We'll begin the message. We'll go to God in prayer. Remember, Jean, in your prayers, I'm very thankful that the surgery went well and very well with her. So God was very gracious. Only took an hour, right? Only took an hour. And she's healing nicely. Continue to pray for her. Pray for others that are not feeling well, sick. I know that Chuck and Patty had texted me they weren't going to be here this evening, so pray for them as they travel.

I ask your prayer for me. I desire to preach this message to you. A long time ago, I don't like sitting on messages. They seem to grow if I sit on them too long. But I desire to preach this to you. A couple weeks ago, the Lord gave another message, and another one, and another one, and this one. And I know I need it. And I know that you will as well. Pray for others who are preaching the gospel. Remember those churches that don't have pastors. Remember, I was encouraged to talk to Todd this week, and I think there's you know, at least one or two young men that seem to be very capable of that. And that's good. And I hope the Lord would call them to the ministry, if that's His will. I know that there is a great need. There's a great need. But the Lord must thrust men into the ministry, not us. We don't do that. That would be a tragic thing for us to thrust men out or overly encourage them to take a pastorate that they don't feel the calling for. That's always a temptation. So pray for those young men and pray for those churches.

Any other thing I'm missing? I'm sure I'm missing something. Any other prayers that need to be mentioned? Okay. Lord knows. Lift Him up to Him. Let's go to Him in prayer.

Our gracious Father, again, we bow ourselves before You because we drastically need Your help, Father. We need Your grace. We need Your Spirit. If left to ourselves, the Word would fall on deaf ears and stony hearts. But in the power of thy spirit, Father, as the word the gospel is preached, just like we read, the word of God melts like a fire in the heart of stone. And I pray, Father, this night that it might even the flame of thy spirit warm and comfort your children, that you would again set our eyes upon Christ, magnify him, magnify His person, magnify His work. Give us the grace to set our eyes on Him. We are afflicted, we are troubled, we are grieved. Father, I know there's the only comfort for my soul is Christ. please let us see him in the pages of thy word and set him above everything else. Pray for those that are sick. Thank you for Jean. Thank you for the answer to our prayer. We have prayed for her and you have heard and openly answered. And we are thankful to give you praise and honor and pray that you'd continue to heal and bring her again to us to worship together. And others who are sick, others who are struggling, pray for them. Father, we ask these things in Jesus' name and for his sake. Amen.

All right, take your Bible and turn with me to Matthew chapter 6. Matthew chapter 6. And my text will be found in verse 19 through 21. The Lord Jesus says,

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal. But, instead of that, this is better. He's giving us something much better. Instead of that, There's only disappointment, there's only sorrow there. Listen, lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, where thieves do not break through nor steal. Here's the reason, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The title of this message, Jesus, the Treasure of the Soul. Jesus, the Treasure of the Soul.

Now, our Lord in this verse is here, expounded many things concerning worship. The giving of alms, the giving to the poor, or prayer. How that we should do these things unto God and not before man. We come here, we come here to worship God. We've not come here to be seen of others. We come here to worship God. That's what we do.

When we pray, we are to pray to the Father. We pray in secret. When you pray, we pray publicly, but truly when I'm praying, I'm praying privately. I'm asking God for myself as well as others. And so he's talking about worship. Is God not worthy of our worship? He just by nature is worthy of worship, worthy of our praise. Is His grace and mercy not worthy of us setting aside everything else? This is what it's going to get at. How much do we treasure Christ? How much do we treasure Christ?

Now believing me, when I'm studying this, this is piercing my heart even as I'm saying it. We've done it all. How much do I treasure Christ above the things of this life? And so our Lord knows this. He reveals that we are prone to worldliness. As believers in Christ, are we not men of two natures? We are. We are men that God has given a new heart, a new nature. That nature is holy, and it loves God, and it desires to serve God. And then the other nature that is in us is opposed to worshiping God. It is worldly. It is selfish. It is greedy. And yet we are one man. One man. We struggle with this. We're prone to worldliness.

