An Ideal Life

Pharisee- Fame

•Matthew 23:5-7

•5 but all their works they do to be seen by men.

They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the

borders of their garments. 6 they love the best

places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by

men, ‘rabbi, rabbi.’

Pharisee- Fame

•Matthew 6:2

•2 therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not

sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in

the synagogues and in the streets, that they may

have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they

have their reward.

Pharisee- Fame

•Matthew 6:5

•5 “and when you pray, you shall not be like the

hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the

synagogues and on the corners of the streets,

that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say

to you, they have their reward.

Pharisee- Fame

•Matthew 23:27-28

•27 “woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed

appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of

dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 even so

you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but

inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Rich Man - Wealth•Luke 12:16-21

• 16 then he spoke a parable to them, saying: “the ground of a certain

rich man yielded plentifully. 17 and he thought within himself, saying,

‘what shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ 18 so he

said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and

there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 and I will say to my

soul, “soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your

ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’ 20 but God said to him, ‘fool! This

night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things

be which you have provided?’ 21 “so is he who lays up treasure for

himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Rich Man - Wealth

•Luke 12:19

•19 and I will say to my soul, “soul, you have many

goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat,

drink, and be merry.

Rich Man - Wealth

•Luke 12:20

•20 but God said to him, ‘fool! This night your soul

will be required of you; then whose will those

things be which you have provided?’

Rich Man - Wealth

•1 Timothy 6:7-10

• 7 for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we

can carry nothing out. 8 and having food and clothing, with

these we shall be content. 9 but those who desire to be rich

fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and

harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 for the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for

which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness,

and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Gentiles - Pleasure

•Romans 1:28

•28 and even as they did not like to retain God in

their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased

mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Gentiles - Pleasure

•2 Timothy 3:4-5

•4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure

rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of

godliness but denying its power. And from such

people turn away!

Good Men - Morals

•Romans 10:3

•3 for they being ignorant of God’s righteousness,

and seeking to establish their own righteousness,

have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

Good Men - Morals

•Acts 10:2

•2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his

household, who gave alms generously to the

people, and prayed to God always.

Good Men - Morals

•Acts 11:14

• 14 who will tell you words by which you and all your

household will be saved.

•Acts 10:48

• 48 and he commanded them to be baptized in the name

of the lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.

Paul - Christ•Philippians 1:21

•21 for to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

•Galatians 2:20

•20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I

who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which

I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of

God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Paul - Christ

•Philippians 3:7-8

• 7 but what things were gain to me, these I have counted

loss for Christ. 8 yet indeed I also count all things loss

for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my

lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and

count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

What About You?

•Philippians 3:13-14

•13 brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended;

but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are

behind and reaching forward to those things which are

ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the

upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

What About You?

•Galatians 6:7-8

•7 do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for

whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 for he

who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap

corruption, but he who sows to the spirit will of the

spirit reap everlasting life.