Worship Service Livestream


March 1, 2026
  • Welcome and Announcements
  • Open The Eyes Of My Heart
  • Prayer of Invocation
  • I Saw Mercy
  • Give Me Jesus
  • Scripture Reading and Prayer - Matthew 6:19-34
  • Build My Life
  • Pastor's Message - Treasure Hunt
  • Give Me Jesus (Reprise)


Matthew 6:19-34

  • 19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
    20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
    21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
    22 "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, 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 that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
    24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
    25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
    26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
    27 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
    28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
    29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
    30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
    31 Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
    32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
    33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
    34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.


SERMON NOTES - Treasure Hunt

INTRODUCTION
  • In Matthew 6 Jesus warns us of seeking a treasure that isn't real: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
  • Remember that the theme of this Sermon is about true righteousness. Jesus is speaking to a crowd of people to whom He had said "unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:20).
  • When you get to the heart of what Jesus is teaching, it is not just about money or wealth. He is not categorically condemning wealth or being wealthy. He is not teaching that it is wrong to be wealthy.
  • The heart of the issue is not money; it is priority and stewardship.
  • Jesus is not talking about how much you give to the church. The issue is much larger. It is about what kind of heart those who are citizens of His kingdom should have.
  • Notice that the command is given first as a negative and then as a positive - "Do not store up for yourselves treasures….store up for yourselves treasures." The original language reads more like "stop treasuring your treasures." The picture is that of stockpiling or hoarding, and therefore describes wealth that is not being used.
  • To make his point Jesus uses four contrasts that we need to consider about our treasures and our priorities.

TEMPORARY VS. PERMANENT
  • There are two issues. The first is that the things we have can be destroyed.
  • The second issue with accumulating earthly treasure is that it could be stolen.
  • Not only can our treasure be taken from us but it but we can't take it with us.

SPIRITUAL VS. MATERIAL
  • How do you store up treasures in heaven? The answer may be that the way we lay up treasure in heaven is by how we use our treasure on earth.
  • "A great many folk think that money cannot be used in a spiritual way and that when you talk about money, you are talking about something that is only material. However, our Lord says that we are to lay up for ourselves treasure in heaven. How can we do that? Well, instead of putting it in a bank in Switzerland, put it in heaven by giving it to the Lord's work down here-but make sure it is in the Lord's work. You ought to investigate everything you give to. Make sure that you are giving to that which will accumulate treasure for you in heaven. If it is used for the propagation of the gospel and to get out the Word of God, it becomes legal tender in heaven, and that is how we gather treasure in heaven." - J Vernon McGee
  • John Wesley believed that with increasing income, what should rise is not the Christian's standard of living but the standard of giving.
  • He believed that if his lifestyle rose with his income, his heart would rise with it. So he fixed his standard of living and let his generosity grow instead.
  • Wesley offered four questions to help his hearers decide how to spend the money: 1. In spending this money, am I acting like I owned it, or am I acting like the Lord's trustee? 2. What Scripture requires me to spend this money in this way? 3. Can I offer up this purchase as a sacrifice to the Lord? 4. Will God reward me for this expenditure at the resurrection of the just?
  • To lay up treasure in heaven is to do anything on earth whose effects last for eternity.
  • I believe there can be a wider application of how to store up treasure in heaven because sometimes, and don't take this the wrong way, the easiest thing to do that requires minimal personal involvement or commitment, is to give money. What about your other resources: talent, time, knowledge. Are we using them as an investment in the future?

VALUABLE OR WORTHLESS
  • Jesus is saying that the location of our treasure indicates where our heart already is.
  • What we treasure doesn't just reveal the heart, it shapes it. It pulls the heart in its direction.
  • "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"
  • These verses may seem out of place but Jesus uses a metaphor that uses a subtle word-play. The word which is translated as clear, literally means single, and describes the attitude of the heart. A single eye means not only to be fixed on the spiritual, but it also means generosity. If our focus is on spiritual things, we will be full of light. The bad eye is a metaphor for stinginess and jealousy. If we live for earthly riches, we will become filled with a dark light, which He described as great darkness.
  • "When you derive your sense of security from your money rather than from your God, that's idolatry; when you derive your sense of satisfaction from money rather than from God, that's idolatry; when you derive your personal joy from your possessions rather than from your relationship to God, that's idolatry." - John McArthur

FAITH VS. WORRY

    CONCLUSION
    • What Jesus is saying is that the most important priorities of life grow out of our relationship with. God is aware of our needs and has promised to meet them and that means that we should live by faith, trusting Him. It also means that we are to focus our lives on Him and His purposes. The most important treasure hunt is seeking God and His kingdom.