Avoiding The Love Of Money, By John MacArthur.
Sermons Matthew 6:19-34 80-38 Mar 15, 1987. www.gty.org
Avoiding the Love of Money

Let’s open our Bibles to 1 Timothy chapter 6, 1 Timothy chapter 6. We’re going back this morning to the text from last week, I really just want to expand on it. I didn’t get to say everything I wanted to say last Lord’s Day, which is not an uncommon phenomena for me. We covered verses 6 through 10, this matter of the danger of loving money. And afterwards, several people inquired of me, even to the point of writing me letters, about how to avoid that.
How do you set yourself in a spiritual position not to be victimized by the love of money? Let’s look at verse 10 just to establish a starting point. The apostle Paul says, “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, which some coveted after; they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many severe griefs, or sorrows".
And we talked last time about the danger of loving money. What I would like to do this morning is just to follow that up a little bit and talk to you about how to avoid loving money, how to avoid loving money. And the best text for that is just to leave 1 Timothy, and let’s go to the sixth chapter of Matthew. And I want to draw us back to this wonderful portion of the Sermon on the Mount to the teaching of our Lord Jesus and have us look at verses 19 through verse 34, the end of the chapter, and in so doing, come to grips with the very basic, elementary teaching of our Lord on how to live a life that is not preoccupied with affection for the material.
Now in looking at Matthew 6:19 to 34, we have a very practical portion of Scripture which our Lord outlines for us. He gives principles to eliminate the love of money, principles to remove our affection from moving in that direction. There are four of them. Let me suggest them to you at the outset and then we’ll look at them individually. First of all, the Lord says in order to avoid love of money you must have the proper treasury; secondly, you must have the proper vision; thirdly, you must have the proper allegiance; and fourthly, the proper confidence.
Let’s look first of all at the proper treasury, beginning in verse 19 and reading through verse 21: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Our Lord is saying your perspective must include the proper treasury. In other words, “Where do you put your deposits? Where do you invest? Where do you put your money?”
The principle simply stated in verse 19 is, “Treasure not up for yourselves treasure.” It’s the Greek verb from which the English word “thesaurus” comes from, which has to do with a treasury of words. The word means “to lay aside,” “to store,” “to hoard,” “to keep,” “to actually stack up.” In fact, if you look at some of the lexicons, it indicates that it has to do with a vertical stacking rather than a horizontal kind of stacking.
It’s an interesting word. And what the Lord is saying is this: He’s not forbidding us from earning money, He’s not forbidding us from keeping money for good purposes, He is forbidding us from storing money to be wasted on self-indulgence. That’s the whole issue here, that when you perceive life as mainly involving the gaining of money to be stored and then used for your own indulgence, you have a wrong perspective. The key words here are the words “for yourselves.” You might underline that or make a note of it in your mind, because that’s the issue. He doesn’t say, “Lay not up treasures on earth,” He says, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth.”
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John is one of the best pastors who teach clearly with lots of passion to share the true understanding of scripture in the Bible. Thank you John for loving our creator and May God bless you always🙏for you to teach for many years that God will give you.🤗😊✌️
Evangelism is big business in usa Millions made from it But are millions saved!
Thank you for speaking on this subject. I feel more Christians need to know this. God bless
All this talk and this man owns three houses worth over a million dollars?????
@stevenhuckaby2902
11 ай бұрын
Satan is a accuser just like you
@ronacrisostomo3742
7 ай бұрын
It is not a sin to be wealthy. It is sin if you love money above all else. Ptr John, although he is wealthy, has given his life to further the kingdom of God. Money is not the center of his life.
@APHill-ip8qt
4 ай бұрын
He has earned everything he has. He has saved countless souls. I thank you GOD for Dr. John MacArthur.
@Ruralpickers
3 ай бұрын
@@APHill-ip8qt he has not saved a single soul, JESUS did that.
@thaongaoloujob7019
3 ай бұрын
@@RuralpickersHe obeys the Great Commission given by Christ in Matthew 28:19. Dr. Mac Arthur followed the commandment. He teach us the truth and the right path to be a true Christian.
Unregenerated people can preach gospel An interlectural ability Power of oratory And ability to increase their financial Situation especially In usa where Religion abounds galore! Temporal blessings flow from the cross!
Isn't JMac a multi-millionaire who owns THREE mansions? The Apostle Peter said "silver and gold have I none" but JMac has lots of silver and gold. Jesus said "the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay his head" but JMac has THREE expensive holes to lay his head. What a hypocrite.
9:00 Luke 16:9
@solascripturabiblical
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Straight from scriptures. ❤️
John loves money - no doubt about it.
@taylormade4393
Жыл бұрын
No
@stevem2529
Жыл бұрын
@@taylormade4393 yes he does
@stevem2529
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It is sickening how MacArthur and his sycophants of the Christian reform discernment camp will attack Osteen and others for preaching a different gospel. Yet MacArthur and his minions will lie, cheat, and coverup among themselves
@neilmcphee1554
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He drives a car made in 2006 I don't think so, terrible judgement
@REDEEMED_79
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Proverbs 26:4-5 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Is God the creator of denominations? Or are denominations the creation of the god of this world?
