Sermon Series: Silent Killers
Title: When Greed Gets A Grip
Pastor Matt Helms
10-18-2026
Luke 12:13-21 (NLT)
13Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.”
14Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?” 15Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
16Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ 18Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 19And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”
Point 1: GREED BEGINS WITH THE LIE: “I NEED MORE”
Luke 12:15 (NLT) …Life is not measured by how much you own.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NLT) Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
Point 2: GREED TURNS BLESSING INTO MASTERS
Matthew 6:24 (ESV) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Point 3: GREED CHANGES THE WAY YOU SEE PEOPLE
Point 4: GREED WILL MAKE YOU STORE WHAT GOD INTENDED YOU TO STEWARD
Luke 12:18 (NLT) Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.
Luke 12:18 (NLT) And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Point 5: GREED GIVES YOU FALSE SECURITY
Luke 12:19 (NLT) And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”
James 4:14 (NLT) How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
Point 6: GREED DOESN’T JUST WANT YOUR MONEY – IT WANTS YOUR HEART
Matthew 6:21 (NLT) Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Point 7: GREED CAN’T LIVE WITH CONTENTMENT
1 Timothy 6:6 (NLT) Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
Hebrews 13:5 (NLT) Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”
Point 8: JESUS OFFERS SOMETHING MONEY NEVER CAN
Matthew 6:20 (NLT) Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Job 1:21 (NLT) He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave.
Title: When Greed Gets A Grip
Pastor Matt Helms
10-18-2026
Luke 12:13-21 (NLT)
13Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.”
14Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?” 15Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”
16Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ 18Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 19And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”
Point 1: GREED BEGINS WITH THE LIE: “I NEED MORE”
Luke 12:15 (NLT) …Life is not measured by how much you own.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NLT) Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
Point 2: GREED TURNS BLESSING INTO MASTERS
Matthew 6:24 (ESV) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Point 3: GREED CHANGES THE WAY YOU SEE PEOPLE
Point 4: GREED WILL MAKE YOU STORE WHAT GOD INTENDED YOU TO STEWARD
Luke 12:18 (NLT) Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.
Luke 12:18 (NLT) And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Point 5: GREED GIVES YOU FALSE SECURITY
Luke 12:19 (NLT) And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”
James 4:14 (NLT) How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
Point 6: GREED DOESN’T JUST WANT YOUR MONEY – IT WANTS YOUR HEART
Matthew 6:21 (NLT) Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Point 7: GREED CAN’T LIVE WITH CONTENTMENT
1 Timothy 6:6 (NLT) Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
Hebrews 13:5 (NLT) Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”
Point 8: JESUS OFFERS SOMETHING MONEY NEVER CAN
Matthew 6:20 (NLT) Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Job 1:21 (NLT) He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave.