"THE POOR RICH MAN"
I. MANY FALLACIES CONCERNING RICHES. "DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES."
A. "Being rich would solve all my problems."
1. Rich people have problems too.
a. Different kind of problems to be sure.
b. Perhaps more difficult.
c. The problem of entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
"How hard it is..." (Mark 10:24.
d. The problem of not setting your heart on them.
"If riches increase..." (Ps. 62: 10.
e. The problem of the diverse temptations, "And
they that will be rich fall into..."
I. Tim. 6:9..
B. "Being rich would make me happy."
1. If riches create happiness, then all rich would be happy.
2. I have met many unhappy rich people.
C. "I would be content if I were rich."
1. How rich?
2. The more you get the more you want.
3. "Godliness with contentment is great riches."
a. Tim. 6:6..
II. WHAT ARE THE TRUE RICHES?
A. God measures by eternal.
1. Not what you have amassed for yourself during your
lifetime.
a. We brought nothing into this world.
I. Tim. 6:7.
b. Naked I came, naked I go.
c. "How much did your old man leave?"
2. How much you have invested in the eternal kingdom.
a. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth..."
B. The Bible speaks of the riches of His:
1. Mercy.
2. Love.
3. Grace.
4. Glory.
5. The man who has experienced these is the man who is truly
rich.
III. HOW TO EXPERIENCE THE TRUE RICHES.
A. It is so very simple.
1. The most valuable things in the world are free.
2. God gives them as a gift to us.
3. They are all bound up in His Son.
a. "And this is the record, that God has given us
eternal life..."
b. By receiving the whole inheritance.
c. The riches of God's love, manifest in Jesus
Christ.
d. The riches of God's grace, measured by the gift
of Jesus Christ. You who have Jesus Christ,
how rich you are!
- Wealth that cannot be accounted in man's
reckoning.
- Wealth that can never be lost.
- Wealth that will never diminish.
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.