The document discusses Jesus' teachings on money, possessions, and eternity. It makes three key points: 1. Jesus spoke of two treasuries - an earthly treasury that can be destroyed and a heavenly treasury that is eternal. He commands us to store up treasures in heaven through good deeds and generosity rather than on earth. 2. Jesus said we cannot serve both God and money, and must consciously choose to serve one master. Serving God means prioritizing heavenly treasures over earthly ones. 3. The way to store up heavenly treasures is through good deeds, generosity, and helping others, as these actions will be rewarded in heaven. Living this way requires having "good eyes" that

1. Money Possessions and
Eternity Part 2
2 Treasuries,
2 Perspectives,
2 Masters
Bible Readings: Romans 8:12‐25 (Page 800)
Matthew 6:19‐34 (Page 685)
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2. Money and possessions are very
important to God.
In the Bible He has given us
advice, warnings, commands
and examples about how to use
them.
The way we use them can have
eternal consequences.
There is a strong relationship
between the way we use money
and possessions and our
relationship with God.
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3. “Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal. But
store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
moth and rust do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break
in and steal. For where your
treasure is, there your heart will
be also.”
(Matthew 6:19–21, NIV84)
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4. Jesus spoke of two treasuries:
our treasury in heaven and our
treasury on earth.
Jesus gives us two very specific
commands:
Do not store up treasures on
earth which will be destroyed
or stolen.
Store up treasures in heaven
which can never be destroyed
or stolen.
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5. “The eye is the lamp of the
body. If your eyes are good,
your whole body will be full of
light. But if your eyes are bad,
your whole body will be full of
darkness. If then the light
within you is darkness, how
great is that darkness!”
(Matthew 6:22–23, NIV84)
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6. Jesus says there are two ways
of looking at the world.
Good eyes see this life as God
sees it.
Bad eyes see things the way the
world sees this life.
Good eyes fill our lives with
light.
Bad eyes fill our life with
darkness
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7. “No one can serve two masters.
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 both
God and Money.” (Matthew
6:24, NIV84)
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8. Two masters
God
Money ( Mammon, Greek
“mamona”) = materialism
Our “master” is the one we
serve, the one we obey and the
one who's will we do.
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9. We must consciously choose:
to store up treasure in
heaven.
God’s view of life.
to serve God.
The default choice (making no
decision):
storing up treasure for
ourselves.
filling our lives with darkness
serving money as lord.
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10. Jesus says that our treasure is
where our heart is. Ask........
What do you value most?
What would you most hate to
lose?
When you are free to think,
what do your thoughts most
often turn to?
What gives you the greatest joy
and pleasure?
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11. What does Jesus mean by
“storing up” heavenly
treasures? What is the practical
action involved?
Jesus said that:
we can either spend time,
energy and money to store
up earthly treasures which
we can lose at any time,
or we can spend time, energy
and money to store up
heavenly treasure.
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12. What is heavenly treasure?
Paul says that the greatest treasure here and in
heaven is Christ Himself:
“I once thought these things were valuable, but
now I consider them worthless because of what
Christ has done. Yes, everything else is
worthless when compared with the infinite
value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His
sake I have discarded everything else, counting
it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ”
(Philippians 3:7–8, NLT)
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13. The forgiveness of sins and
salvation is a free gift which Christ
has paid for by His death and
offers freely to all who ask.
It’s what we do after we accept
Jesus' free gift of salvation that
becomes the next most important
decision.
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14. The next greatest heavenly
treasure after Christ Himself is His
approval and His reward.
Jesus says of the faithful servant in
the parable of the talents,
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done,
good and faithful servant; you
were faithful over a few things, I
will make you ruler over many
things. Enter into the joy of your
lord.’” (Matthew 25:21, NKJV)
The faithful servant already
belonged to his Lord.
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15. How do we store up treasures in
heaven? What exactly should we do?
Paul instructs Timothy to tell church
members in his churches:
“Command them who are rich in this
world . . . . to do good, to be rich in
good deeds, and to be generous and
willing to share. In this way they will
lay up treasure for themselves as a
firm foundation for the coming age,
so that they may take hold of the life
that is truly life.”
(1 Timothy 6:17–19, NIV84)
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16. Jesus knows that we will find it
easier to be generous when we
see it as an investment not as a
loss.
To do good knowing it is what
God commands and receiving a
reward is not selfish. Jesus wants
to reward us for serving Him.
Jesus promises, good deeds and
generosity store up heavenly
rewards.
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17. “The one who receives a prophet
because he is a prophet will receive
a prophet’s reward, and the one
who receives a righteous person
because he is a righteous person
will receive a righteous person’s
reward. And whoever gives one of
these little ones even a cup of cold
water because he is a disciple, truly,
I say to you, he will by no means
lose his reward.”
(Matthew 10:41–42, ESV)
The rewards Jesus gives far
outweigh anything, any act of
generosity we can do.
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18. The eye is the lamp of the body.
If your eyes are good, your whole
body will be full of light. But if
your eyes are bad, your whole
body will be full of darkness. If
then the light within you is
darkness, how great is that
darkness!”
(Matthew 6:22–23, NIV84)
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19. To “bad eyes” giving generously
and doing good is viewed as a loss
to yourself.
The “bad eyes” see the world and
this life as all there is.
The “good eyes” see that there is
infinitely more beyond this world
and this life.
The “good eyes” see life the way
God sees it ‐ as a “passing shadow.”
When our “eyes are good” we will
see generosity and good deeds as
wise investments which will reap
dividends for all eternity.
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20. Jesus warns:
No one can serve two masters.
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 both
God and Money.” (Matthew 6:24,
NIV84)
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Whom do we obey?
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21. Jesus is not saying serving Him
means having nothing to do with
money.
We use money and possessions
for good deeds and giving
generously.
The danger of money is it can
become the lord of our life. It
becomes the decision maker.
If we don't choose to serve God
with our money, it becomes the
master of our lives by default.
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Whom do we obey?
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22. Serving money has its reward in
this life.
Serving God has its reward both
in this life and for all eternity.
Which master would you rather
serve?
Jesus clearly says we must
choose to serve Him otherwise
we will serve money.
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Whom do we obey?
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