Pastor Eduardo Alves was bringing a strong message for those who love money more than God.
You Cannot Serve Two Masters
Who am I really serving? What dictates my actions? Who has final authority? Will I do what gets me the most money? Or will I do what God says?
Matthew 6: 19 “Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy them. And thieves can break into your house and steal them. 20 Instead, save your treasures in heaven, where they cannot be destroyed by moths or rust and where thieves cannot break in and steal them. 21 Your heart will be where your treasure is. 22 “The only source of light for the body is the eye. If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light. 23 But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness. And if the only light you have is really darkness, you have the worst kind of darkness.[c] 24 “You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care about the other. You cannot serve God and Money[d] at the same time.
This is a simple yet profound, eternal truth -- always true in every situation. It is impossible to take orders from two places at the same time, without giving preference to one.
Jesus did not say it was hard. He said it was impossible. True, sometimes it can seem possible for a while. But invariably the time comes when the orders from each side are going to conflict, forcing a decision.
Put God’s Kingdom First
25 “So I tell you, don’t worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat, drink, or wear. Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it. 26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or save food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Don’t you know
you are worth much more than they are? 27 You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.
From this verse we see that there will be times when God's direction will not be the most financially rewarding choice.
Yet far too many who call themselves Christians never even consider choices which would provide them with less money.
Money is supposed to be our servant, not our master. Instead of money dictating our decisions, we should tell money what to do. We should use money instead of letting it use us.
Money is just a tool to accomplish things on earth. Money should never be your master.
But, unlike what many think, Jesus did not say that you cannot serve God and have money.
None of this proves Christians should be poor, or that God is against His people having every need met and even being prosperous.
It simply means what it says. You can only have one Lord. So you have to make a choice.
If you are making every decision in life based on your finances, you need to realize you are not serving God, but serving money.
You can't be a soldier in two armies at the same time. You may pretend loyalty to more than one army, but you can only truly be loyal to one at a time. LUKE 14:33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
SAY THIS: No person can truly serve two masters.
