
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 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.”
– Matthew 6:19-24 & Selected
I. Caution: We live in a
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.” Vs. 19
Our Material World…
Captures our
Drives our
Excites our
Promotes a false sense of
Temporarily
Challenges our
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Vs. 21
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” – Exodus 20:3
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” – Matthew 22:37-38
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” – 1 Timothy 6:10
How to Break the Grip of Greed
I must understand the devastating
See 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
I must learn to find my
“I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” – Philippians 4:11b
“But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.” – 1 Timothy 6:6-8I must ask God to help me loosen my grip and develop a life of
“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” – 2 Corinthians 9:6
I must learn to be generous to God first as an act of
“Each one must give as he has decided in his heart.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7a
See Luke 12:13-21I must learn to give
“…not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7b
I must
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” – 2 Corinthians 9:8
II. Solution: Heavenly
“…but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” – Vs. 20