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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 6:19-24

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 6:19-20. Lay not up … lay up. An instance of “the idiom of exaggerated contrast.” A literal compliance with the negative half of this precept would discourage thrift, destroy commerce, and deprive the world of the manifold benefits of capital. It is plain that our Lord, in contrasting the two kinds of treasures, uses this emphatic idiom in order to point out in the most forcible way the kind which is beyond measure the more important (J. G. Carleton). Rust.—Money was... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:22-24

Matthew 6:22-24 The illustration of the text has a twofold reference. It bears on what went before, and also on what follows. If we lay up treasures on earth, that will produce an evil eye; if we try to serve God and mammon, that will destroy the single eye. Look at the passage in both these aspects. I. If the light within you be true, if it be your real heart's desire to see what is right, if your affections are set on those things which are just and pure and lovely, the things heavenly and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:24

Matthew 6:24 I. It is very difficult to make men believe these words; so difficult, that our Lord Himself could not make the Jews believe them, especially the rich and comfortable religious people among them. They thought that they could have their treasure on earth and in heaven also; and they went their way, in spite of our Lord's warnings, and made money, honestly, no doubt, if they could; but if not, why, then dishonestly, for money must be made at all risks. II. Seek ye first the kingdom... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:24-25

Matthew 6:24-25 I. Anxious thought is contrary to the teaching of nature. (1) You are obliged to trust God for your body, for its structure, for its form, for its habitudes, and for the length of your being; you are obliged to trust Him for the foundation trust Him for the superstructure. (2) God gives you the life of the body, and God's greater gifts are always inclusive of God's little gifts. When He bestows the thing, He bestows the consequences of the thing as well. (3) Look at God's way of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 6:24

DISCOURSE: 1323THE SERVICES OF GOD AND MAMMON INCONSISTENTMatthew 6:24. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hale the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.THE dictates of pure and undefiled religion are so remote from the apprehension of the natural man, and so contrary to his inclinations, that they need to be presented to him with the clearest evidence, and most convincing energy. Hence our blessed Lord... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:1-34

Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on the mountainside there above the Sea of Galilee. "Seeing the multitudes, he went into a mountain: and he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth and he taught them, saying," ( Matthew 5:1-2 ).So the first thing we note is that this Sermon on the Mount is not for general world... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:1-34

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteousness, in another alms. Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, Break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Daniel 2:27. Righteousness is the sense, alms the gloss. The jews often described alms by the former term; and alms is allowed to be one branch of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 6:24

Matthew 6:24Serve two masters.Neutrality in religion exposedI. No man can serve two masters.1. There are many who contrive to elude the force of this maxim, or make awful experiments to try the certainty of it.2. Nor are these persons wanting in excuses to palliate, if not to justify their practice.3. There are, however, four cases in which you may serve two masters, but the exceptions only render the general rule more remarkable.(1) You may serve two masters successively.(2) By serving one in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:24

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Ver. 24. No man can serve two masters, &c. ] The mammonist’s mind must needs be full of darkness, because utterly destitute of the Father of lights, the sun of the soul: for ye cannot serve two masters, God and mammon. By mammon is meant earthly treasure, worldly wealth, outward abundance, especially when, gotten by... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 6:24

serve: Matthew 4:10, Joshua 24:15, Joshua 24:19, Joshua 24:20, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Kings 18:21, 2 Kings 17:33, 2 Kings 17:34, 2 Kings 17:41, Ezekiel 20:39, Zephaniah 1:5, Luke 16:13, Romans 6:16-Song of Solomon :, Galatians 1:10, 2 Timothy 4:10, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16 mammon: Luke 16:9, Luke 16:11, Luke 16:13, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:17 Reciprocal: Genesis 29:30 - he loved Genesis 29:31 - was hated Genesis 47:17 - for horses Leviticus 11:20 - General Deuteronomy... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:22-24

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:24

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:24-25

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 6:24

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:1-34

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:1-34

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 6:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 6:24

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