate</c><00:38:27.230><c> and</c><00:38:27.429><c> enter</c>

00:38:27.550 --> 00:38:32.449
the<00:38:27.710><c> kingdom</c><00:38:27.849><c> of</c><00:38:28.110><c> God.</c><00:38:29.630><c> So</c><00:38:29.889><c> there's</c><00:38:30.409><c> sort</c><00:38:30.630><c> of</c><00:38:30.789><c> a</c><00:38:31.070><c> solution</c><00:38:31.670><c> worked</c><00:38:32.210><c> out</c>

00:38:32.449 --> 00:38:35.110
in<00:38:32.570><c> that</c><00:38:32.750><c> way.</c><00:38:34.150><c> I</c><00:38:34.449><c> don't</c><00:38:34.630><c> know</c><00:38:34.690><c> if</c><00:38:34.750><c> there</c><00:38:34.909><c> was</c>

00:38:35.110 --> 00:38:38.570
such<00:38:35.530><c> a</c><00:38:35.789><c> gate.</c><00:38:36.809><c> Maybe</c><00:38:37.010><c> you've</c><00:38:37.230><c> heard</c><00:38:37.329><c> that</c><00:38:37.610><c> story.</c><00:38:37.909><c> Apparently</c><00:38:38.269><c> it</c><00:38:38.349><c> goes</c>

00:38:38.570 --> 00:38:40.550
back<00:38:38.889><c> to</c><00:38:39.110><c> the</c><00:38:39.250><c> 11th</c><00:38:39.690><c> century,</c>

00:38:40.650 --> 00:38:46.849
which<00:38:41.070><c> all</c><00:38:41.429><c> that</c><00:38:41.550><c> really</c><00:38:41.769><c> tells</c><00:38:41.969><c> me</c><00:38:42.210><c> is</c><00:38:42.349><c> that</c><00:38:42.489><c> Jesus'</c><00:38:43.650><c> teaching</c><00:38:44.269><c> made</c><00:38:45.329><c> people</c><00:38:45.630><c> uncomfortable</c><00:38:46.210><c> even</c><00:38:46.630><c> in</c>

00:38:46.849 --> 00:38:51.769
medieval<00:38:47.150><c> times,</c><00:38:48.349><c> right?</c><00:38:48.969><c> So</c><00:38:49.150><c> this</c><00:38:49.650><c> idea</c><00:38:49.989><c> of</c><00:38:50.409><c> the</c><00:38:51.170><c> eye</c><00:38:51.449><c> of</c><00:38:51.630><c> the</c>

00:38:51.769 --> 00:38:57.050
needle.<00:38:54.570><c> It's</c><00:38:54.989><c> a</c><00:38:55.110><c> hard</c><00:38:55.309><c> teaching</c><00:38:55.809><c> and</c><00:38:56.449><c> it</c><00:38:56.730><c> clearly</c>

00:38:57.050 --> 00:39:01.110
upset<00:38:57.429><c> the</c><00:38:57.829><c> rich</c><00:38:58.110><c> young</c><00:38:58.389><c> ruler.</c><00:39:00.190><c> And</c><00:39:00.389><c> I</c><00:39:00.489><c> think</c><00:39:00.610><c> it</c><00:39:00.789><c> should</c><00:39:00.869><c> be</c>

00:39:01.110 --> 00:39:03.590
deserving<00:39:01.429><c> for</c><00:39:01.630><c> us</c><00:39:01.829><c> today.</c><00:39:02.630><c> Scripture</c><00:39:02.949><c> should</c><00:39:03.369><c> prick</c>

00:39:03.590 --> 00:39:09.030
our<00:39:04.050><c> conscience.</c><00:39:06.530><c> But</c><00:39:06.710><c> we're</c><00:39:07.269><c> not</c><00:39:07.469><c> doing</c><00:39:07.630><c> ourselves</c><00:39:07.909><c> any</c><00:39:08.150><c> favor</c><00:39:08.489><c> by</c>

00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:11.610
making<00:39:09.489><c> apologies</c><00:39:10.030><c> for</c><00:39:10.570><c> or</c><00:39:11.030><c> trying</c><00:39:11.230><c> to</c>

00:39:11.610 --> 00:39:14.650
explain<00:39:11.789><c> away</c><00:39:12.050><c> Jesus'</c><00:39:12.710><c> teaching.</c><00:39:13.590><c> He's</c><00:39:13.929><c> saying</c><00:39:14.150><c> something</c>

