Ecc Outline Week 7

Outline 2

Intro/Welcome

Gaming with no power

Proposition: True gain is not in wealth, but in godliness.

Pray

The Folly of Wealth

Ten destructive results of the idol of wealth

Solomon was extremely wealthy

The Remedy for Wealth

See it as a gift from a Good Giver

Then you will be free from it’s power

the only way to ministry to our culture is to be free from its idols.

Now do we get contentment?

The Gospel — rich in Christ

The Consummation — we will inherit the earth — riches to come.

Application:

Don’t give into materialism

Randy Alcorn — the only cure is to give it away

You can’t take it with you but you can pass it on ahead.

Where do you need to repent of idolatry/materialism/pursuit outside of God?

Where can you be generous and pay it forward?

Where can you enjoy life now?

The Pursuit of Wealth

The pursuit of wealth in our country is perhaps the strongest idol we have.

Jesus himself said “you cannot serve two masters, you cannot serve both God and money”

Yet wealth itself is not bad.

We’ll see that God gives some people wealth

it has everything to do with where are hearts are.

Outline 1

Intro/Welcome

losing everything / to gain

money/wealth

Contentment

Pray

The Love of Money is the root of all kinds of evil

Oppression, greed, power

Never satisfied

increased anxiety

can lose it all anyway

What is good? Godly contentment

What is not good?

Wealth with no ability to enjoy it

There is a better focus in this life.

Gospel:

In Christ we have everything.

In christ we will inherit the whole earth

Application

Seek the Kingdom

Wealth — you can’t take it with you, but you can pass it along.

Find contentment now.

Can you really enjoy life now? Is this possible?

Ecc says it is. But it is not something we can achieve. no amount of wealth — perhaps the most powerful idol — can give us it.

True riches come only from God.

godliness with contentment is great gain