Is it okay for a Christian to be rich? Can we follow the words of Jesus and still be blessed in this world,

or must we sacrifice everything in this world as the only way to store up treasure in heaven?

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lines we are doing a series on the words of jesus right now going through the sermon on the mount

and we come to the end of the sixth chapter where Yeshua says this do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and vermin destroy

and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven

where moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal for where your treasure is there

your heart will be also we'll go through verse 19 where we just started Matthew 6 to the end of the

chapter in this teaching so I'm not going to spend as much time on each verse, but we know in the sermon on the Mount

that Jesus often uses extreme language. And we know that when he says cut off your hand,

gouge out your eye, he's using figures of speech to underscore points. And the points he's making are factual and literal, and he's using

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