Sermon Details
- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: November 16, 2014 | 10:00am
SERMON SERIES:
Rooted and Built Up
In college or high school, did you ever have a particularly difficult class – maybe it was a math or science, or maybe a foreign language – and have that pre-exam anxiety before a really big test? In seminary, I was studying for a Hebrew midterm and was on about my 13th or 14th hour in the library, and I remember asking one of my classmates at dinner whether he was nervous about the test, and he said, “No, I’m just auditing the class. I get to listen, but don’t have to actually participate.”
There are no auditors in Professor Jesus’ classes. Everything you hear is on the test of life. And no other message cuts quite as sharply as the message of money. Did you know that Jesus says more about money than he does about just about any other subject, including heaven? Nothing blinds us more, nothing keeps us from that heavenly peace and deep down joy more than money.
Once when 20th century oil tycoon John D Rockefeller was interviewed, the reporter asked him, “Are you happy?” To his surprise, he said “No.” The interviewer then responded, “What would make you happy?” His response? “Just a little more.”
But as we have seen in the last decade, not even money can protect us from the storms of life. Which is why it is not a trustworthy god.
This morning as we place our lives before God’s Word, I want to invite you to consider what is the foundation on which you are building your life? Because how we answer will impact where we place our treasure.
Download the entire transcript here: Colossians 2 6-7 Rooted and Built Up
