Mat 6:25 For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
Mat 6:26 Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?
Mat 6:28 And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,
Mat 6:29 and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these.
Mat 6:30 And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
Mat 6:32 For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.
Mat 6:33 But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.
Mat 6:34 Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.

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Jesus says “ Do Not worry!”

Mat 6:25 For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?

Notes:

Don’t Worry about future Food shortages

inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink,WNT

Take no thought for your life, about food or drink,GW

Notes :

When such a big percentage of the World’s Population does not know here the next meal is coming from, Why did Jesus says these words? He He saying that the Lord who feeds the sparrows can look after us. It is the Worrying over this that HE IS AGAINST.

food shortage

The telling you that you need to start storing food supplies not with fancy programs to preserve food etc.

There is no Faith in the God who Providentially supplies.

1. The Christian should live in quiet confidence in God.

2. This quiet dependence upon God is our happiness, usefulness, strength, security.

3. If this were wrought in our hearts as a principle, how energetic we should be in the exercise of faith in God.

4. The secret of getting through work is to take the work of the day and leave all that does not belong to it.

5. Although a man leaves all to God, and is happy in Christ, he is not therefore exempt from evil. (J. W. Reeve.)B.I.

Dont Worry about what clothes you are to put on.

“v. 25 “nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
Notes:

WE can be so absorbed with our image and designer clothes not realising that life is more than being consumed with good looks and good food. This whole image thing is about SELF and Self - centeredness.

Don’t worry about your life (tēi psuchēi). “Here psuchēi stands for the life principle common to man and beast, which is embodied in the sōma: the former needs food, the latter clothing” (McNeile). Psuchē in the Synoptic Gospels occurs in three senses (McNeile): either the life principle in the body as here and which man may kill (Mar_3:4) or the seat of the thoughts and emotions on a par with kardia and dianoia (Mat_22:37) and pneuma (Luk_1:46; cf. Joh_12:27; Joh_13:21) or something higher that makes up the real self (Mat_10:28; Mat_16:26). In Mat_16:25 (Luk_9:25) psuchē appears in two senses paradoxical use, saving life and losing it.RWP

Reasons for not Worrying about food and clothing

Mat 6:26 Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

Notes :

Look at the Birds…. your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

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Mat 6:27 Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?

Anxiety can never alter who you are.

So don’t waste your time worrying about your looks. God will take care of you just like he does the birds.

Why be anxious about clothing?

Mat 6:28 And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,

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Mat 6:29 and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these

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Mat 6:30 And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?

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Mat 6:19 "Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Mat 6:20 But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Mat 6:21 For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.

Mat 6:22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;

Mat 6:23 but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

Mat 6:24 "No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.

Introduction

What blindness is it for a man to lay up that as a treasure which must necessarily perish! A heart designed for God and eternity is terribly degraded by being fixed on those things which are subject to corruption. “But may we not lay up treasure innocently?” Yes.

1st. If you can do it without setting your heart on it, which is almost impossible: and

2dly. If there be neither widows nor orphans, destitute nor distressed persons in the place where you live. A. Clark

What happens to earthly Wealth.

Mat 6:19 "Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Men store up their Treasures in Bank Vaults, in big sheds or secure properties. They spend Billions on Bank Security Systems and House security.

Jesus warns the Rich.

Do not lay up stores of earthly wealthfor yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Notes:

destroy G853 ἀφανίζω aphanizō

Thayer Definition:

1) to snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen

2) to cause to vanish away, to destroy, consume

3) to deprive of lustre, render unsightly

3a) to disfigure

Thieves love homes and cars that are unprotected and easy to break into; or homes that have many valuables. The following steps elaborate on some methods to avoid having your home broken into.

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Steps 1. Close and lock windows - Just locking doors is pointless if you do not close the windows when gone.

2. 2. Lock the doors - Although this seems obvious, many people still fail to do this.

This makes it incredibly easy f from a criminal to steal items, without difficulty of getting them out of the home (except some furniture); and without leaving visible evidence of the theft, that a neighbour can see from the outside of the home.

Write to put a list your valuables in the classified for a local newspaper, for a criminal to know what valuables you might have. By placing valuables in plain-sight; such as having valuables in locations that abut a window,
Lock the doors - Although this seems obvious, many people still fail to do this. This makes it incredibly easy for a criminal to steal items, without difficulty of getting them out of the home (except some furniture); and without leaving visible evidence of the theft, that a neighbor can see from the outside of the home.
especially on the first floor of the home (i.e. large television or computer system directly behind the large front windows of your home.).

