WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.400 I wonder whether you've ever been at those parties or camps where you get a broom and you are to hug the end of the broom and then you kind of look at the top of the broom handle and then you spin around. Have you ever done that? No? 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:35.500 And supposedly if you do that and you spin around and you keep your focus on the top of the broom handle, you can go round and round and round and then when you stop, you can still run in a straight line. You've got to stagger. Maybe we'll try it at the picnic. 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:54.859 But the key thing is where your focus is, isn't it? The key thing is the locus of your focus or the loci of your foci. Whatever your eyes are fastened on. What your eyes are fastened on will keep you from losing your bearing. 00:00:54.859 --> 00:01:07.959 And that is what Jesus is talking about in our text. He is concerned about the locus of your focus or the loci of your foci. Where is your gaze fixed upon? Where is your treasure? 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:23.900 Now the Lord Jesus, in our journey of the Sermon on the Mount, he's shown us, hasn't he, several aspects of what the Christian life looks like. Chapter 5 and verse 17 to 48, we see he stresses really the stringency of the Christian life. 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:40.039 He shows us, doesn't he, how deeply the law of God goes. How rigorous the law of God is. The depth of God's law as Jesus exposes to us what it means. 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:57.280 And then we see in chapter 6, 1 to 18, the secrecy of the Christian life. That the only thing that matters for the believer is not what other people and other believers may think of him, but that he pleases his Father in heaven in secret. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:05.219 And then we go into another kind of distinct section in the Sermon on the Mount in our passage today from verse 19 to 34. 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:13.039 And Jesus really is describing the singularity, the single focus of the Christian life. 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:23.280 The Christian life is to be a life of one thing, of one treasure, of one master, and of one focus. 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.039 And basically all he has to say flows out from that. 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:32.340 If you want to sum it up, let me just show you in a nutshell, look at verse 20. 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:40.500 He says there, he says, lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven. 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:44.439 Or you could take the implication of verse 24. 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:48.259 That is that you must be a slave to God. 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:54.699 Or verse 33, you've got to keep focusing and seeking his kingdom and his righteousness. 00:02:56.099 --> 00:02:59.379 And so the first thing I want to say to you this morning, my first point, is the focus that you must have. 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.560 The focus that you must have, that's in verses 90 to 24. 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:10.800 And when you look at that section, you might think Jesus isn't talking singly, of one focus. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:12.340 He's talking doubly. 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:13.420 I know those aren't words. 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:14.240 But just look with me. 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.580 Look, he says that there are two types of treasures. 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:20.340 Or two kinds of vision. 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.860 And there are two kinds of masters. 00:03:25.980 --> 00:03:30.460 I don't think when he talks about treasures, upon earth, he's talking about stuff. 00:03:30.460 --> 00:03:34.900 I don't think he's talking about TV or tech. 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:37.980 Things that you might count valuable. 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:42.280 But the kind of treasures that you had back then in Jesus' day. 00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:45.060 So let's try and think about that. 00:03:45.420 --> 00:03:47.740 How was wealth measured in Jesus' day? 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.000 It was measured in garments. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:57.280 The garments that you amassed over time. 00:03:57.540 --> 00:03:58.960 Several festal garments. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:03.939 So your wardrobe, what you wore, would be part of your wealth. 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:14.379 And Jesus said, if you lay that up as your wealth, and if you make those garments your wealth, 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:16.860 do you know there's such a thing as moths? 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:24.540 And moths can come in, and moths can eat and destroy and ruin those garments that are your wealth. 00:04:24.540 --> 00:04:28.200 And not only that, there could be corrosion. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.020 It could just mean eating. 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:34.040 You might have some of your crops. 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:35.120 Maybe that's your wealth. 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:36.900 They are your wealth. 00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:43.660 But those crops, they are subject, aren't they, to rodents, to rats, to mice, and so on. 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:47.120 And your riches, they could be eaten away. 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:51.899 And not only that, but maybe you have your treasure, perhaps in your house. 00:04:52.379 --> 00:04:58.459 But do you realise that a thief can dig through the muds or the clay walls of your house, 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:02.300 and they can take your stuff away that you don't expect. 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:06.600 And so he says, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:08.360 Now what does Jesus mean by that? 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.639 He doesn't mean by having treasures after this life. 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:15.920 That may be included. 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.240 But I don't think that's his main thrust. 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.900 He's not saying how many treasures as later treasures. 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:28.160 When he says treasure in heaven, he essentially means treasures with God. 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.660 Now what kind of treasure could this be? 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.560 That we have two kinds of treasures. 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.660 It could be that we have beside our treasure in God, an economic kind of treasure. 00:05:40.780 --> 00:05:41.600 Verse 19. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.199 Or verse 24, he speaks of worldly possessions. 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:46.780 Mammon. 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:52.420 But not only that, there can be other sorts of treasures. 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.379 It's not just economic treasure. 00:05:56.580 --> 00:05:58.420 That is the way that I've always taken this passage. 00:05:58.540 --> 00:06:00.699 It's spoken about the kind of money, give your money away. 00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:03.399 So your heart will go where your money is. 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:09.060 But in fact, when we look at the Sermon on the Mount as a whole, I think it's much broader than that. 00:06:10.099 --> 00:06:11.479 So the preceding sections. 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:13.159 You remember last week, verses 1 to 18. 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:20.700 Jesus mentioned and he told us that we need to be aware of having our focus on winning the esteem of others. 00:06:21.900 --> 00:06:27.360 Of others being so important to us that they can be your treasure. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:30.780 The esteem of other people. 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:33.540 Human popularity. 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:36.280 Acceptance with others. 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.479 And you can crave that. 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.000 You can crave that more than anything else. 00:06:43.599 --> 00:06:44.739 That can be your treasure. 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:46.979 Rather than God as your treasure. 00:06:48.659 --> 00:06:50.179 And so the kind of treasure can vary. 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:52.379 And it's important. 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:57.359 Because you really only have one treasure, Jesus says. 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:03.620 Because where your treasure is, what really matters to you, that's where your heart will be also. 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.259 Treasure claims affection. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:14.340 And whatever it is, the stuff that you really value, that is where your focus is going to be. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.400 And that is where your heart is going to be. 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:20.259 And that is where the centre of your being is going to be. 00:07:20.379 --> 00:07:21.340 It may be success. 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:23.939 It may be prestige. 00:07:23.939 --> 00:07:26.600 It may be reputation. 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:30.160 And that's where your heart will be. 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:32.879 That is what you long for and you yearn for. 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:35.740 So it's very vital. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:37.519 Where is your treasure? 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:41.379 Jesus also says, doesn't he, and there's two kinds of vision. 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:42.600 Verses 22 and 23. 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.779 Verses 22 and 23, he talks about the light. 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:48.680 The eye. 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:49.319 The light. 