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/Easter – Jesus established that kingdom.
Treasure – What is most valuable to you?
what is most valuable to you?
Does it bring you ultimate joy?
What you value most is what you hope will bring you ultimate joy.
Does it
Great Commission – advance the kingdom.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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God’s Plan – Establish a Kingdom
Foretold in
Seeking first His Kingdom – 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Problem – His Kingdom agenda is not always our top agenda.
Agreed?
Why?
Established through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus
Our Commission – Being and Making Disciples
… 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
People stress out over stuff.
The reasoning goes like this.
Sure Jesus, I would like to seek frost your kingdom and everything but I have to earn and make a living.
Life requires I have a job, earn a living, pay bills, and provide for my needs and the needs of my family.
Seeking first your kingdom means that I have to shift my focus away from those responsibilities and put my energy in resources into areas that will not increase the bottom line.
That’s why Jesus talked about money so often.
People were always asking him about it.
Tell my brother to spilt the inheritance.
Should we pay taxes to Caesar?
We don’t have enough food to feed these people.
This perfume was wasted when it could have been sold and the money given to the poor.
Jesus spoke about money more than any other subject.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables were concerned with how to handle money and possessions.
In the Gospels, an amazing one out of ten verses (288 in all) deal directly with the subject of money.
The Bible offers 500 verses on prayer
less than 500 verses on faith,
more than 2,000 verses on money and possessions.
Our Struggle – Deciding Which Kingdom to Advance
Here at Grace we have neglected this subject.
Let’s be honest.
His Kingdom agenda is not always our top agenda.
Why not?
If we are truthful with ourselves and one another we are afraid that if we somehow go all in on “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” we will lose out somehow.
Expository preaching.
Fear of man.
I am not wild about preaching on a topic that many people interpret as self-serving.
I loathe the prosperity gospel so much that there is always a danger that I might avoid legitimate matters the Bible addresses for your good and God’s glory.
Goal of Series
Pay attention to Jesus’ admonition here.
It tells us something about the reason we struggle.
People stress out over stuff.
The reasoning goes like this.
Sure Jesus, I would like to seek first your kingdom and righteousness but I have to earn and make a living.
Life requires that I have a job, earn a living, pay bills, and provide for my needs and the needs of my family.
Seeking first your kingdom means that I have to shift my focus away from those responsibilities and put my energy in resources into areas that will not increase the bottom line.
We tell ourselves we have to choose providing for ourselves and our families over seeking first his kingdom.
Jesus is telling is that is a false choice.
Earlier in this same chapter Jesus went straight for the heart.
First let me address the Non-goal of this series: make you feel like a total failure… This is a real danger.
I am one of those people who for many years felt a low-level guilt anytime I thought deeply about stewardship.
When we were first married, we financed everything.
Car, House, furniture.
And no, I didn’t think through the concept of compound interest.
I did not actually learn about that until I read Larry Burkett’s stuff.
Consequently, we carried more debt than we should and always felt a level of guilt and shame concerning stewardship.
Rolling out a million verses on why you should stop being a financial idiot will not free you.
It highlights our problem and make us feel worse.
To be clear, we will highlight the problem but knowing what one ought to do never empowers anyone to actually do it.
Only the gospel can do that.
The Expressed Goal: Experience the fullness of joy promised to us () by treasuring Jesus above all else.
Series Overview
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and money.
Jesus is telling us our problem is what we value.
Where your treasure is there your heart is.
People are afraid if they actually follow Jesus and seek first his kingdom they are going to miss out.
1. Introduction – Treasure
2. Diagnosis – Sin, Law, and the Gospel (Old Testament)
Your Treasure is whatever you are afraid to lose as you consider following Jesus.
What are you afraid to lose if you follow Jesus?
One of the things people are afraid to lose is money, or the stuff they think money will get them.
People were always asking Jesus about money and stuff.
3. Jesus - Treasuring the Treasure
Tell my brother to spilt the inheritance.
4. – Treasuring Jesus Together
5. Paul – Gospel Generosity Part 1
Should we pay taxes to Caesar?
6. Paul – Gospel Generosity Part 2
We don’t have enough money to buy food to feed these people.
This perfume was wasted when it should have been sold and the money given to the poor.
The Problem Stated – Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also… You cannot serve two masters… You can’t serve both God and money.
What is an idol?
… Anything we value above God.
Reason for exile…
Jesus spoke about money and possessions more than any other subject.
More than faith, heaven, or hell.
Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables were concerned with how to handle money and possessions.
Tension – Treasuring Gifts (stuff) versus the Giver of Gifts…
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