where: Isaiah 33:6, Luke 12:34, 2 Corinthians 4:18 there: Matthew 12:34, Proverbs 4:23, Jeremiah 4:14, Jeremiah 22:17, Acts 8:21, Romans 7:5-Judges :, Philemon 1:3, Philemon 1:19, Colossians 3:1-Leviticus :, Hebrews 3:12 Reciprocal: Matthew 13:44 - like read more
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.Luke 11:34. read more
III. CHRISTIAN PIETY DISTINGUISHED FROM GENTILISM, Matthew 6:19 to Matthew 7:27. Fallen Judaism is the impure service of the true God; Gentilism is the true service of a false god. That god is the world-god Mammon. Gentilism has lost its divine parent; it has become orphaned of our Father who is in heaven. In his place it has substituted the Mammon service and the earthly goods. After all these things do the Gentiles seek. Matthew 6:32. It is perfectly plain that with Matthew 6:18 our Lord... read more
21. Where your treasure is, there… heart If your treasure is earthly, your heart is earthly. Now, our Lord condemns no true earthly good, no true earthly enjoyment; he simply claims that in these shall not consist our treasures; and that all their value shall consist in their enabling us to be better servants of God and winners of the true treasures. For this purpose a single eye is necessary, as shown in the next two verses. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:21
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Ver. 21. For where your treasure is, &c. ] i.e. Where your chief happiness is, there your affections will be settled: where the carcase is, there will the eagles be also. Beetles delight in muck hills; but Christ’s eagles are never in their pride till farthest off from the earth: they are said (even here) to "be set together with Christ in heavenly places," Ephesians 2:6 . The Church in the Canticles hath this given her for a... read more