True Riches in Heaven
Matthew 6:19-34
Purpose: How to store up treasures in heaven!
- Choose Your Master (Matthew 6:19-24)
Matthew 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
True Riches "treasure" are stored up in heaven, not on earth!
No one can serve both God and money! (v. 24).
Where are you storing up your treasures?
It's about your heart, your eye, and your priorities (vv.21-24, 33)
- Prioritize Your Life (Matthew 6:25-34)
Matthew 6:25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 "Do not worry then, saying, "What will we eat?' or "What will we drink?' or "What will we wear for clothing?' 32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
"For this reason" = precisely because no one can serve both God and money (v. 24)
Do not worry about the things that your Father knows you need!
Trust God's Provision, but that's not the priority! His provision is not the treasure!
Prioritize! Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness!
What are Kingdom-First Christians like?
Fulfilling God's will, more righteous than the Pharisees (Matthew 5:17, 20)
Gospel-Centered & Jesus-Centered
Followers of Jesus & Fishers of Men (Matthew 4:19)
Who Make Disciples of All Nations (Matthew 28:18-20)