00:39:14.650 --> 00:39:17.269
very<00:39:15.190><c> clear</c><00:39:15.369><c> here.</c><00:39:15.650><c> It's</c><00:39:15.849><c> difficult.</c><00:39:16.510><c> Wealth</c><00:39:16.869><c> is</c><00:39:17.130><c> going</c>

00:39:17.269 --> 00:39:23.570
to<00:39:17.530><c> prevent</c><00:39:17.730><c> us</c><00:39:17.969><c> from</c><00:39:18.130><c> getting</c><00:39:18.289><c> into</c><00:39:18.469><c> the</c><00:39:18.650><c> kingdom.</c><00:39:22.809><c> I</c><00:39:23.230><c> would</c>

00:39:23.570 --> 00:39:27.030
offer<00:39:23.929><c> one</c><00:39:24.590><c> other</c><00:39:25.869><c> thought</c><00:39:26.210><c> to</c><00:39:26.449><c> sort</c><00:39:26.550><c> of</c><00:39:26.750><c> mediate</c>

00:39:27.030 --> 00:39:33.730
that.<00:39:28.309><c> In</c><00:39:28.869><c> verse</c><00:39:29.090><c> 22,</c><00:39:30.250><c> Jesus</c><00:39:30.510><c> says</c><00:39:30.869><c> to</c><00:39:31.070><c> the</c><00:39:31.369><c> rich</c><00:39:31.869><c> ruler,</c><00:39:33.510><c> one</c>

00:39:33.730 --> 00:39:35.130
thing<00:39:33.989><c> you</c><00:39:34.210><c> still</c><00:39:34.449><c> lack.</c><00:39:35.010><c> He</c><00:39:35.010><c> says,</c>

00:39:35.269 --> 00:39:38.949
one<00:39:35.409><c> thing,</c><00:39:36.190><c> sell</c><00:39:36.510><c> everything</c><00:39:36.889><c> you</c><00:39:37.170><c> have,</c><00:39:38.230><c> completely</c><00:39:38.530><c> alter</c>

00:39:38.949 --> 00:39:42.809
your<00:39:39.329><c> socioeconomic</c><00:39:40.369><c> standing,</c><00:39:41.190><c> debase</c><00:39:41.670><c> yourself</c>

00:39:42.870 --> 00:39:46.150
to<00:39:43.170><c> the</c><00:39:43.409><c> level</c><00:39:43.550><c> of</c><00:39:43.750><c> the</c><00:39:43.889><c> impoverished</c><00:39:44.369><c> beggars</c><00:39:44.710><c> at</c><00:39:44.889><c> the</c><00:39:45.090><c> temple</c><00:39:45.329><c> gate.</c>

00:39:47.449 --> 00:39:49.730
That's<00:39:47.949><c> it.</c><00:39:48.369><c> You're</c><00:39:48.670><c> set.</c><00:39:49.090><c> Just</c><00:39:49.289><c> do</c><00:39:49.510><c> that</c>

00:39:49.730 --> 00:39:53.670
one<00:39:50.010><c> thing.</c><00:39:51.010><c> And</c><00:39:51.150><c> so</c><00:39:51.369><c> I</c><00:39:51.550><c> think</c><00:39:51.809><c> it's</c><00:39:52.090><c> a</c><00:39:52.250><c> little</c><00:39:52.429><c> bit,</c><00:39:53.449><c> I</c><00:39:53.489><c> don't</c>

00:39:53.670 --> 00:39:55.469
know<00:39:53.869><c> if</c><00:39:54.050><c> tongue</c><00:39:54.190><c> in</c><00:39:54.429><c> cheek</c><00:39:54.570><c> is</c><00:39:54.809><c> the</c><00:39:55.010><c> expression</c>

00:39:55.469 --> 00:40:00.889
here,<00:39:56.289><c> but</c><00:39:57.289><c> he's</c><00:39:57.730><c> almost</c><00:39:58.250><c> telling</c><00:39:58.789><c> the</c><00:39:58.989><c> ruler,</c><00:39:59.769><c> you</c><00:40:00.070><c> think</c><00:40:00.369><c> you're</c><00:40:00.510><c> doing</c><00:40:00.630><c> so</c>

