Worship Service 12/18/2022

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Acts 20:33-35

Theme:

Notes:

Covetous and Contentment are not money issues per se–they are heart issues.

Believers find their identities rooted in Jesus Christ.

What you look to to give you security and satisfaction is what you will worship.

Colossians 3:5, “Covetousness, which is idolatry”

Sin isn’t always desiring that which is inherently evil–sometimes it is desiring a good thing too much.

A heart that is not content will use and abuse others to get it.

Contentment in Christ

1. Enables you to live in any circumstance
   • Philippians 4:12, “I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
     In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger,
     abundance and need.”
2. Empowers generosity
   • 1 Timothy 6:17-18, “Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
     Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,”
3. Engenders trust in God’s sovereignty
   • Hebrews 13:5-6, “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have,
     for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
     So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?””

Should Pastors Be Paid?

1. Our gospel mission shapes our strategies
   • 2 Corinthians 11:8, “I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.”
2. The church should be generous because we are family
   • Galatians 6:10, “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,
     and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
3. The church should view vocational ministry as a gospel partnership
   • 1 Tim 5:17-18, “Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
     18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.””
   • 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, “..those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.”

Live It Out!

1. Fight covetousness with contentment in Christ
2. Team leaders like family and appreciate their work.

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