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Matthew
6:19-20 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and
steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not
break in and steal.
Rev.
Muse sermon - Where is the Eye of Your Heart?
Text-Matthew 6:19-24 |
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Matthew
Henry Commentary
Matthew 6:19-24
Worldly-mindedness
is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin
can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a
profession of religion. Something the soul will have, which it looks
upon as
the best thing; in which it has pleasure and confidence above other
things.
Christ counsels to make our best things the joys and glories of the
other
world, those things not seen which are eternal, and to place our
happiness in
them. There are treasures in heaven. It is our wisdom to give all
diligence
to make our title to eternal life sure through Jesus Christ, and to look
on
all things here below, as not worthy to be compared with it, and to be
content with nothing short of it. It is happiness above and beyond the
changes and chances of time, an inheritance incorruptible. The worldly
man is
wrong in his first principle; therefore all his reasonings and actions
therefrom must be wrong. It is equally to be applied to false religion;
that
which is deemed light is thick darkness. This is an awful, but a common
case;
we should therefore carefully examine our leading principles by the word
of
God, with earnest prayer for the teaching of his Spirit. A man may do
some
service to two masters, but he can devote himself to the service of no
more
than one. God requires the whole heart, and will not share it with the
world.
When two masters oppose each other, no man can serve both. He who holds
to
the world and loves it, must despise God; he who loves God, must give up
the
friendship of the world.
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