00:40:00.889 --> 00:40:01.489
great<00:40:01.030><c> because</c><00:40:01.190><c> you're</c>

00:40:01.489 --> 00:40:09.050
following<00:40:01.690><c> the</c><00:40:01.949><c> commandments,</c><00:40:02.889><c> but</c><00:40:03.110><c> you're</c><00:40:03.530><c> really</c><00:40:04.090><c> actually</c><00:40:05.349><c> one</c><00:40:06.750><c> mile</c><00:40:07.070><c> away.</c><00:40:07.909><c> Just</c><00:40:08.289><c> this</c><00:40:08.530><c> one</c><00:40:08.789><c> thing,</c>

00:40:09.130 --> 00:40:18.769
which<00:40:09.289><c> is</c><00:40:09.710><c> actually</c><00:40:10.030><c> not</c><00:40:10.369><c> such</c><00:40:10.570><c> a</c><00:40:10.710><c> small</c><00:40:10.949><c> thing.</c><00:40:14.750><c> And</c><00:40:14.949><c> so</c><00:40:15.710><c> I</c><00:40:17.469><c> don't</c><00:40:17.889><c> think</c><00:40:18.030><c> he</c>

00:40:18.769 --> 00:40:20.010
expected<00:40:19.250><c> the</c><00:40:19.449><c> rich</c><00:40:19.650><c> young</c><00:40:19.829><c> ruler</c>

00:40:20.010 --> 00:40:24.150
to<00:40:20.170><c> take</c><00:40:20.429><c> a</c><00:40:20.650><c> vow</c><00:40:20.789><c> of</c><00:40:20.949><c> poverty,</c><00:40:22.130><c> but</c><00:40:22.929><c> his</c><00:40:23.250><c> wealth</c><00:40:23.469><c> was</c><00:40:23.730><c> an</c><00:40:23.909><c> issue</c>

00:40:24.150 --> 00:40:27.190
for<00:40:24.469><c> him.</c><00:40:25.369><c> And</c><00:40:25.789><c> it</c><00:40:25.969><c> needed</c><00:40:26.150><c> to</c><00:40:26.429><c> be</c><00:40:26.650><c> addressed</c><00:40:26.929><c> with</c>

00:40:27.190 --> 00:40:31.269
as<00:40:27.389><c> much</c><00:40:27.710><c> severity</c><00:40:28.269><c> as</c><00:40:29.030><c> an</c><00:40:29.449><c> offending</c><00:40:29.889><c> eye,</c><00:40:30.530><c> right?</c><00:40:30.849><c> Pluck</c><00:40:31.050><c> it</c>

00:40:31.269 --> 00:40:33.590
out.<00:40:32.289><c> Does</c><00:40:32.489><c> Jesus</c><00:40:32.750><c> really</c><00:40:33.090><c> think</c><00:40:33.329><c> we</c><00:40:33.469><c> should</c>

00:40:33.590 --> 00:40:37.530
pluck<00:40:33.769><c> our</c><00:40:33.929><c> eyes</c><00:40:34.030><c> out</c><00:40:34.190><c> if</c><00:40:34.309><c> we're</c><00:40:34.449><c> struggling</c><00:40:34.670><c> with</c><00:40:34.929><c> lust</c><00:40:35.130><c> or</c><00:40:35.269><c> something</c><00:40:35.489><c> like</c><00:40:35.730><c> that?</c><00:40:37.030><c> I</c>

00:40:37.530 --> 00:40:38.469
don't<00:40:37.809><c> think</c><00:40:37.929><c> that's</c><00:40:38.289><c> the</c>

00:40:38.469 --> 00:40:48.550
solution,<00:40:39.010><c> but</c><00:40:40.849><c> he</c><00:40:41.429><c> is</c><00:40:41.809><c> telling</c><00:40:42.010><c> us</c><00:40:42.190><c> to</c><00:40:42.469><c> take</c><00:40:42.929><c> drastic</c><00:40:43.469><c> measures.</c><00:40:47.010><c> So</c><00:40:47.530><c> with</c><00:40:48.369><c> the</c>

00:40:48.550 --> 00:40:49.590
notable<00:40:48.809><c> exception</c><00:40:49.289><c> of</c>

00:40:49.590 --> 00:40:53.110
Ananis<00:40:49.969><c> and</c><00:40:50.170><c> Sapphira,</c><00:40:50.750><c> the</c><00:40:50.869><c> first</c><00:40:51.230><c> century</c><00:40:51.630><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:52.849><c> they</c>

