Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - Investing For Maximum Returns

August 28, 2025 | S25 E413 | 29:0

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Investing For Maximum Returns | August 28, 2025

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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With dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i am robert jeffress,
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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There's no shortage of financial analysts who will tell you
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How to invest your money on wall street.
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They'll tell you when to buy
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And when to sell to get the biggest bang for your buck.
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But none of these advisors will tell you
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How to invest for eternity.
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Today, we're going to discover
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Some practical investment tips from jesus.
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My message is titled,
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Investing for maximum returns
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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You know, some people decide what they give this way.
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They say, "okay, i add up all my income,
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I subtract all my expenses,
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And if anything is left over, i'll give."
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Haven't you found it interesting?
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There's hardly anything ever left over
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If you go by it that way.
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Other people say, "well, you know, i'll just give as little
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As possible on that commitment card without feeling guilty.
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Whatever it takes to keep me from feeling guilty, i'll give
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That amount and i'll give as little as possible."
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Other people say, "no.
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You know, the bible says the tithe belongs to the lord,
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And so i'm going to give 10% of my income to god's work
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And then keep the other 90% for me to do whatever i want."
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Well, jesus has a different perspective on giving
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That i'd like to look at today.
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It may completely revolutionize the way you think
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About giving to god's word.
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And that perspective is found in matthew 6.
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If you have your bibles, turn to matthew 6,
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Beginning with verse 19.
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"jesus said, 'do not lay up
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For yourselves treasures upon earth where moth
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And rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
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But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
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Where neither moth nor rust destroys
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And where thieves do not break in or steal
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For where your treasure is,
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There your heart will be also.'"
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You know, jesus' words can be best summarized
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By this sentence.
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"you can't take it with you,
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But you can send it on ahead of you."
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Randy alcorn in his book, "the treasure principle"
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Summarized it this way.
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He said, "everything we invest here on earth
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Will one day be lost,
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But anything we invest in heaven will never be lost."
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That is the treasure principle.
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And you know, today i want us to consider four implications
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Of that treasure principle.
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Would you write them down on your outlines?
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Principle number one is this, i am a manager,
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Not an owner of everything i have,
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I am a manager, not an owner.
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God said in job 41:11, "who has given to me
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That i should repay him
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Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine."
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God says, everything belongs to him.
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We own nothing.
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Everything i have belongs to god.
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Would you repeat that with me?
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Everything i have belongs to god, let's say it together.
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Everything i have belongs to god.
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Now, let's say it like we mean it.
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Everything i have belongs to god.
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You know, there are two types of people in the world.
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There are those who believe everything they have
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Belongs to them, and then there are those
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Who believe everything they have belongs to god.
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The first group who believes everything they have
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Belongs to them holds their possessions very tightly.
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But those who understand everything they have
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Belongs to god hold their possessions very loosely.
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And haggai 2:8, god said,
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"'the silver is mine and the gold is mine,'
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Declares the lord of host."
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He said, "well, wait a minute.
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Everything i have belongs to god?
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What about the money i earn?
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I'm such a shrewd investor and such a hard worker.
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Why?
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I deserve what i have.
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It belongs to me.
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You know what god says to that?
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Baloney.
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Deuteronomy 8:18, moses says,
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"you shall remember the lord your god
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For it is he who is giving you the power to make wealth."
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Your brain, the energy you have to go to work,
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All of it comes from god,
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And that's why everything we have belongs to him.
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So what's the implication of that?
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I want you to imagine for a moment that you're the president
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Of a company called jesus incorporated,
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And the purpose of your company is to spread the news
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Of jesus to as many people as possible.
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You're the president, but god is the ceo.
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Now, the assets of your company, jesus incorporated, consist
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Of everything you own, your house, your car,
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Your savings account, your retirement account.
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They are under your management as the president,
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And you've got a great deal of latitude with what you do
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With your possessions.
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If you want to blow $1,000
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Or $10,000 on a luxury,
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Nobody's going to call that into question.
