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3. Sermon Notes: Who is Your Master? Matthew 6:22-24
Stanley Dale

4. Review Matthew 6:19-21
The things of this earth can be destroyed, corrode or stolen therefore it is better to lay up treasure in heaven
You lay up treasure in heaven by seeking first God’s righteousness and His kingdom

5. Review Matthew 6:19-21
What do your finances and calendar reveal about your heart?

6. How Well Do You See? Matthew 6:22-23
A clear eye receives light and so sees clearly. A bad eye leaves the body in darkness
Clear / single (aJplou:V / haplous) - is contrasted with bad / evil (ponhro;V / ponēros) = moral health

7. How Well Do You See? Matthew 6:22-23
2 Corinthians 4:4 - use of light, sight, blindness in reference to spiritual perceptions
Matthew 15:14 - the Pharisees claimed to be spiritual leaders, but were actually spiritually blind

8. How Well Do You See? Matthew 6:22-23
A blind person can be helped, but a person with bad vision that claims to see clearly cannot be helped
How well do you see?

9. Incompatible Masters Matthew 6:24
“Serve” is douleuvw / douleuō which means “to slave for”
Romans 6:16 - you are a slave of the master you obey
You cannot love both God and the world - 1 John 2:15-17 (see John 14:21)

10. Incompatible Masters Matthew 6:24
The Scribes and Pharisees loved money (Luke 16:14) and the praise of men (John 12:43) and hated Jesus
Material prosperity is not the problem - it is the love of it - 1 Timothy 6:10
Mammon refers to material wealth with a strongly negative connotation of trusting it instead of God

11. Slave of God verses Slave to Mammon Examples
Moses: Hebrews 11:24
Demas: 2 Timothy 4:9-10
Daniel
The Rich Young Ruler: Matthew 19
The churches of Macedonia: 2 Corinthians 8:2

12. Slave of God verses Slave to Mammon Examples
Judas: John 12:3-4; Matthew 26:14-16
The rest of the Apostles
Ananias & Saphira: Acts 5
Other examples of slaves to mammon:
Other examples of slaves to God:

13. Are you a slave of God or mammon? Who is your master?

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