Worry for us is needless because of God's bounty.

It is senseless because of God's promise.

It is useless because of our impotence to do anything anyway.

And it is faithless because it is, in effect, putting us right in the category of an unbeliever.

Welcome. Welcome to Grace to You with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Between the cost of housing, the cost of everyday goods, and the ups and downs of the job market,

it's not hard to be concerned about your finances.

So what's the solution to money worries? Paying off your credit cards, refinancing your mortgage,

filing for bankruptcy? Before you do anything, the question you ought to consider is, what does God say about money, about dealing

with anxiety that a lack of money or even a surplus of money can bring? Consider that with

John MacArthur today as he helps you develop the right perspective about money in his study

called, What did Jesus really say about financial worry? And now with today's lesson, here's John.

What is the Christian view of material things? What is the Christian view of money and possessions?

Where do we stand and what does the Bible teach? What is my perspective on both the luxuries

and the necessities of life?

Well, the answer to the questions is given nowhere as aptly as it's given right here by our own Lord Jesus Christ.

For what you have in chapter 6, verses 19 to 34, is the greatest statement Jesus ever made on the view that we must have toward material

things.

Now, we've already studied verses 19 to 24, and that is what the Lord says about our view of luxury.

Now we're looking at verse 25 to 34 in which he speaks of our view of necessity, so that the

Lord touches both that which is beyond what we need and

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