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Matthew 6:19-24
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19“Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal.
20But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves
do not break in and steal.
21For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.
22“The eye is the lamp of the
body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23But if your eyes are
unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within
you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24“No one can serve two
masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be
devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 19
where should we not store up treasures for ourselves?
o
We should not
store up for ourselves treasures on earth.
2)
According to what Jesus said in verse 19
why should we not store up for ourselves treasures on earth?
o
It is because on
earth
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Moths and vermin
destroy.
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And thieves
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Break in.
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And steal.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 20
where should we store up treasures for ourselves?
o
We should store
up for ourselves treasures in heaven.
4)
According to what Jesus said in verse 20
why should we store up for ourselves treasures in heaven?
o
It is because in
heaven
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Moths and vermin
do not destroy.
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And thieves do
not
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Break in.
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And steal.
5)
According to what Jesus said in verse 21
what does our heart follow?
o
Where our treasure
is.
o
There our heart
will be also.
6)
What does Jesus
not want our heart to linger over?
o
Jesus does not
want our heart to linger over temporary things that
§
Are uncertain.
§
And will be destroyed.
7)
According to what Jesus
said in verses 22 and
23 what is the consequence for the eye to be the lamp of the body?
o
The whole body
will be full of light.
o
If
o
The eyes are
healthy.
o
But the whole
body will be full of darkness.
o
If
o
The eyes are
unhealthy.
8)
How do we
interpret what Jesus said about the eye being the lamp of the body?
o
The person would
be able to walk in the light such as storing up treasures in heaven.
o
If
o
The eyes are
spiritually healthy.
o
But the person
would walk in darkness such as storing up treasures on earth.
o
If
o
The eyes are spiritually
unhealthy.
9)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 23
where does darkness come from?
o
Darkness comes
from within.
10)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 23 what makes the darkness within great?
o
The light within
a person
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Being darkness,
i.e.,
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Being replaced by
darkness.
o
Makes the darkness
great.
o
In other words a
person who
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Walks in the light.
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But then chooses
to walk in darkness.
o
Has developed great
darkness within.
11)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 24 who can
serve two masters?
o
No one.
12)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 24 why
can a person not serve two masters?
o
Either the person
will
§
Hate the one.
§
And love the
other.
o
Or the person will
§
Be devoted to the
one.
§
And despise the
other.
13)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 24 what
conclusion did he reach about serving God
and money?
o
We cannot serve
both
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God.
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And money.
14)
How do we apply
what has been said about great darkness developing within a person to the
matter of serving God and money?
o
A person who
§
Serves God, i.e.,
storing up treasures in heaven.
§
But then chooses
to serve money, i.e., storing up treasures on earth.
o
Has developed great
darkness within.
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Matthew 6:19-24
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