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Beware of Covetousness”

—Luke 12:15 

“Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.’”

Message:  Greed is an insatiable desire for material value and social gain; power and status.  King Solomon was richer and wiser than any other king in the world (2Ch 9: 22).  He had more things than any of us can ever imagine.  But, he frequently spoke of the emptiness and frustration that these things brought to his life—he searched from one thing to another but was never satisfied:  Ecclesiastics 5:10 says, “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.”  “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Mat 6:21).  Guard yourself against every kind of greed because life is not measured by how much you own.…

Male and Female”

—Genesis 1:27 

“So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” 

Message: God created male and female. Why? God wants to grow humanity, and one of God’s instructions to Adam and Eve is to procreate (reproduce); The Christian concept of marriage and sexual morality is told to us in God's creation of the world, (Gen 1, 2), and specifically why God created man and woman. Genesis 1:26-28 tells us that God created both man and woman to bear his image, and this included multiplying and spreading across the earth and having dominion over it. 

The Bible is clear; sex was created to be enjoyed between one man and one woman who are in a covenant marriage until one of them dies (Mat 19:6) and (Gen 2:21-24); “You shall not commit adultery” (Exo 20:14);…

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