For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Matthew 6:21. If something is of genuine value to you, there's no disguising it. The worth you place on the various things in your life is evident by your priorities. That which means the most to you will get the lion's share of your time and attention.
This verse states that if one places one's treasure in heaven that is where one's heart or attention will be. This is an implicit warning, which is made clear later in the chapter, that if one's treasure is on earth, one's heart and attention will also be on earthly matters, to the exclusion of God.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, you are the source of all spiritual blessing. Teach me to value the eternal treasures of your kingdom over the temporal things of earth. Let my soul become a storehouse of these blessings for my own sake and for the sake of the people I love.
We should obey righteousness instead of our sinful desires, in part, because we now understand the consequences of sin. Instead of shame and death, we should serve God who gives eternal life as a gift.
John 6:21 in Other Translations
21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. 21 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
You need to remember when you're in the storms of life, because of your obedience to God, that God never abandons His children. His eyes are always on those who are doing His will. His eyes are always specially on those who are following Him and trying their best to do what is right.
"Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find a catch" (John 21:6) After the death on the cross of Jesus Christ, Peter and some of the disciples, in their despair, decided to go fishing. Fishing was something that they knew, a safe place, and old way.
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
Now consider again this description of God in his "dealings" with us: "He does NOT deal with us according to our sins" (v. 10a). Our sins do not constitute the rule or standard or plumb line according to which God makes his decisions on how to treat us.
It's saying that there will always be suffering, trial, temptations, pain, and situations that we won't be able to handle on our own. But when suffering and trials come — not if, but when — as followers of Christ, God promises to always be with us because he is faithful.
Christ warns against stockpiling money and possessions on earth. Instead, believers should make choices that store up treasure in heaven. A person's top priority can either be God, or money, but cannot be both. Along with that, Jesus says believers should fight against anxiety about daily needs.
If there was ever a summary verse that depicts the battle between good and evil, heaven and the world, it would be Matthew 6:19-21. The reference to "treasures on earth" speaks to the intoxication of worldly pleasures, while "treasures in heaven" points to spiritual blessings which have infinite, eternal value.
So, the key to rejoicing always is to pray continually — that is, to lean on God all the time and to call to him repeatedly and often. Never give up looking to him for help. Come to him repeatedly during the day, and come often. Make the default state of your mind a Godward longing and a Godward thankfulness.
Narrative. The brief parable of the hidden treasure is as follows: " Now Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field."
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
No man can serve two masters. One's loyalties must be undivided. This is a saying of Jesus from the Gospels. Jesus goes on to say, “You cannot serve God and mammon” — that is, God and money.
Graham: Only one sin that can't be forgiven is on God's list — and that is the sin of rejecting Him and refusing His offer of forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ. This alone is the unforgivable sin, because it means we are saying that the Holy Spirit's witness about Jesus is a lie (see Luke 12:10).
The unpardonable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Blasphemy includes ridicule and attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil.
There is no forgiveness without repentance. God does not forgive unrepentant sinners. He loves them, and that is what He calls us to do, “Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you.”
We do not have to sin anymore. This is the message of “baptism” that Paul proclaims in Romans 6: that through baptism we are united to Christ. And if we are united to Christ, then what is true of him is true of us. Dead to sin, we no longer have any excuse to sin.
23 If you serve sin as your master, it will pay you with death. But if you belong to our Lord Jesus Christ, God gives you a gift! That gift is life with God for ever.
Jesus gives us the gift of salvation. We place our lives in His care. We please Him when we save for our eternal home. The Bible says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23, NIV).
When we fail our tests, Jesus is telling us that we can still learn from it and claim the next opportunity as ours. Now, we are invited to pray and see Jesus even in difficult times. We just got to have faith in Him and never doubt His plans.
23)? To say that we must worship God “in spirit” means, among other things, that it must originate from within, from the heart; it must be sincere, motivated by our love for God and gratitude for all he is and has done. Worship cannot be mechanical or formalistic.
Rev. 21 Verses 1 to 4
He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; [4] he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.