Don’t Let Stuff Get Between You And God | The Book Of Luke Week 1 | Anywhere Service

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- Today on Crossroads we're starting

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a brand new series in the Book of Luke

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and the parables inside it.

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Our friend Hannah is going to kick us off

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talking about giving God our hearts

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and exactly what a heart check is.

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Hey. I'm Kyle. - Hey, I'm Hannah.

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And today we're starting a brand new series

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on the Book of Luke.

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- We're calling it Stuff Jesus Made Up because --

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- Well, it's stuff Jesus made up.

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- That's the parables.

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He literally made them up to help us understand truth.

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- That's right. - In a way that we could get,

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which is what this video is all about.

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- That's exactly right. So let's stop wasting time

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and let's just get into it right now.

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- Who's teaching today? You are? - Me.

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- Oh, what are you going to say?

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- Well, I'm going to try to be like Jesus,

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so I'm gonna say some parables.

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I'm going to talk about clothes, rich people and fools.

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- Awesome.

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- We got to get to it right now.

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- And now presenting the parables.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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I said parables, not pair of bulls.

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- Oh, sorry.

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- The parables.

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The rich fool.

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Jesus warned the crowd against greed

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and made up a story about a rich man

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and the giant crop he yielded

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and how he stored his treasures on earth.

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Today, we're going to look at how Jesus

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wants to put our faith and treasures in heaven.

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- Hey, I'm Hannah, and welcome to Crossroads.

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So glad you're here.

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Hey, lately, this thing that I've been doing,

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it's occupying literally all of my time,

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is watching life hack videos on Tik Tok.

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Yes, I am learning all about how to fold my towel

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so that they optimize the most space.

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I'm learning how to make the most perfect vegetable wash

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that gets rid of all the toxins and everything.

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Word to the wise, it's baking soda.

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Anyway, today I'm going to give you a life hack,

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one that I hope changes the way you approach

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everything in your life.

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And I hope it changes your heart.

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And when you do this life hack,

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I think you'll notice immediate reward.

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Today we're talking about parables

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and we're specifically looking in the Book of Luke,

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and we're learning how Jesus will use

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these made up stories to tell us a truth

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about ourselves and about Him.

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In particular, He tells a parable

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that I'm going to tell you actually right now,

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a story about the rich fool.

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And I think that it has some truth for our lives.

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And I'm going to tell you what it means.

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Now my cool Bible calls it the rich fool.

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Jesus actually wouldn't have called it that.

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He would have just launched into the story

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and told it wonderfully.

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And he did a great job, by the way, in Luke 12,

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but I'm going to give you a summarized version.

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It's going to be a little bit different.

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Here it goes.

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So there is a man and this man,

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he has this awesome barn and more than an awesome barn,

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he has this awesome farm.

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Let's call him Joe because we need a name in our story.

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And so Joe is working in his field or whatever.

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And this particular year there is just a wonderful crop.

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No matter what he did, I don't know,

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maybe he has some awesome fertilizer,

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but the crop is just amazing.

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So he's got grain out the wazoo and vegetables

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and maybe fruit even.

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He just got a ton of stuff that he's working with

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and he's looking at it.

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He's going, "Huh, I got a lot of food this year.

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That's incredible."

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But then he looks over at his barn

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and he's like, "Dang."

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Can I say, dang? I don't know.

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"But dang, that's not enough space.

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I need a new plan."

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So he comes up with this new plan.

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He says, "I know what I'll do.

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I'll build a bigger barn. This barn is going to be better.

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This barn is going to have more shelves.

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This barn is going to have better insulation,

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more space.

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And that is what I'm going to do

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with all of this wonderful crop that I've made.

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I'm going to put it in that barn."

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And he says this to himself, not just because

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he wants to store it up and be kind and awesome

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and help his neighbors.

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No, no, no, he says, "Actually, I'm going to do that

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so that at the end of my life,

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I don't have to worry about anything.

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I'm just going to eat, drink, and be merry."

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And then the story shifts.

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Something crazy actually happens: God speaks.

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He doesn't always speak in all the stories,

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but He speaks in this story.

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And He's like, "Joe, you fool, this very night,

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your life is going to be demanded of you,"

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which means you're going to die.

