1. Matthew 6:19-24
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2. 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves 
break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 
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3. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 
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4. 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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5. 24 “No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.
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7. Intro
Happy Pledge Sunday!

8. Intro
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

9. Freedom from “Mammon”
Matthew 6:19-24

10. 3 heart-check questions…
Intro
3 heart-check questions…

11. Are you chasing things that are earthly and temporary?
Matthew 6: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

12. Are you chasing things that are earthly and temporary?
Earthly-temporary v.s. Heavenly-eternal
(Cord illustration)
Things that will last forever:
the salvation of souls
rewards for our obedience given by God
our relationship with God
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
-attributed to Jim Elliot

13. Are you spiritually blind?
Matthew 6: “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”

14. Are you spiritually blind?

15. Are you spiritually blind?

16. Are you spiritually blind?
Light = truth, goodness
Darkness = ignorance, evil
Eye = spiritual sight v.s. spiritual blindness
Do we see how God and the things of God are better than the temporary things of this earth?

17. Are you serving the wrong master?
Matthew 6:24 24 “No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.”

18. Are you serving the wrong master?
Everybody serves a master.
Earthly possessions can become our god/master.
As Christians, we call Christ as our Lord.

19. Conclusion Are you chasing things that are earthly and temporary?
Are you spiritually blind?
Are you serving the wrong master?
By God’s forgiveness and the help of the Holy Spirit, we can be free from Mammon and free to serve Him.

20. Commission of Choctaw Team next…