Matthew 6:19-20 (NKJV) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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I. People are
1. is fool’s gold
2. is better than gold
Psalm 119:162 (NLT) I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.
Matthew 6:21 (NKJV) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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II. The Spiritual
Matthew 6:22-23 (NKJV) The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
1. A eye = near-sighted living
2. A eye = far-sighted living
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III. Settling the issue
Matthew 6:24 (NKJV) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
1. is a terrible master
2. is the only master
Psalm 24:1(NIV) The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it
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IV. God’s Way
I Corinthians 4:2 (NKJV) Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
1. Recognize God as your
Deuteronomy 8:18 (NIV) But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth
2. Realize you are a
Proverbs 3:9 (GW) Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first and best part of all your income
1) Give first
2) Save wisely
3) Spend responsibly
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