Matthew 6:19-24
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 22:34-40
The Greatest Commandment
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
I used to think that the wealthy could do want they wanted, when they wanted, wherever they wanted -and for the real wealthy with whoever they wanted...And this, i believe, is for the most part true...These are also thoughts about our immediate self...These are inward thoughts and inward thinking...These are thoughts about satisfying our own desires and our own pleasures...Wealth can do these things, if you have enough of it...The problem is this is not what Jesus teaches...And wealth is not a real treasure...Jesus does not teach -I want, I want...He did not want material things...He teaches us to think and live outwardly...He teaches us to love God and to help others...These are outward thoughts about love and not about inward thoughts of I want...