Matthew
6:19-24
Jesus
Teaches about
Money
6:19
"Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and
steal.
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- 20
But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
moth and rust do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break
in and steal.
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- 21
For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be
also.
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- 22
The eye is the lamp of the
body. If your eyes are good,
your whole body will be full
of light.
23
But if your eyes are bad, your
whole body will be full of
darkness!
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- 24
No one can serve two
masters.
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- Either
he will hate the one and love
the other, or he will be
devoted to the one and despise
the other.
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You
cannot serve both God and
Money."
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It
is meant to change the way
that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
What
Jesus Says about
Money
- This is
always a tough subject for me.
I guess since I grew up with
meager means, I put too much
value on net worth and this
sometimes leads me to ignoring
God in order to work to
accumulate more money and
"stuff".
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- Are you
sometimes caught up in this
world's view of success? It is
an easy trap to fall into if
we are not careful.
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- Just a
footnote: I am certainly not
condemning those who have
accumulated honest wealth by
working toward goals to
achieve it. Not at all. If you
make a good living, kudos to
you and I truly want you to
enjoy the fruits of your
labor.
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- God was
a working being also (remember
the creation?) so it would not
make since for us to have to
be miserable every time we
have extra spending
money.
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- Christ
is talking about the way we
sometimes let money matters
get in the way of what is
really important... Working
for God and serving
Him.
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- Spiritual
Vision
Do you
have spiritual vision?
Spiritual vision is our
capacity to see clearly what
God wants us to do and to see
the world from his point of
view.
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- But
this spiritual insight can be
easily clouded. Self-serving
desires, interests, and goals
block that vision. Serving God
is the best way to restore it.
A 'good' eye is one that is
fixed on God.
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- Jesus
says in verse 24 we can have
only one master. We live in a
materialistic society where
many people serve
money.
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- They
spend all their lives
collecting and storing it,
only to die and leave it
behind. Their desire for money
and what it can buy far
outweighs their commitment to
God and spiritual
matters.
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- Whatever
you store up, you will spend
much of your time and energy
thinking about. Don't fall
into the materialistic trap,
because 'the love of money is
a root of all kinds of evil'
(1 Timothy 6:10).
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- Can you
honestly say that God, and not
money, is your
master?
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- One
test is to ask which one
occupies more of your
thoughts, time, and efforts. I
just asked myself that
question and was disappointed
in the answer. How about
you?
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Love in
Christ
-
Bob
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life-changing experience of Jesus
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to salvation.
Bob
Pardue
is a member of First
Baptist
Church
in Lancaster, SC. He is ordained
from Rich Hill Baptist in
Lancaster.
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