Gathering Recap: 04.05.09
Sunday was a fabulous Gathering at Karis. Luke Daugherty, Karis's Pastor for Worship and Mission, was back in the saddle. I returned to preach from Luke 12:13-21. This week, we launched a mini-series within the larger "Jesus in the Margins" series entitled "The Almighty {and the} Dollar." We're going to group up all the money passages in Luke and take them on, one by one, for 9 weeks. This past Sunday, we saw that, if we're being formed by the gospel, we will be focused on the gospel in our finances. We won't hoard our possessions. Sunday's Songs:
- "Come and Sing" (Sojourn)
- "Raise Up The Crown" (Traditional/Tomlin)
- "At Your Feet" (Tim Smith, Mars Hill)
- "Before the Throne of God Above" (Sovereign Grace)
- "Remedy" (Crowder)
- "Only Hope" (Caedmon's Call)
- "At the Foot of the Cross" (Joe Day, Mars Hill)
Sunday's Sermon Slides:
Don't Hoard Your Possessions (Luke 12:13-21)
- The Demand (v. 13)
- The Response (v. 14)
- The Caution (v. 15)
- The Story (vv. 16-20)
- The Conclusion (v. 21)
Four Warnings
- We must fight against greediness, as with other sins, but perhaps even more vigilantly
- We must realize that money is a powerful idol, one that can easily convince us that it’s the point of life
- We must understand that worship of this idol can easily destroy us
- We must utilize what God gives us for Him and His kingdom purposes and not for ourselves
Three Challenges
- How we think about saving
- How we think about retirement
- How we think about inheritances