The Fly of Unguarded Greed

The Fly of Unguarded Greed

Series: Flies in the Anointing / Pastor Brent Snook / Sept 18, 2022

Bible text: Luke 12:13-21

A Test for Greed

1. You use immoral means to accumulate.

2. You complain more than you give thanks.

3. You care more about cash than your character.

4. Your financial life is going up, but your spiritual life is going down.

5. You treat people with money better than you treat people who don’t have it.

6. You covet what other people have.

7. You hurt others in pursuit of things.

Read Luke 12:13-21

I. THE PERSON AND HIS PROBLEM

II. THE PARABLE AND ITS PURPOSE

A. THE PERSONALITY IN THE PARABLE

B. THE PLAN IN THE PARABLE

Read Luke 12:17-18

C. THE PRAISE IN THE PARABLE

Read Luke 12:19

D. THE PROGNOSIS IN THE PARABLE

III. THE PICTURE AND ITS POINT

Read Luke 12:21

Read Luke 16:10-13

“I have made many millions, but they brought me no happiness.” 

“The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.”

Norman Rockefeller

IV. THE PRESCRIPTION AND ITS PROFIT

A. GRATITUDE

B. TRUST

Read 1 Timothy 6:17

C. GENEROSITY

Read 1 Timothy 6:18

D. ACCOUNTABILITY

Read 1 Timothy 6:19

TOMORROW

TODAY