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You're the president.
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The only thing is one day, you're going to give an account
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To the ceo of how you're running his company.
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Are you furthering his interest or your own interest?
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God has said, "i've left you here on earth for one reason,
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And that is to spread the news of my son to everyone."
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We all are president
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Of our own little corporation called jesus incorporated.
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And so the question is, how are we investing the assets,
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Not that we own, but that we manage for the ceo's benefit?
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And that leads to a second truth in this principle.
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Not only am i not an owner, i'm a manager.
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Secondly, i should avoid unwise investments.
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Avoid unwise investments.
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Look at verse 19.
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Jesus said, "do not lay up
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For yourselves treasures upon earth where moth
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And rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal."
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In the greek language, you could actually translate that
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Instead of "do not."
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Jesus actually said, "stop.
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Cease. desist.
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From wasting your money on things
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That are either going to be lost or going to be destroyed."
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Jesus is saying, "stop, cease, desist, quit
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Being consumed by consumerism."
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We live in an age that is consumed by consumerism.
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I wrote a study that said
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That the average american spend six hours a week shopping
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And spends 40 minutes a week with his children.
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We had this idea that if we have any margin in our income,
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Well we need to spend that.
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I mean, if we live in a 4,000-square-foot home
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And have the ability to move
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To a 6,000-square-foot home, we ought to do it.
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If we own four pair of shoes
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And we need a fifth pair, we just like it.
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Not that we need it, we can buy that fifth pair of shoes.
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If we have an automobile that drives fine,
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But there's a newer automobile available,
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We ought to purchase it.
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That is the age in which we live.
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Now, the fact is, there's nothing wrong about a bigger home.
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There's nothing wrong about more shoes
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Or even a finer automobile.
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What jesus said is these are unwise investments
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Because of what happens to them?
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They depreciate over time, they lose their value.
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They can either be destroyed by moth or rust
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Or they can be lost or stolen.
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By the way, if you ever want to see this principle in action
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About how what we invest in deteriorates over time,
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Just hold a garage sale.
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How many of you have ever had a garage sale before?
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You know what you do.
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You haul all your junk into the driveway
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And just hope you can, you know,
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Unload your junk on somebody else.
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(congregation laughs)
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That's what a garage sale is.
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And you know, it can be very, very disturbing when you do it
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Because i mean, here are toys you bought for your children
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For 30, 40, and $50
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And you know they're on sale for a quarter
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Or a half a dollar.
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Or you have clothes that you spend hundreds of dollars on
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And you're trying to get rid of them for $5 or $10.
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I remember a garage sale we had,
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And i hauled out, the very first computer i ever bought,
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It was a macintosh computer in 1985.
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It cost $3,500 in 1985.
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And put it in the garage sale, put a price tag on it of $20
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And i couldn't unload it for $20.
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Finally, i had to give it away.
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And you know, i decided to do a little study
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And i took that $3,500 figure and i said, "you know what?
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What if i had taken that $3,500
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And then invested it in a normal rate of return?"
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You know what i discovered in that same period of time
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That $3,500 would've turned into $12,000.
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Now, there's nothing wrong with buying computers.
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There's nothing wrong with buying toys for your children
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Or buying other things.
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God wants us to do more than endure life.
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He wants us to enjoy it.
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But what jesus is simply saying here is when you understand
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That everything you purchase here on earth is going to lose
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Its value one day, the idea is to spend as little
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As possible on those things
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So you don't lose your investment.
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And instead, that's leads us to the third principle.
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I should seek safe and profitable investments.
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Remember, we're managers, not owners.
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We've got a certain amount of money.
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One day, we're going to give an account to god
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For how we've invested that money.
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And if we want to be rewarded by the ceo one day,
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We're going to seek safe and profitable investments.
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Look at what he says in verse 20.
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"instead of laying up for yourselves treasures on earth,
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Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
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Where neither moth nor rust destroys
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And where thieves do not break in or steal."
