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Introduction: Pirates pursuing for treasure.
“X” marks the spot.
What You talkin’ bout, Jesus?
(Treasures in Heaven not Earth.)
When we consider the fact that this present creation is a temporary one and that our life in the new creation will last for eternity, we have a strong motivation for godly living and for living in such a way as to store up treasures in heaven.
Pursue Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.
(Explain the difference between pursue making a living that needs money and pursuit of wealth as an obsession.)
Draw on the example
God wants us to serve him.
We each have a choice to make in what we will follow.
If we are trying to pursue earthly treasure while still trying to Pursue Heavenly wealth, we will be living a double life.
We will be so scattered in our thoughts, in our life, in our goals.
We can become a hot and cold “Christian.”
Or so we think.
(Relate this Scripture to what we pursue.)
Pursue Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.
1. Work for eternal rewards not earthly rewards.
Matthew 6:
(Define what is what is not eternal.
Also, go through examples.)
God will use what we
Jim Elliot: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
The reality is what Jesus is saying there is that our use of money is a sure barometer of our present spiritual condition.
(Explain how Jim Elliot is describing Gospel Truth.)
And it’s not just our present spiritual condition; our use of money is a sure indicator of our future eternal destination.
There’s a radical reward to be had in heaven, Jesus says, and it begs the question: Are you going to live for treasure on earth or are you going to live for treasure in heaven?
Ken Hemphill correctly defines what is eternal.
The only thing that’s truly eternal around you and me today is people—human beings whose souls will live on after they die.
Some will be redeemed and will live forever.
Some will be lost and will face God’s righteous judgment.
But putting our energies into serving, helping, loving, encouraging, and supporting other people is how kingdom people invest in eternity.
— by Ken Hemphill.
1. Work for eternal rewards not earthly rewards.
2. Keep our focus on the Light.
Matthew 6:
John 14:
(Relate previous Scripture to a flashlight that is usable and one that is not.
Yet, it does not do us any good if we are looking away from light to areas that are dark.
For the light to be helpful, we must be focused on the light.)
Yet, Jesus reveals the correlation of the influence between the light and darkness is a reflection of the core of us.
If our focus is on the pursuit of money, if our focus is on the pursuit of the wealth, it is not focused on God.
It is not focused on what is pure and right.
It is not focused on the Light.
It is focused on darkness that will only get darker and darker.
It is a cause and effect that leads to more of a separation from God.
Pursue Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.
1. Work for eternal rewards not earthly rewards.
2. Keep our focus on the Light.
“Retirement doesn’t have to be a red light.
It can be a green light.
Othmar Ammann would agree.
After he “retired” at age 60, he designed, among other things, the Connecticut and New Jersey Turnpikes; the Pittsburgh Civic Arena; Dulles Airport; the Throgs Neck Bridge; and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
Paul Gauguin “retired” as a successful stockbroker and became a world-famous artist.
Heinrich Schliemann “retired” from business to look for Homer’s legendary city of Troy.
He found it.
After Churchill made his mark as a world statesman, he picked up his pen and won the Nobel Prize for Literature at age seventy-nine.
Don’t just go fishing when you retire.
Go hunting.
Hunt for the chance to do what you’ve always wanted to do.
Then go do it!”
(Jones, G. C. (1986).
1000 illustrations for preaching and teaching (pp.
217–218).
Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.)
(Relate the above to Pursuing Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.)
If you are retired, God does not call you to retire from Pursuing Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.
If you are not retired and still working, start now to Pursue Heavenly wealth not earthly wealth.
Jones, G. C. (1986).
1000 illustrations for preaching and teaching (pp.
217–218).
Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
Retirement
doesn’t have to be
a red light.
It can be
a green light.
Othmar Ammann
would agree.
After he “retired”
at age 60,
he designed,
among other things,
the Connecticut and
New Jersey Turnpikes;
the Pittsburgh Civic Arena;
Dulles Airport;
the Throgs Neck Bridge;
and the
Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
Paul Gauguin “retired”
as a successful stockbroker
and became
a world-famous artist.
Heinrich Schliemann
“retired” from business
to look for Homer’s
legendary city of
Troy.
He found it.
After Churchill made his
mark as a world statesman,
he picked up
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