Matthew 06:33 Priorities – audio

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Text: Matthew 6:33

Introduction

A. Jesus lists many things that we need for our physical well-being.

1. He ends by saying “do not worry about tomorrow”

2. But what we should do is simply put first things first.

3. God always puts spiritual things first.

B. These verses below all deal with our reaction to others.

1. I believe this shows how important God deems our relationships.

2. These relationships affect our worship/service to God.

Body

I. First – Seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness

A. Matthew 6:33

B. Without this there will be no need to hope for a relationship with God

1. Worry is one of the greatest destroyer of a relationship

2. Trust in God enables us to be trust worthy

II. First — remove the plank from your own eye

A. Matthew 7:3-5

B. Jesus’ words condemn one who would constantly look for sin in others while he would ignore his own sin.

1. We tend to magnify the smallest transgression in others

2. While we down- play great transgressions in which we are involved.

III. First — be reconciled

A. Matthew 5:23-24

B. Thoughts and actions arising from bitter human relations hinder acceptable worship to God. As Christians, we must have the right attitude and action toward others to have a right relationship with God – Romans 12:18

IV. First — forgive others before you ask God to forgive you

A. Matthew 6:14-15

B. If we refuse to forgive others before God, we forfeit our own forgiveness by God.

1. We must seek to have a forgiving spirit

2. When those who wrong us ask for our forgiveness we will forgive “as Christ forgave us” – Colossians 3:13

Conclusion

A. What will help us in fulfilling the above points?

B. 2 Corinthians 8:3-5

C. No matter what we give or do, if we have not first given ourselves to God it means nothing