IF I'VE GOT IT WHY CAN'T I FLAUNT IT? (4 OF 10)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Jeremiah 9:23-24
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If I've Got It Why Can't I Flaunt It? (4 of 10)
Series: Journey Through Jeremiah
Jeff Strite
Jeremiah 9:23-24
OPEN: An older woman was cruising a busy parking lot in her new Mercedes-Benz looking in vain for a parking space. She finally saw someone loaded with packages heading for a car, so she followed him, put on her blinker and waited patiently until he pulled out.
Just as he pulled out a young man in a sleek black Porsche zipped in to the space ahead of her. She was dumbfounded and outraged, and jumped out of her car, shouting, ''How could you do that? Didn't you see me waiting there with my signal on?''
He smiled an arrogant smile and replied, ''That's what you can do when you're young and fast.''
As the young man was about to enter the store he heard the hideous crunch of metal striking metal. He ran back, horrified, to see that the woman had gunned her Mercedes and smashed it into his beautiful black Porsche. He ran back and cried, ''How could you do that?''
She smiled back at him and replied, ''That's what you can do when you're old and rich!''
APPLY: Let the wise man not boast of his wisdom (says Jeremiah)
nor the strong man of his strength
nor the rich man of his riches
I. Boasting (pause…) God talks a lot about boasting
In Psalms 75:4 God says: ''To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.'''
Proverbs 27:1 warns us: ''Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.''
And in the New Testament, Paul writes that: ''(God) chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things- and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.'' I Corinthians 1:28-29
God speaks about ''boasting'' as if it's a natural temptation for us.
(pause…) But, what is wrong with little boasting? I mean - as some people say - if you've got it - flaunt it. What can be wrong with that? I mean, if you've got a special ability ...
Series: Journey Through Jeremiah
Jeff Strite
Jeremiah 9:23-24
OPEN: An older woman was cruising a busy parking lot in her new Mercedes-Benz looking in vain for a parking space. She finally saw someone loaded with packages heading for a car, so she followed him, put on her blinker and waited patiently until he pulled out.
Just as he pulled out a young man in a sleek black Porsche zipped in to the space ahead of her. She was dumbfounded and outraged, and jumped out of her car, shouting, ''How could you do that? Didn't you see me waiting there with my signal on?''
He smiled an arrogant smile and replied, ''That's what you can do when you're young and fast.''
As the young man was about to enter the store he heard the hideous crunch of metal striking metal. He ran back, horrified, to see that the woman had gunned her Mercedes and smashed it into his beautiful black Porsche. He ran back and cried, ''How could you do that?''
She smiled back at him and replied, ''That's what you can do when you're old and rich!''
APPLY: Let the wise man not boast of his wisdom (says Jeremiah)
nor the strong man of his strength
nor the rich man of his riches
I. Boasting (pause…) God talks a lot about boasting
In Psalms 75:4 God says: ''To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns.'''
Proverbs 27:1 warns us: ''Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.''
And in the New Testament, Paul writes that: ''(God) chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things- and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.'' I Corinthians 1:28-29
God speaks about ''boasting'' as if it's a natural temptation for us.
(pause…) But, what is wrong with little boasting? I mean - as some people say - if you've got it - flaunt it. What can be wrong with that? I mean, if you've got a special ability ...
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