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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Investing Maximum Returns | June 26, 2026
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- From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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- Of dallas, texas,
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- This is pathway to victory 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
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- Who will tell you how to invest your money on wall street,
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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, "investing for maximum returns,"
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- On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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- Before today's program begins,
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- I want to invite you to join me
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- For a special message about america's future.
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- Our nation is celebrating 250 years,
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- To hear this timely message, "america at the crossroads:
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- Can we survive another 250 years?"
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- On pathway to victory.
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- As our nation marks 250 years,
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- America stands at a crossroads.
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- Will we return to the god who blessed us
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- Or continue down a path that leads to ruin?
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- Through the in god we trust matching challenge,
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- Your gift today will be doubled in ministry impact.
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- For 30 years, pathway to victory
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- Has pierced the darkness of our nation
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- With the light of god's word
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- By sharing biblical truth that transforms hearts.
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- Stay tuned for a very special ask dr. jeffress segment
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- After today's message.
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- 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, i'll just give
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- As little as possible on that commitment card
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- Without feeling guilty.
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- Whatever it takes to keep me from feeling guilty,
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- I'll give that amount and i'll give as little as possible."
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- Other people say, "no, the bible says
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- 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 chapter six.
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- If you have your bibles, turn to matthew chapter six,
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- Beginning with verse 19.
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- Jesus said, "do not lay up for yourselves
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- Treasures upon earth
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- Where moth and rust destroy
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- 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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- Jesus' words can be best summarized 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 today i want us to consider
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- Four implications 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.
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- I am a manager, 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,
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- "who has given to me 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.
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- 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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- There are two types of people in the world.
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- There are those who believe
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- Everything they have belongs to them,
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- And then there are those who believe
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- Everything they have belongs to god.
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- The first group who believes
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- Everything they have belongs to them
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- Holds their possessions very tightly,
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- But those who understand
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- Everything they have belongs to god
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- 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, "oh, 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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- I deserve what i have. 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
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- 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
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- Is to spread the news of jesus
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- 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,
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- Consist of everything you own,
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- Your house, your car, your savings account,
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- 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
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- With what you do with your possessions.
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- If you want to blow $1,000 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
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- You're going to give an account to the ceo
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- 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 of our own little corporation
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- Called jesus incorporated.
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- And so the question is, how are we investing
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- The assets not that we own
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- 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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- I should avoid unwise investments.
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- Look at verse 19.
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- Jesus said, "do not lay up for yourselves
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- Treasures upon earth where moth and rust destroy
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- 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, jesus actually said stop,
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- Cease,
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- 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 that the average american
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- Spend six hours a week shopping
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- And spends 40 minutes a week with his children.
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- We have 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 to a 6,000 square foot home,
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- We ought to do it.
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- If we own four pair of shoes and we need a fifth pair,
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- We just like it, not that we need it,
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- 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 said is these are unwise investments
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- Because of what happens to them.
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- They depreciate over time.
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- 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 unload your junk on somebody else.
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- That's what a garage sale is.
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- And 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 they're on sale for a quarter 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 'em 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 i decided to do a little study,
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- And i took that $3,500 figure and i said,
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- "you know what, what if i had taken that $3,500
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- And it 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,
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- When you understand that everything
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- You purchase here on earth
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- Is going to lose its value one day,
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- The idea is to spend as little 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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- And then notice jesus is not against
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- Laying up 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, 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.
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- So i'm going to put my money in the bank.
- 00:12:33.742 --> 00:12:36.712
- I'm going to keep it safe in the bank.
- 00:12:36.712 --> 00:12:37.980
- Let me ask you,
- 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:39.281
- Has anybody ever lost money in a bank before?
- 00:12:39.281 --> 00:12:42.051
- Think the great depression.
- 00:12:42.651 --> 00:12:44.753
- Of course, people lost lots of money in the bank.
