SESSION 6 Total Time: 60 minutes Video = 24 minutes Discussion = 36 minutes
6. Treasure (II)
“All the beautiful things of earth are meant to point you to the God who alone can satisfy your heart.”
OPENING DISCUSSION: Consider and discuss the following BEFORE watching Session 6:
1. Think about this statement: “If only I had _____, my life would be better.” Or, “If only I didn’t have to deal with _______, then my life would be better”. How would you fill in the blank?
SCRIPTURE PASSAGE Matthew 6:19-33 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, 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 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 the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. 25 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, 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: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
KEY IDEAS:
1. Earth-bound treasures have no capacity to satisfy your heart. 2. In your pursuit of impermanent earth-bound treasures, you risk neglecting your marriage. 3. “Need” is one of the most overused words in human culture, if need means essential for life. 4. Wives don’t need husbands who love them and husbands don’t need wives who respect them (watch the entire session before making a conclusion about this statement!) 5. Christians shouldn’t use theological terms they don’t understand - spiritual platitudes deny reality and are rarely helpful.
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OPENING DISCUSSION: Whatever fills in the blank of “If only I had ______” or “If only I didn’t have to deal with _____” is typically where we look for life and happiness. Granted, we all live in a fallen world and wish that we didn’t have to deal with the brokenness, so instances of “groaning for redemption” (Romans 8:23) should be encouraged. However, because of sin, most of our “If only” statements reveal the selfish desires of our heart.
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