2. OUTLINE FOR JESUS‘
―TALK‖
4:17- 5:1-20 5:21- 6:1-34 7:1-12 7:13-
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3. THE HEXAGON – The
Father‘s...

4. JESUS‘ WARNINGS...
- Don‘t be fooled by – or become
obsessed with the need
to cultivate – the the false security
blanket of your own
REPUTATION
- Don‘t be fooled by – or become
obsessed with the need

5. TWO QUESTIONS TO
CONSIDER...
- QUESTION #1: WHO are you?
- QUESTION #2: WHERE are you?

7. MATTHEW 6:19-21 // TWO KINDS
OF TREASUREnot store up for yourselves
Do
treasures
on earth, where moths and
vermin destroy,
and where thieves break in
and steal.
But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven

9. MATTHEW 6:22-24 // TWO
The eye is the lamp of EYES
KINDS OF the body
(giving light to see).
If your eyes are healthy (generous)
your whole body will
be full of light. But if your eyes are
unhealthy (stingy),
your whole body will be full of
darkness.

10. MATTHEW 6:22-24 // TWO
KINDS OF MASTERS
No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one
and love the other,
or you will be devoted to the one
and despise the other.
You cannot serve both
God and Mammon.

11. GOD & MAMMON
- BOTH want to be your MASTER, only
ONE deserves it
- God promises AND delivers, Mammon
just promises...
- God is GENEROUS, Mammon is
SELFISH

12. GOD & MAMMON //
American Past D. Rockefeller
John
was worth the
equivalent of $663.4
Bill. (cf. 2007)
He was reportedly
unhappy.
When asked how much

13. GOD & MAMMON //
American Present

14. GOD & MAMMON //
American Present

16. MATTHEW 6:25-27
Therefore I tell you, do not
worry about your life, what you
will eat or drink; or about your
body,
what you will wear. Is not life
more than food,
and the body more than
clothes? Look at the birds of the
air; they do not sow or reap or

17. MATTHEW 6:28-30
And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the flowers of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not
even
Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one
of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into
the fire,

18. MATTHEW 6:31-34
So do not worry, saying, ‗What
shall we eat?‘
or ‗What shall we drink?‘ or
‗What shall we wear?‘
For the pagans run after all
these things, and
your heavenly Father knows
that you need them.
But seek first His kingdom and

20. AN ECONOMY BASED ON
UNHAPPINESS... system could
―The American economic
not continue to exist without keeping us
constantly dissatisfied and somewhat
unhappy. Consider...if you‘re happy
with your life;
if you enjoy spending time with your
children,
playing with them and talking with them;

21. AN ECONOMY BASED ON
UNHAPPINESS...
―...And if you have a peaceful sense of
who you are and
are stabilized in your relationships; if
you like solitude,
enjoy praying and just like talking to
people—spending time
in conversation with them; if you enjoy
living simply;

22. AN ECONOMY BASED ON
UNHAPPINESS...
―That‘s why the ads on television try to
convince you that
you are not thin enough; your skin is not
smooth enough;
you don‘t have the kind of car that
impresses people;
you lack the symbols of achievement
that will

23. AN ECONOMY BASED ON
UNHAPPINESS... in which we
―Only then can the society
live manipulate us
into buying more and more
commodities to fill the emptiness
of our lives; to assure others that we
are successful;
and create that false sense of
satisfaction which

24. JESUS UNDERLYING
ASSUMPTIONS live in FEAR
- We are TEMPTED to
- We are TEMPTED to see MONEY as
our SECURITY
- God is a FATHER who LOVES us
- God is a FATHER/KING who will
PROVIDE for us
- The Kingdom heart RESTS in the
knowledge of

25. TWO QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS WHO are you?
- QUESTION #1:
ANSWER #1: I am a child of God, in
whom Jesus dwells...

26. TWO QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS WHO are you?
- QUESTION #1:
ANSWER #1: I am a child of God, in
whom Jesus dwells...
- QUESTION #2: WHERE are you?
ANSWER #2: I am living in the
unshakable Kingdom of God...