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And then He says, "Who will they get

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what you have prepared for yourself?"

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He's saying, "What about the barn, dang?"

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So let me update the story for you.

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- So here's the update, because many of us

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don't actually have grain and barns and ground

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and cool things like that.

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But you know what we all do have? Stuff.

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Even if we consider ourselves minimalists,

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we all have stuff.

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And see stuff in our lives is the same

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as the grain and the story.

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And stuff is whatever we're holding on to too tightly.

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Many of us, especially if we live in America,

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have stuff in abundance. We have a ton of it.

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And for each of us, it looks different.

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It can be things, it can be money, it can be power.

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It can be emotional capital. It can be control.

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It can be our idea of success.

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Stuff really can be anything.

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One example of something that I hold on real tight to

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in my life, my stuff, it's my clothes.

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Look at them and they just keep coming.

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Don't you love these shoes?

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Somehow there's not enough space for any of it.

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And so, just like Joe in the story,

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I want to build a bigger closet.

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That sounds like a good idea.

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Listen, but I told you that parable,

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and now you're thinking, "Are our big barns bad?

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Are large, dreamy walk in closets, are they bad

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and for foolish people?

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It's quite the contrary.

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See, having a big closet and building bigger barns

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are only bad when our hearts are not right,

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when our intentions are clouded with selfish gain.

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So let's read a passage of Scripture that happened

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right before Jesus told the parable.

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In Luke 12:13, it says:

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Someone in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher,

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tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

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Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge

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or an arbiter between you?"

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Then He said to them, "Watch out!

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Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;

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life does not consist in an abundance of possessions."

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Okay. Hold on a second. What just happened?

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Well, Jesus had just got finished talking

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about how followers of Jesus behave,

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and he was hitting on a number of,

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like, home runs, hot topics.

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He was talking about how followers of Jesus,

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they don't fear, they're faithful.

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He talks about how followers of Jesus

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more than anything, they know that they are cared for

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by God and they act like it.

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See, they live knowing that God cares so much

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that He provides for them mentally, emotionally,

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spiritually, clothing-ly, and yes, even financially.

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See, right after Jesus says this, there's this guy,

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we're going to call him Jack.

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Jack says, "Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. What about me?

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Can't you make my brother give me some more money?

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Can't you settle the matter of my inheritance?"

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Okay, just a second,

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let me help you wrap your head around this.

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This makes no sense.

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Jesus was just talking about

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a whole bunch of other stuff.

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And this guy, Jack, is, like, way in the back, like,

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"Yo, yo, hey, pick me. I want to talk."

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He interrupts Him. This is crazy.

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Jesus is giving an amazing teaching

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and people from all around have gathered,

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there's standing room only.

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And let me just set the scene for you.

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He's talking some really good stuff.

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This is the equivalent of someone coming up

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and interrupting the keynote speaker

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at the White House or interrupting the Oscars.

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Honestly, it's too soon. That was low.

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They're calling that Palm Sunday now,

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you know what I mean?

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Anyway, Jack had no reason to be yelling this out.

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In fact, he had no right.

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But more importantly than just messing up

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social protocol, Jack's heart, it's off.

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It was normal for rabbis to settle disputes,

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to judge fairly, especially with matters of inheritance.

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But what's not normal was for Jack to be asking

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what he was asking for when he was asking for it,

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and Jesus knows it.

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Jack wanted Jesus to settle the matter in a way

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that cheated his brother and rewarded him.

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Jack's heart was off.

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His heart was to have more and more stuff for himself.

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He's looking for a way to gain here,

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and Jesus stops in His tracks to address him.

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And He teaches us a valuable lesson.

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He teaches us this parable about Joe.

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He tells us about Joe and his barn.

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And you know what?

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That moment is not entirely about money.

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It's not entirely about me getting more clothes.

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It's not entirely about greed.

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Jesus is teaching this parable to show his audience

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how to do a life hack.

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He's showing them how to do a heart check.

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See a heart check is just doing a double take

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at your actions and your thoughts

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and filtering them through the Word

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and the heart of God.

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And there's a simple way to do this,

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is making sure that you're rich towards God.

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Maybe you've never heard it said that way.

