WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY

•    calling into question ‘conventional wisdom’

PRECARIOUSNESS OF WHAT THIS WORLD HOLDS PRECIOUS

•    early believers opted to sell goods, but not compelled
•    treasury in heaven inexhaustible, un-eclipsed
•    businessman’s material losses prompted greater charity

CALLOUSING OF CASH

•    become like what we idolize; God’s claim on our affections
•    difference between seeing others or self “a little silver”

THE KEEN FATHER AND A CRAZY MASTER

•    Father is pleased to give us the Kingdom: not a meany
•    Son will “dress himself to serve” those who eagerly await Him
•    an unconventional Master crazy with love for us
•    Jesus gave up wealth, became despised & rejected to supply our need

SLEEVES ROLLED UP, AT THE READY

•    blessed are those who are dressed ready for service
•    beware hearts weighed down by dissipation / life’s anxieties
•    does our giving reflect a portion of ourselves?