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Scripture Text: Matthew 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal. 20 Instead, store up for yourselves wealth in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and burglars do not break in or steal. 21 For where your wealth is, there your heart will be also. 22 ‘The eye is the lamp of the body.’ So if you have a ‘good eye’ [that is, if you are generous] your whole body will be full of light; 23 but if you have an ‘evil eye’ [if you are stingy] your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No one can be slave to two masters; for he will either hate the first and love the second, or scorn the second and be loyal to the first. You can’t be a slave to both God and money.
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John Wesley's Noes-Commentary: Matthew 6:19-24
Verse 19
[19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Lay not up for yourselves — Our Lord here makes a transition from religious to common actions, and warns us of another snare, the love of money, as inconsistent with purity of intention as the love of praise.
Where rust and moth consume — Where all things are perishable and transient. He may likewise have a farther view in these words, even to guard us against making any thing on earth our treasure. For then a thing properly becomes our treasure, when we set our affections upon it. Luke 12:33.
Verse 21
[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 11:34.
Verse 22
[22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
The eye is the lamp of the body — And what the eye is to the body, the intention is to the soul. We may observe with what exact propriety our Lord places purity of intention between worldly desires and worldly cares, either of which directly tend to destroy.
If thine eye be single — Singly fixed on God and heaven, thy whole soul will be full of holiness and happiness.
If thine eye be evil — Not single, aiming at any thing else.
Verse 24
[24] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Mammon — Riches, money; any thing loved or sought, without reference to God. Luke 16:13.
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The Daily Devotionals:
Monday, July 25, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- What is the relationship between money and what we value?
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- How do we establish our own personal priorities?
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- Read verses 22 & 23.
- What do you think Jesus means by this?
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- How are our priorities a witness of our faith?
- Who is watching us?
Friday, July 29, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- In what ways is our world filled with two “masters?”
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- What treasure are you storing up today?
- How are you truly investing in the future?
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 6:19-24
- Pray for those waiting to receive from our generosity.
First United Methodist Church
2111 Camino Del Rio South
San Diego, California 92108, United States
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