- 00:12:44.753 --> 00:12:46.822
- "well, pastor, but that could never happen today
- 00:12:46.822 --> 00:12:48.824
- Because of fdic and blah, blah, blah, blah.
- 00:12:48.824 --> 00:12:50.960
- Nobody will ever lose money in a bank again."
- 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.462
- Are you sure of that with what's coming?
- 00:12:53.462 --> 00:12:56.799
- The national debt, the deficit.
- 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.268
- Can you say that with absolute certainty?
- 00:12:59.268 --> 00:13:01.604
- Other people say, "well, i won't put it in a bank.
- 00:13:01.604 --> 00:13:03.873
- A safer investment for me is the stock market.
- 00:13:03.873 --> 00:13:06.475
- That's what's safe."
- 00:13:06.475 --> 00:13:08.110
- Anybody ever lost any money in the stock market before?
- 00:13:08.110 --> 00:13:11.347
- I mean, it wasn't that many years ago,
- 00:13:12.181 --> 00:13:13.515
- People lost 30, 40, 50% of their investments.
- 00:13:13.515 --> 00:13:18.420
- But you know what,
- 00:13:18.420 --> 00:13:19.822
- Not $1 invested in god's work has ever been lost.
- 00:13:19.822 --> 00:13:24.727
- Not one single dollar invested in god's work
- 00:13:24.727 --> 00:13:28.197
- Has ever been lost.
- 00:13:28.197 --> 00:13:30.866
- The reason we invest in god's kingdom work
- 00:13:30.866 --> 00:13:33.002
- Is first of all because of safety,
- 00:13:33.002 --> 00:13:34.436
- But, secondly, because of profitability,
- 00:13:34.436 --> 00:13:37.039
- It's actually a more profitable investment.
- 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:42.044
- Financial planners sometimes are what we call market timers.
- 00:13:43.212 --> 00:13:48.550
- That is they look out over the horizon
- 00:13:49.385 --> 00:13:50.819
- To try to predict what's going to happen to the economy
- 00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:53.389
- And they make investment decisions based on that.
- 00:13:53.389 --> 00:13:55.758
- For example, if they think
- 00:13:55.758 --> 00:13:58.427
- Things look kind of bleak and dangerous, they'll say,
- 00:13:58.427 --> 00:14:01.230
- "you ought to take money out of the stock market
- 00:14:01.230 --> 00:14:03.766
- And invest it in bonds and cash."
- 00:14:03.766 --> 00:14:05.868
- However, if they look out over the long term and say,
- 00:14:05.868 --> 00:14:08.270
- "you know what, things may be bad now,
- 00:14:08.270 --> 00:14:09.872
- But they're going to get better.
- 00:14:09.872 --> 00:14:11.407
- Maybe we ought to move your money from a safe investment
- 00:14:11.407 --> 00:14:14.043
- To a more risky investment like the stock market."
- 00:14:14.043 --> 00:14:16.879
- That's what a market timer is.
- 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.315
- As one writer said, jesus was the ultimate market timer.
- 00:14:19.315 --> 00:14:24.353
- He was able to look out beyond eternity.
- 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:28.290
- And you know what his forecast is for this world?
- 00:14:28.290 --> 00:14:31.627
- He says, "short term, the outlook is very bleak,
- 00:14:31.627 --> 00:14:35.597
- It's very dangerous,
- 00:14:35.597 --> 00:14:37.566
- But long term, i'm bullish on the future," jesus says.
- 00:14:37.566 --> 00:14:41.804
- He looks long term and says
- 00:14:41.804 --> 00:14:43.372
- Eventually everything's going to turn out great,
- 00:14:43.372 --> 00:14:46.442
- Which is why if you want to have a profitable investment
- 00:14:46.442 --> 00:14:49.745
- That will last throughout eternity,
- 00:14:49.745 --> 00:14:51.313
- It means investing in god's kingdom's work.
- 00:14:51.313 --> 00:14:55.184
- I used this illustration a few years ago,
- 00:14:55.184 --> 00:14:57.152
- But it bears repeating.
