Big Truth:

God's Children Treasure Him Most

Matthew 13:44; Mark 8:34-36; Luke 12:16-21, 32-34, 10:17-23; Philippians 3:7-10

Bible Verse:

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21

Big Ideas:

  • God’s children invest in the eternal, not the temporal.
  • Whatever we treasure most has our heart.
  • We cannot serve two masters.

Bible Passage:

Matthew 6:19-24

Identity:

FOCUS – I AM GROWING

SERIES: GOD IS THE TREASURE – I AM BANKRUPT

This series walks through the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7, giving principles for how we are to grow as Jesus followers. As we recognize that apart from Christ we have nothing; we are bankrupt, we pursue obedience to the commands of God in His Word.

View tips to teach and talk in this series here!

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Every student should know that:

  • Life, joy, wisdom, and purpose are only found in our treasure, Jesus.
  • Apart from Jesus we are personally, relationally, and spiritually bankrupt.
  • The Christian life is about growth, not arrival.

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Every student should strive to:

  • Read the Sermon on the Mount.
  • Memorize the Bible Verse each week.
  • Begin practicing some of the basic spiritual disciplines.

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Every student should feel:

  • Encouraged that Jesus is the treasure our hearts desire.
  • The depth of their personal and spiritual bankruptcy.
  • Emboldened to live for God’s kingdom alone.

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Every student should want to:

  • See the Beatitudes become true of them.
  • Put sin to death and live for God’s kingdom.
  • Pursue Jesus by embracing and practicing spiritual disciplines.