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The Sermon on the Mount, Day 36

The Sermon on the Mount, Day 36

Read Matthew 6:19-24 and do the following exercises:

  • What are the recurring words or themes in the three images Jesus uses?
  • What are the parallels between this section and the previous teaching from this chapter on giving, prayer, and fasting (v1-18)?
  • The best way to find out what you really “treasure” is to ask yourself what you spend most of your thoughts and time on – because these are the most expensive decisions of the heart. Take some time to write down a list of the things you genuinely pursue with passion. So, what do you pursue most? What needs to change?
  • What if these three lessons (v19-24: treasures in heaven, the eyes are the lamp of the body, and serving two masters) are teaching exactly the same lesson as the passages that came immediately before (v1-18: giving, prayer, and fasting). What would that lesson be?