Greed (5 of 7)
Series: The 7 Deadly Sins of Family
Scott Maze
1 Kings 21
We are continuing our teaching series around the Seven Deadly Sins of Family. This is the fifth in the series. Our fifth deadly sin for families is greed.
The Sin of Greed
In the iconic 1987 film, Wall Street, Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas gives an affirming speech in favor of greed. Gekko is advising a the shareholders of a company called Teldar. He says that Teldar's executives and Board have been doing a bad job.
The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. ... I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. ... And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.
Unlike, Mr. Gekko, the Bible is not as high on greed. The Bible teaches that greed is a powerful toxin in our world today. The global financial crisis of more than a decade ago was caused in part by greed.
I want to tell you an ancient story of tremendous greed from 800 years before Christ. If you have a Bible, find 1 Kings 21 with me.
See if you can spot greed in our story. I want introduce you to four colorful characters.
First, I want you to meet Naboth the famer: ''Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria'' (1 Kings 21:1).
Character #1: Naboth
Yes, Naboth owned a vineyard in the little village of Jezreel around eight miles from Megiddo. Megiddo is the site of Armageddon of Re ...
Series: The 7 Deadly Sins of Family
Scott Maze
1 Kings 21
We are continuing our teaching series around the Seven Deadly Sins of Family. This is the fifth in the series. Our fifth deadly sin for families is greed.
The Sin of Greed
In the iconic 1987 film, Wall Street, Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas gives an affirming speech in favor of greed. Gekko is advising a the shareholders of a company called Teldar. He says that Teldar's executives and Board have been doing a bad job.
The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. ... I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. ... And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.
Unlike, Mr. Gekko, the Bible is not as high on greed. The Bible teaches that greed is a powerful toxin in our world today. The global financial crisis of more than a decade ago was caused in part by greed.
I want to tell you an ancient story of tremendous greed from 800 years before Christ. If you have a Bible, find 1 Kings 21 with me.
See if you can spot greed in our story. I want introduce you to four colorful characters.
First, I want you to meet Naboth the famer: ''Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria'' (1 Kings 21:1).
Character #1: Naboth
Yes, Naboth owned a vineyard in the little village of Jezreel around eight miles from Megiddo. Megiddo is the site of Armageddon of Re ...
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