Our Seeing and Serving

Matthew 6:22-24

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Our Seeing and Serving -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6:22-24
3 September 2017

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions

1.  How and why is the Sermon on the Mount so convicting? In what ways have Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount most challenged you?
2.  What does it mean to have an evil eye? What do you see when you look out into the world? (Psalm 119:10, 15; Proverbs 28:22; 23:6-7; 22:9)
3.  Why should we care about the condition of our eyes? In other words, what does Jesus say about the effect of having an evil eye? (Cf. James 3:6)
4.  What would you say is the main objective of your life? Take some time to confess specific ways that the Holy Spirit has convicted you with regard to your storing, seeing and serving (vv. 19-24).
5.  How does this discussion of slavery bring us back to Christ’s redeeming work at the cross? What does it practically mean to be Christ’s slave? (1 Timothy 6:10; Luke 14:26; Titus 2:14)

Assessing Our Treasure

Matthew 6:19-21

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Assessing Our Treasure -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6.19-21

27 August 2017

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  What are heavenly treasures, and what are some practical ways that we can pursue and gather them? (Luke 12:13-21; 1 Timothy 6:17-19)
2.   How does laying up treasures in heaven flow out of faith and hope? (Hebrews 11:6).
3.   What is the main contrast that Jesus makes in vv. 19-20, and what images does he use to convey this contrast? (James 5:1-3)
4.   In what ways have you personally experienced earthly treasures as corruptible, perishable, and temporary?
5.   Consider the following questions as you think about your own treasure: What occupies your thoughts when you have nothing else to do? What fills your daydreaming and worrying? What are you most terrified of losing?
6.   How does what we treasure both come out of and shape our hearts?