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Too Far?


If you want something too much, you'll go too far to get it.  



This man in the Scripture below interrupted Jesus with a request prompted by coveting.

  


Luke 12:13-15 (ESV)
13 Someone in the crowd said to him (Jesus), 

“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14 But he said to him, 

“Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

15 And he said to them, 

“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”



Three of God's Ten Commandments deal with coveting.



Exodus 20 (ESV)

3 “You shall have no other gods before me.



Which is coveting what another god will give me that the true God won't.



15 “You shall not steal.


Which is stealing something that you have coveted from someone else. 



17 “You shall not covet... 
     


Don't allow yourself to yearn for what someone else has. 


God doesn't want you to idolize it, and take it from someone else.  



Satan tries to deceive us into believing that things will fulfill us, which is just a lie.  



Nice things get dirty and scratched just like the cheap ones.  



People who have nice things are not fulfilled by them. 




John 10:10  (ESV)

10 The thief (Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 

I (Jesus) came that they may have life and have it abundantly.



Lord Jesus, I give to you my life.  Forgive me. Save me.  You're the only one who can.  
Keith Moore, Faith Life Church
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