SPRING CLEANING: GETTING RID OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
(GREED/DISCONTENTMENT)
Message Date: 4/21/24
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

GREED/DISCONTENTMENT

Seven Deadly Sins:
1. Anger
2. Gluttony
3.

4. Pride
5. Envy
6. Sloth
7. Lust

Greed: a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed.

Luke 12:15
Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your

against all kinds of

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; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

What is a Parable?
 A simple

used to illustrate a

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truth.

Parable of the Rich Fool

Luke 12:15-21
15  Then he said to them, “

out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16  And he told them this parable: “The

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of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.  17  He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to

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my crops.’ 18  “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my

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grain.  19  And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life

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; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20  “But God said to him, ‘You

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! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21  “This is how it will be with whoever

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up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Vs. 16: The

of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. Greed creeps in when we forget God is the

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of all we have.

Vs. 17: He

to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
Greed creeps in when our first thought is to ‘store up’ rather than ‘give away’.
Sometimes we don’t see the needy because we don’t

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to see. Have we forgotten the difference between needs vs. wants?

Vs. 19: And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

Greed creeps in when our biggest goal is comfort.

God calls this rich man a

!

Ways to get rid of Greed: Contentment and Generosity!

Contentment
Philippians 4:11-12
“…for I have

to be content whatever the circumstances.   I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the

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of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”

Generosity
1 John 3:17
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Proverbs 22:9
The

will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Isaiah 58:10
…and if you

yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

How can you practice contentment this week?

How can you grow in generosity this week?

Spring Cleaning: Getting rid of the Seven Deadly Sins… Getting rid of Greed

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