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Satisfaction 

July 21, 2024

Pastor Terry Fulks

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” 

Luke 12:13–21 ESV 

 

Jesus issues three warnings against all covetousness. 

 

1. Guard against all covetousness.  

  • Be perceptive about your own soul. 
  • Covetousness is an invasive species.
  • There’s more to life than stuff. 

2. Know that life comes to an end. 

  • The external observation of success was correct. 
  • There was no eternal observation made. 
  • Be more aware of God in your life. 

3. Life is about God and not you. 

  • Seek first God’s kingdom. 
  • Love God with all your heart. 
  • Put God in your calendar, your checkbook, your leisure, and over your mind and heart. 

A warning about our society: 

13 suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. 

2 Peter 2:13–16 ESV 

The attitude to aim for in your life:

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom, 

nor fruit be on the vines, 

the produce of the olive fail 

and the fields yield no food, 

the flock be cut off from the fold 

and there be no herd in the stalls, 

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord; 

I will take joy in the God of my salvation. 

19 God, the Lord, is my strength; 

he makes my feet like the deer’s; 

he makes me tread on my high places. 

Habakkuk 3:17–19 ESV 

 

Points to ponder: 

  • The good life is a life lived full on for Christ and His kingdom. 
  • Simplify your life in order to be more in touch with your soul. 
  • Be careful not to crowd God out of your life with stuff and the stuff you schedule. 
  • Do you want to experience real life in God? 

Connection Prayer:  Lord, I thank you that I can have real life in you. I now, with what faith I have, confess that you Jesus died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose from the dead on the third day. I take you as my Savior, Lord, and Leader. Please forgive me of my sins and thank you for your forgiveness. Help me to follow you all the days of my life. Amen.  

Next steps for the new believer: 

  1. If you prayed the connection prayer with me:
    1. Pick up a new believer pack as you leave.
    2. Read John 3, three times before you go to bed tonight. 
    3. Read the gospel of John all the way through by reading about ten verses a day. 

Next steps for the believer:

  1. Pray that God would give you a vision of what you could become in Jesus Christ.  
  2. Pray that God will help you to simplify your life in all areas.   
  3. Write down some things you have and things you do that could be eliminated in order to free up space and schedule for Christ and His kingdom. 
  4. Read Psalm 23 three times this week and once in the Amplified version.
  5. Review the sermon notes twice this week. 


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