More Can Be Less

More Can Be Less 

November 12 & 13, 2016

Eternal Economics

 

I’ve noticed something interesting during the last couple weeks. The advice you’ve given me about how to manage getting back on my feet after surgery aligns perfectly with the Bible’s teaching on materialism. There are many meaningful parallels. For instance: 

1. Put things in perspective; no one is keeping score! As life isn’t about accomplishing things, neither is it about accumulating things. 

2. Unrealistic expectations lead to disappointment. As an inordinate desire to always do more won’t work, so a lust to get more will never be satisfied.

Now I’ve given away the first two points from this week’s lesson. The sermon won’t be about giving; it will be about living. Living as Christians rather than as materialists. We want to be Christ-centric and not live stuff-centric lives. 

Every other message you hear through the media this week will lure you toward materialism. We are constantly being manipulated to crave more and to evaluate our worth by what we can achieve and accumulate. But this message will challenge you to not conform to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.