Matthew 6:19-24

Introduction

1. Everyone loves a good treasure hunt story!

a. 5 Pirates of the Caribbean movies and one more on the way!

i. Grossing $4.5 billion dollars

1. My favorite was 1st movie released in 2003 –The Curse of the Black Pearl

a. Everyone in the movie has a different treasure they were seeking

i. Jack Sparrow – Black Pearl

ii. Will Turner – Elizabeth Swann’s affection

iii. Elizabeth Swann – Her identity

iv. Hector Barbossa – Cursed Aztec gold

2. Jesus knew we loved treasure stories long before the box office

a. Jesus tells us a treasure story found in Matthew 6:19-24

i. Unlike the Curse of the Black Pearl, were there is numerous treasures people are searching for…Jesus mentions only two that you and I search for in this life!

3. This treasure story found in Matthew 6:19-24 is part of Sermon on the Mount

a. Matthew 5-7

b. Tim Keller quote

4. So the questions we will try to answer this morning have a lot to with why do we all love a good treasure story and my hope that, as we look at today’s text we will be able to answer the following questions:

a. What is it that I am supposed to be treasuring? (v.19-20)

b. How do I go about finding this treasure? (v.21-23)

c. What am I supposed to do once I find this treasure? (v.24)

5. But ultimately the question we should be trying to answer today is…

a. “What is it that I treasure?”

Body

1. Read Matthew 6:19-20

a. Define what “Storing Up” means and looks like today

b. Identify the two locations we are to store up

i. Earth

ii. Heaven

c. Define what it is we are storing up / treasuring

i. Money

1. Jesus talked A LOT about money!

a. 16/38 parables

b. 1/10 verses in Gospel

c. Tim Keller quote

2. Why?

a. What is Jesus’ concern about money?

i. Location of our heart!

2. Read Matthew 6:21

a. How do we go about finding the treasure we are all searching for?

i. Two things help us find our treasure – Heart & Eyes

ii. Heart (v.21)

1. V. 21 says look where our heart is, that is where the treasure is too

a. Created and designed to worship / to treasure

2. Define what it means to treasure

3. This is why our hearts are so important here!

a. Examples of constantly searching

i. Tom Brady 60 min clip

ii. iPhone stats

iii. John D. Rockefeller quote

b. The Eyes (v.22-23)

i. The eyes is how we see into our heart

1. Application questions to ask in regards to what our eyes are consistently looking at / toward

3. Read Matthew 6:24

a. What am I supposed to do once I find this treasure?

i. Serve it!

ii. Worship it!

iii. Allow it to impact your heart!

Application / So what is the point?

1. Jesus’ main point in this text is “Money should not be your God or what you treasure”

a. Recap reasons why

2. So what are we supposed to do?

a. Understand just how treasured we are by God

i. John 3:16

b. Allow this discover of “treasure” to impact our heart

i. Hebrews 12:2-3

ii. Dr. Bill Thrasher quote

Conclusion

1. You cannot search for two treasures at the same time

2. Have a choice to make

a. Which will you choose to treasure