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:51.319 The eye is the light of the body. 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:52.120 The light is the body. 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:53.139 It's the eye. 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:54.439 The light of the body is the eye. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.019 Essentially the same point. 00:07:56.819 --> 00:07:58.039 You've got the whole body. 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:02.300 But there's one thing that controls the condition of the body. 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:03.759 The condition of the eye. 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.259 And Jesus says, what kind of vision do you have? 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.759 If your eye is single. 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:13.560 That's the literal meaning of the word. 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:16.139 Some translate it generous. 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:17.899 Some translate it sound. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:18.779 And you get Jesus' point. 00:08:18.779 --> 00:08:20.879 If your eye is good. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:23.119 If its condition is sound. 00:08:23.599 --> 00:08:25.879 Then the whole of your body is full of light. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.099 If it is evil. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:31.439 That is probably something that's not healthy. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:32.459 About it. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:35.759 Then your whole body will be affected by your vision. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:37.699 Your whole body will be full of darkness. 00:08:38.299 --> 00:08:40.120 Or literally, if your eye is single. 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:42.799 If you have a focused vision. 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.679 If you see images sharply and clearly. 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.219 Then your whole body is full of light. 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:50.159 If you see devil. 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:51.659 If it's blurry. 00:08:51.959 --> 00:08:52.779 If it's distorted. 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:53.919 Then it's going to mess you up. 00:08:55.299 --> 00:08:56.359 You must have single vision. 00:08:57.819 --> 00:08:59.939 If you're going to function effectively. 00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:02.859 Vision determines condition. 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:06.200 And then Jesus goes on to talk about two masters. 00:09:07.539 --> 00:09:08.720 And he essentially says. 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:09.919 You can only have one. 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:13.419 There is a single master. 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:16.100 He says. 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:17.620 No man is able to serve. 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:20.240 To be a slave to two masters. 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:24.539 We translate it. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.820 No one is able to serve two masters. 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:29.180 Verse 24. 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:33.159 And that's okay. 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:34.879 It's not ideal. 00:09:34.959 --> 00:09:35.679 As we're going to see in a minute. 00:09:36.979 --> 00:09:37.639 But we tend to think. 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:38.839 Well of course I can serve two masters. 00:09:39.339 --> 00:09:41.379 I can be at home. 00:09:42.459 --> 00:09:43.259 Serving there. 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:45.659 I can be at work. 00:09:45.819 --> 00:09:46.299 Serving there. 00:09:46.359 --> 00:09:47.299 I can do a part time role. 00:09:47.359 --> 00:09:48.139 I serve several people. 00:09:48.219 --> 00:09:49.039 It doesn't seem to conflict. 00:09:49.599 --> 00:09:50.979 But that's not what Jesus is talking about. 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:53.620 He's not talking about serving. 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:54.519 As in employment. 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:56.719 But he's saying. 00:09:56.959 --> 00:09:58.059 No one is able. 00:09:58.059 --> 00:10:00.299 To be a slave to two masters. 00:10:00.419 --> 00:10:01.399 That's what it literally is. 00:10:03.079 --> 00:10:04.139 In the ancient world. 00:10:04.259 --> 00:10:04.759 You'll know this. 00:10:04.819 --> 00:10:06.000 A slave was a piece of property. 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:08.519 It's owned by his lord. 00:10:08.619 --> 00:10:09.199 Or master. 00:10:10.119 --> 00:10:11.799 And you couldn't be a slave. 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.259 And work for two masters. 00:10:14.359 --> 00:10:15.519 You only belong to one. 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:18.059 Your tithe was your own. 00:10:18.359 --> 00:10:20.279 Your possessions were your own. 00:10:20.939 --> 00:10:22.579 You belonged to his master. 00:10:22.579 --> 00:10:24.000 You were his slave. 00:10:24.359 --> 00:10:26.239 And a slave can only belong to one master. 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:27.339 That's what Jesus means. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:31.879 And you're not able to be a slave to God. 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.659 And mammon. 00:10:34.719 --> 00:10:36.419 Mammon is worldly possessions. 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:38.799 It may be wealth. 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:41.119 But it doesn't have to be. 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:45.039 It can be many worldly possessions. 00:10:45.219 --> 00:10:46.079 Or it may be just a few. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:48.839 But certainly. 00:10:49.479 --> 00:10:51.379 The world and its stuff. 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:54.179 You don't have to have a lot of it. 00:10:54.239 --> 00:10:55.479 You can just have a little bit of it. 00:10:55.539 --> 00:10:56.319 To be its slave. 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.480 I think this is one of the key things. 00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:01.140 About the New Testament. 00:11:01.260 --> 00:11:01.780 That they understood. 00:11:01.900 --> 00:11:02.520 That we don't get. 00:11:03.640 --> 00:11:05.320 The slave image of the Christian life. 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:06.560 We're just a little bit nervous of it. 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.660 I know that there's another picture. 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:10.660 Of the Christian life here. 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:12.020 And Jesus gives it to us. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:13.280 In verse 25 to 34. 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.299 And Jesus is talking to his disciples. 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:17.779 About your heavenly father. 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:20.659 And we are his children. 00:11:20.819 --> 00:11:21.399 By implication. 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.059 There's an expression isn't there. 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:23.899 Of intimacy. 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:25.319 And care. 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.600 And we love that. 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.079 We actually talk a lot about that. 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:29.000 In the Christian world. 00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:29.559 At the moment. 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:31.819 But in the New Testament. 00:11:31.959 --> 00:11:33.619 There's a very definite. 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:35.019 Slave picture. 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.419 You see. 00:11:37.959 --> 00:11:39.579 If you've trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:39.719 --> 00:11:41.119 You are not only a child. 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:42.739 Of your heavenly father. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:44.619 And you live in communion with him. 00:11:44.719 --> 00:11:46.039 And intimacy with him. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:47.839 But this morning. 00:11:47.939 --> 00:11:48.959 You are also a slave. 00:11:50.959 --> 00:11:52.599 You are a slave of my king. 00:11:52.599 --> 00:11:53.359 And my master. 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.100 And I am under. 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.100 In a relationship. 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:58.159 Of authority. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.840 Of under authority to him. 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:02.300 So can you see. 00:12:02.560 --> 00:12:04.000 The nature of the Christian life. 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.159 New Testament picks this up. 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:07.740 The word for master. 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:09.120 Is the word that we call. 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.879 Lord. 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:12.500 And someone. 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:13.620 Even in the epistles. 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:15.279 Even though it's. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:15.960 It's translated. 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:16.940 Often as servant. 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.519 We need to see this motif. 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.259 Again and again. 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:19.720 Of slavery. 00:12:20.060 --> 00:12:21.300 So let's look at James. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:23.300 James. 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.320 Was Jesus. 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:25.200 Half brother. 00:12:26.300 --> 00:12:27.220 And in James 1. 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:27.960 Verse 1. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.800 The half brother. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.899 Of the Lord Jesus himself. 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.720 And he calls himself. 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:32.019 He says. 