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Intro:
AG: Penny-Pinching Tyrant
She owns a string of hotels.
She owns the Empire State Building.
She is a billionaire.
Yet, in September 1989 Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley was convicted of 33 counts of tax evasion, for which she faces the possibility of being sent to prison for 100 years.
According to Time magazine, she emerged as a penny-pinching tyrant who tried to stiff just about everybody.
No amount of money was too small to fight over.
After the sudden death of her only son at age 40 in 1982, she sued and won the lion’s share of his estate, $149,000, leaving his four children with $432 each and his widow with $2,171.
20’s crash and suicide
This last week’s chart
TS: Paul’s time in Ephesus was drawing to a close.
His plan was to take a collection to Jerusalem and then go to Rome.
He sent some of his team ahead of him as he tied up loose ends.
Then, in v. 23, Luke writes, “About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the way.”
He was right!
Demetrius, a silversmith who earned a living selling silver idols to aid people in worship of Artemis roused up fellow craftsmen.
They whip up the crowd into a pagan fervor.
It leads to a riot that engulfs Ephesus.
As we look at this text, one of the theme’s which leaps from the page is that of greed.
The motivation which sparked the riot was pure greed!
Too many had been saved and quit buying idols!
RS: Today, many are fueled by greed.
People who only value their personal net worth and how to grow it, can be the most miserable.
If priorities aren’t right, greed can become the motivating force in our lives.
We forget God, family and our neighbors.
Focus on the Bottom Line
Focus on the Bottom Line
EX: Demetrius cared only for adding to his wealth.
Nothing mattered more to him than his source of wealth was being cut off.
His entire focus was on the harm the teachings of The Way that there was only 1 God was doing.
This rocked their world!
The source of their security and the foundation upon which they placed all of their hopes and dreams was in jeopardy.
The Artemis cult was part of the larger cult throughout Greece.
“the Great Mother”
In the 1950’s several small silver artifacts honoring Artemis were found in Ephesus as well as several large statues— with clear fertility associations.
The gospel preached by Paul threatened their livelihood, and also questioned the validity of their pagan cult.
The Temple of Artemis was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world and dated to the 8th century BC
AP: We can get too focused on adding to wealth
MONEY isn’t evil
“the Great Mother”
In the 1950’s several small silver artifacts honoring Artemis were found in Ephesus as well as several large statues— with clear fertility associations.
The gospel preached by Paul threatened their livelihood, and also questioned the validity of their pagan cult.n’t
evil
It is a neutral tool
The LOVE of money is the root of evil.
If the love of money consumes us:
trust money rather than God
Trust money rather than God
We can begin to trust money rather than God
We think nothing can get to us anymore if we can just have ....1 mil, 2 mil?
Often the answer is “more”
We obsess over adding to our net worth at the expense of everything else.
neglect our health through overwork and no rest
neglect our family
we rationalize by saying, “But I’m buying all these nice things for them”
what they need is us
fail to give to God and to meet the needs of others
Drop giving and become even more self absorbed
Miss the Eternal Things
EX: They were so consumed in their greed they missed the gospel.
EX: They were so consumed in their greed they missed the gospel.
EX: They were so consumed in their greed they missed the gospel.
They worshipped Artemis for the sake of the wealth it brought!
Probably never considered the gospel
There was no profit in it!
Christians weren’t buying silver statues of Jesus
I highly doubt anyone wore a cross on a silver chain in those days.
Their focus was the present age, not eternity
life under the sun was all they cared about.
They didn’t have faith in something bigger than them
they created the idols!!
yet they worshipped them and led others to do the same.
“the Great Mother”
They had false security in their income
In the 1950’s several small silver artifacts honoring Artemis were found in Ephesus as well as several large statues— with clear fertility associations.
Tragically, as good as it all looked, spiritually they were dead.
The gospel preached by Paul threatened their livelihood, and also questioned the validity of their pagan cult.
Like all humanity without God, they were dead in their sins.
AP: Many today are too focused on life under the sun and never consider the gospel.
Although the Bible permeates our society
on signs
Presidents and politicians quote from it.
We still have televised and radio broadcasts of services
Many still miss it.
They never “hear” the gospel
Maybe that is why Jesus said,
Wealth doesn’t keep one out of heaven
Use of wealth as an idol may
Being locked in on acquiring it to the exclusion of all else might
Sadly, greed can choke out the sense of need
The idol for many in our age can be our net worth
Loose Control when Threatened
Acts 19:29-
EX: They turned into an angry mob and rioted.
EX: They turned into an angry mob and rioted.
There was no debate
No defense could be made
They were out of control
There was no reasoning with anyone.
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