In this lesson we look at what is most important in the short span of life we are given. We look at what we spend so much time and energy on and see if it is really important. Both audio and slides can be joined together www.cmcoc.org Sermon by: Brian Birdow

1. When it is all said and done
Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-11
Sermon by: Brian Birdow

2. Objective of Lesson
1. To show what so many of us strive for and
covet.

3. Money
• Ecclesiastes 5:10-17
• Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who
loves money will not be
satisfied with money, nor he
who loves wealth with his
income; this also is vanity.
• 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love
of money is a root of all
kinds of evils. It is through
this craving that some have
wandered away from the
faith and pierced themselves
with many pangs.

4. Money
• Luke 12:15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be
on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s
life does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.
• Matthew 6:19-21 Do not lay up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy
and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not
break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also

5. Money
• Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 13:5 Keep your life free from love of
money, and be content with what you have, for he
has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So
we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will
not fear; what can man do to me?”
• 1 Timothy 6:6-7 But godliness with contentment is
great gain, for we brought nothing into the world,
and we cannot take anything out of the world.

6. Application
• We must use our money and possessions not solely
on ourselves but also to aide others.
• Ephesians 4:28 He who steals must steal no longer;
but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands
what is good, so that he will have something to share
with one who has need.
• Luke 3:11 And he would answer and say to them, “The
man who has two tunics is to share with him who
has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”

7. Self - Indulgence
• Ecclesiastes 2:3-11
• Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 And
whatever my eyes desired I did not
keep from them. I kept my heart
from no pleasure, for my heart
found pleasure in all my toil, and
this was my reward for all my toil.
• Then I considered all that my
hands had done and the toil I had
expended in doing it, and behold,
all was vanity and a striving
after wind, and there was nothing
to be gained under the sun.