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:32.740 James. 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:34.620 A slave of God. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:37.259 And the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:12:37.379 --> 00:12:38.399 Who is Jesus Christ? 00:12:39.620 --> 00:12:40.440 He is. 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:41.200 Lord. 00:12:42.899 --> 00:12:43.620 He is. 00:12:43.620 --> 00:12:44.960 The owner of the slave. 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:48.680 Can I say this? 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:49.460 Jesus Christ. 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:51.259 Is the slave master. 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:55.379 And I am. 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:56.399 As his follower. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.600 His slave. 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:00.939 And so as a follower. 00:13:01.059 --> 00:13:01.600 Of the Lord Jesus. 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.279 I don't have. 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:03.819 Any rights. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.460 Of my own. 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:07.159 Everything. 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:07.919 That I have. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:08.580 Is to be offered. 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:09.039 To him. 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.360 And so what Jesus is saying. 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:12.879 It ties in. 00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:13.099 Is this. 00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:14.819 This single focus. 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:15.659 That you must have. 00:13:15.719 --> 00:13:17.399 You can't have many focuses. 00:13:18.459 --> 00:13:18.939 But rather. 00:13:19.079 --> 00:13:20.379 Where is your treasure? 00:13:21.719 --> 00:13:23.000 What are your eyes. 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.679 Fixed upon? 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.059 And whose slave are you? 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:29.379 And the reason Jesus is so insistent upon this. 00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:30.659 Is because that one question. 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.799 It governs. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.519 The whole nature. 00:13:34.339 --> 00:13:35.679 Of our whole life. 00:13:38.479 --> 00:13:39.639 Everything else. 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:41.459 Follows that. 00:13:42.739 --> 00:13:43.879 Everything else. 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.000 Flows. 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:46.179 From that. 00:13:48.339 --> 00:13:48.859 Everything. 00:13:48.859 --> 00:13:50.339 In the Christian life. 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:52.459 Is determined by that focus. 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:55.280 The first. 00:13:55.400 --> 00:13:55.940 Ten years. 00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:56.680 I was minister here. 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:57.519 I used to save. 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:58.220 All my sermons. 00:13:58.400 --> 00:13:58.879 Onto a. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.860 External hard drive. 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.980 And that external hard drive. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.379 Is a little. 00:14:03.540 --> 00:14:04.180 Blue little thing. 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:04.639 Like that. 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:05.820 Tiny little thing. 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:06.900 Within that. 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.420 Contained. 00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.220 Ten years. 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:08.780 Work. 00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:10.139 Reams. 00:14:10.280 --> 00:14:11.000 And reams. 00:14:11.280 --> 00:14:11.660 Mounds. 00:14:11.780 --> 00:14:12.259 And mounds. 00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:12.840 Of notes. 00:14:14.780 --> 00:14:15.240 Of course. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.400 It. 00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:16.500 Got wet. 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.160 And got ruined. 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.080 And now it costs about. 00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:18.420 A thousand. 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.200 Fifteen hundred pound. 00:14:19.280 --> 00:14:19.500 Repair. 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.139 It's a blessing. 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:20.680 In some ways. 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:21.759 Those sermons. 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.360 Are in the past. 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:23.659 So I can hear you say. 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:25.080 A hearty amen to that. 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.680 But all my work. 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.700 Depended on that. 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.240 One. 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:28.779 Little. 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:29.820 File. 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.580 Everything. 00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:32.899 Ten years work. 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:34.639 Flowed out of that hard drive. 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:35.639 Everything. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.779 In the Christian life. 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:38.360 Is determined by this focus. 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.820 Your little focus. 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.480 That one concentrated focus. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.779 Where is your treasure? 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:46.220 Where are your eyes fixed? 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.759 Who's slaving you? 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:51.600 If you have a single focus. 00:14:52.300 --> 00:14:53.120 If you have. 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:54.100 But one treasure. 00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:55.200 If you have. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.139 But one master. 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:57.519 Do you see what Jesus says? 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.300 Jesus says. 00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.740 You will have one anxiety. 00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.659 Verse 25. 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:03.080 You say. 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:05.100 I thought we weren't supposed to have any anxieties. 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:07.240 Well Jesus allows you one. 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:10.540 It's the one positive command. 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.100 Of instruction. 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.639 That he gives you. 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.620 In the second part of the text. 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:14.440 Verse 33. 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:18.480 But seek first. 00:15:19.400 --> 00:15:20.680 The kingdom of God. 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:22.140 And his righteousness. 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.100 And all these things will be added to you. 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.140 That is. 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:28.900 If you have a single focus. 00:15:29.900 --> 00:15:30.860 Then you can have that. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.540 One single anxiety. 00:15:32.540 --> 00:15:33.580 That drives your life. 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:36.540 And that one single anxiety. 00:15:36.540 --> 00:15:38.220 Is seeking God's kingdom. 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:40.040 And his righteousness first. 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.439 That's what worries you. 00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.500 And rightly so. 00:15:45.839 --> 00:15:47.039 So we have to ask ourselves. 00:15:47.099 --> 00:15:47.279 Don't we? 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:48.059 What does this mean? 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:50.240 He says. 00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:51.099 I allow you to. 00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:52.339 Have this anxiety. 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.519 Of seeking his kingdom. 00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:54.199 And righteousness. 00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:55.079 What does that mean? 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.759 Well Jesus already dealt with it. 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.099 Hasn't he? 00:15:57.219 --> 00:15:58.539 In the first part of the Sermon on the Mount. 00:15:58.539 --> 00:16:02.139 He says in chapter 6. 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.120 We pray. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.319 For your kingdom to come. 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.679 May his name. 00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.959 May your name. 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:11.199 Be held sacred. 00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.759 May the time come. 00:16:12.839 --> 00:16:14.339 When your kingdom will come. 00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:15.259 On earth. 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.519 As it's done in heaven. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.000 And that is what we pray for. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.219 Don't we? 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:19.699 We pray. 00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:20.519 For the time. 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.159 When his kingdom. 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:22.039 His kingship. 