- 00:14:57.152 --> 00:14:59.154
- Just imagine you happen to be alive
- 00:14:59.154 --> 00:15:02.358
- On the day jesus was born.
- 00:15:02.358 --> 00:15:04.994
- Christmas day, ad 0.
- 00:15:04.994 --> 00:15:07.830
- We don't think it was 0,
- 00:15:07.830 --> 00:15:09.131
- But let's just say it was ad 0, christmas day,
- 00:15:09.131 --> 00:15:11.500
- The day jesus was born.
- 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.035
- You heard the news about his arrival.
- 00:15:13.035 --> 00:15:14.803
- You heard about the magi and you said,
- 00:15:14.803 --> 00:15:16.705
- "you know what, i think this jesus guy is going someplace.
- 00:15:16.705 --> 00:15:21.410
- I'd like to be a part of his ministry."
- 00:15:21.410 --> 00:15:24.013
- So you invest $1 in jesus incorporated,
- 00:15:24.013 --> 00:15:28.617
- The life and ministry of jesus christ.
- 00:15:28.617 --> 00:15:31.387
- Christmas day, ad 0.
- 00:15:31.387 --> 00:15:33.889
- And let's just say that's all the money
- 00:15:33.889 --> 00:15:35.391
- You ever invest in jesus incorporated, $1.
- 00:15:35.391 --> 00:15:38.227
- And let's say it earned 6% interest every year.
- 00:15:38.227 --> 00:15:43.165
- You know how much that dollar investment
- 00:15:43.165 --> 00:15:45.134
- Would've turned into?
- 00:15:45.134 --> 00:15:46.635
- By today, it would be worth 720 quadrillion dollars.
- 00:15:46.635 --> 00:15:51.974
- A $1 investment compounded at 6% for over 2,000 years.
- 00:15:53.075 --> 00:15:58.180
- Somebody challenged me on that one time.
- 00:15:59.048 --> 00:16:00.516
- I said, now go back and do the math and compound it.
- 00:16:00.516 --> 00:16:03.719
- And they said, "pastor, you're right,
- 00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:05.487
- 720 quadrillion dollars."
- 00:16:05.487 --> 00:16:07.890
- Now you may be saying, "well, that's interesting,
- 00:16:07.890 --> 00:16:09.491
- But i wasn't alive 2,000 years ago when jesus was born."
- 00:16:09.491 --> 00:16:13.395
- That's right, but you're alive right now,
- 00:16:13.395 --> 00:16:16.498
- And you're going to be alive forever and ever and ever,
- 00:16:16.498 --> 00:16:20.002
- Not just for 2,000 years,
- 00:16:20.002 --> 00:16:21.703
- But for 2 billion, trillion, quadrillion years and more.
- 00:16:21.703 --> 00:16:24.840
- You'll be alive,
- 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.908
- And every dollar you invest
- 00:16:25.908 --> 00:16:28.377
- In jesus incorporated, god's work,
- 00:16:28.377 --> 00:16:31.480
- Every dollar you invest will compound,
- 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.083
- And compound, and compound,
- 00:16:34.083 --> 00:16:36.285
- And yield you eternal rewards.
- 00:16:36.285 --> 00:16:39.588
- That's why investing in god's work makes sense.
- 00:16:39.588 --> 00:16:42.624
- It is eternally and immensely profitable.
- 00:16:42.624 --> 00:16:46.428
- And that leads to a fourth and final application,
- 00:16:46.428 --> 00:16:49.698
- And that is my heart follows my investments.
- 00:16:49.698 --> 00:16:54.203
- You know, in verse 21, jesus adds this phrase
- 00:16:54.203 --> 00:16:56.905
- That many people misunderstand.
- 00:16:56.905 --> 00:16:59.675
- He said, by the way, where your treasure is,
- 00:16:59.675 --> 00:17:04.546
- There your heart will be also.
