Net Worth" 15-Feb-2026 10AM

What is your kingdom net worth? That is the underlying question of this parable that is directed at you who claim Christ and profess at least privately that you submit to his reign and his rule, his way of being in life. And as we've read it and heard it, you could probably tell by the tone and tenor in which Jesus tells this parable that carries a little more weight. It's a little more weightier than the others we've stated. It it and it carries, church, this kind of density, this this kind of gravity because Jesus wants to convey that this question is without exaggeration, this is life's ultimate question. [01:42:44] (55 seconds)  #KingdomNetWorth

And if you really wanna be rooted in Christ church, the appeal from the parable is to start now. Live now pursuing real spiritual formation, establishing real spiritual structure, and stop settling. Look at somebody. Tell them, stop settling. Stop settling. Stop settling and cheating the kingdom and yourself with just outward religious participation. Say it simply, if you want your life to be worth something to the kingdom, here's all I'm saying, be on the inside what you claim to be on the outside. Because that's where the value really is. [02:03:24] (59 seconds)  #WalkTheTalkFaith

On that day Jesus says, many will cry out to me, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we cast out in your name? Didn't we do mighty acts of power in your name? And Jesus said, I will declare to them, you knew my name but you didn't know me. Get away from me you worker of iniquity because I never knew you. You can know his name but still never do his work. [02:00:27] (34 seconds)  #KnowHisNameKnowHim

And rooting your life in the kingdom now, letting god's spirit work his spiritual work in your life through your obedience to his word, it sets up a life of spiritual accountability for you right now that will factor into your spiritual future. What am I saying? That with time why am I telling you to get rooted in god's word? Get in a place where you can study. Get in a class, a Sunday school class. Come to bible study, some kind of area of Christian discipleship. I'm I'm saying that because with time, with opportunity, with the time and the opportunity, and the gifts you have now, you need to use them all with an awareness that one day you're have to answer to your creator and your redeemer for how you lived your life using those things in service not to yourself, but to your to his kingdom agenda. [02:02:25] (59 seconds)  #RootedInTheWord

But can I tell y'all something? Can I tell y'all something Bella Vista? I've determined that I just don't wanna hear God say well done, but but I wanna stay so faithful. I wanna stay so committed. I wanna be so rooted that when God examines my work and looks at my life, I just don't want God to say well done. I also want God to say worth keeping. I've been waiting to say that all week. I I want god to look at my life and says, this one is worth holding on to. This one is worth keeping. I just don't want him to reward my life. I want him to keep my life. [02:06:13] (45 seconds)  #WorthKeepingNotJustWellDone

you have already discovered the answer to your own question. The greatest value of your life is just like this stone. At the market, you will only worth $20. At the museum, you will only worth $2,000. But when you place yourself at the art collector's shop, you will worth $200,000. Y'all looking but you ain't listening. He says, in case you didn't realize it, the value your net worth is not in what you have, it's where you place yourself to be. [02:15:26] (54 seconds)  #ValueOfPlacement

And that's how church, it works in the world of finance. Hear me here. Financially, your net worth is determined by what you keep. But since we're engaging in a spiritual conversation this morning, I thought it best that I pass to you some wisdom on how net worth is determined in the kingdom. Hear me, beloved. In the kingdom, your net worth is not determined by what you keep, but your net worth is revealed in whether the kingdom keeps you. [01:41:54] (49 seconds)  #KingdomKeepsYou

Once the net was full and the boats made it back to the shore, the fishermen would begin what is called the sorting process, separating edible fish from inedible fish. Fish that would be worth something in the local marketplaces from fish they knew would be worthless because of certain cultural dietary restrictions. They wouldn't eat no catfish. It's against the Jewish diet. The good fish. Hear me. The good fish. The fish that held value would be placed in a basket, and the fish with no value, the parable says, would be thrown away. [01:44:53] (49 seconds)  #SortingTheCatch