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.719 Will be fully shown on earth. 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:26.079 That doesn't mean. 00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:27.299 That God doesn't reign now. 00:16:27.459 --> 00:16:28.179 Of course he does. 00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:31.019 But that kingdom. 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.139 That's a kingship. 00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:34.199 It's not just the space. 00:16:34.199 --> 00:16:35.599 Over which God reigns. 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.139 It's the fact that he reigns. 00:16:37.199 --> 00:16:37.899 As king. 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.439 And so if I'm seeking. 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.480 His kingship. 00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.419 His kingship. 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:44.039 It's not. 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:45.759 Just when his kingdom. 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.919 Comes in its fullness. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.439 But it's his kingship. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.179 Over my life. 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.240 Even right now. 00:16:51.599 --> 00:16:52.939 Over my social relationships. 00:16:53.819 --> 00:16:54.939 Of my marriage. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.579 Of my home. 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.299 Of my work. 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.279 Of my sex life. 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.120 Of my employment. 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.620 Of my school. 00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.899 Of my recreation. 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.939 Of my lifestyle. 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.059 My concern. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.039 And my anxiety. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.639 And all of that. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.259 Should be submitted. 00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:10.259 To the kingship of God. 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.639 And that he rules. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.319 In all of that. 00:17:15.879 --> 00:17:16.859 What does it mean. 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.480 To seek his righteousness. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.940 For that to be the focus. 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.680 What is his righteousness? 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.000 Well. 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.380 We've seen it already. 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:25.720 Haven't we. 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.700 In the Sermon on the Mount. 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.500 That I'm going to be seeking. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.279 For a deep righteousness. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.860 Do you remember the commandments. 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.360 Of the king. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.180 In chapter five. 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.420 That I'm not just concerned. 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.340 To keep the commandments. 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.779 Not to murder. 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.460 But I want to. 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.340 Get to that point. 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:46.019 Where I'm able to eradicate. 00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:47.399 The wrong anger. 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.480 That's in my heart. 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.319 And the things that control. 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:51.839 This anger. 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.480 That which leads. 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:55.000 To the act. 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.879 And I just. 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.259 It's not that I just. 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.740 Want to be kept. 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.720 From committing adultery. 00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.959 But I want to do away. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.659 With the lust. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.419 That's so prevalent. 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.119 In my heart. 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.619 So I'm seeking. 00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:06.220 A deep relationship. 00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:08.859 And not only that. 00:18:08.939 --> 00:18:09.359 I'm seeking. 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.480 A faithful righteousness. 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.920 Do you remember. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.779 Chapter five. 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.480 Verse thirty three. 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.180 To thirty seven. 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.099 That I. 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.120 Faithfully. 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:16.799 And I. 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:17.880 Candidly. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.860 And I frankly. 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.960 Speak the truth. 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.599 And I remember. 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:22.220 That in all my words. 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.839 They are spoken. 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.819 In the presence of God. 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.160 And then we can say. 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.559 Look at me. 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.059 Chapter six. 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.660 One to eighteen. 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.559 We are to seek. 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.759 A hidden righteousness. 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.180 Not one that parades itself. 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.079 But one that's main concern. 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.400 Is not to please men. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.620 But above all. 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.519 To please my father. 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.299 Who sees in secret. 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.039 And I will be a generous. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.019 And a praying. 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.120 And an earnest. 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.059 Christian disciple. 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.120 But my concern. 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.579 Is not. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.220 Is not. 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.259 It's not. 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.259 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.640 Applause from men. 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.180 And credit from others. 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.279 But to please my father. 00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:54.900 Who is in heaven. 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.660 And that's all that matters. 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:58.519 That's what Jesus is talking about. 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:01.039 To keep on. 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.079 Seeking his. 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.759 Kingship. 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.759 To keep on. 00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.599 Seeking his. 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.559 Righteousness. 00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:07.160 That is the one. 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:07.799 Allowable. 00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.880 Anxiety in life. 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:11.620 And that will be true. 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.440 If you have. 00:19:12.540 --> 00:19:13.460 One master. 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.800 So where is your treasure. 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.940 Where is your vision. 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:21.460 Who is your master. 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:24.140 The single focus. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.880 You must have. 00:19:26.560 --> 00:19:27.400 For the preachers. 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.400 Asking questions like that. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.540 It's like when the child. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.700 Gets a toy gun out. 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.040 Isn't it. 00:19:31.060 --> 00:19:31.820 You know when you go to. 00:19:32.820 --> 00:19:33.820 Dinner with a child. 00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:35.559 And the child gets a. 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.819 A toy gun out. 00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.720 What's the first thing you do. 00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.460 You put your hands up. 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.679 Don't you. 00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.819 You immediately surrender. 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.720 And when I say to you. 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.259 Very often. 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.139 What is your treasure. 00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.319 Immediately you just give up. 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.759 And surrender. 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.000 How do. 