00:40:53.110 --> 00:40:55.769
were<00:40:53.389><c> taking</c><00:40:53.849><c> drastic</c><00:40:54.429><c> measures.</c><00:40:55.289><c> They</c><00:40:55.469><c> did</c>

00:40:55.769 --> 00:40:58.969
completely<00:40:56.309><c> divest</c><00:40:56.710><c> themselves</c><00:40:57.349><c> of</c><00:40:57.630><c> their</c><00:40:57.849><c> individual</c><00:40:58.329><c> wealth</c><00:40:58.710><c> for</c>

00:40:58.969 --> 00:41:00.889
the<00:40:59.150><c> collective</c><00:40:59.389><c> good</c><00:40:59.550><c> of</c><00:40:59.690><c> the</c><00:40:59.909><c> community.</c>

00:41:01.690 --> 00:41:05.289
Barnabas,<00:41:02.230><c> he</c><00:41:02.610><c> had</c><00:41:02.750><c> that</c><00:41:03.030><c> land</c><00:41:03.250><c> that</c><00:41:03.489><c> he</c><00:41:03.610><c> sold,</c><00:41:04.150><c> right?</c><00:41:04.750><c> He</c><00:41:04.929><c> laid</c><00:41:05.030><c> it</c>

00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.170
at<00:41:05.650><c> the</c><00:41:05.909><c> disciples'</c><00:41:06.469><c> feet.</c>

00:41:08.150 --> 00:41:11.829
We<00:41:08.269><c> might</c><00:41:08.469><c> also</c><00:41:08.750><c> think</c><00:41:08.969><c> of</c><00:41:09.170><c> the</c><00:41:09.590><c> poor</c><00:41:09.889><c> widow</c><00:41:10.269><c> before</c><00:41:10.989><c> the</c><00:41:11.210><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:11.510><c> age,</c>

00:41:11.869 --> 00:41:14.030
but<00:41:12.269><c> she</c><00:41:12.590><c> was</c><00:41:12.829><c> getting</c><00:41:13.150><c> everything</c><00:41:13.710><c> she</c>

00:41:14.030 --> 00:41:16.949
had.<00:41:14.230><c> It</c><00:41:14.309><c> was</c><00:41:14.449><c> just</c><00:41:14.690><c> two</c><00:41:14.889><c> mites,</c><00:41:15.210><c> but</c><00:41:15.409><c> for</c><00:41:15.630><c> her,</c><00:41:15.869><c> that</c><00:41:16.030><c> was</c><00:41:16.289><c> everything,</c><00:41:16.690><c> and</c>

00:41:16.949 --> 00:41:18.510
she<00:41:17.150><c> dropped</c><00:41:17.369><c> it</c><00:41:17.570><c> off.</c><00:41:17.969><c> She</c><00:41:18.250><c> probably</c>

00:41:18.510 --> 00:41:22.150
didn't<00:41:18.650><c> think</c><00:41:18.849><c> anybody</c><00:41:19.230><c> was</c><00:41:19.530><c> watching,</c><00:41:20.550><c> but</c><00:41:20.710><c> Jesus</c><00:41:21.090><c> was,</c><00:41:21.869><c> and</c>

00:41:22.150 --> 00:41:24.269
it<00:41:22.329><c> gave</c><00:41:22.570><c> him</c><00:41:22.829><c> a</c><00:41:22.829><c> lot</c><00:41:23.090><c> of</c><00:41:23.329><c> pleasure</c><00:41:23.570><c> to</c><00:41:23.809><c> see</c><00:41:23.949><c> that.</c>

00:41:24.409 --> 00:41:27.309
He<00:41:24.570><c> was</c><00:41:24.789><c> impressed</c><00:41:25.269><c> by</c><00:41:25.510><c> it.</c><00:41:25.630><c> He</c><00:41:25.829><c> understood</c><00:41:26.429><c> what</c><00:41:26.769><c> that</c><00:41:27.050><c> meant</c>

