Memory verse: Matthew 6: 31 Therefore do not be anxious,

saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What

shall we wear?” [Just be thankful!]

Sermon Title: You Favor Your Parents, But You Look Like

Your Decisions!

Pericope: Matthew 6: 24 – 4 “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. 25 “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your

life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will

wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than

clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or

store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds

them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one

of you by worrying add a single hour to your life [a] ?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of

the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not

even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of

these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is

here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much

more clothe you—you of little faith?

Sermon Text: Matthew 6:24 “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.”

Point 1: The Crisis of Choice Jesus says vs 24(a) “No one can

serve two masters.”

Point 2: The Cost of Compromise Jesus says, vs 24(b) “Either

you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to

the one and despise the other.”

Paul put it this way Romans 8: 29 For those God foreknew he

also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son…

Solomon put it this way Ecclesiastes 3: 11 God set Eternity in the

heart of Mankind…

Matthew 19: 21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell

your possessions and follow me…

Point 3: The Call to Commitment vs 24(c) love the one and hate

the other…

How do I commit:

a) Don’t make the difficult decision to commit based on the

difficulty factor.

b) Pinpoint the choices that present themselves as easy

without cost on the surface…

c) Do a cost analysis of the compromise

Life Application:

1. Examine your daily choices and ask, “Who am I serving in

this moment?”

2. Identify an area in your life where Mammon might have a

foothold and surrender it to God.

3. Begin each morning with a commitment: “Today, I serve God

alone.”