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And I'm going to tell you what it means

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here in just a second.

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But you see the man in the parable,

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he starts out as a rich man,

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but he ends the story as a rich fool.

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Why? Does Jesus hate rich people?

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No. Jesus is not calling all rich people fools.

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He actually loves rich people, but He is giving us

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a clear definition of a fool.

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He's saying it's the one who's not rich towards God.

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Let me read it for you. He says:

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But God said to him, "You fool!

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This very night your life will be demanded from you.

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Then who will get what you've prepared for yourself?"

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This is how it will be with whoever stores up things

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for himself but is not rich towards God.

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But what does it even mean?

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Jesus is saying this is exactly how you're going to be,

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you're Joe in the story

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if you store up clothes in your closet for yourself.

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But let me tell you, being rich towards God

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is a little bit simpler than we think.

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Maybe you've even heard it before because

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it's recorded quite a bit in the Bible

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and it's also here in Luke. It says:

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Love the Lord your God with all your heart

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and with all your soul and with all your strength

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and with all your mind.

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[Love your neighbor as yourself.]

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Do this and you will live.

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See, when you're rich towards God,

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you love Him more than anything.

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And what He wants is more important to you

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than maybe even what you want.

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And then you love others as yourself.

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Not almost as yourself, but as yourself.

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So if you buy the best clothes for you,

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you would buy the best clothes for someone else.

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See, doing this causes you to live a capital I life.

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I'm not just even talking about the abundant life

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that Jesus does have for us on Earth.

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But I'm also talking about

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this is the way that leads to eternal life.

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And that's what the fool was missing.

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See, he lacked the ability to do a heart check.

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He couldn't make himself think about

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what God might want him to do with the grain,

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or how he might use it to help others.

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He only thought about himself

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and making himself more comfortable.

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See, your life, my life. our life

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is not our possessions.

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Nothing you own can be taken out of this world.

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See, there's no amount of preservation

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that can make you richer towards God.

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There is no amount of stuff

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that can make you rich towards God.

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God wants your heart more

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than He wants you to have stuff.

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And it's important to do a heart check

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every now and again to make sure

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that you're in line with God.

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The real, the good, the full life

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is not attached to a U-Haul full of stuff.

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Denzel Washington said it best.

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He said, "You'll never see a U-Haul

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attached to a hearse."

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Nothing that we have can we take out of here with us.

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Because real life, see, it's attached

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to the richness in God, not stuff.

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And we get richer when we know how to check our heart.

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Jesus told the story of the rich fool

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because He was actually inviting Jack,

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remember that guy in the back, Jack.

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He was inviting him into a heart check.

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He was warning him.

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He saw through his fake request for arbitration

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and He's warning, "Hey, hey, bro,

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don't get hung up on the small stuff.

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Don't get hung up on the stuff that seemed so big

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and most important down here because is actually not."

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Instead, He's saying, "Be on your guard,

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look out for your heart, because if you don't,

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you'll think you can take a U-Haul out of here,

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and you can't."

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So why did Jesus give him a heart check

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and not just give him what he wanted,

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which was the inheritance money?

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Because Jesus was doing something only He can do.

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He was looking at the heart.

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He was observing Jack's intent and his actions.

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He was actually giving him something way better

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than inheritance money.

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Jesus was giving him a life hack

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that would lead to way more life

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and not more possessions.

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And you know what?

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He offers the same thing to us.

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Jack was longing for more stuff,

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longing for more closet space,

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bigger barns, more money.

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And the only thing that we should actually

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be longing for is eternal life.

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And here's how we know when we need a heart check.

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Stop for a second. Are you breathing?

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Are you still consuming oxygen?

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Well, yeah, that's you, then you need a heart check.

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I need a heart check.

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And we need it because our natural desire

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is to be like Jack.

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That's who I see myself as in the story.

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Our natural desire is to have more stuff.

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Our default is to secure our earthly safety

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and well-being, our comfort.

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We want to make sure we have a comfortable life.

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And yes, yes, Jesus wants us to have nice things.

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He absolutely does.

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But what He wants most is to know that

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our heart is set on eternity with Him,

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not simply on amassing more things

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and building bigger closets and barns.