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Now notice jesus is not against laying up
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Treasures for yourself.
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He doesn't say, "quit thinking about yourself
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And don't try to lay up any treasures."
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He doesn't say that.
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He says, "just don't lay up your treasures on earth
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Where they're going to be lost or lose their value.
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Instead, lay up your treasures in a secure place
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Where you can yield eternal dividends."
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That's heaven.
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And notice what he says about investing in heaven.
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The reason heaven and god's kingdom is a wiser investment
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Is because of two words.
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The first word is safety.
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Heaven, god's work is a safer investment.
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You might think, "well, you know,
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These are just such uncertain times
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And this election is coming up
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And i don't know what the fallout's going to be from that.
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Maybe i shouldn't give my money right now.
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I want to keep it safe, so i'm going to put my money in the bank.
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I'm going to keep it safe in the bank."
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Let me ask you, has anybody ever lost money
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In a bank before?
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I think the great depression.
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Of course, people lost lots of money in the bank.
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"well pastor, but that could never happen today
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Because of fdic" and blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Nobody will ever lose money in a bank again.
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Are you sure of that?
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With what's coming?
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The national debt? the deficit?
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Can you say that with absolute certainty?
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Other people say, "well, i won't put it in a bank.
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A safer investment for me is the stock market.
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That's what's safe."
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Anybody ever lost any money in the stock market before?
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I mean, it wasn't that many years ago.
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People lost 30, 40, 50% of their investment.
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But you know what? not $1 invested in god's work
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Has ever been lost.
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Not one single dollar invested in god's work
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Has ever been lost.
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The reason we invest in god's kingdom work is first of all,
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Because of safety, but secondly,
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Because of profitability.
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It's actually a more profitable investment.
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You know, financial planners sometimes
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Are what we call market timers.
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That is they look out over the horizon to try
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To predict what's going to happen to the economy
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And they make investment decisions based on that.
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For example, if they think things look kind of bleak
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And dangerous, they'll say, "you ought to take money
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Out of the stock market and invest it in bonds and cash."
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However, if they look out over the
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Long term and say, "you know what?
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Things may be bad now, but they're going to get better.
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Maybe we ought to move your money from a safe investment
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To a more risky investment like the stock market."
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That's what a market timer is.
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As one writer said, jesus was the ultimate market timer.
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He was able to look out beyond eternity.
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And you know what his forecast is for this world?
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He says, "short term, the outlook is very bleak,
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It's very dangerous.
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But long term, i'm bullish on the future," jesus says.
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He looks long term and says,
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"eventually, everything's going to turn out great."
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Which is why if you want to have a profitable investment
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That will last throughout eternity,
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It means investing in god's kingdom's work.
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You know, i used this illustration a few years ago,
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But it bears repeating.
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Just imagine, you happen
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To be alive on the day jesus was born.
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Christmas day, ad zero.
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We don't think it was zero,
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But let's just say it was ad zero, christmas day,
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The day jesus was born.
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You heard the news about his arrival.
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You heard about the magi and you said, "you know what?
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I think this jesus guy is going someplace.
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I'd like to be a part of his ministry."
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So you invest $1 in jesus incorporated, the life
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And ministry of jesus christ.
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Christmas day ad zero.
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And let's just say that's all the money you ever invest
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In jesus incorporated $1.
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And let's say it earned 6% interest every year.
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You know how much that dollar investment
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Would've turned into?
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By today, it would be worth 720 quadrillion dollars.
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A $1 investment compounded at 6% for over 2,000 years.
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Somebody challenged me on that one time.
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I said, "now go back and do the math and compound it."
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And they said, pastor, "you're right."
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720 quadrillion dollars.
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Now, you may be saying, well, that's interesting,
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But i wasn't alive 2,000 years ago when jesus was born.
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That's right, but you're alive right now
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And you're going to be alive forever and ever and ever,
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Not just for 2,000 years,
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But for 2 billion, trillion quadrillion years and more.
