Be on Guard Against Greed | Luke 12:13-21 | IN STEP
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
As we continue our “In Step” series through the book of Luke, Pastor J.D. preaches about a sickness that most of us have, but few of us realize—the sickness of greed. Part of what makes greed so deadly is our inherent blindness to it. Jesus simply assumes that greed is a problem for all of us! But he also offers us a radical, gospel-shaped antidote.
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| 0:00.0 | When you think about the future, what gives you a feeling of security? |
| 0:05.3 | Is it the amount of money that you have or is it that you're right with God? |
| 0:08.4 | If it's money, you'll be very tight-fisted with it. |
| 0:11.4 | If it's God, you'll be free with that money. |
| 0:13.2 | You'll be open-handed. |
| 0:14.3 | You'll be ready to be generous whenever God directs. |
| 0:17.4 | And that's because you're not worried about it because God is your security, not money. |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome back to the Summit Life podcast with J.D. Greer. I'm Molly Vitovich. As we celebrate Pastor Jadie's |
| 0:36.8 | latest book launch, we have some fun extra |
| 0:39.5 | resources to go with it that we want to tell you about. First up, we have an everyday revolutionary |
| 0:44.8 | seven-day challenge. It equips you with simple daily practices rooted in scripture, |
| 0:50.8 | reflection and action, that turn ordinary moments into opportunities to live boldly for |
| 0:56.2 | Christ. You can access that for free on the homepage of jd.gere.com for the rest of this week only |
| 1:02.3 | through October 31st. Today we continue our new in-step teaching series through the book of Luke |
| 1:08.5 | and Pastor J.D. teaches about a sickness that most of |
| 1:12.0 | us have, but few of us realize it's the sickness of greed. Now, if you're new around here, you can |
| 1:18.2 | learn more about our ministry and view full transcripts of each sermon at J.D. greer.com. |
| 1:23.8 | Here's Pastor Jady with a message titled Be on Guard Against Greed. |
| 1:32.1 | Thank you. Here's Pastor Jady with a message titled, Be on Guard Against Greed. Luke chapter 12, if you got your Bible. |
| 1:34.4 | Luke chapter 12, if you have your Bible, we are in week number two of the series called |
| 1:39.6 | In Step in which we're looking at at walking with Jesus in a way that makes our lives secure |
| 1:46.6 | and eternally significant. Last week, we saw Jesus warn religious people that it is possible |
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