Summer on the Mount: Let’s spend the Summer on the Mount. Live Oak’s Summer series will dive deep and dig into the longest recorded sermon of Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5-7. It’s only 100 verses, but it is rich, insightful and even surprising as Jesus teaches us about what the Kingdom of God is like. Join us starting Sunday, June 1, for Summer on the Mount.
Week 8: Matthew 6:19-24 – Treasure Truth In Matthew 6:19-24, Jesus challenges us to consider what we value and treasure in this life and the implications it has both now and for eternity. What do you value? What do you treasure? Who or what has your attention? Who or what are you serving?
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DISCUSSION/REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
- If you were a professional baseball player, what would be your walk-up song?
- What was something you used to think of as a “treasure” but now think of as “trash”?
- Talk about a time when you had to put a price on something to sell it (Online/Garage Sale/Etc)?
- READ: Matthew 6:19-24.
Spend some time SOAPing this passage. You can either spend time SOAPing individually and documenting for a several minutes and then spend time sharing with each -OR- SOAP in real time with each other.Either way make as many observations as you can. Observations: What are the things that stand out to you about this passage?
- How would you summarize this passage in one sentence?
- What does it mean to store up treasures on earth?
- What are some examples of earthly treasures that people might pursue?
- What does it mean to store up treasures in heaven?
- How can we practically pursue these treasures in our daily lives?
- Why does Jesus warn against storing up treasures on earth?
- What are the dangers of focusing on earthly possessions and priorities?
- What does Jesus mean when he says, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”?
- What does it mean to serve two masters?
- What does Jesus mean when he says, “You cannot serve both God and money”?
- How does the pursuit of earthly treasures compete with the pursuit of God’s kingdom? What are some practical examples of this conflict?
- What are some ways you can evaluate where your heart’s treasure lies?
- What changes, if any, do you need to make in your life to align your priorities with God’s kingdom?
- How can you be more generous and intentional about storing up treasures in heaven?
- Doug’s Treasure Truth principle he shared was “Whatever you treasure gets a hold of you, shapes you and leads you.” How have you experienced that to be true?
- Doug shared 3 Kingdom questions to consider:
Who or what has your heart?
Who or what has your attention?
Who or what are you serving?
- Do you see any areas where God is trying to lead you to surrender, trust, and adjust based on these 3 questions?
- What else stood out from this week’s sermon?
APPLICATION: What is your big takeaway from this week’s sermon? Be specific.
NEXT STEPS:
Everyone has a next step to apply what we have learned. What is your next step?Be specific.
MEMORY VERSE:
*Challenge yourself or your group to commit this verse to memory:Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
PRAYER:
Spend some time praying for each other.
Scripture References:
Matthew 6:19-24; Psalm 115:1-8; 1 Timothy 6:6-11, 17-19; Psalm 119:37; Matthew 22:37-40; Matthew 4:17