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THE WHY BEHIND THE WHAT - PART ONE (1 OF 3)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: Proverbs 20:11
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The Why behind the What - Part One (1 of 3)
Series: Medley
Cal Jernigan
Proverbs 20:11
Big Idea: Behind every action is a value. Understand the value and you'll understand the action.
1) The Value of Having Values
a) The story of the couch
i) On the 12th of this month, something strange happened. Something unusual.
(1) It made the news.
(2) People have been talking about it quite a bit.
ii) Three college students bought an old couch from a second hand shop.
iii) When they got it home, one of them made a discovery... he found an envelope hidden in the patchy arm of the couch... it was a bunch of 20's that added up to $700.
(1) Most of us have experienced the joy finding change in our couch... but this?
(2) They began to look in other places in the couch... they found more envelopes... most containing around $1000.
(3) When it was all done... they had found $40,000!!!
iv) But there was a twist... on one of the envelopes they found a woman's name...
(1) Questions began to surface:
(a) Should they try to find the woman?
(b) Were they obligated to return the money?
(c) What did it mean if they didn't?
(d) What if they discovered that the person was a bad person? Or was a crook?
(2) Are you obligated to return this???
(3) The lady was located in the phone book... so one of the college kids gave her a call to see if she associated the couch with the money.
(4) He explained to her that they had bought the couch from the salvation army... she cut him off... ''I left a lot of money in that couch!''
v) He said they would bring her back the money
(1) They didn't earn it.
(2) It was rightfully hers.
vi) This is where some people think these college students to be incredibly foolish...
(1) They say they SHOULDN'T have returned the money.
(2) They say the money was rightfully THEIRS TO KEEP.
(3) They are suggesting these students were IDIOTS.
vii) What do you think? What would you do?
viii) Here's the story...
(1) Year ...
Series: Medley
Cal Jernigan
Proverbs 20:11
Big Idea: Behind every action is a value. Understand the value and you'll understand the action.
1) The Value of Having Values
a) The story of the couch
i) On the 12th of this month, something strange happened. Something unusual.
(1) It made the news.
(2) People have been talking about it quite a bit.
ii) Three college students bought an old couch from a second hand shop.
iii) When they got it home, one of them made a discovery... he found an envelope hidden in the patchy arm of the couch... it was a bunch of 20's that added up to $700.
(1) Most of us have experienced the joy finding change in our couch... but this?
(2) They began to look in other places in the couch... they found more envelopes... most containing around $1000.
(3) When it was all done... they had found $40,000!!!
iv) But there was a twist... on one of the envelopes they found a woman's name...
(1) Questions began to surface:
(a) Should they try to find the woman?
(b) Were they obligated to return the money?
(c) What did it mean if they didn't?
(d) What if they discovered that the person was a bad person? Or was a crook?
(2) Are you obligated to return this???
(3) The lady was located in the phone book... so one of the college kids gave her a call to see if she associated the couch with the money.
(4) He explained to her that they had bought the couch from the salvation army... she cut him off... ''I left a lot of money in that couch!''
v) He said they would bring her back the money
(1) They didn't earn it.
(2) It was rightfully hers.
vi) This is where some people think these college students to be incredibly foolish...
(1) They say they SHOULDN'T have returned the money.
(2) They say the money was rightfully THEIRS TO KEEP.
(3) They are suggesting these students were IDIOTS.
vii) What do you think? What would you do?
viii) Here's the story...
(1) Year ...
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