@tammypitts4212
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Satan is because he wants confusion that's why he has created so many denominations. He's the Father of lies there is no truth in him. There is only one way and that's the prue unadulterated Truth of Jesus Christ. That's it. God bless
@bama101010
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@@tammypitts4212 So true. Most denominations will never even preach I Corinthians 15:1-4 where our gospel is written. Verse 3 tells us that our sins were forgiven on the cross and verse 2 says that we are saved when we believe the gospel. We believe in what our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did! Not in anything that we do other than believe the gospel of our salvation! I Corinthians 15:1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
He is a multi millionaire... so.................... he is storing up treasures for himself. 200 books... he is a money making machine. His GOD has blessed him well. If you are going to lecture people on storing up cash.. you better not be doing it yourself. Jesus gave everything to the poor... lets see him do that.
MacArthur is the lover of money
@SandraAnnEvans
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Do you know him personally . . . To make that statement about him? GOD ALLOWS AND EVEN ENABLES HIS SERVANTS TO HAVE WEALTH . . . YOU CAN BE WEALTHY; BUT, THE KEY TO GOD'S ACCEPTANCE IS, "NOT TO WORSHIP MONEY." ABRAHAM WAS WEATHLY, LOT WAS WEALTHY, JOB WAS WEALTHY AND JOSEPH WAS WEALTHY & POWERFUL . . . BUT, THEY LOVED GOD ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE. JOHN MACARTHER EVEN TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD ALLOWS WEALTH; BUT, WE ARE NOT TO WORSHIP MONEY.
@stevem2529
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@@SandraAnnEvans baloney he is a hypocrite plain and simple. He attacks other preachers and calls them hypocrites for preaching prosperity but he has three big homes and millions of dollars. Ma’am watch Servis Christ on you tube he has an excellent video on MacArthur called MacArthur INC.
@SandraAnnEvans
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@@stevem2529 You didn't read what I said; and you should read the Bible for yourself to know what GOD says . . . You watched a video and are taking someone’s video of opinions for TRUTH. YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "BEING A PROSPERITY PEACHER" AND BEING A PREACHER OF GOD'S WORD TO THE ABSOLUTE DETAIL OF EVERY WPRD AND EVERY VERSE. YOU ARE NOT TO WORSHIP MONEY; BUT THAT DOES NOT PROHIBIT YOU FROM HAVING MONEY. YOU CAN SAY, B. S.; BUT, YOU ARE IGNORANT, CAN’T SEE, HEAR, OR UNDERSTAND@
@timothymcdonald7407
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Wow, humble John preaching on the evils of worldly riches. JMac is filthy rich from fleecing his flock. Unbelievable.
Amen
Seriously? This from the guy with a $6000 Rolex, three homes, and millions of dollars. Anyone who does not see the hypocrisy needs to look up what "cognitive dissonance" is. Or maybe just what "hypocrisy" is.
@lorrainesmith.4995
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🤣🤣 Jesus gave all to the poor.. he owned nothing.
The man is worth 14 million dollars. I'm not listening to him anymore
"avoiding the love of money" by the man who makes $700,000+ a year pastoring a church, who owns 3 homes valued at $2.5 million+, and who has a net worth of $14 million....LOL!!!!!, YEA RIGHT!. . how about a sermon by ravi zacharious on " how to live a holy pure life"??
@solascripturabiblical
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe what you need is to do a research on how Pastor John MacArthur gets his money. Isn't that a reasonable thing to do?.
@jamesba-xd7xf
2 жыл бұрын
@@solascripturabiblical I have from his tax returns from 5+ years ago, he now hides his salary, but from years ago he made $185,000 for working 10 hours a week at one of his 3 "jobs"...( GTY, GCC, and the masters siminary, his speaking fees and book royaltes ate NOT included in his total salary of $700,000 + a year, again from 5+ years ago.). do you think ANY pastor/preacher on earth should be making $15,000 a WEEK ?? when NO apositle or deciple became rich preaching the gospel and they gave up EVERYTHING to follow Jesus including thier lives. my biggest beef is his preaching AGAINST the prosperity gospel while he LIVES the prosperity gospel. sir this is hypocricy on top of his idolatry and greed and love of money. having a current net worth of $14 million+ macarthur should preach for FREE as he doesnt need the money.
@dot2562
2 жыл бұрын
Having money dosent mean you love it... Look at Job, he was rich wasn't he? I assume you preach, spread the word, run an assembly as much as John Macarthur, I assume you've dedicated as much of your life to spreading the word and ministering as John? Or just spend time arguing, judging other people, where you no not where peoples hearts are? No doubt you read the title of video, and flapped your gums.
@dot2562
2 жыл бұрын
I assume YOU live a pure Holy life?
@jamesba-xd7xf
2 жыл бұрын
@@dot2562 king david and king soloman had concubines of over 100 women that they had sex with, so can I then assume its OK for me to have a concubine of women to have sex with?? NO, LOTS of things were seemingly allowed in the old covenant that are NOT allowed in the new, Jesus said rich men would not enter heaven....end of argument. Job being rich doesnt erase Jesus teachings, Jesus and the new testiment over rules the old testiment.. did ravi zacharious preach Gods word to millions?? YES he did, but he was also an adulterer which disqualified him from heaven DESPITE winning millions to christ.