Britton Christian Church

Back in 1987 a blockbuster Hollywood movie hit the theatres. Wall Street starred Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, a corporate big shot who was willing to stoop to any level to make a buck. Mr. Gekko was the point man for corporate takeovers, insider trading, and every devious business practice that one can imagine. Gordon took a promising, young leader and enticed him to compromise his ethics in return for big pay offs. This past week, as I was studying our Scripture for today, I was reminded of a speech Mr. Gekko gave to a group of stockholders. In the speech Gordon Gekko says, The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed cuts through, clarifies, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. (Gordon Gekko, Wall Street.)

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Last week we began a two week study on Hebrews 13:4. In our study last week we looked at the three important words of counsel given to us in this important passage of Scripture. First, marriage is to be highly honored, treasured, by all people. Second, we are to live lives of sexual purity. Third, all of us will stand before God one day and He will judge those who have compromised their covenant of marriage. We looked in depth at all three of these exhortations last week so we won’t retrace our steps this morning. What we are going to do is to read once again the Scripture from Hebrews 13:4 and talk about how we can stand guard over our marriages.

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