Treasure vs. Money

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

4.8 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

If we actually take the gospel, the essential message of Jesus Christ, and we live it out, what will it look like? That’s what the Sermon on the Mount is about. And in this part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, we get to the area of money and possessions. Jesus tells us three things we can draw out here: 1) how money exercises power over us, 2) why money exercises power over us, and 3) how we can break the power. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on May 2, 1999. Series: The Mount; Life in the Kingdom. Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gospel in Life.
0:04.5	This month on the podcast, we're featuring a series on the Sermon on the Mount,
0:08.8	a collection of teachings where Jesus outlines what it really means to live the Christian life.
0:13.9	In the series, Tim Keller explores a striking idea that Christianity is not just different
0:19.3	from the world, it's also radically different from religion.
0:29.1	Take a look in your bulletin. We have a passage on which the teachings based. We're going through
0:33.5	a sermon on the Mount, and we come to what Jesus has to say about money and possessions
0:39.1	and he has plenty to say more than we can
0:41.1	cover but let's read
0:43.4	it.
0:46.7	Matthew 6
0:47.6	Do not
0:51.2	store up for yourselves treasures on earth
0:53.4	where moth and rust destroy, where thieves
0:56.8	break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not
1:02.4	destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart
1:07.1	will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be
1:12.5	full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light
1:17.6	within you is darkness, how great is that darkness? No one can serve two masters. Either he will
1:23.7	hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
1:28.3	You cannot serve both God and money.
1:31.1	Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear.
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