Sermon Notes
Storing Up Treasure
Part of The Sermon on the Mount
October 13, 2024

Storing Up Treasure

Matthew 6:19-24 ESV

To what degree do you trust God in

of your life?

1. How secure is your treasure? vv.19-21

a. A person who has come to faith in Jesus Christ will have new

accompanied by devotion.
b. Earthly treasures are subject to passive loss (moth and rust) and active loss (thieves). Heavenly treasure is !
c. Your heart ( & ) functionally belongs to what it most values. Jesus knows the of idolatry.
Are you pursuing and satisfaction in Jesus?

2. Are you sure you’re seeing clearly? vv.22-24

a. Eye — a person’s

and condition
1. Good eye — attitude, perspective
2. Bad eye — attitude, perspective

b. A spiritually

will be fixed on Jesus Christ and will experience a Job-like “Blessed be Your name” Job 1:21 regardless of current circumstances.
Are your on temporary or eternal treasures?

3. What should we know and do? v.24

a. Don’t be

, take Jesus at His word.
b. In , store up treasures in heaven.

Do good, be rich in good works, be

and ready to share, thus storing up treasure as a good foundation for the future, so that you may take hold of that which is . paraphrase of 1 Tim. 6:17-19