- 00:17:04.546 --> 00:17:08.617
- Now, if i had been jesus...
- 00:17:09.218 --> 00:17:11.753
- Aren't you glad i'm not?
- 00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:13.021
- But had i been jesus,
- 00:17:13.021 --> 00:17:15.257
- I wouldn't have said it that way.
- 00:17:15.257 --> 00:17:17.326
- I would've said, where your heart is,
- 00:17:18.093 --> 00:17:21.396
- There your treasure will also be.
- 00:17:21.396 --> 00:17:24.833
- Do you really love me?
- 00:17:24.833 --> 00:17:27.236
- Then prove it by your giving for where your heart is,
- 00:17:27.236 --> 00:17:30.873
- There your treasure will be.
- 00:17:30.873 --> 00:17:33.308
- My dad used to drive a volkswagen.
- 00:17:33.308 --> 00:17:35.144
- He had a bumper sticker on it.
- 00:17:35.144 --> 00:17:36.678
- It said, "tithe if you love jesus, any idiot can honk."
- 00:17:36.678 --> 00:17:41.550
- (congregation laughing)
- 00:17:42.050 --> 00:17:45.621
- He had great senses of humor.
- 00:17:46.255 --> 00:17:48.690
- That's true.
- 00:17:48.690 --> 00:17:50.225
- I mean, one way we demonstrate how much we love the lord
- 00:17:50.225 --> 00:17:52.628
- Is how much we invest in his work.
- 00:17:52.628 --> 00:17:54.129
- But interestingly, that's not what jesus said.
- 00:17:54.129 --> 00:17:56.932
- That's kind of a no brainer,
- 00:17:56.932 --> 00:17:58.333
- Where your heart is, there your treasure will be.
- 00:17:58.333 --> 00:18:00.135
- Instead, jesus said,
- 00:18:00.135 --> 00:18:01.503
- Where your treasure is, there your heart will be.
- 00:18:01.503 --> 00:18:04.239
- That is your heart follows your investments.
- 00:18:04.239 --> 00:18:09.011
- For example, if your treasury's in the stock market,
- 00:18:09.011 --> 00:18:12.114
- Guess what you're going to be doing all the time?
- 00:18:12.114 --> 00:18:13.715
- You're going to be checking the ups and downs
- 00:18:13.715 --> 00:18:15.384
- Of the dow jones industrial average.
- 00:18:15.384 --> 00:18:18.854
- If your treasure's in your house,
- 00:18:18.854 --> 00:18:20.355
- Or in your cars, or in your clothes,
- 00:18:20.355 --> 00:18:22.124
- That's where your affection is going to be as well.
- 00:18:22.124 --> 00:18:25.460
- Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- 00:18:26.562 --> 00:18:30.632
- Maybe i'm speaking to some of you here today,
- 00:18:31.567 --> 00:18:33.068
- And you would say,
- 00:18:33.068 --> 00:18:34.469
- "pastor, honestly,
- 00:18:34.469 --> 00:18:37.806
- I wish i loved god more than i do,
- 00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:41.076
- But honestly, i can go days, weeks
- 00:18:41.810 --> 00:18:45.147
- Without even thinking about him much.
- 00:18:45.147 --> 00:18:47.749
- I wish i cared about spiritual things more than i do,
- 00:18:48.817 --> 00:18:51.653
- But i'm so caught up in my work and my career
- 00:18:51.653 --> 00:18:54.089
- And what i'm trying to achieve.
- 00:18:54.089 --> 00:18:55.591
- I'm just not that interested in spiritual things."
- 00:18:55.591 --> 00:18:58.126
- You know what, jesus says very compassionately to you,
- 00:18:58.126 --> 00:19:01.430
- "i've got a remedy for that.
- 00:19:01.430 --> 00:19:03.398
- You want to be interested in spiritual things?
- 00:19:03.398 --> 00:19:05.634
- Put your treasure there."