00:41:27.309 --> 00:41:32.809
for<00:41:27.489><c> her.</c><00:41:29.409><c> And</c><00:41:29.570><c> so</c><00:41:29.710><c> we</c><00:41:29.829><c> have</c><00:41:29.989><c> this</c><00:41:30.530><c> teaching</c><00:41:31.050><c> of</c><00:41:31.469><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:35.289 --> 00:41:38.829
and<00:41:35.769><c> we</c><00:41:36.110><c> could</c><00:41:36.289><c> say</c><00:41:36.530><c> many</c><00:41:36.769><c> things</c><00:41:37.050><c> and</c><00:41:37.210><c> go</c><00:41:37.309><c> to</c><00:41:37.409><c> many</c><00:41:37.610><c> other</c><00:41:37.869><c> scriptures,</c>

00:41:39.170 --> 00:41:43.949
but<00:41:39.650><c> I</c><00:41:40.130><c> think</c><00:41:40.250><c> this</c><00:41:40.449><c> is</c><00:41:40.630><c> a</c><00:41:40.750><c> beautiful</c><00:41:41.070><c> one</c><00:41:41.349><c> for</c><00:41:41.469><c> us</c><00:41:41.650><c> to</c><00:41:43.030><c> bring</c><00:41:43.170><c> our</c><00:41:43.409><c> thoughts</c><00:41:43.650><c> to</c><00:41:43.889><c> a</c>

00:41:43.949 --> 00:41:45.070
close<00:41:44.170><c> on.</c>

00:41:46.629 --> 00:41:50.349
Jesus<00:41:47.389><c> words</c><00:41:47.769><c> to</c><00:41:47.989><c> the</c><00:41:48.170><c> disciples</c><00:41:48.610><c> after</c><00:41:49.170><c> they</c><00:41:49.510><c> rebuked</c><00:41:49.929><c> Mary</c>

00:41:50.349 --> 00:41:52.830
for<00:41:50.690><c> pouring</c><00:41:50.969><c> out</c><00:41:51.230><c> that</c><00:41:51.469><c> costly</c><00:41:51.949><c> ointment,</c>

00:41:53.389 --> 00:41:59.670
for<00:41:53.630><c> making</c><00:41:54.010><c> such</c><00:41:54.289><c> an</c><00:41:54.630><c> extravagant</c><00:41:55.349><c> gift,</c><00:41:58.110><c> lavishing</c><00:41:58.989><c> his</c>

00:41:59.670 --> 00:42:02.250
feet<00:41:59.909><c> with</c><00:42:00.190><c> this</c><00:42:00.590><c> expensive</c><00:42:01.250><c> gift</c><00:42:01.630><c> and</c><00:42:01.889><c> wiping</c>

00:42:02.250 --> 00:42:06.590
his<00:42:02.610><c> feet</c><00:42:02.730><c> with</c><00:42:02.889><c> her</c><00:42:03.150><c> hair,</c><00:42:04.409><c> and</c><00:42:05.269><c> the</c><00:42:05.769><c> disciples</c><00:42:06.070><c> were</c><00:42:06.309><c> very</c>

00:42:06.590 --> 00:42:09.969
dismissive.<00:42:07.809><c> It</c><00:42:08.070><c> says</c><00:42:08.309><c> Judas</c><00:42:08.690><c> and</c><00:42:09.070><c> John,</c><00:42:09.750><c> but</c>

00:42:09.969 --> 00:42:13.090
the<00:42:10.309><c> other</c><00:42:10.510><c> accounts</c><00:42:10.769><c> have</c><00:42:11.130><c> all</c><00:42:11.389><c> the</c><00:42:11.570><c> disciples</c><00:42:12.050><c> really</c><00:42:12.849><c> kind</c>

00:42:13.090 --> 00:42:15.570
of<00:42:13.869><c> remarking</c><00:42:14.389><c> on</c><00:42:14.489><c> this.</c>

00:42:17.050 --> 00:42:21.070
And<00:42:17.050><c> Jesus</c><00:42:17.389><c> said,</c><00:42:18.469><c> leave</c><00:42:18.550><c> her</c><00:42:18.809><c> alone</c><00:42:19.210><c> so</c><00:42:20.389><c> that</c><00:42:20.530><c> she</c><00:42:20.650><c> may</c><00:42:20.849><c> keep</c>

00:42:21.070 --> 00:42:23.170
it<00:42:21.329><c> for</c><00:42:21.530><c> the</c><00:42:21.670><c> day</c><00:42:21.909><c> of</c><00:42:22.090><c> my</c><00:42:22.309><c> burial,</c>