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.619 How do we. 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.939 How do we. 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.019 Deal with this. 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.439 How do we work this through. 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.259 Now secondly. 00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:54.099 Let's see. 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.619 How Jesus helps you. 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:58.519 To have this kingdom focus. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:00.420 And what he does. 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.079 Is he wonderfully. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.720 Gives you multiple arguments. 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.019 That you must hear. 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.180 First of all. 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.059 A single focus. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.319 But then in 25 to 34. 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.160 Multiple arguments. 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.160 And Jesus stacks up. 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.379 Argument after argument. 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.879 Reason upon reason. 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.279 About why you should not. 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.019 Have anxiety. 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.920 About the things of life. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.779 About what you'll eat. 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.420 And what you'll drink. 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.240 And what you'll wear. 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.240 And I think you might say. 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.420 Well what right does Jesus have. 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.480 To talk about this. 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.500 He never struggled in that way. 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.980 But remember. 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:31.000 Who is speaking to you. 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.559 Remember that the one. 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.720 Who said. 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.779 Foxes have holes. 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.720 And the birds of the air. 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.279 Have nests. 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.059 But the son of man. 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.720 He doesn't have a place. 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.319 To lay his head. 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.220 He knows. 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.200 About what he speaks for us. 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.519 And not only that. 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.180 But you recall. 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.420 That there'd be a good number. 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.819 Wouldn't there. 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.700 Of people who were listening. 00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.879 To this sermon. 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.879 Who lived. 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:51.139 On the borderline of poverty. 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.160 It would address them. 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.720 Pointedly. 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.579 And please. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.240 Please remember. 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.119 What Jesus says here. 00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.919 Is not a program. 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:00.479 For world poverty. 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.019 Relief. 00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.000 And hunger relief. 00:21:02.239 --> 00:21:03.619 It is spoken to his disciples. 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.319 To his church. 00:21:05.479 --> 00:21:06.399 Now what's the connection. 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.379 No sooner. 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.279 Is Jesus talked about. 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.479 The same single focus. 00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.819 But in verse 25. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.339 He says. 00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.019 For this reason. 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.639 I tell you. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.739 Stop being anxious. 00:21:13.739 --> 00:21:14.379 About your life. 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.299 Stop being anxious. 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.000 About what you'll eat. 00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.419 And what you'll put on. 00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.319 Now what's the connection. 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.759 Jesus is saying. 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.500 You may not have. 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.200 In this area. 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.940 Of mammon. 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.819 You might not have. 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.400 Great wealth. 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.859 You might not have. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.920 Masses of riches. 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.460 That will draw your affections. 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.480 Away from your father. 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.680 But do you know. 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.700 That your affections. 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.700 Can be drawn away. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.579 From your father. 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.759 Not only by great. 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:40.059 Masses of wealth. 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.460 But your attention. 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.240 Can be drawn away. 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.940 From following your father. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.980 By what you don't have. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:48.579 It's not only those. 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.319 Who have money. 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.860 Who love it. 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.460 There is. 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.700 Isn't there. 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.440 A poor man's. 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.980 Idolatry. 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.579 And anxiety. 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.539 About being anxious. 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.380 About what we'll eat. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.180 And what we'll wear. 00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.759 And so on. 00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.240 And Jesus says to you. 00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.960 Very clearly. 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.319 Stop being anxious. 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.259 Stop being anxious. 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.500 About those circumstances. 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.220 In your life. 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.380 Which draw you away. 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.059 From that one. 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.160 Central focus. 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.559 And Jesus is very. 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.299 Gracious though. 00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.640 Isn't he? 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.019 He doesn't just. 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.160 Lay down the law. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.160 But he reasons. 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.960 With you this morning. 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.259 And he seeks to give you. 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.039 Reasons to. 00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.620 Maintain and sustain. 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.640 Your confidence. 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.980 In our father's provision. 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.700 We say anxiety. 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.039 Don't we? 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.160 The old king James said. 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.819 Take no thought. 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.460 Of your life. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.759 And in those days. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.559 That made perfect sense. 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.620 For us it's a little difficult. 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.519 Jesus is not saying. 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:41.819 That you. 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.180 Can't think about. 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.880 What you eat. 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.799 Or what you wear. 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.960 Or anything like that. 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.599 Jesus is not saying. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.960 You can't provide for yourself. 00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.920 He's not saying. 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.500 Don't make proper provision. 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.180 For the future. 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.019 He's saying. 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:54.000 Don't be excessive. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.940 He isn't saying. 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.440 You can't make proper provision. 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.220 He's saying. 00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.180 Don't be anxious. 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.940 About thought. 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.799 Or work. 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.460 Or study. 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.579 He's not forbidding. 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.319 Work or study. 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.519 But the worrying. 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.160 That kind of stewing. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.980 The ulcerating. 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.559 Kind of attention. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.900 That goes along with work. 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.900 And focuses on that. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.860 So let me give you. 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.540 Jesus' arguments. 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.259 Number one. 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.920 Jesus gives you. 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.320 An argument. 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.200 From priority. 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.580 He gives you. 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.160 An argument. 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.300 From priority. 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.220 He says. 00:23:25.280 --> 00:23:25.860 Therefore I tell you. 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.500 Do not be anxious. 00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.000 About your life. 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.519 Verse 25. 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.200 What you'll eat. 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.839 Or what you'll drink. 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:30.359 Or what you'll put on. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.960 Is life. 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.740 Not more than food. 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.200 And the body. 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.880 More than clothing. 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.680 What's he saying there? 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.119 He's saying. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.519 God is the one who gives you life. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.559 He gives you the greater gift. 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.160 Doesn't he? 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.859 Then won't your father. 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.839 Give you the food. 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.519 That you need. 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.700 To maintain your life. 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.420 He gives you the body. 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.279 The greater gift. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.079 Won't he give you. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.519 Clothing. 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.539 To put on that body. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.039 Won't he give you. 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.980 The lesser gift. 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.659 It's an argument. 00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.759 It's from priority. 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.839 He gives you. 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.019 The greater gift. 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:04.200 So can't you trust him. 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.240 With the lesser gift. 00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.879 And then he gives you. 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.259 An argument. 00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.960 From value. 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.960 In verse 26. 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.399 Look at the birds. 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.960 Of the air. 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.079 They neither sow. 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.700 Nor reap. 00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.920 Nor gather into barns. 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.899 And yet your heavenly father. 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.599 Feeds them to you. 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.059 Are you not. 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.940 More value. 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.460 Than they are. 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.779 He says. 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.339 Look. 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.399 Think. 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.559 About the birds. 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.539 And when you do that. 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.279 When you think about the birds. 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.559 You realise that they're not trading. 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.119 They're not. 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.159 Selling crops. 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.339 They're not reaping crops. 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.559 They don't gather. 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.420 Into barns. 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.720 And yet. 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.779 Wonder of wonders. 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.059 Your father feeds them. 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.779 He doesn't mean. 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.319 That those birds. 00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.420 Have an absence of work. 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.659 But an absence of worry. 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:50.460 And Jesus is not suggesting. 00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.620 That the birds sit there. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.940 And in their nest. 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.140 And they open up their beaks. 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.680 And some invisible hand of God. 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.920 Comes and drops worms. 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.740 Into their mouths. 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.740 No. 00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.540 They have their own ways. 00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.019 Of providing. 00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.440 Don't they? 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.960 But like us. 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.980 Not like us. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.759 There's no worry. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.720 Connected with it. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.779 And if God feeds the birds. 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.900 Will he not feed you? 00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.860 And aren't you. 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:14.220 Of more value. 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.580 Than birds. 00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.500 Aren't you? 00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:19.380 It's an argument from value. 00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.960 You matter more to God. 00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:22.060 Than the birds of the air do. 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.120 And if your father. 00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.380 Values you. 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.680 More than the birds of the air. 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.519 Won't he feed you. 00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:29.460 Like he feeds the birds. 00:25:31.060 --> 00:25:32.220 And then he goes to an argument. 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.240 Called length of life. 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.060 If I can go to that. 00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.320 An argument of length of life. 00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.620 Look what it says. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.300 In verse 27. 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.620 And which of you. 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.920 By being anxious. 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.019 Can add a single. 00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.980 Hour. 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.940 To this span of life. 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:48.380 Jesus is saying to you. 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.400 You have a certain lifespan. 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.299 And if you really. 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.200 Really. 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.160 Concentrate. 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.100 On your fitness. 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:57.340 On your health. 00:25:58.539 --> 00:26:00.580 Can you add any span. 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.440 To your length of life. 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.039 By worrying. 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.140 By being anxious. 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.220 Can you eke out. 00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.980 Maybe another. 00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:08.820 Six months. 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.460 Another year. 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.620 You know. 00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.000 He's saying. 00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.779 Anxiety is no power. 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.960 Anxiety can't produce anything. 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.799 It's empty. 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.420 It's useless. 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.640 It can't do anything. 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.360 Positive. 00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.299 Like that. 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.000 So he's trying to say. 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.579 It doesn't do us. 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.440 Any good anyway. 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.819 And then he gives us. 00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.180 An argument. 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.980 Through extravagance. 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.420 You see the Adam. 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.460 Verses 28 to 30. 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.059 And it's something like this. 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.340 He says. 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.259 Consider well. 00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.400 The lilies of the fields. 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.920 He means wild flowers. 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:38.820 He says. 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.700 Look at those wild flowers. 00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:41.200 They're really beautiful. 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:44.160 And if God decks out. 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.019 Something like that. 00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.759 Like a flower. 00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.680 And he takes. 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.240 That kind of care. 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.800 To produce. 00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:50.080 That kind of beauty. 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.920 For what? 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.720 Somebody will pick them. 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.560 Or they'll be here today. 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.320 And gone tomorrow. 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.279 The heat will come out. 00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.380 And they'll wither away. 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.019 And yet. 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.060 God invested. 00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.240 All that potential. 00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.700 And all that beauty. 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.480 That you see. 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.539 In those wild flowers. 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.299 When you see them. 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.920 That not even Solomon. 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.059 Great King Solomon. 00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.460 In all his glory. 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.200 Was decked out. 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.980 Like one of those. 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.140 And if God gives. 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.400 That kind of attention. 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.980 To flowers. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.940 Which are here today. 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.940 And then gone tomorrow. 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.079 Will he not also. 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.940 Clothe you. 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.180 O you of little faith. 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.160 It's an argument. 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.279 From God's extravagance. 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.599 And not only that. 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.440 He gives you an argument. 00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.120 From compassion. 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.960 Verse 32. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.940 Your heavenly father. 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.559 Knows. 00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.900 You need all these things. 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:38.299 And then in verse 34. 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.039 He gives you an argument. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.700 From realism. 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.059 He says. 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.000 Don't become anxious. 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.579 About tomorrow. 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.740 Because tomorrow. 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.720 Will be anxious. 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.299 For itself. 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.779 There's enough trouble. 00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.480 For each day. 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.000 What does Jesus mean? 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.120 You know what he means. 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.420 Don't anticipate. 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.980 Trouble. 00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:59.220 And try to live. 00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.900 Through it. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.460 By means of anxiety. 00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.440 Before it comes. 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.920 Jesus. 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:02.920 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:02.920 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.720 Jesus. 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.880 Isn't stupid. 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.440 He doesn't. 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.340 Hand out stickers. 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.880 Saying life is a beach. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.660 He says. 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.400 There's trouble. 00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.920 For every day. 00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.840 And there is trouble. 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.519 For every day. 00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.980 Isn't there? 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.940 And there's trouble. 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.860 And God's people. 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.620 Frequently. 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.519 Seem to be the ones. 00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.700 Who know more trouble. 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.920 Than other people. 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.019 There's enough trouble. 00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.680 For each day. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:28.480 You will have problems. 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.700 But don't anticipate them. 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.920 By being anxious. 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.420 About them. 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.519 And trying to forecast. 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.500 What you're going to do. 00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.539 And face it. 00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.560 When it comes. 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.840 Don't try to overload it. 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.660 Each day. 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.299 He's got enough trouble. 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.740 Of its own. 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.680 In other words. 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:47.940 For Jesus. 00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:48.620 Don't be anxious. 00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.380 Don't be anxious. 00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.299 About the tragedy. 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.680 That you fear most. 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.140 That might happen. 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:58.480 Don't be consumed. 00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.539 With dread. 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.620 About the disease. 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.860 That you dread most. 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.900 That you might get. 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.200 Don't be anxious. 00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.340 In stewing. 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.200 Over the person. 00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:11.080 You love most. 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.740 That they're going to be. 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.519 Taking from you. 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.480 Because each day. 00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.720 Has enough trouble. 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.180 Of its own. 00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.500 It's an argument. 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.320 From realism. 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.039 Let me try and pull this. 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.860 On briefly together. 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.259 Teach you what Jesus is doing. 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.920 When Jesus is multiplying arguments. 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.079 I want you to see that. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:31.099 To try and stem your anxiety. 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.000 And why is he doing that? 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.779 He knows what he's doing. 00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.039 Did you notice what he calls us. 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.680 In verse 30. 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.220 I like that. 00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.680 He says. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.700 Oh you of little faith. 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:41.039 Jesus knows that. 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.759 For his disciples. 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.500 This morning. 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.720 It is possible. 00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.579 For you and I. 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:46.180 To be able to trust him. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.440 For our eternal salvation. 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:51.039 Many of us here this morning. 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.480 We know Jesus Christ. 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.180 And we have no doubt at all. 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.600 That when we stand before him. 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.500 At the judgment. 00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.320 We will be acquitted. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.039 We don't struggle with doubts on that. 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.299 And we have no doubt. 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.080 That we know. 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.259 A little bit of heaven on earth. 00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:05.799 And we are saved for all eternity. 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.519 And yet. 00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.700 We have all sorts of problems. 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.640 And we have all sorts of worries. 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.360 And difficulties. 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.200 In believing. 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.400 That our heavenly father. 00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.040 Is adequate. 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.100 For the circumstances. 00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:17.320 Of my daily life. 00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:19.340 To trust him. 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.640 So how does Jesus help you? 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.900 What is his method? 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.900 He doesn't want you. 00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.320 To lose your single focus. 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.100 So what does he do? 00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.320 How does he help you. 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.620 To overcome your anxiety? 00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:34.520 He doesn't sit down beside you. 00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:34.780 And say. 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.160 Do you know what? 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.940 I know how you feel. 00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.840 I have a struggle with that too. 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.560 He's not doing that. 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.220 What is Jesus doing? 00:30:42.300 --> 00:30:43.780 He's giving you reasons. 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.380 And arguments. 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.420 And he's using logic. 00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:49.360 And clarity. 00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.140 And he says to you. 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.800 Meditate on these truths. 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.400 Reason in faith. 00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.000 He says. 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.700 What kind of father do you have? 00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.880 And that's what he's saying. 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.180 You see. 00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.960 And that is interesting. 00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.300 Isn't it? 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.220 It's not reason. 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.020 And it's not thinking. 00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:07.040 That brings you to faith in Christ. 00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.240 God can use that. 00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.440 But that's not the point. 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:11.299 But after we come to faith. 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:13.080 One of the key ways. 00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:15.740 That Jesus sustains your faith. 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.600 And my faith. 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.320 Is by getting us to think. 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.519 Something comes to us. 00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.340 And happens to us. 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.500 And we think. 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.180 What do I do? 00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.259 Or how do I feel? 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:28.500 But that's not the answer. 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.059 Jesus is saying. 00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.180 Don't be consumed. 00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.120 With the anxiety. 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.819 That comes. 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:36.139 With whatever circumstance. 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.679 But think. 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.919 Think what your father is like. 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:44.519 And use these arguments. 00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:47.019 If God did this. 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.959 Won't he do that? 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.179 Jesus wants you. 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.939 To be a thinking person. 00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:55.699 And to be a believing disciple. 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.980 In other words. 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.700 If you want to sum up. 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.840 Verse 25 to 34. 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.620 Jesus says. 00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.960 Do you look at all the evidence. 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:04.759 Of your heavenly father's faithfulness. 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.080 By multiple arguments. 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.759 Jesus is saying. 00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.400 To you and I. 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.160 Think about the various ways. 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:13.519 And the evidence that you have. 00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.860 That your heavenly father. 00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:17.059 Is firm in his faithfulness. 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.660 Here's our building. 00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:23.000 It's between green. 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.359 And we miss that little building. 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.640 You go into this chapel. 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.880 And there are six giant pillars. 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.359 Holding up a flat roof. 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:33.240 Those pillars are completely unnecessary. 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.819 Very very annoying. 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.680 They look good. 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.740 You don't need the pillars. 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.519 To hold up the roof to you. 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.980 It's a flat roof for goodness sake. 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.619 It's just a folly of an architect. 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.359 And our pillars of anxiety. 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.619 We don't need them. 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.619 We don't need them. 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:51.839 You can construct great big pillars of anxiety. 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.500 And tries to do his work for him. 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.680 But they won't hold up anything. 00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:59.079 God's faithfulness has never faltered. 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:03.059 You can trust your father's faithfulness. 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:06.099 To hold you up over the years. 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:08.140 You don't need pillars of anxiety. 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.059 And if that is true. 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:13.680 Then you can keep the locus of your focus. 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.259 You can keep your heart. 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.960 Or where your real treasure is. 00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.980 Which is God. 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.480 And you can be free to seek first his kingdom. 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.660 And his righteousness. 00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.320 Let's pray. 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:28.899 Let's pray. 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:28.899 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