Matt 6:19-24

Treasure and Worry

Therefore…Faith < 500 verses Prayer > 500 versesMoney > 2000

1 in 10 verses in the NT deals with Money

3 sections1. Laying Up Treasure – Matt 6:19-212. Eye health? - Matt 6:22-233. God or Money? – Matt 6:24

Treasures

TreasureClothing

Gen 45:22 – Joseph to BenjaminJosh 7:20-21 - Achan’s sinJudg 14:12 - Samson’s riddleJohn 19:23-24 - Jesus’ clothes

Moths are dangerous to wealth

TreasureGrain

The foolish man who thought himself rich Luke 12:16-21 tear down his barns and build bigger ones Why? Store crops - his wealth

Rust – anything which eats into Insects rats

Treasure in Heaven"Where your treasure

is, there your heart will be also"How?“Bank of Heaven?”

V22-23 - Eye health and body irradiance?Seeing clearly? Is that right?Some detective work…

Detective WorkLook at the translationMatt 6:22-23

Bad vs. Evil

Good Eye vs Evil EyeIdiom?Talmud

Evil EyeProv 23:6-8 Do not eat the food of a stingy

man, do not crave his delicacies; for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

Hebrew…

Prov 22:9 - A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Good Eye = GenerosityPaul’s Paraphrase V22-23

"If you're generous you will know joy, if you're stingy then you will be locked into your self“

Scrooge?Three Paragraphs:

Don't think so much of storing wealth on earth as storing it in heaven.

How? Be generous with what you haveBe a servant of God not of Money

Do We Serve God or Money?It is said "money is a good servant but a terrible

master“Money is also a subtle master

Do not pretend money is unimportantThink otherwise – likely to be ensnared…

Not Effort FreeProv 13:4Prov 20:4Prov 24:30-34

Ebenezer Scrooge

Choose a True and Loving MasterWho is our master?

How do we serve our master?Could anyone tell?

InterestSolomon

Eccl 2:3-11 – Vast business empire, sex, drugs & rock-n-roll

Eccl 5:9-10 “The lover of money never has enough money; the lover of luxury never has enough income. This too is pointless. When the quantity of goods increases, so does the number of parasites consuming them; so the only advantage to the owner is that he gets to watch them do it.” CJB

Jesus says"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on

earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”