- 00:19:05.634 --> 00:19:07.336
- Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be.
- 00:19:07.336 --> 00:19:10.606
- In my last church, we were building a new worship center
- 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.942
- And made the request for funds,
- 00:19:13.942 --> 00:19:17.312
- And there was a guy in our church
- 00:19:17.312 --> 00:19:19.114
- Who invested a rather large size of his estate
- 00:19:19.114 --> 00:19:22.150
- In our new worship center.
- 00:19:22.150 --> 00:19:23.452
- And i thought it was interesting
- 00:19:23.452 --> 00:19:25.621
- Because this guy didn't come to church that often.
- 00:19:25.621 --> 00:19:27.689
- He really wasn't involved in the church,
- 00:19:27.689 --> 00:19:29.291
- And i was really surprised when i saw his pledge card.
- 00:19:29.291 --> 00:19:32.561
- I was talking to him about it
- 00:19:32.561 --> 00:19:34.096
- After he made the commitment and made the gift,
- 00:19:34.096 --> 00:19:36.665
- And this is what he said.
- 00:19:36.665 --> 00:19:37.966
- He said, "it used to be the first thing i did
- 00:19:37.966 --> 00:19:40.535
- Every morning when i got up
- 00:19:40.535 --> 00:19:42.304
- Was to open the newspaper and check out the stock market
- 00:19:42.304 --> 00:19:45.307
- Because that's where my treasure is."
- 00:19:45.307 --> 00:19:47.476
- "now," he says, "the first thing i do
- 00:19:47.476 --> 00:19:49.111
- Every morning when i get up is i get in my car,
- 00:19:49.111 --> 00:19:51.813
- Drive down to the church, and watch the bulldozers at work,
- 00:19:51.813 --> 00:19:55.617
- And the steel beams being erected
- 00:19:55.617 --> 00:19:57.386
- Because that's where my treasure is now."
- 00:19:57.386 --> 00:20:00.489
- That's what jesus was saying,
- 00:20:00.489 --> 00:20:02.224
- For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- 00:20:02.224 --> 00:20:07.496
- You can't take it with you,
- 00:20:08.096 --> 00:20:09.431
- But you can send it on ahead of you.
- 00:20:09.431 --> 00:20:13.135
- Greg lafferty tells a story about being on an overseas trip,
- 00:20:13.135 --> 00:20:17.806
- And he had a free day so he said,
- 00:20:17.806 --> 00:20:19.708
- "i've always wanted to go to zurich, switzerland."
- 00:20:19.708 --> 00:20:22.077
- So, he said, "i plan to spend one day in zurich."
- 00:20:22.077 --> 00:20:26.014
- So he thought to himself,
- 00:20:26.014 --> 00:20:27.182
- "okay, how many swiss francs do i need
- 00:20:27.182 --> 00:20:30.652
- For one day in zurich?"
- 00:20:30.652 --> 00:20:32.054
- And so he took some dollars and $80 specifically
- 00:20:32.054 --> 00:20:36.591
- And converted them to swiss francs.
- 00:20:36.591 --> 00:20:38.293
- His idea was, "i want to convert as little as possible
- 00:20:38.293 --> 00:20:41.630
- So i don't have a bunch of francs left over
- 00:20:41.630 --> 00:20:43.899
- And have to change them back."
- 00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:46.301
- Now greg says he had many more dollars
- 00:20:46.301 --> 00:20:48.470
- In his bank account he could have exchanged,
- 00:20:48.470 --> 00:20:50.672
- But he wanted to exchange as few as possible.
- 00:20:50.672 --> 00:20:54.743
- And then he made this application.
- 00:20:54.743 --> 00:20:56.178
- He said most of us are going to be here on this earth
- 00:20:56.178 --> 00:20:59.748
- For 80, 90 years maybe,
- 00:20:59.748 --> 00:21:02.150
- But we're going to be in heaven
- 00:21:02.784 --> 00:21:04.386
- For 80 quadrillion billion years and more.