00:42:23.769 --> 00:42:27.389
for<00:42:23.949><c> the</c><00:42:24.230><c> poor</c><00:42:24.389><c> you</c><00:42:24.650><c> always</c><00:42:25.150><c> have</c><00:42:25.489><c> with</c><00:42:25.809><c> you,</c><00:42:26.789><c> but</c><00:42:26.869><c> you</c><00:42:27.030><c> do</c><00:42:27.210><c> not</c>

00:42:27.389 --> 00:42:29.090
always<00:42:27.670><c> have</c><00:42:27.989><c> me.</c>

00:42:31.170 --> 00:42:36.349
And<00:42:31.849><c> so</c><00:42:32.210><c> today</c><00:42:32.590><c> we</c><00:42:33.030><c> can't</c><00:42:33.630><c> show</c><00:42:34.230><c> Christ</c><00:42:34.809><c> this</c><00:42:35.570><c> extraordinary</c>

00:42:36.349 --> 00:42:38.429
generosity<00:42:37.070><c> directly.</c>

00:42:39.209 --> 00:42:44.989
We<00:42:39.969><c> can't</c><00:42:40.730><c> hold</c><00:42:41.030><c> his</c><00:42:41.449><c> feet</c><00:42:41.750><c> the</c><00:42:42.150><c> way</c><00:42:42.289><c> that</c><00:42:42.510><c> she</c><00:42:42.650><c> did,</c><00:42:44.449><c> but</c><00:42:44.530><c> there</c><00:42:44.710><c> will</c>

00:42:44.989 --> 00:42:47.269
always<00:42:45.429><c> be</c><00:42:45.829><c> poor</c><00:42:46.269><c> among</c><00:42:46.710><c> us.</c>

00:42:47.590 --> 00:42:52.389
There<00:42:47.750><c> will</c><00:42:47.969><c> always</c><00:42:48.369><c> be</c><00:42:49.349><c> people</c><00:42:49.829><c> in</c><00:42:50.170><c> need.</c><00:42:51.250><c> We</c><00:42:51.510><c> may</c><00:42:51.750><c> be</c><00:42:51.989><c> people</c>

00:42:52.389 --> 00:42:53.690
in<00:42:52.730><c> need.</c>

00:42:55.110 --> 00:43:01.050
And<00:42:55.210><c> so</c><00:42:55.690><c> I</c><00:42:56.090><c> would</c><00:42:56.369><c> encourage</c><00:42:56.710><c> to</c><00:42:57.429><c> close</c><00:42:57.849><c> with</c><00:42:58.090><c> a</c><00:42:58.289><c> call</c><00:42:58.429><c> to</c><00:42:58.710><c> action.</c><00:42:59.369><c> Let's</c><00:42:59.769><c> renew</c><00:43:00.190><c> our</c><00:43:00.650><c> efforts</c>

00:43:01.050 --> 00:43:05.130
to<00:43:01.630><c> live</c><00:43:01.869><c> more</c><00:43:02.130><c> like</c><00:43:02.349><c> the</c><00:43:02.610><c> first</c><00:43:02.809><c> century</c><00:43:03.210><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:04.269><c> to</c><00:43:04.849><c> be</c>

00:43:05.130 --> 00:43:07.909
more<00:43:05.550><c> open</c><00:43:05.929><c>-handed</c><00:43:06.409><c> with</c><00:43:07.050><c> the</c><00:43:07.250><c> widows</c><00:43:07.630><c> and</c><00:43:07.809><c> the</c>

00:43:07.909 --> 00:43:13.090
orphans<00:43:08.630><c> and</c><00:43:08.889><c> the</c><00:43:09.130><c> needy.</c><00:43:10.710><c> I</c><00:43:10.909><c> think</c><00:43:11.309><c> now</c><00:43:11.949><c> would</c><00:43:12.150><c> be</c><00:43:12.250><c> a</c><00:43:12.329><c> good</c><00:43:12.449><c> time</c><00:43:12.730><c> for</c><00:43:12.909><c> us</c>

00:43:13.090 --> 00:43:15.289
to<00:43:13.349><c> review</c><00:43:13.610><c> our</c><00:43:13.949><c> charitable</c><00:43:14.309><c> giving,</c>

