today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

God made his church a body.

And what that means is he gives different ones of us,

different roles in that body.

Some people in the body, he gives lots of resources to.

Others of us, he calls the leadership

and the wise allocation of those resources.

The gifts don't come to me.

They go through me and your church leaders to God's mission.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Today we're continuing our brand new teaching series titled Whatever It Takes,

as we spend some time in the Gospel of Luke.

Consider this. Because Jesus rose from the dead, we ultimately know what's coming someday, right?

Therefore, we know that only what's done for the sake of the gospel will last forever. And that's why we can let go of the things that will soon have no value, so we can

hold on to the one thing that has infinite value. In today's message, Pastor Jady continues to

teach us about surrender by looking at the essential question of making Jesus our Lord, and what

keeps us from clinging fully to him. Let's rejoin Pastor Jady in Luke chapter 18 for the message he titled,

whatever it takes to follow Jesus.

Here's why Jesus says that money riches, money riches, financial wealth,

why it particularly is a spiritual liability.

Here's why.

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