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Peter said, if you know in advance that everything around you is going to get dissolved like trash in an incinerator, what should you focus on? In other words, two thousand years ago Peter asked these believers:
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 and us: 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
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 and us: 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