Prioritizing Christ Over Wealth in Christian Living
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"Whenever I hear you teach on Paul's text I hear you imply that the Christian wealthy are called to intentionally downgrade their Lifestyles, uh they should live in smaller homes than they could manageably afford and enjoy the simpler pleasures of life. There's a wonderful warning here about trusting in wealth that we should all be aware of." [00:41:32]
"Paul would tell them don't be proud die to self-sufficiency enjoy it all as a gift and never set your Hope on riches instead be rich in good works and be generous and ready to share Verse 18. I can see him discouraging the rich from seeking greater wealth accumulation or Barn Building as Jesus called it." [00:84:52]
"Kevin of course is right that Paul does not speak to the wealthy in his churches with condemnation or to the slaveholder either by the way with condemnation the text Kevin refers to is this as for the rich in this present age charge them not to be haughty nor to set their hopes on uncertainty of riches but on God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy." [00:279:52]
"Jesus said in Luke 18:24 how hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of Heaven he did not say how hard it will be for those who love riches to get into the Kingdom of Heaven in other words it's a warning about the danger of being rich not just wanting to be rich." [00:472:479]
"The parable of the soils said or Jesus warns in Luke 8:14 in the parable people are choked by the cares and riches and Pleasures are not neutral they have a tendency to choke the Vitality of radical Christian Living so the the word to to the rich like me should never be merely oh you're okay if you're honest actually you're not necessarily okay you're in danger." [00:505:44]
"Whoever does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple now of course from all the other texts we know this doesn't mean that Christians don't own anything it means they are radically free from the control of possessions and always ready to do the most life-threatening acts of obedience." [00:544:92]
"Paul said that his goal in life was that Christ would be magnified in his body whether by life or by death in other words he wanted to live and die in a way that would appeared to the world that Christ was magnificent to him more satisfying than possessions or life." [00:594:76]
"We don't just magnify Christ by being honest in our business dealings we magnify Christ by living in such a way that communicates to the world that Christ is more valuable to us than houses and cars and lands and life itself which brings us finally to the fourth pointer to why it's hard for the rich to enter Heaven." [00:630:88]
"The motives for pursuing symbols of wealth whether we think of them that way or not they are whether those motives are pure it is difficult to keep them pure very difficult so back to the $2 million mansion or a house here in in Lake minona that yesterday went on sale in my area for $115 million." [00:662:00]
"Why would a Christian whose treasure is in heaven and whose life is devoted to doing as much good as he can and Whose desire is to show the world that Christ is more precious than things why would a Christian want to look like riches are his treasure what would be the motive for buying such a mansion and surrounding yourself with more and more and more than you need." [00:696:60]
"My position is this without specifying what measure of wealth is destructive to the soul or to our witness the New Testament relentlessly pushes us toward Simplicity and economy for the sake of the gospel and away from luxury and influence." [00:765:44]
"Thanks professor John I appreciate it and Kevin thank you for the honest question those are really helpful to us in the podcast that they make it possible right and thank you all for joining us today you can ask a question of your own you can search our growing archive or subscribe to the podcast all that at desire god.org." [00:789:36]
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"Paul would tell them don't be proud die to self-sufficiency enjoy it all as a gift and never set your Hope on riches instead be rich in good works and be generous and ready to share Verse 18. I can see him discouraging the rich from seeking greater wealth accumulation or Barn Building as Jesus called it." [00:84:52]
"Kevin of course is right that Paul does not speak to the wealthy in his churches with condemnation or to the slaveholder either by the way with condemnation the text Kevin refers to is this as for the rich in this present age charge them not to be haughty nor to set their hopes on uncertainty of riches but on God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy." [00:279:52]
"Jesus said in Luke 18:24 how hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of Heaven he did not say how hard it will be for those who love riches to get into the Kingdom of Heaven in other words it's a warning about the danger of being rich not just wanting to be rich." [00:472:479]
"The parable of the soils said or Jesus warns in Luke 8:14 in the parable people are choked by the cares and riches and Pleasures are not neutral they have a tendency to choke the Vitality of radical Christian Living so the the word to to the rich like me should never be merely oh you're okay if you're honest actually you're not necessarily okay you're in danger." [00:505:44]
"Whoever does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple now of course from all the other texts we know this doesn't mean that Christians don't own anything it means they are radically free from the control of possessions and always ready to do the most life-threatening acts of obedience." [00:544:92]
"Paul said that his goal in life was that Christ would be magnified in his body whether by life or by death in other words he wanted to live and die in a way that would appeared to the world that Christ was magnificent to him more satisfying than possessions or life." [00:594:76]
"We don't just magnify Christ by being honest in our business dealings we magnify Christ by living in such a way that communicates to the world that Christ is more valuable to us than houses and cars and lands and life itself which brings us finally to the fourth pointer to why it's hard for the rich to enter Heaven." [00:630:88]
"The motives for pursuing symbols of wealth whether we think of them that way or not they are whether those motives are pure it is difficult to keep them pure very difficult so back to the $2 million mansion or a house here in in Lake minona that yesterday went on sale in my area for $115 million." [00:662:00]
"Why would a Christian whose treasure is in heaven and whose life is devoted to doing as much good as he can and Whose desire is to show the world that Christ is more precious than things why would a Christian want to look like riches are his treasure what would be the motive for buying such a mansion and surrounding yourself with more and more and more than you need." [00:696:60]
"My position is this without specifying what measure of wealth is destructive to the soul or to our witness the New Testament relentlessly pushes us toward Simplicity and economy for the sake of the gospel and away from luxury and influence." [00:765:44]
"Thanks professor John I appreciate it and Kevin thank you for the honest question those are really helpful to us in the podcast that they make it possible right and thank you all for joining us today you can ask a question of your own you can search our growing archive or subscribe to the podcast all that at desire god.org." [00:789:36]
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