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You'll be alive and every dollar you invest
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In jesus incorporated, god's work.
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Every dollar you invest will compound and compound
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And compound and yield you eternal rewards.
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That's why investing in god's work makes sense.
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It is eternally and immensely profitable.
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And that leads to a fourth and final application,
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And that is my heart follows my investments.
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You know, in verse 21, jesus adds this phrase
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That many people misunderstand.
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He said, "by the way,
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Where your treasure is, there, your heart will be also."
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Now, if i had been jesus, aren't you glad i'm not?
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But had i been jesus, i wouldn't have said it that way.
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I would've said, "where your heart is,
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There, your treasure will also be.
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Do you really love me?
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Then prove it by your giving.
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For where your heart is, there your treasure will be."
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You know, my dad used to drive a volkswagen.
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He had a bumper sticker on it.
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It said, "tithe if you love jesus, any idiot can honk."
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You know.
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(congregation laughs)
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He had a great sense of humor.
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You know, that's true.
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I mean, one way we demonstrate
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How much we love the lord is how much we invest in his work.
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But interestingly, that's not what jesus said.
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That's kind of a no brainer, where your heart is,
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There your treasure will be.
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Instead, jesus said,
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"where your treasure is, there your heart will be."
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That is your heart follows your investments.
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For example, if your treasury's in the stock market,
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Guess what you're going to be doing all the time?
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You're going to be checking the ups and downs
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Of the dow jones industrial average.
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If your treasure's in your house or in your cars
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Or in your clothes, that's where your affection
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Is going to be as well.
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Where your treasure is,
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There your heart will be also.
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Maybe i'm speaking to some of you here today,
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And you would say, "you know, pastor,
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Honestly, i wish i loved god more than i do,
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But honestly, i can go days,
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Weeks without even thinking about him much.
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I wish i cared about spiritual things more than i do,
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But i'm so caught up in my work
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And my career and what i'm trying to achieve.
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I'm just not that interested in spiritual things."
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You know what jesus says very compassionately to you?
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"i've got a remedy for that.
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You want to be interested in spiritual things?
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Put your treasure there
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Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be."
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Greg lafferty tells a story about being on an overseas trip
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And he had a free day.
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So he said, "i've always wanted to go
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To zurich, switzerland."
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So he said, "i plan to spend one day in zurich."
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So he thought to himself, "okay,
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How many swiss francs do i need for one day in zurich?"
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And so he took some dollars and $80 specifically
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And converted them to swiss francs.
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His idea was, "i want to convert as little as possible
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So i don't have a bunch of francs left over
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And have to change them back."
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Now greg says he had many more dollars in his bank account
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He could have exchanged,
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But he wanted to exchange as few as possible.
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And then he made this application.
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He said, "you know, most of us are going to be here
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On this earth for 80, 90 years maybe,
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But we're going to be in heaven
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For 80 quadrillion billion years and more.
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It seems kind of a waste to be here on earth
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For only a short time
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And to leave behind a huge stack of dollar bills
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That we'll never be able to use again.
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What makes more sense is to go ahead
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And start transferring our money right now
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To heavenly currency so it's there to await us
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And reward us for all eternity."
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You can't take it with you,
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But you can send it on ahead of you.
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Everything invested in earth will one day be lost.
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Anything invested in heaven will never be lost.
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You can't take it with you,
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But you can send it on ahead of you.
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That's the ultimate investment tip from jesus
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For yielding maximum returns.
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Now, in closing, i want to share a letter
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I received from mona.
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She wrote, "pastor jeffress, i've been struggling
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With a bad decision that has held me back for so many years,
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But when i heard you say there is hope
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And that is always giving us a second chance,
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It was just what i needed.
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Please never quit sharing god's love for all of us."
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Well, mona, i promise to keep sharing
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That truth about god's love and mercy,
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And it's our faithful viewing
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Robert Jeffress - Investing For Maximum Returns

August 28, 2025 | S25 E413 | 29:0

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