- 00:21:04.386 --> 00:21:08.790
- It seems kind of a waste
- 00:21:08.790 --> 00:21:10.926
- To be here on earth for only a short time
- 00:21:10.926 --> 00:21:14.062
- And to leave behind a huge stack of dollar bills
- 00:21:14.062 --> 00:21:18.166
- That we'll never be able to use again.
- 00:21:18.166 --> 00:21:21.069
- What makes more sense is to go ahead
- 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:23.338
- And start transferring our money right now
- 00:21:23.338 --> 00:21:25.507
- To heavenly currency so it's there to await us
- 00:21:25.507 --> 00:21:29.644
- And reward us for all eternity.
- 00:21:29.644 --> 00:21:33.815
- You can't take it with you,
- 00:21:34.416 --> 00:21:35.851
- But you can send it on ahead of you.
- 00:21:35.851 --> 00:21:38.887
- Everything invested in earth will one day be lost.
- 00:21:39.888 --> 00:21:44.092
- Anything invested in heaven will never be lost.
- 00:21:44.092 --> 00:21:49.364
- (bright music)
- 00:21:49.731 --> 00:21:53.969
- You can't take it with you,
- 00:21:54.569 --> 00:21:56.138
- But you can send it ahead of you.
- 00:21:56.138 --> 00:21:58.940
- That's the ultimate investment tip from jesus
- 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:02.077
- For yielding maximum returns.
- 00:22:02.077 --> 00:22:05.113
- Well, it's clear that our nation
- 00:22:05.113 --> 00:22:06.515
- Has strayed from its biblical foundation,
- 00:22:06.515 --> 00:22:09.251
- But the only way we're going to change
- 00:22:09.251 --> 00:22:11.019
- The morality of america
- 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.954
- Is by changing the hearts of americans.
- 00:22:12.954 --> 00:22:15.757
- And pathway to victory is committed
- 00:22:15.757 --> 00:22:17.459
- To being a light in the darkness
- 00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:19.194
- Of a nation and a world in desperate need.
- 00:22:19.194 --> 00:22:22.564
- Right now, you can be part of that mission
- 00:22:22.564 --> 00:22:24.533
- By giving toward the in god we trust matching challenge.
- 00:22:24.533 --> 00:22:28.203
- Several visionary friends of this ministry
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- Have established a $1.5 million matching fund,
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- And your gift today will be doubled in impact.
- 00:22:34.743 --> 00:22:37.612
- Now, the deadline is july 5th, so please don't wait.
- 00:22:37.612 --> 00:22:41.216
- Make your gift today.
- 00:22:41.216 --> 00:22:43.051
- Stay right there.
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- I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
- 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:48.256
- Most of us grew up seeing the 10 commandments
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- Posted in our schools and courthouses.
- 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:53.962
- So why don't we seem to follow
- 00:22:53.962 --> 00:22:55.697
- Those 10 commandments anymore?
- 00:22:55.697 --> 00:22:57.933
- In "the 10," dr. robert jeffress
- 00:22:57.933 --> 00:23:00.168
- Shows us these ancient truths were not given to us
- 00:23:00.168 --> 00:23:03.038
- To take away our freedom.
- 00:23:03.038 --> 00:23:04.840
- They were given to enhance our happiness,
- 00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:07.342
- And to invite us into a deeper love relationship with god.
- 00:23:07.342 --> 00:23:11.046
- In a culture where moral confusion reigns
- 00:23:11.046 --> 00:23:14.049
- For what's right is wrong and what's wrong is right,
- 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:17.185
- We desperately need to get back to the basics of morality,
- 00:23:17.185 --> 00:23:20.889
- And that's exactly what the 10 commandments help us do.
- 00:23:20.889 --> 00:23:24.559
- "the 10" by dr. robert jeffress.
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- A copy is yours today
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- When you give a generous gift to pathway to victory.
