King | Part 17 | A House Divided “Hoarders”
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19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Big Idea: What does Jesus teach us? He teaches us how to keep our focus on what really matters and has long-term consequences.
Introduction:
Introduction:
Audience: Jesus’ audience is impoverished. They are spiritually and actually poor. Jesus does not want them to be distracted by their surroundings and miss the jewel of the kingdom. Similarly we cannot
Audience: Jesus’ audience is impoverished. They are spiritually and actually poor. Jesus does not want them to be distracted by their surroundings and miss the jewel of the kingdom. Similarly we cannot
I am reminded of a show called “Hoarders”. It is basically a show of people who through life circumstances have gotten stuck in a place where they hold onto items and have no capability release anything.
They have mastered an ability to collect it but had no ability to let go. They are always using phrases like “I could use that one day”. And so they amass huge stockpiles of material based on the “possibility” they may need it. However it not only irritates but gets in the way of those who are trying to come close to love them.
A. You see hoarding allows us to over subscribe value to items in our lives that give us temporary comfort but inevitable destruction.
(My rage kept me safe, My Cynicism and sarcasm helped me cope,
So Jesus this morning tells us not to lay up
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Original Word: θησαυρίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: thésaurizó
Pronunciation: thay-sow-RID-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-sow-rid'-zo)
ay up (treasure), (keep) in store, (heap) treasure (together, up) */
for ourselves treasures :
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Original Word: θησαυρός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: thésauros
Pronunciation: thay-sow-ROS
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-sow-ros')
KJV: treasure
NASB: treasure, treasures
Word Origin: [from G5087 (τίθημι - laid)]
1. a deposit, i.e. wealth
{literally or figuratively}
HELPS Word-studies
2344 thēsaurós (from 5087 /títhēmi, "to put, set") – properly, stored-up treasure (riches); (figuratively) a storehouse of treasure, including (treasured) thoughts stored up in the heart and mind.
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on earth. And because of the word treasures we immediately in our mind go directly to money. And that definition is not incorrect but it is incomplete.
It can also mean treasured thoughts stored in the heart and in the mind.
In short, treasures are simply what we value the most!..
Power Principle: We can hold onto to things that we value at the expense of things that are eternally valuable.
It is possible for me to value a thing that has no value to anyone else.
That’s why often people on the outside cannot see why it’s hard for someone to let a bad person or habit go. It simply because that person or thing has no value to you but they have found a way to provide value to them… And they are willing to abandon jobs, family, friends and ultimately their soul because they value what is being brought over the toxicity that comes with it or them. They have allowed something or someone to arrest their focus…
I. What am I Collecting? (What are we holding on to That we need to let Go of?)
I. What am I Collecting? (What are we holding on to That we need to let Go of?)
Some of us are hoarding pain and negative emotions
Some of us are hoarding pain and negative emotions
Hoarding Pain and negative emotions
Some of us are hoarding bitterness
Some of us are hoarding criticism and negative critical spirits because although they are toxic and push people away, they have become a comforting defense mechanisms for our past pains, traumas and insecurities
We reject the eternal peace of God and spiritual wholeness which has great value for things that give an illusion of… security
Some of us are hoarding career success, achievement and accolades
Some of us are hoarding career success, achievement and accolades
Hoarding career success, achievement, and accolades
Some abandon spiritual growth and relational health for corporate promotion
They careers are coming together, while their lives are falling apart
Some sacrifice Kingdom marriages to please earthly bosses and company recognition
Some neglect Kingdom families they have been entrusted with to pursue corporate success under the false guise of “I’m doing this for my family”
Some are hoarding personal happiness at the expense of everything else.
Some are hoarding personal happiness at the expense of everything else.
Some are hoarding personal happiness at the expense of everything else.
Happiness is important. However it is not priority over God’s kingdom agenda.
Some sacrifice their deeper relationships with God for the warmth and intimacy that a significant other brings. They will totally overlook the fact that person is not connected to Jesus because they are lonely and the presence of another provides value…
How many Kingdom families have been broken up over the phrase “I deserve to be happy”?
Power Principle: Sometimes the pursuit of the things we desire can lead us away from the things we desperately need.
What have we stored
As with all people, there can be a tendency to romanticize conditions we desire. People look for life improvement and may very well make the a detrimental decision looking for relief.
II. What Am I confusing? (Things that are good but misprioritized)
II. What Am I confusing? (Things that are good but misprioritized)
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
The lasting value are in the things of God. They are more secure bet
HOLD UP IN RESERVE , HOLD ONTO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE The things you fall in love with are hard to let go of.
III. What is my Course? (It’s Time for an evaluation)
III. What is my Course? (It’s Time for an evaluation)
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
I can evaluate the health of my spiritual by evaluating the reality of my priorities
Heart:
The core of the being . It contains
A. Mind
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
B. Job 7:15
15 So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.
36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
2 If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”
C. Emotions
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
35 Jesus wept.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
