Key Idea: We invest our lives with eternity in focus.

Premise: There is a direct relationship between what we invest our resources on, and who God is to us.

1. Invest in things of eternal value. (vs 19-20)
2. Your investment choices reflect your personal values. (vs 21-23)
3. What you invest your life in will be what you serve. (vs 24)

Matthew 6:19-24 New International Version (NIV)

Treasures in Heaven

¹⁹ “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

²² “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,^[a] your whole body will be full of light. ²³ But if your eyes are unhealthy,^[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁴ “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
2. Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.

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