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That doesn't mean that I need to just rid myself

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of all of my clothes and for the rest of my life

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have one outfit.

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No, that's not what that means.

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But it likely does mean that I need to do

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a quick heart check, the fact that I have stuff.

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It means I need to do a quick heart check.

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And the fastest way to do that is to ask why.

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Why do I want more things for my closet?

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Is it because I want to look the best

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and I want to find my self-worth

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in the latest things that I own?

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Is it because I want to have all of the best clothes

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that nobody can talk ill of me or say anything bad

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and only speak good things?

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Is that why?

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See asking why can start to help us filter

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our thoughts and actions through the Word

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and character of God.

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For me, heart checks are the life hack

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that have helped me decide between promotions

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and new jobs, between cars,

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and even between retirement plans and generosity.

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Jesus said to be on your guard,

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and this is how we do it.

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We ask ourselves why.

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We filter our intentions through Luke 10:27

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and we ask ourselves:

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Is this making me love the Lord God more,

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with all of my heart,

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all of my mind, all of my soul?

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Is it making me love my neighbor?

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See, where do you need to start implementing

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a heart check? What about you?

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Are your intentions wrong towards your family?

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Is your heart hardened against your neighbor

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making it really hard for you to serve them?

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Are you only doing things that bring you success

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and build your self-worth?

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Are you just storing up stuff

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so that you can be like the rich fool

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and have a good, what you consider comfortable life?

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Are you living with eternity in your heart?

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Before I go any further, I want to tell you

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the beautiful thing about this whole heart check thing,

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it's between you and Jesus, nobody else.

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A one to one thing.

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See, no one else can judge the intentions

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of your heart except Jesus.

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Just like no one could judge the intentions of Jack.

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No one saw through

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his misnomered request for more money.

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He really had a heart of greed.

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So not even those closest to you can really judge

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what's happening in your heart.

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Even though some people may want to judge us,

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they may look at our actions.

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They're not able to make sense of them.

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That's okay.

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See, most people, especially those

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who don't know Jesus yet, when they see us doing

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a heart check, we might look crazy because

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the world is screaming, "Get more stuff, get more stuff."

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And Jesus is saying, "Be on guard, check your heart.

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Make sure that your intentions and your actions

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are not just about you."

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To people, you might look like an unemployed x-ray.

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See, without light,

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this thing is just a dark piece of paper.

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You can't really make sense of what's happening in it.

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You can't see that there's actually fractures

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and something bad going on.

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But when you raise it to the light,

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you can see all of that.

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And that's how it is for our heart.

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Only God can see through the dark pieces of paper,

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and it says so in 1 Samuel 16:7:

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For the Lord sees not as a man sees:

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man looks on the outward appearance,

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but the Lord looks at the heart.

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So He's looking at our hearts,

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and because He is, He knows where we are.

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And the good news, friends, is that He wants to help us.

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Jesus invites us to take some initiative.

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Yes, of course He wants us to do some heart checking.

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But let me be clear, we cannot do this without Him.

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He invites us to lean in,

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but this isn't something that we can do void of Him.

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Being rich towards God requires that we need Him.

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In just a second, we're going to sing

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a song called I Surrender All.

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And I want you to think about what step

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God may be asking you to take.

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See, someone who is surrendered

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and someone who is constantly heart checking,

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asking themselves, "Am I holding anything too tightly?

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Because if I am, I surrender it to Jesus,

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because I know that in Jesus is where

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I'll be rich towards God, where I will have

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that capital I life that He promises,

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not just here on Earth, but forever in eternity.

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I know it's how I get hope and joy and peace

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and the fullness of life that He promised."

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Listen, if you want to have that life,

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a life that's rich towards God, you can have it.

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And Jesus wants you to use this life hack

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and He wants to help you.

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Let's pray together.

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God, thank You so much.

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Thank You that You've given us a tool

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to check our hearts.

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We invite You into heart checking.

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We ask that You would show us something new.

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Show us what step You want us to take today.

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In Jesus's name, Amen.

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Now, before I let you go to sing,

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as we're listening to this song,

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as you're maybe even singing this song,

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ask yourself, have you surrendered to God?

00:25:19

- Hey, that was a great message. I got a lot from it.

