Welcome back to our Greater Than sermon series. We instinctively seek-out greater things. We want better things, not worse things. We like to upgrade.

Better job, better clothes,

better car, better relationships. We prefer greater things.

https://youtu.be/udZIbbek1r4

Last week Pastor Chris told us

the world has a ranking system with three Categories: Sex, Money,

Power

SEX, MONEY, POWER

The more you have of these

things the more you are worth.

To the world the sexier you

are the greater you are; the wealthier you are the greater you

are;

the more powerful you are the greater you are.

But as believers we have to

know that there are things greater than these

Last week Pastor Chris told us

that Love is greater than sex. Check it out online if you missed it.

Today we are going to be

talking about money.

MONEY

Money is good. If you don’t

think money is good, we can take up a special offering; we would be

glad to help you get rid of it.

Money is helpful. It makes it

a lot easier to exchange goods and services. It’s easier to be able

to pay for things with money than to have to carry around three

chickens, a goat, and a sack of potatoes everywhere.

Money is flexible. If I have

some money I could get a cup of coffee or I could get some gasoline.

Money is a means of

communicating value. This thing is worth this many dollars, but that

thing is worth twice as many dollars.

The world thinks money is GREAT.

The world tries to convince us

that money is THE way of communicating value. How much money do you

have? How much are you worth? How much do you get paid?

The

more money you have the greater you are.

And so, the world really wants

money. It really wants your money. But at the same time, it wants to

convince you that it is going to help you keep more of your money (if

you give it some of your money.)

This is the whole idea behind

sales. Buy one get one FREE. 50% off. Two for the price of one!

I’m

not sure I need this thing, or even want this thing, but it’s such

a good value I’d be stupid not to buy it.

3 SHOES FOR $99

Here’s one I saw in town.

Three shoes for $99. Why would I settle for two when I can get

three!

The gimmick is that it is really difficult to buy three

socks.

The world tends to over value

money and it wants us to over value it too.

How can we tell what something

is really worth? What is money itself worth?

USEFUL, BEAUTIFUL,

PERMANENT

Here’s three more criteria

for determining value: usefulness, beauty, permanence.

Usefulness – how useful is

it? What can it do?

Beauty – how does it make

you feel? Does it inherently bring you joy?

Permanence – how durable is

it? How long will it last?