What on Earth are You Living For?
Peter heard Jesus warn him that materialism, or the craving after the things riches can buy, first enslaves our hearts (v.19-21); then it takes captive our minds (v. 22-23), and finally conquers our will (v. 24). Peter knew Jesus meant that:
Either we lay up treasures in Heaven that can never be lost (Mt. 6:19-21);
Or we clutter our life on Earth with things & lose our treasures in Heaven.
There is no middle ground, Jesus said. We can’t serve two masters (Mt. 6:24).
So Peter is asking them: should we spend our lives collecting and guarding, seeking out and holding onto trash that will only be taken away from us by God and burned (1 Cor. 3:13-15), or eternal treasures that last, stay with us forever, and that we can give as endless offerings of worship to God (Mat. 6:19-21)?
That seems like quite a clear-cut choice, doesn’t it? Which led to the writing down of:
Peter’s Lessons on: the End of the World,
Materialism, Contentment & the Un-Cluttered Life
ROK 07c YOU CAN’T SERVE TWO MASTERS
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