Money Changes EverythingLuke 19:1-10

Message 1 in our 4-part series called Counterfeit Gods.

Sunday, June 3, 2012Speaker: Dr. David Dawson

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.

Jerusalem to the West, Jericho to the East

Jerusalem on upper left, Jericho in valley below

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.

Colossians 3:5 NLT

So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

Luke 12:15 NLT

15 Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd

4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

Climbing a Sycamore

Tree

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

“Zacchaeus, come down

immediately!

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a ‘sinner.’”

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV 1984)

9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Remember …1. Man is an incurable worshiper. He will

worship something or someone. The real question is: Whom or what will he worship?

Remember …1. Man is an incurable worshiper. He will

worship something or someone. The real question is: Whom or what will he worship?

2. An idol or counterfeit god is anything or anyone that displaces God from the center of our lives.

Remember …1. Man is an incurable worshiper. He will worship

something or someone. The real question is: Whom or what will he worship?

2. An idol or counterfeit god is anything or anyone that displaces God from the center of our lives.

3. Counterfeit gods never ultimately satisfy the human heart – they are not “the real thing.”

Take Home

1. Prove that money lacks undue power over you.

Take Home

1. Prove that money lacks undue power over you.

2. Allow the Gospel to displace the deeper idols of your heart.

Take Home

1. Prove that money lacks undue power over you.

2. Allow the Gospel to displace the deeper idols of your heart.

3. Renounce imposters of God.

2 Corinthians 8:9 NIV

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.