Envy: “I’m Poisoned by Your Possession”

If you’re new to Lifepoint | Worthington, take 30 seconds to fill out our Welcome Card!

If you have any questions from the message today, send them here and I'll follow up!

The Capital Vices

What are they?

Where did they come from?

Why are we talking about them?

Presenting Symptoms

““I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (Exodus 20:2–6, ESV)

“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” So Aaron said to them, “Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”” (Exodus 32:1–4, ESV)

“You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (Exodus 20:5–6, ESV)

Underlying Condition

Envy

“Of all the vices, only Envy is no fun.”

“When you love, you rejoice over other’s good. When you envy, you sorrow over it.”

Treatment Plan

So What?

As always, if you'd like to talk more with me about anything we discussed, you can sign up for meeting time.