Title: Covetousness (3 of 4)
Series: The Enemies Of Gratitude
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Exodus 20:17
INTRODUCTION:
I once read the story of Henrietta Garret, a lonely 81 year-old widow who died in her home in Philadelphia on the night of November 16, 1930. Her death ignited the most fantastic case of inheritance litigation in American history. She did not leave a will, or no will was ever found, to her $17 million dollar estate. At the time of her death she had only one known relative, a second cousin. She had few friends. However, more than 26,000 persons from 47 states and 29 foreign countries, made attempts to prove relationship to her and claim a part of her estate.
In their efforts to obtain her estate, there were those who committed perjury, faked family records, changed their own names, altered data in Family Bibles, and even concocted tales of illegitimacy. As result, 12 were confined, 10 received jail sentences, 2 committed suicide, and 3 were murdered.
It is a story of greed. It is what the Bible calls covetousness. The tenth commandment says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." A modern day translation would be, "Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's house or wife, neither shalt thou covet his job, his business, nor his Mercedes or John Deere Tractor."
As we think about the enemies of a thankful heart, there is nothing more destructive to gratitude than covetousness.
I) WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COVET? -
Jesus said in Luke 12:15, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." The word "beware" speaks of being on the watch for or guarding against. Jesus was telling us to guard ourselves from becoming covetous.
The word "covet" in Exodus 20:17 simply means "to delight" in something. It describes a ...
Series: The Enemies Of Gratitude
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Exodus 20:17
INTRODUCTION:
I once read the story of Henrietta Garret, a lonely 81 year-old widow who died in her home in Philadelphia on the night of November 16, 1930. Her death ignited the most fantastic case of inheritance litigation in American history. She did not leave a will, or no will was ever found, to her $17 million dollar estate. At the time of her death she had only one known relative, a second cousin. She had few friends. However, more than 26,000 persons from 47 states and 29 foreign countries, made attempts to prove relationship to her and claim a part of her estate.
In their efforts to obtain her estate, there were those who committed perjury, faked family records, changed their own names, altered data in Family Bibles, and even concocted tales of illegitimacy. As result, 12 were confined, 10 received jail sentences, 2 committed suicide, and 3 were murdered.
It is a story of greed. It is what the Bible calls covetousness. The tenth commandment says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." A modern day translation would be, "Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's house or wife, neither shalt thou covet his job, his business, nor his Mercedes or John Deere Tractor."
As we think about the enemies of a thankful heart, there is nothing more destructive to gratitude than covetousness.
I) WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COVET? -
Jesus said in Luke 12:15, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." The word "beware" speaks of being on the watch for or guarding against. Jesus was telling us to guard ourselves from becoming covetous.
The word "covet" in Exodus 20:17 simply means "to delight" in something. It describes a ...
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