THE HEART OF THE MATTER

10 WORDS … THE HEART OF THE MATTER
EXODUS 20:16-17

CHARACTERISTICS A COVETOUS SPIRIT,

   DEFINITION: A DISCONTENTED DESIRE …
CRAVING SOMETHING YOU DON’T HAVE AND YOU FEEL UNHAPPY AND RESENT OTHERS FOR HAVING IT … AND …
YOU KEEP TRYING TO GET IT …

   EPITHUMIA, A DRIVING CONTROLLING DESIRE OR A CRAVING OR LONGING FOR SOMETHING WE FEEL WE MUST HAVE …

   DESCRIPTION:

      INTERNAL NOT EXTERNAL,

      IT IS A SIN BUT NOT A CRIME,

      IT ALWAYS WANTS MORE, ECC. 4:8

      IT WANTS WHAT IT CANNOT HAVE,

      IT IS A DELIBERATE DESIRE CONSCIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE,

      IT IS GAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS, PROV 23:4-8

      IT IS THE ROOT OF ALL OTHER SINS,

      IT IS IDOLATRY,

CONSUMED WITH A COVETOUS SPIRIT, 2 SAMUEL 13:1-19

   SICK WITH DESIRE, VS.1-13

   SCARRED BY DELIBERATELY POOR CHOICES, VS.14

   SADDENED BY DISAPPOINTMENT, VS.15-16

   STRUCK BY A DESTRUCTIVE CONCLUSION,

CRUSHING COVETING WITH CONTENTMENT,

   UNDERSTANDING THE FATHER’S HEART,

 “THE MAN WHO HAS GOD FOR HIS TREASURE HAS ALL THINGS IN ONE.” A.W. TOZER

   NOT BY CEASING TO DESIRE BUT DEVELOPING A RIGHTEOUS DESIRE,