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YOU YOU CANNOTCANNOTMATTHEW 6:19-24
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CHARACTERCHARACTER MATT 5:1-12MATT 5:1-12
THE KINGDOM CITIZENTHE KINGDOM CITIZEN
RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY MATT 5:13-16MATT 5:13-16
NATURENATURE MATT 5:17-19MATT 5:17-19
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RULERULE MATT 5:20MATT 5:20
THE KINGDOM CITIZENTHE KINGDOM CITIZEN
ILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATION MATT 5:21-48MATT 5:21-48
DISTRACTIONSDISTRACTIONS MATT 6MATT 6
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AN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEAN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTHYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH
1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the
things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God....5 Therefore consider the members of
your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts
to idolatry.Colossians 3:1,5 (NASB95)
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AN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEAN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTHYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH
9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and
destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have
wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.1 Timothy 6:9–10 (NASB95)
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AN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEAN UNBENDING PRINCIPLEYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTHYOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will
store all my grain and my goods...21So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not
rich toward God.”Luke 12:18-21 (NASB95)
STORING UP TREASURESTORING UP TREASURE
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ON EARTHON EARTHTWO TREASURIESTWO TREASURIES
This treasury is temporal, This treasury is temporal, sensual and destructible sensual and destructible
describes a mentality describes a mentality opposed to righteousnessopposed to righteousness
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IN HEAVENIN HEAVENTWO TREASURIESTWO TREASURIES
focus on the eternal goal and focus on the eternal goal and an interest in doing what is an interest in doing what is
required to enjoy itrequired to enjoy it
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THE SINGLE EYETHE SINGLE EYETWO VISIONSTWO VISIONS
single - simple or single, of a single - simple or single, of a cloth folded once thus without cloth folded once thus without
complication. complication. the noun form of the word the noun form of the word
means generous means generous (James 1:5; Rom 12:8)(James 1:5; Rom 12:8)
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THE EVIL EYETHE EVIL EYETWO VISIONSTWO VISIONS
A Jewish colloquialism, to mean A Jewish colloquialism, to mean grudginglygrudgingly
This describes the man who This describes the man who does not and cannot grow does not and cannot grow
spirituallyspiritually
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GOD OF HEAVEN OR THE GOD OF HEAVEN OR THE GOD OF THIS WORLDGOD OF THIS WORLD
TWO MASTERSTWO MASTERS
The contrast follows the obvious The contrast follows the obvious theme of the passagetheme of the passage
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SERVESERVETWO MASTERSTWO MASTERS
WE MUST NOT MISS THE FIGURE IN WE MUST NOT MISS THE FIGURE IN THE PASSAGETHE PASSAGE
YOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERSYOU CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS