WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.140 Thank you, Alex and the band. If you notice, there might be a theme throughout our songs this morning. 00:00:06.140 --> 00:00:14.359 ! And I'll let you do that homework. Please turn with me to Matthew chapter 6. 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:24.660 ! Matthew chapter 6, we will be looking at verses 19 to 21. 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:54.640 19 to 21. 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:59.479 There your heart will be also. 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:10.239 On my shelf at home, there is a book titled Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia. 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:14.399 It's a one-volume encyclopedia. Don't worry, it's not multi-volume. 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:19.219 But it has many interesting entries in it. 00:01:19.219 --> 00:01:25.140 And me having this book does not communicate anything about me or my personality. 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:32.159 But every once in a while, I'll crack it open when I'm studying for something and seeing if there's an entry. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:40.519 And as you know, if you know anything about Jonathan Edwards, a big theme in his ministry, his life, was heaven. 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:44.819 He meditated on heaven a lot. 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:46.159 You may know him. 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:48.439 He was just before the American Revolution. 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.859 He died in the 1750s. 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:54.319 He's a pastor in New England. 00:01:54.319 --> 00:02:01.140 But you may know him from his Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God sermon, maybe. 00:02:01.340 --> 00:02:05.000 But also for Heaven is a World of Love sermon. 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:08.180 If you want to know more about Jonathan Edwards, I would... 00:02:08.180 --> 00:02:11.579 That's the first two things I would get you to read if you want to know. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:13.139 They're worth your time in reading. 00:02:13.779 --> 00:02:16.659 But he meditated a lot on heaven. 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:28.279 And so if you crack this open, this encyclopedia, as I did, the first line in the entry on heaven is worthy of our consideration. 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.679 The author of the entry begins by saying, 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:41.079 Jonathan Edwards was so heavenly-minded that he accomplished much earthly good. 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:49.500 Jonathan Edwards was so heavenly-minded that he accomplished much earthly good. 00:02:52.140 --> 00:02:55.460 Would that not be said of us also at the end of our life? 00:02:56.720 --> 00:02:59.000 What an epitaph that would be. 00:03:01.720 --> 00:03:02.280 He... 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:08.460 This person can say this about Jonathan Edwards because he lived a life according to our text today. 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:12.180 He meditated on this text, Jonathan Edwards, and he lived it. 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:13.420 And that's... 00:03:13.420 --> 00:03:15.740 Let that be our prayer today also. 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:24.280 Based on his understanding and application of the text like our text today, Matthew 6, 19 to 21. 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:27.879 So, as we begin, pray with me. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:40.400 Father, as we open your word to the words for where our treasure is, there our hearts will be also. 00:03:42.299 --> 00:03:48.979 Help us who know you, who trust in you, to have your son as our treasure. 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:52.539 That we would have Christ as our treasure. 00:03:52.539 --> 00:04:03.159 Help us, for those this morning who know you, who trust in you, to apply these words specifically to our lives. 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:11.299 From parenting, to work, to family, to every sphere of influence that you've given us. 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.539 Help us to apply these words. 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:17.360 As we look at your word and look inward to our hearts, 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:23.600 help us to look outward for those around us, that we would live out these words for your glory. 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:29.840 For those who may not know or trust you, or may know you but not trust you yet, 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:40.860 we pray that you would give them ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to understand the truth 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:46.220 as, in the words, Christ can be their treasure. 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.600 That there is only heavenly treasure that matters. 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:56.439 And help them to see that, to save their souls through your word. 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.460 And we pray for this, for your glory. 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:00.240 Amen. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.360 In the Bible, there are lots of contrasts. 00:05:07.580 --> 00:05:11.780 If you think about, this is a major device that the Bible uses. 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:19.759 And think about Proverbs, like Proverbs 9, where you have wisdom, you have folly, personified in a woman, 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:21.659 over and over again through the book. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.359 You have Old Testament prophets. 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:30.619 That, if you didn't know, sounds like Jesus' parables. 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:35.540 But Jesus is just doing what the prophets have always done. 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.259 And here is the Sermon on the Mount. 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:42.180 And he's doing just that. 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:43.160 He's contrasting. 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:45.420 He's giving contrast to make a point. 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:53.199 So, in the Sermon on the Mount, think, there are a couple of words and themes that we can say that are contrasts. 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.680 So, we'll dive in deeper into these in a moment. 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.360 But, think hypocrites. 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.240 And then, disciples, on the other hand. 00:06:04.400 --> 00:06:05.580 Earth, earthly. 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:07.879 Or heaven, heavenly. 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:12.939 And one of the major themes in the Sermon on the Mount is righteousness. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:22.060 So, we could say, broadly, that there is a lesser righteousness contrasted to what we could call a greater righteousness 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:25.600 that Jesus is calling us to through the Sermon on the Mount. 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:33.360 And, going back to our first contrast, there's this hypocrisy on one side. 00:06:34.580 --> 00:06:39.540 And what we will call wholeheartedness on this other side. 00:06:40.220 --> 00:06:42.460 Hypocrisy being half-hearted. 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:46.260 But we are called to be full-hearted. 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:53.600 So, when we see themes, you see treasure in our text. 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:59.840 But, if you look in the first 18 verses of our chapter, you see reward. 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:06.320 So, I'm going to be using the terms treasure, reward, and value. 00:07:06.780 --> 00:07:08.939 They're all going to be related terms. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.300 And I think there's a reason that he switches from reward. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:19.439 That he, Jesus, from the first 18 verses of this chapter, says reward, reward, reward. 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.600 And, in our text today, he changes to treasure. 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:24.240 More on that later. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:30.439 But, this begs the question, forces the question upon us as we read this text. 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:33.879 What do you value? 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.000 What do you value? 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:44.040 So, that's the major question that this text is demanding of us. 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:49.700 So, before we dive in, why this text? 00:07:50.340 --> 00:07:52.960 Why this text today? 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:55.319 Well, one, Nathan asked me to preach. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:56.560 So, that's part of it. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:00.840 But, this text, I think there's a broad reason. 00:08:01.340 --> 00:08:04.820 And then there's a more specific reason. 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:14.279 So, if we think about the church more broadly, Big C Church here, there's a warning here for the church broadly. 00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:17.480 And it's hypocrisy. 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:26.819 But, hypocrisy, we could say, has a specific form today in our context. 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:29.939 And that's called cultural Christianity. 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.820 Hypocrisy, cultural Christianity. 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:37.940 This is a warning against that, this text. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:43.360 It's similarly to the term lukewarmness. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.740 Being lukewarm. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:51.680 So, this should, you should recall the church at Laodicea in Revelation 3. 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:56.419 The Spirit writes to the church at Laodicea. 00:08:58.039 --> 00:08:59.079 I know your works. 00:08:59.939 --> 00:09:01.959 You are neither cold nor hot. 00:09:02.359 --> 00:09:05.079 Would that you were either cold or hot. 00:09:05.699 --> 00:09:13.859 So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:19.779 Strong words for those who are lukewarm. 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:22.600 I would say half-hearted. 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:24.500 Hypocritical. 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.539 You see all these related terms. 00:09:27.419 --> 00:09:32.419 This half-heartedness leads to lukewarmness. 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:34.179 So, there's a warning there. 00:09:35.699 --> 00:09:37.319 There's a warning not to be hypocritical. 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:38.439 Half-hearted. 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:40.220 Lukewarm. 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:45.179 You cannot be one person at work, another at church, another at home. 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:47.299 That is half-hearted. 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:51.139 This text is calling us to a, something greater. 00:09:52.859 --> 00:09:58.000 But, let's not be careful to look to others before ourselves. 00:09:58.659 --> 00:10:01.599 It's easy to say they, isn't it? 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:04.500 Instead of us or me. 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:09.120 So, going a little more specific reason here. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:12.639 Why this text for the local church, us. 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:16.940 It's easy for us to point out cultural Christianity. 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:22.679 But, for us, there's a warning for those who might be younger in years. 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.079 There's a warning for us who are younger. 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.379 But, there's an encouragement here for those who are older. 00:10:31.699 --> 00:10:32.779 First, older. 00:10:33.579 --> 00:10:40.819 Being heavenly minded is something that, when you are a believer, it becomes more and more apparent as you get older. 00:10:40.820 --> 00:10:52.600 And, if you are older here with us, know that we younger members see that and we are encouraged that you are so heavenly minded. 00:10:53.400 --> 00:10:57.780 And, you are naturally bending more and more towards heaven. 00:10:58.160 --> 00:11:00.160 Your soul is bending towards there. 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:01.840 More and more. 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:03.800 And, that is so encouraging to us. 00:11:04.180 --> 00:11:05.920 So, just hear that. 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.200 Thank you for your example. 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:13.040 For the youngers, there is a warning. 00:11:14.280 --> 00:11:19.879 That, there's a warning for us who are in what we would call a busy season. 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:22.700 Some have the season short. 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:24.060 Some of us long. 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:28.259 Sometimes, maybe, depends on how many kids you have. 00:11:29.520 --> 00:11:32.940 But, when focusing on so much earthly good. 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:35.000 Think what might be good. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:41.799 It will be easy for us to skip on the heavenly perspective in life. 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.559 It is tempting to, we don't really do this actively. 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:48.559 But, I'm going to say passively. 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:50.620 That's our temptation here in our context. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:56.740 It is tempting to passively allow what we believe are treasures in heaven. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:12:02.320 To be replaced over time by treasures on earth. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.000 Let us actively fight against the inner man. 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:10.820 Who, I would say, in our context, we have to be. 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:17.279 It's the passivity or the passively desires to what Romans 1. 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:24.980 To exchange the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:27.659 Let that be a warning to us. 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:34.199 This text helps us fight for the heavenly perspective in the day-to-day earthly good. 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:44.700 What we value, especially in busy seasons, like a lot of us have found ourselves in, for good. 00:12:45.140 --> 00:12:49.500 What we value, especially in a busy season, reveals our hearts. 00:12:50.420 --> 00:12:57.900 Reveals not only what we love most, but also reveals the very essence of our person. 00:12:57.899 --> 00:13:04.840 So, the stakes are high on how you answer, what do you value? 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:08.919 So, especially in a busy season. 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:13.100 And what a biblical counseling book I read once said, in the heat of life. 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:16.860 And if you're married, you know exactly what he means by heat. 00:13:17.699 --> 00:13:25.679 When you are in the heat of the moment of struggling with sin or spouse's sin or children. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:33.039 What do you value most affects how you will respond to those moments. 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.299 So, here's the main point. 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:36.659 I'll give you the main point here. 00:13:36.859 --> 00:13:39.199 We'll revisit it later at the end. 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.259 But I'll give you the main point, Jesus' exhortation here. 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:47.019 And then we'll dig deep, come back up, remind you of the main point. 00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:49.439 And then we'll go and do likewise. 00:13:51.579 --> 00:13:53.839 This is Jesus' exhortation to us. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:14:00.080 The main point is not merely what you value, but it is much more than that. 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:02.920 This text reveals that it is much more. 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.960 What you value is who you really are as a person. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:14.639 What you value is who you really are as a person. 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:21.660 This is based on the biblical understanding of heart in our text. 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:29.360 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.959 The biblical understanding of a heart is not merely emotions. 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:42.519 But it consists of a combination of heart functions. 00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:48.299 How the heart responds in the heat of life. 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:54.319 So, what I mean by that, briefly, we'll come back to this. 00:14:54.859 --> 00:14:57.399 But there are three functions. 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:02.199 The heart responds to life in three functions. 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:04.639 Think to have the categories, three categories. 00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.559 It's a triad. 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:07.099 Think of a Venn diagram. 00:15:08.099 --> 00:15:09.679 Three circles intersecting. 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:15.899 Beliefs, desires, and choices. 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:21.819 The heart responds in beliefs, desires, and choices. 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.699 We'll come back to this later. 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.859 But it's a more dynamic understanding of the heart. 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:34.759 It's not just merely emotions or whatever comes first to mind when you think of heart. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.340 Think heart. 00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:40.820 Think beliefs, desires, and choices. 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:47.879 The choices you choose, the desires you want, the beliefs you interpret the world through. 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:54.179 So, what kind of person are you is the question that Jesus is asking. 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.460 He does this by pointing to the hypocrites. 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.320 So, what kind of person are you? 00:15:59.439 --> 00:16:01.840 What do you treasure up in your heart? 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:17.879 By Jesus calling out the hypocrites in this chapter before our text, he's saying that they, the hypocrites, valued outward, or we could say earthly, righteousness. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.720 And he gives three examples. 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:38.160 But the followers of Jesus, true disciples, are called to value a higher, wholehearted, whole person devotion to a heavenly or greater righteousness. 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:49.160 Followers of Jesus are called to value a higher, wholehearted, whole person devotion to a greater heavenly righteousness. 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:58.379 So, look with me, not in chapter 6, but the last verse of chapter 5. 00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:06.319 This is connected to our verse today, this text today. 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:09.680 So, chapter 5, verse 48. 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:19.600 You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.480 So, this goes back. 00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:30.079 When you see perfect, particularly in the New Testament, especially in Hebrews, for sure, this is a big word. 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:38.460 When you see the word perfect, in the ESV, at least, read perfect as complete. 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:42.259 There's a completeness aspect to that. 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:48.500 Not that this is wrong, but just don't think perfect in our cultural understanding. 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:57.559 The biblical idea behind perfect, it's the teleos, telos word group, which is so prevalent in the New Testament. 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.819 Think it is finished. 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:00.140 Comes from this word. 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.500 It is complete. 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:04.200 That makes a lot more sense. 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.660 Not, it is perfect. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:11.660 But you, therefore, must be complete as your heavenly Father is complete. 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:14.640 And, how do you do this? 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.100 Well, this is our text today. 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:22.740 So, let's dive in into the structure. 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:25.580 And then we'll take a few specific words. 00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:27.480 And then we'll dive into the text. 00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:33.100 So, with that in mind, how do you be complete or perfect? 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:39.779 Well, he says, verse 1, which is the intro to our text, really. 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:46.259 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them. 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.779 It's a warning. 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:52.519 For then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 00:18:52.719 --> 00:18:53.559 See this reward? 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:55.319 Thinking about treasure in our text. 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.359 So, this is another greater righteousness theme. 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:04.219 So, we are in the body of the Sermon on the Mount here. 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.899 The core. 00:19:05.479 --> 00:19:11.979 And we have found ourselves here almost at the pinnacle of the Sermon on the Mount. 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:15.139 Think the climax of the great sermon. 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.459 So, in three parts. 00:19:18.179 --> 00:19:20.039 The body is really in three parts. 00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.559 And I'll give it to you. 00:19:21.719 --> 00:19:22.699 Greater righteousness. 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:26.500 As one commentator has helpfully divided this. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:29.500 Greater righteousness in relation to God's laws. 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.519 Which comes before. 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.839 Ends in 48. 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:34.019 Chapter 5, 48. 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:39.519 And then it's greater righteousness and piety toward God. 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:42.480 That's our section of the text here. 00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:44.480 From 6.1 to 21. 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:46.220 And then after. 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:49.380 It's greater righteousness in relation to the world. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:55.400 And so, what's so fascinating is our text. 00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:57.480 19, 20, and 21. 00:19:57.800 --> 00:20:05.320 Acts not only as the conclusion of chapter 6.1 to 21. 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:15.700 The conclusion is also the introduction to that last third part from 6.19 to 7.12. 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:19.620 That greater righteousness in relation to the world. 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:25.160 So, there really could be two sermons that could be preached on this one text. 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.440 One looking what comes before. 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:32.420 And then using it on the next week, maybe. 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.019 I'm not. 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:37.779 But using it as an introduction to what comes after. 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:40.799 So, I've chosen the former instead of the latter. 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:47.319 And so, here he is making a specific point about hypocrites. 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:51.480 And contrasting them to the true disciples of Christ. 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.519 And how to do that. 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.500 So, zooming in, we can see some symmetry here. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:21:01.720 And this is actually the thing that brought my attention to this text. 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:03.539 19, 20, and 21. 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.460 There's a symmetry here. 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:09.740 That is really beautiful. 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:14.279 And we have seen it in John with the chiastic structures. 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:22.160 But Matthew does this to, and John and the biblical writers do this, to make specific points. 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:27.759 To make you draw your attention towards the point. 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:34.559 So, instead of giving you the pattern from 6.1 to 6.21, let's go backwards. 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.819 Let's take our text today. 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.799 Our main text. 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.179 19, 20, and 21. 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:42.119 There's a pattern here I want to show you. 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:47.440 And this pattern actually is throughout the entire chapter. 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:52.639 So, when you have, you have verse 19. 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.580 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth. 00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:59.060 Where moth and rust to destroy. 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:01.680 And where thieves break in and steal. 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:06.580 We could say that this is a negative instruction. 00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:09.259 It's an instruction that is in the negative. 00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.980 So, verse 20. 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:16.099 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:18.960 Where neither moth nor rust destroys. 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:21.599 And where thieves do not break in and steal. 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:25.900 This we could categorize as a positive instruction. 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:28.019 It's an instruction that is in the positive. 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.620 His statement. 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.599 Verse 21. 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:38.440 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:41.420 So, this is a statement of reward. 00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.500 See what I'm doing there? 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.360 Equating treasure with reward. 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:50.660 But you have negative instruction. 00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.240 Then a positive instruction. 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:54.059 And then a statement of reward. 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:58.220 Now, go to the beginning of chapter 6. 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:02.779 And this pattern is found in all three examples. 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:05.500 So, he says, as an intro. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.059 He says, Jesus says, 00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:09.759 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people. 00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.480 In order to be seen by them. 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.960 For then you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.139 It's a warning here. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.660 But, verse 2. 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.379 This is, he does three. 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:27.099 Gives three examples of. 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:29.299 Do not be like the hypocrites. 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.639 But be those who practice. 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.280 Verse 20. 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.340 Be those who lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.880 The three examples are giving. 00:23:41.020 --> 00:23:41.880 Then prayer. 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.340 Then fasting. 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.540 And then, the conclusion. 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.740 The concluding exhortation. 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.860 Is our text. 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.300 19, 20, and 21. 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.060 So, verse 2. 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.340 Is the negative. 00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:55.720 Instruction. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.000 Verse 3. 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.340 Is the positive instruction. 00:23:58.520 --> 00:24:00.000 I'm not going to read them through. 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.420 But just look down in your text. 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.380 And you can follow along. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.840 And then, verse 4. 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.280 Is the statement of reward. 00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:08.880 That's giving. 00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.880 That's the giving statement. 00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.460 Or example. 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:13.600 And then, when it comes to prayer. 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.620 You have verse 5. 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.180 Is the negative. 00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:17.740 Verse 6a. 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.480 The positive. 00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.900 6b. 00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:22.100 Is the statement of reward. 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.820 See this pattern? 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.720 Now. 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:23.759 Now. 00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.619 You might be thinking. 00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:27.579 There's a real big elephant in the room. 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.899 It's the Lord's Prayer. 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.460 And it is. 00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.259 But. 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:33.559 It is almost an excursus. 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.740 Or an aside. 00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.720 On prayer. 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.539 And forgiveness. 00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.059 But. 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:40.339 This isn't about the Lord's Prayer. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.579 But. 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.460 I want you to. 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.199 Think about. 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.919 Think about this context. 00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.899 Where Matthew. 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:48.199 Has placed the Lord's. 00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:49.639 The Lord's Prayer in. 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.059 This model prayer. 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.899 It has something to do with. 00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:54.059 What we're talking about. 00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.899 With the theme. 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.539 Of value. 00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.779 So. 00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.039 I'll just keep that there. 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.799 And you can think about it later. 00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.139 Now. 00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.439 And then. 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.939 Fasting. 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.480 Is the third. 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.359 And final. 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.000 Example. 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.079 Verse 16. 00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.720 Is the negative. 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.240 17. 00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.319 Is the positive. 00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.620 Instruction. 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.100 And verse 18. 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.039 Is the. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.839 Statement of reward. 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.940 You see. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.660 The pattern. 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.839 That's found in our text. 00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.220 Is the pattern. 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.400 That's leading up. 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.279 To that statement. 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.220 And. 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.920 The statement. 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.519 For where your treasure is. 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.519 There your heart. 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.160 Will be also. 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.180 So. 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.480 There's some specific words. 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.000 That I would like to draw your attention to. 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.559 As we. 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.559 Dig a little deeper. 00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.519 Together. 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.039 And there's some words. 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.259 That come before our text. 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.019 And there's some words. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.519 In our text. 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:40.920 That's one. 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:45.200 Draw your attention to. 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.799 So. 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.600 One. 00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.559 In verse 48. 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.360 Of chapter 5. 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.259 We've already seen. 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.880 The perfect. 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.819 And the complete. 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.100 So when you read. 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.559 Perfect. 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.480 Think. 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.680 Completeness. 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.660 And then reward. 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.519 You can count. 00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.400 How many times. 00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.920 Reward. 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.900 Is repeated. 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.019 In the first 18 verses. 00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.680 Of this chapter. 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.960 And it's connected. 00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.539 To treasure. 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.019 As we've. 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.039 Said before. 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.039 And then. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.740 Hypocrites. 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.879 Hypocrite. 00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.819 As. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.940 We know what a hypocrite. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.519 Hypocrite is. 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.980 But if you. 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.740 Have any children. 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.660 Or young children around. 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.420 You just use words. 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.839 And they're like. 00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.460 What's that mean? 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.299 And you're like. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.240 You should know what that means. 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.279 But. 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.379 We just know it. 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.579 Because of cultural connotations. 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.259 But. 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.079 It's a Greek word. 00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.579 It's a translation. 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.859 Which means. 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.220 Somehow. 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.299 Now. 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.940 The translators. 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.299 Throughout. 00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.900 History. 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.440 Have just. 00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.319 Transferred. 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.079 Hypocrites. 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.079 Into English. 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.259 But it's really a Greek word. 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.640 That they just transferred over. 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.039 So. 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.880 In classical Greek times. 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.240 It's related. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.360 To. 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.060 Acting. 00:26:45.260 --> 00:26:45.820 Or actors. 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.760 On a stage. 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.580 Which. 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.600 Kind of makes sense. 00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.420 If you think about it. 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.800 In New Testament usage. 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.440 It's really. 00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.500 About those. 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.480 Who are. 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.200 As we're saying. 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.320 Are half-hearted. 00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:57.940 Are. 00:26:58.260 --> 00:26:59.080 Say one thing. 00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.780 Don't do it. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.280 Say it. 00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:01.120 And do something else. 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:03.159 As a major theme. 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.459 Especially in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.199 And it's. 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.979 Jesus is using the hypocrites. 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.019 In that specific word. 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:11.000 To be contrary. 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.859 To those. 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.859 Who practice. 00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.979 Two verses. 00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.639 And it's. 00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.079 Beginning. 00:27:16.239 --> 00:27:16.659 And the end. 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:16.959 Here. 00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:18.299 Like. 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.279 Bookends. 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.619 Here. 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.239 So. 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.279 It's first. 00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.399 Those who practice. 00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.259 As in contrary. 00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.279 To the hypocrites. 00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.059 Those who practice. 00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:29.139 You must be perfect. 00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:30.459 As your heavenly father. 00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.019 Is perfect. 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.419 And then at the end. 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.479 Those who practice. 00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:35.959 Laying up for yourselves. 00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.539 Treasures. 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.539 In heaven. 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.579 Those two things. 00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.099 And he's saying. 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.459 Do these things. 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.699 Don't be like the hypocrites. 00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.519 So in our text. 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.059 If you look at. 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.279 19, 20, and 21. 00:27:46.479 --> 00:27:47.559 There's specific words. 00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:47.939 They're. 00:27:49.199 --> 00:27:50.199 Very important. 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.519 Like. 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.119 Earth. 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.959 And heaven. 00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.219 Think realms. 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:54.000 And spheres. 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.639 Heaven. 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.399 Being the dwelling place. 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.219 Of God. 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.419 And then. 00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.879 Treasure. 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.099 As we've said. 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.639 Is the. 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.799 Related term. 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.639 Reward. 00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:03.959 Here. 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.519 Throughout chapter six. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.019 And with heart. 00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:08.079 I want to go back to. 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.679 The perfect. 00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.579 And the complete idea. 00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.459 Heart. 00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:13.399 Goes back to. 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.500 You therefore. 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.219 Must be perfect. 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.959 As your heavenly. 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.559 Father. 00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.339 Is perfect. 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.419 And the. 00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:19.939 Perfectness. 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.480 The completeness. 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.400 The completeness. 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.519 Goes alongside. 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.380 Heart. 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.500 Because heart. 00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.380 Like we said. 00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.480 Is a whole. 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.019 Being. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.960 Whole person. 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.160 Idea. 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.880 Which. 00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:32.000 Really goes back to. 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.640 The warning. 00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.380 Beware. 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.420 Practicing your righteousness. 00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.400 Before other people. 00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:37.000 In order to be seen by them. 00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.080 For then. 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.140 You will have no reward. 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.580 From. 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.840 Your father. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.820 Who is in heaven. 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.700 That's the warning. 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.339 And. 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.599 The remedy. 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.939 Are those two verses. 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.000 So. 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.279 Look at. 00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:49.779 With me. 00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:51.059 19 and 20. 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.700 With me. 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.579 19 and 20. 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.299 Are. 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.659 Extremely. 00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.460 Similar. 00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.419 Except. 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.480 One's negative. 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.119 Like we've. 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.740 Pointed out. 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.960 And one's positive. 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.539 One's. 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.079 Upon. 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.539 Or. 00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.000 On. 00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.480 Earth. 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.679 And then. 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.240 Verse 20. 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.799 In. 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.879 Heaven. 00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.619 You have the negative instruction. 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.379 Then positive. 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.419 The beautiful symmetry here. 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.740 And there's. 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.859 Some words of note. 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.259 The warning for rust. 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.759 You may have a different translation. 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.359 When you see rust. 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.980 Think. 00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:26.519 The main idea is consuming. 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.439 I don't want to get into the details of that. 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.740 But it's an interesting word choice there. 00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.279 But. 00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.779 Think. 00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.539 Consuming. 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.539 And what's rust do? 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.399 It consumes. 00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.159 Something. 00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:36.980 The idea of eating. 00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.319 Corrosion. 00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.919 It's consuming. 00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.919 The process of. 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.480 Causing. 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.220 Deterioration. 00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.140 By consuming. 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.900 And one thing. 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.940 Destroy. 00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.940 Where. 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.339 Where moth. 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.880 And rust. 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.779 Destroy. 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.880 And where. 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.539 Bees. 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.900 Break in. 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.279 And steal. 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.079 This. 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.960 Destroy. 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.559 Word. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.779 Also comes back. 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.140 From. 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:00.000 Verse 16. 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.599 And when you fast. 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.360 Do not look gloomy. 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.079 Like the hypocrites. 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.319 For they disfigure. 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.279 Their faces. 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.460 It's the same word. 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.279 Disfigure their faces. 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.599 So. 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.680 There's a connection there. 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.220 He's making. 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:12.019 He wants you to. 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.740 Recall back. 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.039 Even. 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.120 More clearly. 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.839 The hypocrites. 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.620 So. 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.579 In over translation. 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.500 I'm all about over translating. 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.460 I get some points across. 00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.880 Do not. 00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.400 Treasure. 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.940 Up. 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.600 Treasures. 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.279 On earth. 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.740 There's this double treasure. 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.600 Language here. 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.000 Do not treasure up. 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.440 Treasures. 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.920 On earth. 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.400 But treasure up. 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.120 Treasures. 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.640 In heaven. 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:36.280 The treasuring. 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.300 Aspect. 00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:38.560 The main idea here. 00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.960 Look with me at. 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.020 Verse 21. 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.100 For where your treasure is. 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:47.200 There your heart. 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.560 Will be also. 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.620 Notice the where. 00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:53.300 Leads into the there. 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.460 Treasure. 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.840 There. 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.600 Your heart. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.560 Will be also. 00:30:58.520 --> 00:30:59.380 It's a because. 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.060 Clause. 00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.700 For. 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.819 Forever. 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.140 And what that means is. 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.160 Jesus followers. 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.860 Followers. 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:06.059 Must store up. 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.539 Treasures. 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.140 In heaven. 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.340 And not on earth. 00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.480 Because people's treasures. 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.900 Capture their allegiance. 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.299 That's what's at stake. 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.500 Capturing their allegiance. 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.819 So. 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.000 Let's look about. 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.299 Look. 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:17.960 Look closer. 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.559 At the word. 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.100 Heart. 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.259 Let's come back to that. 00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.160 That dynamic. 00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.220 Understanding. 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.200 Of the heart. 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.779 So. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.580 He chooses hard. 00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.340 And. 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.200 It's not merely. 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.380 Emotions. 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.460 Feelings. 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.259 Etc. 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.799 Whatever you think of. 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.200 First. 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.160 It's not just one thing. 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.759 It's not one dimensional. 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.920 It's three dimensional. 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.259 It's much more dynamic. 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.579 I like that word. 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.480 There's three functions. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.259 Of the heart. 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.920 In scripture. 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.740 And I would. 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.100 Encourage you to go to. 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.720 As you read scripture. 00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:52.340 Particularly the psalms. 00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:53.240 Throughout the new testament. 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.140 Even the prophets. 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.779 Think when there's heart. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.700 Language here. 00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.220 Think. 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.340 Beliefs. 00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.940 Desires. 00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.160 And choices. 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.980 There are fancy terms to this. 00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.420 I'll give you. 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.360 For all the nerds out there. 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.279 That don't like fancy terms. 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.240 There's cognitive. 00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.980 Which is the beliefs. 00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.380 Aspect. 00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.680 The affective. 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.700 Which is the desiring. 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.519 Aspect. 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.519 And the volitional. 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.559 Which. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.480 Is more on the choices. 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.120 Spectrum. 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.720 Choosing. 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.860 But. 00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:26.160 I'm going to just say. 00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.579 Beliefs. 00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.339 Desires. 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.140 Choices. 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.980 That. 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.860 Is the human heart. 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.339 And. 00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.779 That is a whole. 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.579 Person. 00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.500 Mentality. 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.519 So. 00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.220 All these. 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.240 Are. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.339 Interwoven. 00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.179 And overlapping. 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.139 Particularly. 00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.699 In. 00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:42.759 Relationships. 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.519 And that's why. 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.059 Human. 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.459 Relationships. 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.240 In marriage. 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.759 With friendships. 00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.799 With children. 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.460 Are. 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.839 So. 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.539 Complicated. 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.740 Your wife. 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.919 Is more. 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.919 It may. 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.779 She may be. 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.799 Feeling. 00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.240 Something. 00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.500 But that's not all. 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.119 She's feeling. 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.480 There's. 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:01.960 There's. 00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.480 Beliefs. 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.099 Behind it. 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.779 There's a desire. 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.319 There. 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.339 To. 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.680 And that's the key. 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.220 To asking. 00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.240 Good questions. 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.299 And think about your children. 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.559 If your children. 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.460 Does something dumb. 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.259 They're choosing. 00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.940 Something dumb. 00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:18.799 And instead of saying. 00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.779 Don't do that. 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.259 Or why'd you do that. 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.920 Which is a temptation. 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.920 Just know. 00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.940 That there are. 00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.420 There are. 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.420 A whole person. 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.700 There are. 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.700 There were desires. 00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.140 There. 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.940 In this situation. 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.039 There were. 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.080 Beliefs. 00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.700 Maybe. 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.539 They. 00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.799 The belief. 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.519 That they could. 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.799 Make that jump. 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.120 And. 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.700 They really believed it. 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.299 And. 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:41.980 They. 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.160 Wanted to. 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.220 Show off to their friends. 00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.920 So they chose. 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.960 To jump. 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.680 Which. 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.420 Ended up in. 00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.299 The hospital. 00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.320 And so now you're. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.620 Mad. 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.380 And why'd you choose that? 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.700 Well. 00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.400 You know. 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.000 That's a. 00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.220 Clear example of. 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:59.160 There's a lot more than just choosing. 00:33:59.740 --> 00:33:59.860 And. 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.460 Choosing the wrong thing. 00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.360 Your children. 00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.259 Your wife. 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.799 Your spouse. 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.779 Your friends. 00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.220 Your family. 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.200 They're whole. 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.400 Dynamic persons. 00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.840 There's more than that. 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.200 Don't. 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.940 I encourage you not to. 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:14.700 Relate to. 00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.579 These people. 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.659 As one dimensional. 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.300 But they are whole. 00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.320 Dynamic persons. 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.300 This. 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.139 Has a lot. 00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.000 Of applications. 00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.760 I'll let you. 00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.420 Work those applications out. 00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.200 On your own. 00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.900 But this dynamic heart. 00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.740 Gives the idea. 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.619 In our text here. 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.059 Where. 00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.039 Jesus says. 00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.440 For where your treasure is. 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.220 Connecting the treasure. 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.720 Here. 00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.780 There. 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.500 Your heart. 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.200 Will be also. 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.779 This dynamic idea. 00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:41.359 Gives us the whole hearted. 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.379 Or whole person perspective. 00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:45.599 On connecting the where. 00:34:45.879 --> 00:34:46.559 For treasure. 00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:48.019 And the there. 00:34:48.419 --> 00:34:49.059 For heart. 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.960 I hope you. 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.259 Get that. 00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:53.039 There's a lot packed into. 00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.039 Heart. 00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.759 What you value. 00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.599 Is who you really. 00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.159 Are. 00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.759 As a person. 00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:02.899 Not just a part of you. 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.779 That's separated from another sphere. 00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.419 Of your life. 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.699 This strikes. 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.339 At the root. 00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:11.179 Of cultural Christianity. 00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.919 Doesn't it? 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.019 You cannot become. 00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.139 A cultural Christian. 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.559 You would be. 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.579 The hypocrites. 00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.539 You would be. 00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:19.980 In. 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.679 The hypocritical. 00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.480 Title. 00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.739 That Jesus is using here. 00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.419 But he is calling us. 00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.759 Who know. 00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:29.019 And trust the Lord. 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.879 To be wholehearted. 00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.239 To be wholehearted. 00:35:33.439 --> 00:35:33.579 And. 00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.719 Knowing that our treasure. 00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.179 Is a heavenly. 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.000 Treasure. 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:41.359 And. 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.699 We cannot be half-hearted. 00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:44.359 That is impossible. 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.539 So. 00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:46.919 Let me. 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.739 Remind you. 00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.439 Of the main point here. 00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.339 Jesus is. 00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.099 Exhortation. 00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.679 To us. 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.739 And in this sermon here. 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.439 Concluding. 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.719 In. 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.719 Verse 21. 00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.480 Is this. 00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.599 The main point. 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.299 Is not merely. 00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.259 What you value. 00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.299 Is what you love. 00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.619 But is much. 00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.059 More. 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.420 What you value. 00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:05.279 Is who you really are. 00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:06.360 As a person. 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.400 This is based on the biblical. 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.739 Understanding of heart. 00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.579 Like we said. 00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:12.179 Not merely emotions. 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.400 But. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.799 Consisting. 00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.900 Consisting. 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.840 Of beliefs. 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.619 Desires. 00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.179 And choices. 00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.360 And a combination of those. 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:19.500 What kind of person. 00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.140 Are you. 00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:21.200 Is the question. 00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.440 And what do you. 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.720 Treasure up. 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.460 In your heart. 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.000 Remember. 00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.480 Jesus pointing out. 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.059 The hypocrites. 00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:29.980 They. 00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.720 Valued. 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.280 Outward. 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.960 Or earthly. 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.579 Righteousness. 00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.300 Followers. 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.800 Of Jesus. 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.460 Are called. 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.300 To a higher. 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.659 Wholeheartedness. 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.940 Whole person. 00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.619 Devotion. 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.519 To it. 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.840 Verse 20. 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.639 Be our prayer. 00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.159 To lay up. 00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.780 For yourselves. 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.460 Treasures. 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.820 In heaven. 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.539 I'm going to end. 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.920 By. 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.639 Something. 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.440 Might be risky. 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.980 But. 00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.400 In. 00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.460 Your bulletin. 00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.340 You will find. 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.700 On the next page. 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.940 Is. 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.900 Under the. 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.380 Silent. 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.079 Reflective. 00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.519 Moment. 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.420 Is a. 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.559 Printing. 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.180 Of a. 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.680 Poem. 00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.220 By. 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.780 George. 00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.220 Herbert. 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.920 Who died. 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.480 In 1633. 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.840 He was living. 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.180 In the times. 00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.780 Of Shakespeare. 00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.300 John Donne. 00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.940 Of the like. 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.300 And he. 00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.180 Died. 00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.539 A. 00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.000 Small church. 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.779 Country pastor. 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.300 But he. 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.019 Was a poet. 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.940 But people. 00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.559 Didn't know it. 00:37:31.279 --> 00:37:31.779 And. 00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.619 He. 00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.039 Gave. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.659 A copy. 00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.719 Of his poems. 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.380 To a friend. 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.019 And he said. 00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.659 To his friend. 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.360 On his dying. 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.800 Death. 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.340 Bed. 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.159 Burn it. 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.019 Keep it. 00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.619 I don't care. 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.960 Well. 00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.119 That book. 00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.980 Has become. 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.559 One of the. 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.300 Best. 00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.079 English. 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.960 Devotional. 00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.759 Poems. 00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.320 Ever. 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.780 Written. 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.440 So. 00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.080 I love. 00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.560 George Herbert. 00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.200 He. 00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.760 Has. 00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.720 Shepherded. 00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.280 My soul. 00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.980 Through college. 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.920 And I have. 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.760 Revisited him. 00:38:02.020 --> 00:38:02.240 Now. 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.820 On this side. 00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.300 Of marriage. 00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.080 And he is. 00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.420 So much. 00:38:04.560 --> 00:38:04.820 Sweeter. 00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:07.900 But. 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.460 Like. 00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.140 Jonathan. 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.920 Edwards. 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.559 Who lived. 00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.039 After him. 00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.240 George Herbert. 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.640 Understood. 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.200 The heaven. 00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.640 And earth. 00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.100 Dynamic. 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.700 Leading. 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.360 To true. 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.780 Treasure. 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.100 And we can see this. 00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:19.000 In the poem. 00:38:19.100 --> 00:38:20.160 I provided for you. 00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.320 On. 00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.980 In the bulletin. 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.280 He's. 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.980 Specifically. 00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.880 Meditating. 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.500 On Colossians. 00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:23.780 Three. 00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.120 Three. 00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.360 He's. 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.780 Thinking about. 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.600 Paul's words. 00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:27.140 That read. 00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.039 Our life. 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.440 Is hid. 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.980 With Christ. 00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.480 And God. 00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.519 God. 00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.099 But. 00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.099 You can see. 00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.719 That. 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.539 He also has. 00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.179 Our text. 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.460 In mind. 00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.059 As well. 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.920 There. 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.820 I know. 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.519 It's not bolded. 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.300 Or italicized. 00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.019 But in the word. 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.360 In the. 00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.360 If you see. 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.099 There is a hidden message. 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.300 That reads. 00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.000 Diagonally. 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.059 And I wonder. 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.440 If you could. 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.719 Maybe you can circle. 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.300 The words. 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.940 On each line. 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.760 There's one word. 00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.559 Each line. 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.240 That reads. 00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.079 A message. 00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.940 And I'll give you. 00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.320 The message. 00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.000 And I'll read the. 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.720 Poem. 00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:01.980 And. 00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.019 Two things. 00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.160 Of words. 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:04.640 Words. 00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.140 To help you. 00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.180 Deneural. 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.760 Means. 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.280 Daytime. 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.280 Deneural. 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.240 Daytime. 00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.320 And obliquely. 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.360 Means. 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.380 Having a slanted. 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.460 Or sloping direction. 00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:15.019 Like the hidden message. 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.039 In the poem. 00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.260 So. 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.620 I'll give you the hidden message. 00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.100 So you can. 00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.680 See it. 00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.200 As we read it. 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.180 It's. 00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.880 My. 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.640 That's the first line. 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.380 Second line. 00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.039 Is life. 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:27.220 And it goes on. 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.300 My. 00:39:28.580 --> 00:39:28.980 Life. 00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.179 Is. 00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.219 Is. 00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.980 Hid. 00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.119 In him. 00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.699 That is. 00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.340 My treasure. 00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.059 My. 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.539 Life. 00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.740 Is. 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:37.000 Hid. 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.440 In him. 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.019 That is. 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.500 My pleasure. 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.480 Treasure. 00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.300 I'll read the poem. 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.940 In closing. 00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.440 My words. 00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.059 And thoughts. 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.440 Do. 00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.059 Both. 00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.559 Express. 00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.179 This notion. 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.320 That life. 00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.699 Hath. 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.659 With the sun. 00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.400 A double. 00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.139 Motion. 00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.659 The first. 00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:52.860 Is. 00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.280 Straight. 00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.740 And our. 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.159 De neural. 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.679 Friend. 00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.920 The other. 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.300 Hid. 00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:56.720 And doth. 00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.260 Obliquely. 00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:57.660 Bend. 00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.019 One. 00:39:59.100 --> 00:39:59.360 Life. 00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.539 Is. 00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.880 Wrapped. 00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.460 In flesh. 00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:01.120 And tends. 00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.800 To earth. 00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.420 The other. 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.019 Winds. 00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.820 Towards him. 00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.600 Whose happy. 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.000 Birth. 00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:07.160 Taught me. 00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.880 To live here. 00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.340 So. 00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.220 That still. 00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.580 One. 00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.039 I. 00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.080 Should. 00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:11.560 Aim. 00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.200 And shoot. 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.780 At that. 00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.160 Which is. 00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.800 On high. 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.320 Quitting. 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.220 With daily. 00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.940 Labor. 00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.820 All my. 00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.640 Pleasure. 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.720 To. 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.300 Gain. 00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.160 At harvest. 00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.080 An. 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.800 Eternal. 00:40:23.600 --> 00:40:23.900 Treasure. 00:40:25.240 --> 00:40:25.960 The treasure. 00:40:26.080 --> 00:40:26.220 We. 00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.760 Treasure. 00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.400 Up in heaven. 00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.920 Is only. 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.560 In Christ. 00:40:29.140 --> 00:40:29.800 Which leads. 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.240 To true. 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.720 Pleasure. 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.280 Here. 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.519 On earth. 00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.400 My life. 00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.560 Is. 00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:34.800 Hidden. 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.260 In him. 00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.600 That is. 00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:37.300 My. 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.120 Treasure. 00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.560 Pray. 00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:39.840 With me.