Matthew: Treasure

Text: Matthew 19:16-30
Title: Treasure 
Reading: Matthew 19:16-30

“When you have a real encounter with the real Messiah, you realize that He requires far more of you than you ever thought but He offers far more to you than you ever imagined.”  -Timothy Keller

"How few of the Lord's people have practically recognized the truth that Christ is either Lord of all, or is not Lord at all!" -Hudson Taylor

“God is saying, when you make my son your treasure, that makes you my treasure.” -Timothy Keller

“Americans profoundly underestimate how rich they are compared to the rest of the world. The average U.S. resident estimated that the global median individual income is about $20,000 a year. In fact, the real answer is about a tenth of that figure: roughly $2,100 per year….What explains these misperceptions? Human beings draw heavily on their own local, lived experience to make judgments about the wider world. As individuals’ own incomes rise, and therefore the incomes of those around them, so too do their overestimates of the global median income.”                         — Washington Post, Gautam Nair, PhD candidate in political science at Yale University.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” - Matthew 6:24 

Question: Who and what do we really treasure? What percentage of my riches actually go to Kingdom priorities?