2. I want to be Your treasure
Priorities:
I want to be Your treasure

3. NIV
10 WORDS TO LIVE BY
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.
Matthew 6:19-21

4. People Vote Their Pocketbooks

5. A Frugal Christmas

6. Sermon on the Amount

7. A negative command in verse 19.
I. The Followers of Jesus Are Not to Store Up Treasures on Earth because Earthly Wealth is Inherently Insecure.

8. What exactly is Jesus not forbidding?

9. What, then, is Jesus forbidding?

10. No Extravagant Living

11. First, we are to reject extravagant living

12. Second, we are not
to ignore the needy.

13. Third, we are not to live as if this world is the only world there is.

14. Moths and Thieves

15. There are two problems with earthly wealth:
It is destroyed over time. Corruption from Within.
2. It is stolen by thieves.
Violence from Without.

16. Forbes 400

17. A positive command in verse 20.
II. The Followers of Jesus are to Store Up Treasures in Heaven Because Heaven is the Only Place Where Our Wealth Will Be Secure.

18. Where will we do our banking?
Question:
Where will we do our banking?

19. Answer:
You store up treasures in heaven by investing your money in things that will last for eternity.

20. Only Two Things Last Forever
His Word
People

21. He Gives a Reason
III. Where You Put Your Money is All-Important Because Your Heart Follows Your Money–Either Up to Heaven or Down to Earth.

22. You Don’t Own the Boat The Boat Owns You

23. Jesus’ Investment Advice
“If you want to invest your money, find the investment that will give you the most security and the best rate of return over the longest period of time. There is such an investment open to you. But it’s not on earth. It’s in heaven.”

24. Six Simple Words
What are you sending ahead to heaven?
What will you find when you pass through the Jordan River on your way to the Celestial City?
What investments are you making today that will make a difference in eternity?

25. Invest in that which lasts forever!
CHALLENGE
Invest in that which lasts forever!