“The Curse of Covetousness” – Exodus 20:17
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“The Curse of Covetousness”
(Exodus 20:17)
I. Understanding the command. (Exodus 20:17)
- Not all coveting is bad. (Psalm 68:16)
- Coveting becomes sin when we desire something that someone else has.
II. The curse of coveting.
- Coveting is an attitude while all other commands are actions.
- Coveting is a miserable journey of misguided course correction. (Judges 13:3-5)
III. The cure for covetousness. (Philippians 4:10-13)
- Contentment comes when we learn that it is an internal transformation and not an external transaction. (Philippians 4:10-11)
- The secret to contentment is found when we discover that Jesus is the source of our contentment and not the conduit of our contentment. (Philippians 4:12-13)