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The Myth of Two Masters
Scripture Passage:
Matthew 6:19-34 Attached audio files:
- WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE? (Matthew 6:19-21 [19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
[20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
See All...) - Treasures on Earth (Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
See All...) - Treasures in Heaven (Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
See All...; 1 Peter 1:4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
See All...) - Treasures of the Heart (Matthew 6:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
See All...; Colossians 3:1-2 [1] If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. [2] Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
See All...) - WHAT DRAWS YOUR EYE? (Matthew 6:22-23 [22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
[23] But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
See All...) - Light in the Eye (Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
See All...; 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
See All...; Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
See All...) - Darkness in the Eye (Matthew 6:23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
See All...; Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
See All... - WHO IS YOUR MASTER? (Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
See All...) - The Impossibility of Two Masters
- The Necessity of One Master
- The Incompatibility of God and Mammon
- WHAT FILLS YOUR THOUGHTS? (Matthew 6:25-29 [25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
[26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
[27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
[28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
See All...) - Food and Drink? (Matthew 6:25-26 [25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
[26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
See All...) - Impossible Dreams? (Matthew 6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
See All...; Luke 12:25-26 [25] And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? [26] If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
See All...) - Clothes? (Matthew 6:28-29 [28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
[29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
See All...) - Thought Wasters:
- Lustful thoughts
- Wishing for material things
- Worrying over material needs (Philippians 4:6
See All...) - WHERE IS YOUR FAITH? (Matthew 6:30-32 [30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
[31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
See All...) - Our Need for Faith (Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
See All...) - God’s Knowledge of our Needs (Matthew 6:31-32 [31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
See All...) - WHAT DO YOU SEEK? (Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
See All...) - Seek First the Things of God
- God will be Responsible for Adding the Rest (Psalm 34:9-10 [9] O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
[10] The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
See All...; Psalm 84:11-12 [11] For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. [12] O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
See All...) - WHO HOLDS YOUR TOMORROW? (Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
See All...) - Do Not Worry About Tomorrow (Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
See All...) - Do Not Look Beyond the Evils of Today (Deuteronomy 33:25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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No Leisure to Look Up – “It is storied of Henry the Fourth of France asking the Duke of Alva if he had observed the eclipses happening in that year: he answered, that he had so much business on earth, that he had no leisure to look to heaven. So it is. Most men are of this Spanish general’s mind: witness the oxen, the farms, the pleasures, the profits and preferments, that men are so fast glued unto, that they have hardly leisure to entertain a thought of any goodness.” –by Spencer from New Encyclopedia of Prose Illustrations (page 17).
When God Spoils Our Pictures – “Two painters were employed to fresco the walls of a magnificent cathedral. Both stood on a rude scaffolding constructed for the purpose, some distance from the floor. One, so intent upon his work, forgetting where he was, stepped back slowly, surveying critically the work of his pencil, until he had neared the edge of the plank on which he stood. At this moment his companion, just perceiving his danger, seized a wet brush, flung it against the wall, spattering the picture with unsightly blotches of coloring. The painter flew forward, and turned upon his friend with fierce upbraidings, till made aware of the danger he had escaped; then, with tears of gratitude, he blessed the hand that saved him. Just so, sometimes we get so absorbed with the pictures of the world, unconscious of our peril, when God in mercy dashes out the beautiful images, and draws us, at the time we are complaining of his dealings, into his outstretched arms of love.” –from New Encyclopedia of Prose Illustrations (page 19).
CONCLUSION: Life is the Time to Serve the Lord – In August of 1772, two Baptist preachers of Virginia, James Greenwood and William Loval, were seized by warrant in King and Queen county and transported to the county jail for preaching without a license. While being transported to the jail, they gave notice that they would preach the next Lord’s Day from the jail windows and they sang the following song:
Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time to insure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return!
Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue;
Since no device or work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground.
Proverbs 28:11
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.