You can tell what you love by what you protect. What you chase. What you stress about.

What you refuse to let go of. And Jesus says the loudest indicator is your money.

This message, A Jesus Culture: We Lead the Way With Radical Generosity, is not a

finance talk. It’s a heart check. Jesus goes straight for the connection most of us want to

separate: what’s happening in your soul shows up in what you do with what you have.

That’s why He talks about treasure so much. Not because He needs your money, but

because money has a way of demanding your heart.

John the Baptist proves the point. When people ask what repentance looks like, he

doesn’t hand them a feeling. He gives them receipts: share your extra, stop cheating

people, be content. Translation: if God changed your heart, your hands won’t stay

closed.

Then the message puts two pictures side by side. Acts 2 shows a church so open-

handed it created momentum. Needs were met, joy was real, and people kept finding

faith. Luke 12 shows the opposite: a man obsessed with bigger barns, bigger storage,

bigger comfort. God’s verdict is brutal for a reason. Greed doesn’t just mess with your

money, it numbs your soul. Bigger barns don’t fix smaller hearts.

So what do you do? You stop thinking like an owner and start thinking like a steward.

You release what you can’t keep. And you relocate your treasure to what lasts. When

you give, you’re not losing, you’re sending it ahead.

The engine behind all of it is grace. Jesus gave first, and generosity becomes the

evidence that grace is doing work in you.

This is a message for anyone who wants to be free, not fear-driven, not building bigger

barns, but living open-handed with eternity in mind.