Righteousness in money and relationships
Jason Martin
Jesus in the Gospels / Matthew 6:19–7:12
Righteousness is doing right by God and right by others
a. Don’t do what?
b. Do what instead?
c. Why?
d. How?
e. For who?
f. What are the treasures?
i. Jesus uses this phrase in 1 other place
a. Matthew 19:21 “21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.””
ii. The idea of treasures in Heaven is in several places
1. Matthew 25:21 “21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’”
2. Matthew 19:28–29 “28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.”
3. Matthew 25:34 “34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
4. Matthew 20:10–15 “10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’”
a. Work for these rewards
a. 22/23 - What is the eye representing? where our heart is / what we value
b. 24 - Is money the problem?
i. 1 Timothy 6:10 “10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”
c. What is the problem?
a. Don’t what? x3 - 25/31/34
b. Do what? vs. 33a
c. Why? x4 32x2/33b/34
i. Can we be properly concerned? (Merimnao)
1. Philippians 2:20 “20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.”
2. 1 Corinthians 12:25 “25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.”
3. 2 Corinthians 11:28 “28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.”
4. Philippians 4:6 “6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
5. Matthew 10:18–19 “18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.”
a. Don’t what? 1a
b. Why? 1b / 2x2
c. Is this teaching to never judge fruit and actions?
i. Do not condemn the soul of one made to bear the Image of God
ii. The following verses are about how to judge righteously
a. What’s wrong with the eye again?
b. Don’t what? vs. 6x2
c. Why? vs. 6x2
d. Compare God vs. money & holy pearls vs. dogs and pigs
i. This is a value issue - Read Matthew 15:21-28
ii. Matthew 15:27 “27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.””
1. The culture considered her a dog, but she knew the value of the food - and her faith moved Jesus to heal her daughter.
a. Do what? vs. 7x3
b. Why? vs. 8x3, vs. 11
c. Who? vs. vs. 11
d. We even need to judge what is right to ask for
i. James 4:3 “3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
e. Does God, as a Good Father, want us to receive gifts that will harm us?
1. Do what?
2. Who to who?
3. Why?
4. What do we want?
5. Is it similar to what others want?
6. What’s the closest way we can come to fulfilling the Law and Prophets?
a. Loving God and neighbor
i. Matthew 22:37-40 greatest and second commandments
ii. James 2:8 “8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.”
iii. Galatians 5:14 “14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.””
iv. Romans 13:8–10 “8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”