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If God gave you the desires of your heart, what would He give you?
Have we settled for moralistic deism?
Illus: Let’s define this concept for a moment.
Deism is the belief in a god of some sort.
Moralistic deism is the belief that we work hard to please God, and get blessings from him.
Logic goes, if I do good things, then God will give me what I ask for.
God pays us for our good work.
Ultimately, we live for the blessings paycheck.
The fault in this is two fold, first, our good is never good enough, and second, what God gives is not the prize, God himself is the prize.
The rich young ruler’s life was built off what he did, and what he had.
Jesus saw that, and helped him see that he was missing both the righteousness of God, and the presence of God.
Good is not good enough.
Illus: We tend to focus on behaviour and not heart.
It looks like this, we see a friend who has a drinking problem and say, they need to stop drinking.
We see friends who are having marital problems, and say, they need to get their marriage fixed.
We see a friend who is gay and say, they need to be straight.
We see a friend who cusses, and say that they need to get thier mouth washed out.
truthfully, we look at our country and think that if we pass moral laws, our country will be christian again.
All of these are simply symptoms of a greater problem.
Hearts are not changed because people people’s actions change, people’s actions change because their hearts change.
The ultimate need of drunkard, homosexual, politician, cusser, and church goer is the heart.
The only way to see our nation turn back to God is through the heart.
Does Jesus expect you to sell everything?
Idols need to be destroyed.
Illus: The answer to whether you need to sell anything comes down to, what controls your heart.
If money controls your heart, you might need to sell some stuff and place your hope in God’s provision.
If social media controls your heart, you might need to take it off your phone.
If politics control your heart, you might need to stop watching the shows which stir your heart.
No matter what it is that controls your heart, it needs to be put to death so that Christ might have that spot.
To love God with all of your heart, it means giving up the love of other things.
Illus: We live in a time where we live in over indulgence.
We really don’t lack for anything.
Think about it.
We have all the information we need just a few clicks away on our phones.
We have all the entertainment we need on nextflix, hulu, or youtube.
We have all the comfort we need.
The concept of personal deprivation or sacrifice is foreign to us.
Why on earth would we give up anyting.
BUT, what if all of the information, news, comfort, entertainment actually distracted us from a greater need.
What if all the distractions around us keep us from having a real relationship with God?
Is Jesus your treasure?
Jesus’ story is not about your wealth, It is about your heart.
Illus: We opened asking “If God gave you the desires of your heart, what would he give you?”.
We all know what the answer should be, but let’s be honest about how we would really answer truthfully.
Now, Jesus says to the rich young ruler to sacrifice the desires of his heart, so that he can have what would truly fill his heart.
Would you be willing to sacrifice the desires of your heart?
Your hesitancy might point to how great a hold your idol has.
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