00:25:21

It's crazy to me that Jesus used made up stories,

00:25:23

parables, to talk about spiritual disciplines.

00:25:25

- That's exactly right.

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And these are just truths,

00:25:28

this hope that He was doing

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when He was talking about spiritual disciplines is

00:25:31

what does it mean to look at the heart?

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And one of the best ways that He asked

00:25:35

that question to us still today is through giving.

00:25:37

- That's right.

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If you've ever wondered about giving,

00:25:39

maybe had questions about it, then you're just like me.

00:25:41

I had no idea what it was about.

00:25:43

And then I learned it's actually about the heart,

00:25:46

that you talked about.

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And if you want to try giving, you want to test it,

00:25:49

if you want to change the world,

00:25:50

you can give in our app. It's super simple.

00:25:52

You just click your profile picture

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in the bottom right, the gear in the top right,

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and give is right here.

00:25:58

- It's as simple as that.

00:26:00

Hey, we did a super simple thing

00:26:01

just a couple of weeks ago that made a huge impact.

00:26:04

We changed the way that we ate for a just a short time

00:26:07

and we took that money and donated it to our educators.

00:26:10

And it made a big difference.

00:26:12

- Across the country and throughout the pandemic,

00:26:14

our educators have been committed to providing

00:26:16

safe and inspiring learning environments

00:26:19

for their students.

00:26:20

Knowing these folks have been overworked

00:26:22

and underappreciated, we wanted to pour out

00:26:24

the encouragement and give surprise and delight

00:26:27

to the very people who are impacting

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the lives of thousands of children

00:26:31

who are our next generation.

00:26:33

- When I heard that Crossroads was going to do

00:26:36

a whole week dedicated to teachers, it felt first

00:26:40

just nice to be recognized because I could see

00:26:42

that I wasn't alone as a teacher

00:26:45

and that there are other people that are in this with me

00:26:48

and connect with other educators and share stories.

00:26:52

And just feel like you're not alone.

00:26:54

- Thank you for getting in the game,

00:26:56

getting your jersey dirty

00:26:57

and blessing these educators in so many ways.

00:26:59

In just one week, thousands of educators

00:27:02

were supported and encouraged in meaningful ways.

00:27:05

Former students contacted their teachers from years ago,

00:27:07

telling them how they have impacted their lives.

00:27:10

Current students families sent words of gratitude

00:27:13

for the jobs they are currently doing.

00:27:15

Hundreds of lunches were packed,

00:27:17

coffee and treats were delivered, cars were washed,

00:27:20

bumper stickers were proudly displayed,

00:27:22

all in the spirit of showing these hardworking folks

00:27:26

just how much we appreciate them.

00:27:28

- I feel seen, heard, and known because other people

00:27:32

are trying to outdo each other to bless the community.

00:27:35

- So at this point, I could retire any day.

00:27:37

But as long as the kids are laughing at my jokes

00:27:40

and learning from what I teach them

00:27:42

and inspiring and I'm able to inspire them,

00:27:44

I feel like I could teach for many more years.

00:27:47

- Thank you for spending your time, resources,

00:27:50

and energy to show these folks

00:27:52

just how much we appreciate them.

00:27:54

It's not too late to join in.

00:27:56

Encourage your favorite educator today.

00:27:58

We will continue to be grateful for their commitment

00:28:01

and dedication to our future generations.

00:28:04

- Because teachers are the best.

00:28:06

I can't really lie doing my test.

00:28:09

No mess to sit in class

00:28:10

I have to keep straight, they're so fantastic. [beatboxing]

00:28:16

- Well, we'll see you next time on Crossroads.

00:28:19

- And we've got a lost coin, a lost sheep and lost son.

00:28:23

As I've been restoring this 1978 Jeep CJ7,

00:28:27

there's this process called tagging and bagging

00:28:29

where every single bolt needs to be tagged and bagged.

00:28:32

That's God.

00:28:34

He enjoys everybody who's with Him,

00:28:36

but He has a part of Him that fixates

00:28:38

over people who are lost,

00:28:40

people who are disconnected from Him.

00:28:41

It's like He puts it out of His mind

00:28:43

and just goes on a massive seeking mission.

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