Download the transcript as a Word file to receive access to the full outline and complete sermon.

• Jesus used the issue of a family squabble over an inheritance to teach about the danger of greed.

• In the parable of a rich man, God calls him a fool.
• Illustration: Huffman reads a story where God expresses annoyance over someone who fails to honor him as they promised.
• God has righteous indignation against those who have been given much and hold onto it.

• Illustration: Huffman describes the inflationary spiral where earnings don't keep up with inflation.
• Illustration: Huffman tells about being scared to death of the cost of putting three daughters through college.
• Jesus confronts our worries by establishing the uselessness of worry and God's promise to provide.

• Illustration: No security system guarantees absolute protection.
• Our real treasure must be in heaven.

• The tithe we should give is ten percent of the first fruits.
• Malachi 3:8–10
• Illustration: A man testifies that tithing his unemployment check was a real blessing.
• Jesus says that if you aren't able to freely give back to him, sell something.
• Our giving must be off the top, or we will never find it to be available.

• Illustration: Huffman tells how his church gears the budget to what God's people are willing to give.
• Have you made an investment in eternity, in the things of Jesus Christ?