00:43:15.750 --> 00:43:19.730
to<00:43:15.989><c> look</c><00:43:16.190><c> at</c><00:43:16.590><c> our</c><00:43:17.369><c> monthly</c><00:43:17.869><c> recurring</c><00:43:18.489><c> donations</c><00:43:19.150><c> if</c><00:43:19.349><c> we</c><00:43:19.550><c> set</c>

00:43:19.730 --> 00:43:24.030
those<00:43:20.010><c> up,</c><00:43:21.050><c> and</c><00:43:22.590><c> maybe</c><00:43:23.150><c> update</c><00:43:23.530><c> them.</c>

00:43:24.449 --> 00:43:29.469
Let's<00:43:24.869><c> look</c><00:43:25.170><c> at</c><00:43:26.730><c> Agape,</c><00:43:27.989><c> and</c><00:43:28.070><c> let's</c><00:43:28.210><c> look</c><00:43:28.429><c> at</c><00:43:28.610><c> Meal</c><00:43:28.889><c> a</c><00:43:29.050><c> Day,</c>

00:43:29.710 --> 00:43:32.849
and<00:43:29.989><c> the</c><00:43:30.230><c> Bible</c><00:43:30.590><c> School,</c><00:43:31.130><c> and</c><00:43:31.489><c> the</c><00:43:31.809><c> CBM,</c>

00:43:33.230 --> 00:43:37.550
and<00:43:33.670><c> let's</c><00:43:34.929><c> make</c><00:43:35.150><c> sure</c><00:43:35.389><c> that</c><00:43:35.670><c> we've</c><00:43:36.070><c> included</c><00:43:36.409><c> them</c><00:43:36.670><c> in</c><00:43:37.110><c> our</c>

00:43:37.550 --> 00:43:40.190
bequests<00:43:38.230><c> and</c><00:43:38.469><c> our</c><00:43:38.650><c> legacy</c><00:43:39.269><c> giving.</c>

00:43:41.490 --> 00:43:47.590
Let's<00:43:42.190><c> get</c><00:43:42.889><c> a</c><00:43:43.849><c> little</c><00:43:44.030><c> more</c><00:43:44.889><c> extreme</c><00:43:45.969><c> with</c><00:43:46.190><c> our</c><00:43:46.409><c> generosity.</c>

00:43:47.989 --> 00:43:51.630
And<00:43:48.630><c> I</c><00:43:49.070><c> know</c><00:43:49.269><c> that</c><00:43:49.469><c> we</c><00:43:49.610><c> all</c><00:43:49.829><c> work</c><00:43:50.050><c> hard</c><00:43:50.369><c> for</c><00:43:50.670><c> money,</c>

00:43:51.750 --> 00:43:55.150
and<00:43:52.110><c> it's</c><00:43:52.289><c> important</c><00:43:52.590><c> to</c><00:43:52.909><c> remember</c><00:43:53.309><c> that</c><00:43:54.010><c> it's</c><00:43:54.289><c> God</c><00:43:54.590><c> who</c><00:43:54.809><c> is</c>

00:43:55.150 --> 00:43:59.250
our<00:43:55.510><c> provider.</c><00:43:56.650><c> It's</c><00:43:57.150><c> God</c><00:43:57.449><c> who</c><00:43:57.650><c> gave</c><00:43:57.809><c> us</c><00:43:58.070><c> the</c><00:43:58.369><c> health,</c>

00:43:59.349 --> 00:44:04.230
the<00:43:59.869><c> talent,</c><00:44:00.429><c> the</c><00:44:00.769><c> opportunities</c><00:44:01.590><c> to</c><00:44:01.909><c> earn.</c><00:44:03.690><c> So</c><00:44:03.849><c> whether</c><00:44:03.969><c> we</c>

00:44:04.230 --> 00:44:07.829
have<00:44:04.570><c> two</c><00:44:04.989><c> coins</c><00:44:05.510><c> or</c><00:44:06.170><c> a</c><00:44:06.409><c> parcel</c><00:44:06.769><c> of</c><00:44:07.030><c> land,</c>

00:44:07.889 --> 00:44:14.409
we<00:44:08.170><c> shouldn't</c><00:44:08.409><c> hold</c><00:44:08.730><c> on</c><00:44:08.989><c> to</c><00:44:09.150><c> it</c><00:44:09.489><c> too</c><00:44:09.889><c> tightly.</c><00:44:11.949><c> So</c><00:44:12.230><c> in</c><00:44:12.869><c> this</c><00:44:13.250><c> day</c><00:44:13.429><c> and</c><00:44:13.550><c> age</c><00:44:13.789><c> where</c><00:44:13.949><c> there</c><00:44:14.150><c> is</c>

