• Worrying about the things of this world (Matthew 6:19-34)
    • God versus wealth
      • “not/but” construction (look at vs. 24)
      • Exclusively one or the other?
        • Saving is not excluded
        • “Serve” is the key
      • If it were exclusive
        • We would have to eschew all wealth
        • We could not provide for our families
        • We could not provide for others
      • What goes first and foremost?
      • What should we count as treasure? Hebrews 11:24-26
      • Which guides us: God or wealth?
      • Wealth will fail us – God will not.
    • Don’t obsess!
      • Who is in ultimate control?
        • Years of your life (NASB)
        • Height of your stature (KJV)
          • Idiomatic? Psalms 39:5
          • Life span vs. stature Luke 12:26
      • Why not leave it to Him?
    • Is it wrong or evil to be wealthy?
      • Who was the father of the faithful? Romans 4:11-16; Genesis 13:2
      • God rewards diligence
        • Daniel worked honestly and diligently
        • Rose to the top
        • Proverbs 10:4; 6:6-11; 13:22
      • There were rich disciples of Jesus
        • Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57)
        • Zacheus also (rich publican) (Luke 19:1-10)
        • Jesus sought the rich as well as the poor - “Seek and save the lost”
      • Jesus knows the challenge of the rich
        • Luke 18:24-27
        • Luke 12:15
        • I Timothy 6:17-19
      • And those who seek to be rich
        • Proverbs 28:20
        • I Timothy 6:9-12
      • Difference between prospering and being rich
        • Prosper – help on one’s journey
        • Is it wrong to prosper? III John 1:2; I Corinthians 16:1-2
        • Why prosper? Ephesians 4:28
        • To dedicate one’s self to prosperity?
        • To do the things which make for prosperity?
        • To avoid the things which destroy prosperity?