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- And when your ministry gift is $125 or more,
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- You'll receive not only the book,
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- But a personal and group study guide,
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- The 10 encouragement cards,
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- A colorful children's book called
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- You will never make it to heaven
- 00:23:49.017 --> 00:23:51.019
- By keeping the 10 commandments,
- 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:53.355
- But you will have
- 00:23:53.355 --> 00:23:54.723
- A much better life here on earth if you do.
- 00:23:54.723 --> 00:23:57.225
- That is the promise that god is making.
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- For 30 years, pathway to victory
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- Has been sharing god's truth
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- With a world that needs it now more than ever.
- 00:24:03.932 --> 00:24:06.801
- And when you give today,
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- Your gift will be doubled in impact
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- Through the in god we trust matching challenge.
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- Thank you for helping us pierce the darkness
- 00:24:13.708 --> 00:24:16.344
- With the light of god's word.
- 00:24:16.344 --> 00:24:19.681
- Karen, your question is a great one,
- 00:24:20.448 --> 00:24:22.584
- And it's the most frequently asked question
- 00:24:22.584 --> 00:24:24.920
- At pathway to victory.
- 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.521
- Cremation is certainly becoming more popular
- 00:24:26.521 --> 00:24:29.524
- With the increasing cost of funerals, with covid.
- 00:24:29.524 --> 00:24:34.129
- That changed the way people treated
- 00:24:34.129 --> 00:24:36.131
- Their loved ones who had died.
- 00:24:36.131 --> 00:24:38.233
- But let me cut to the chase on this.
- 00:24:38.233 --> 00:24:40.635
- The fact is our bodies are temporary.
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- God made them as temporary dwelling places.
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- They were never meant to be our eternal home.
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- And the bible tells us that one day
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- We're going to leave our bodies at home.
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- 2 corinthians 5:8 says,
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- For a christian to be absent from the body
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- Is to be at home with the lord.
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- And it really doesn't matter how you die,
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- Whether you're blown up in an airplane
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- Over the pacific ocean,
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- You're in a car crash, or your organs deteriorate,
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- One day, this temporary dwelling place
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- Is going to be reduced to dust.
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- Our bodies were formed out of the dust.
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- They're going to return to dust.
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- Cremation only accelerates the process.
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- Now, it used to be, in the first century,
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- When the bible new testament was written,
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- That the romans and other pagans
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- Would stack bodies on top of one another and burned them.
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- They weren't expecting any resurrection,
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- But christians carefully buried their dead
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- As a sign that they were looking to a future resurrection.
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- Now, in truth, remember this,
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- Our bodies are going to be made new.
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- What we haul into heaven with us isn't going to be this body.
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- Thankfully, it's going to be a brand new body.
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- 1 corinthians 15 describes that new body
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- And what it's going to be like.
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- It's going to be free from sin, from sickness,
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- From broken relationships,
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- And we all look forward to that.
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- So my short answer now to your question is
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- There's nothing in the bible that prohibits cremation.
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- It doesn't matter how your natural body dies.
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- One day, god's going to give you a brand new body.
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- No matter what the stock market looks like,
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- No matter the economic forecast,
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- We can be confident when we invest in eternal things.
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- Investing in god's kingdom is always a guaranteed return.
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- Well, the bible describes a time
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- When persecution of christians
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- Will drastically increase around the world.
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- And next time, i'm going to show you
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- Why i believe we are witnessing those signs right now.
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- Stay tuned for a preview of the next message
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- On pathway to victory.
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- When you suffer in your workplace,
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- When you suffer in a relationship,
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- When you suffer at school for following christ,
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- Remember you're deeply loved by god.
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- Your suffering doesn't mean god has forgotten about you
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- Or that he doesn't care about you.
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- This is just part of the price for following christ.
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- And frankly, it's the price
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- We don't hear that often about today.
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- Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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- "christians in the crosshairs,"
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- Here on pathway to victory.
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