00:44:14.409 --> 00:44:15.329
so<00:44:14.610><c> much</c><00:44:14.789><c> financial</c>

00:44:15.329 --> 00:44:18.590
anxiety,<00:44:16.389><c> there</c><00:44:16.630><c> is</c><00:44:16.869><c> so</c><00:44:17.070><c> much</c><00:44:17.309><c> worry,</c><00:44:17.650><c> and</c><00:44:17.869><c> we</c><00:44:18.090><c> hear</c><00:44:18.269><c> about</c><00:44:18.429><c> it</c>

00:44:18.590 --> 00:44:20.250
in<00:44:18.590><c> the</c><00:44:18.730><c> news,</c><00:44:19.050><c> we</c><00:44:19.269><c> hear</c><00:44:19.570><c> about</c><00:44:19.750><c> it</c><00:44:19.909><c> from</c><00:44:20.050><c> our</c>

00:44:20.250 --> 00:44:22.889
neighbors,<00:44:21.010><c> and</c><00:44:21.389><c> maybe</c><00:44:21.650><c> we're</c><00:44:21.929><c> encountering</c><00:44:22.449><c> the</c><00:44:22.650><c> effects</c>

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of<00:44:23.050><c> it</c><00:44:23.250><c> ourselves.</c><00:44:25.070><c> Maybe</c><00:44:25.489><c> we're</c><00:44:25.750><c> struggling</c>

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to<00:44:26.349><c> find</c><00:44:26.550><c> work</c><00:44:26.809><c> for</c><00:44:27.030><c> months</c><00:44:27.309><c> and</c><00:44:27.409><c> months</c><00:44:27.650><c> that</c><00:44:28.070><c> turn</c><00:44:28.250><c> into</c><00:44:28.469><c> years.</c><00:44:29.090><c> These</c><00:44:29.469><c> stories</c><00:44:29.769><c> are</c>

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not<00:44:30.130><c> that</c><00:44:30.369><c> uncommon,</c>

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but<00:44:31.670><c> God's</c><00:44:32.010><c> not</c><00:44:32.250><c> going</c><00:44:32.389><c> to</c><00:44:32.550><c> fail</c><00:44:32.730><c> us,</c><00:44:32.989><c> and</c><00:44:33.110><c> He</c><00:44:33.210><c> is</c><00:44:33.429><c> our</c><00:44:33.630><c> provider,</c><00:44:34.070><c> and</c><00:44:34.190><c> He</c>

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has<00:44:34.690><c> our</c><00:44:35.269><c> eternal</c><00:44:36.010><c> well</c><00:44:36.849><c>-being</c><00:44:37.150><c> in</c>

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His<00:44:37.610><c> hands.</c><00:44:38.909><c> So</c><00:44:39.150><c> let</c><00:44:39.289><c> us</c><00:44:40.050><c> thank</c><00:44:40.389><c> Him</c><00:44:40.730><c> for</c><00:44:40.929><c> the</c><00:44:41.110><c> good</c><00:44:41.230><c> things</c><00:44:41.409><c> He's</c><00:44:41.650><c> given</c><00:44:41.869><c> us.</c><00:44:42.289><c> Let</c><00:44:42.349><c> us</c>

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be<00:44:42.730><c> generous</c><00:44:43.010><c> and</c>

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open<00:44:43.530><c>-handed</c><00:44:43.789><c> with</c><00:44:44.090><c> them,</c><00:44:44.829><c> and</c><00:44:45.389><c> let</c><00:44:46.090><c> us</c><00:44:46.349><c> always</c><00:44:46.710><c> live</c><00:44:46.929><c> in</c><00:44:47.429><c> accordance</c><00:44:47.710><c> with</c>

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the<00:44:48.469><c> principles</c><00:44:48.869><c> that</c>

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Scripture<00:44:50.070><c> has</c><00:44:50.289><c> given</c><00:44:50.469><c> us</c><00:44:50.730><c> on</c><00:44:50.969><c> this</c><00:44:51.210><c> topic.</c><00:44:52.289><c> So</c><00:44:52.690><c> thank</c><00:44:52.969><c> you</c>

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very<00:44:53.230><c> much.</c>