Also, just because you don't make it obvious for someone who goes by the home to know what's in it, there are other ways a criminal can determine what valuables you have in your home. Be careful of who is knowledgeable of your valuables. By bragging (or telling) about your valuables, even to people you believe are not going to be the burglars; you increase your risk of a home invasion. Even if they are completely innocent, they could possibly tell somebody who is not as upstanding. For those who post information of what they own online, you should also be careful.
Get an alarm - If you live in a rural area, then these may not be very much use. However, in city environments, these can provide additional security to your home. Invest in a quality alarm, preferably with a cellular backup (because it is quite easy for a criminal to disconnect phone wires leading to your home). Be sure to turn it on, especially in the following situations:

You leave your home, and nobody is there. Even if you are only gone for a short period of time.
When you are home alone.
When you are sleeping.

Remove hiding locations - Criminals love to make an entry in a location that is poorly visible to others. By removing vegetation that makes it difficult for others to see around your home, you lower the risk that they can make a silent entry.
Park bicycles and vehicles in a garage - If possible, park your bicycles and vehicles in a locked garage. If that garage has windows, be sure to put shades or blinds over them; so criminals cannot see what kind of transportation they can steal.
Add Add privacy curtains - These thin curtains allow light in, but distort the image of the room.

They will smash their way in so be vigilant. Be aware but unafraid. God will take care of you.

Mat 6:20 But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

How to amass you wealth in Heaven

By your kindness and Good deeds and the way you use your wealth while here on earth. There are so many ways that You can use, creative ways to help the needy.

Mat 6:21 For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.

Where your treasure is - If God be the treasure of our souls, our hearts, i.e. our affections and desires will be placed on things above. An earthly minded man proves that his treasure is below; a heavenly minded man shows that his treasure is above.A.Clark

Mat 6:22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;

Mat 6:23 but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

The eye is the lamp of the body. I

The light of the body ... - The sentiment stated in the preceding verses - the duty of fixing the affections on heavenly things - Jesus proceeds to illustrate by a reference to the “eye.” When the eye is directed steadily toward an object, and is in health, or is single, everything is clear and plain. If it vibrates, flies to different objects, is fixed on no one singly, or is diseased, nothing is seen clearly. Everything is dim and confused. The man, therefore, is unsteady. The eye regulates the motion of the body. To have an object distinctly in view is necessary in order to correct and regulate action. Rope-dancers, that they may steady themselves, fix the eye on some object on the wall, and look steadily at that. If they should look down on the rope or the people, they might become dizzy and fall. A man crossing a stream on a log, if he will look across at some object steadily, will be in little danger. If he looks down on the dashing and rolling waters, he will become dizzy, and fall. So Jesus says, in order that the conduct may be right, it is important to fix the affections on heaven. Barnes Notes

"No man can be the bondservant of two masters : of God and gold.

It is easy to tell where your affections are. It is where you spend most time and thought. The Spirit - controlled man sets his mind on things of the Spirit. Romans 8

Rom 8:5 For if men are controlled by their earthly natures, they give their minds to earthly things. If they are controlled by their spiritual natures, they give their minds to spiritual things.

Rom 8:6 Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace.

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Luk 12:15 And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."

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Luk 12:16 And He spoke a parable to them. "A certain rich man's lands," He said, "yielded abundant crops,

Luk 12:17 and he debated within himself, saying, "'What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

Luk 12:18 "And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

Luk 12:19 and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

Luk 12:20 "But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

Luk 12:21 "So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has no riches in God."

Luk 12:22 Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, 'Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.'

Luk 12:23 For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing.

Luk 12:24 Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!

Luk 12:25 And which of you is able by anxious thought to add a moment to his life?

Luk 12:26 If then you are unable to do even a very little thing, why be over-anxious about other matters?

Luk 12:27 Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.

Luk 12:28 But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith!

Luk 12:29 "Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

Luk 12:30 For though the nations of the world pursue these things, as for you, your Father knows that you need them.

Luk 12:31 But make His Kingdom the object of your pursuit, and these things shall be given you in addition.

Luk 12:32 "Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.

The Good News from the Apostle Matthew

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Matthew 6:25 - 34 Jesus says “ Do Not worry!”