And so Jesus in our text warns us of this. He warns us of worldliness. Now what is worldliness? Worldliness is nothing less than conformity to the world. This is what Paul exhorted us in Romans, isn't it? Be not conformed to the world. Now why would he say that if it's not possible for us to try to be conformed? It's our nature. The old nature is trying still and he has to be put down. Worldliness is conformity to the principles, the aspirations, and the behaviors of the unregenerate. It's conforming to the fashion of the world and its thoughts instead of the Word of God. Instead of The Word of God. It's upon this that our Lord Jesus Christ warns us in our text.

Look at that. Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth. Now what does he mean, lay not up for yourselves? Don't set your affections on the things of earth. Don't set your confidence on the things of earth. If we're laying them up, we expect something from them. We want something from them. We lay them up for specific reasons, that we may enjoy them or that we may have something from them. And he's telling us this, they're uncertain. They're uncertain. Don't put your confidence in them. Don't put your trust and love upon them.

Now, we know what a treasure is. Every child knows what a treasure is. It's something valuable. It's something valuable. Now, to each of us, that may be different. You may value something different than I value something. All things of earth. Some people value money. They really value being wealthy. Some people value power over money. I mean, you can see this in our government. People, they're pretty well off, but they're not really extremely wealthy. But yet they desire power. And others don't care for money or power. Others care for family. That's a treasure, isn't it? Our children, aren't they treasures? They're very valuable to us. We spend a lot of time with them. We raise them. We educate them. And so to some people, family is the treasure. Or some people just self. Myself is the treasure. You know, I don't care about anybody else but me. Me, myself, and I. I could be the treasure. People could treasure their self-righteousness, their religion. They could treasure that if it's earthly, worldly.

Matthew Henry said this. He says, we are not to count, covet, or confide in these treasures. Don't count them as valuable, because they're not. They're not really valuable. I'll tell you why in just a minute. Don't covet them. Don't covet these things of earth, and don't trust in them.

Now here's the reason why. They're all fading away. All of them. Our Lord's telling us this, isn't he? Don't lay your he's helping. What a help to us. What a instruction to us. What a heart of love our savior has for us, but he would express this to us. Don't do that. That's that's painful. It's disappointing. Why? Because thieves break through and steal moth and rust, corrupt them. Don't count on them. They're not. How valuable is a dollar when you're dead? How valuable is your family when you're dead? What's really of value?

Believer, let us not be busy laying up earthly treasures because they're temporal. They're passing away. Is there anything in this world that you have treasured up for yourselves that you've not seen go? We've all experienced disappointment. We've all experienced these things that we've laid up for ourselves. They're passing away. Solomon said this in Proverbs 23 5, he says, riches take wings and they fly away. You have no control over that. You can't, no matter how much you want to hoard it, you can't keep it. And the more you grab it, the more it slips through your fingers.

I was looking at a picture the other day of, we were out in Tennessee and took a picture of Tito's and Cheryl. And I watched that and I remember that day. I wasn't very happy that day. It was kind of a miserable day and they were having fun, I was. I took the picture and I thought, what a misery it was that I didn't grab a hold of that moment. That I didn't embrace it. Boy, it was just a pain in my heart. See how fast that went? It just came and it went. You can't lay up treasures on earth because they're all fleeting.

Brother Don said this, Value nothing here more than you'll value when you leave it. Value nothing here more than you'll value when you leave it.

So then, the question is, what is to be our treasure? What is it that we are to value? Now, I'm not saying this. I know this. We value the things that God gave us. Everything you have, God, if God gives you riches, Abraham had riches. There's nothing wrong with riches. There's nothing wrong with family. There's nothing wrong with appreciating, giving thanks, and enjoying the thing that God gave you. That's not what he's saying. He's saying don't confide in it. Don't trust in it. because it's going away no matter what it is.

So what is to be our treasure? Treasures are something of great value. So Jesus here in our text manifests that all men have a treasure, but his disciples are to lay up treasures not here, not here, but in heaven. I don't have this because I know that you know this, but in case someone doesn't. He's not talking about doing good things so he can lay up crowns in heaven. That is totally, absolutely against the Word of God. in every other place. Now, people will take this out and say, see, if you just feed the hungry, what you're doing is you're laying up crowns in heaven for yourself. Now, that's a doctrine made up. That's not according to the Word of God.

Our Lord here is saying, look, don't set your affections on the things of earth. What are you supposed to do? Set your affections on things that are in heaven. It's exactly what Paul said, isn't it? He said, set your affection on things above. and not on things of the earth. That's exactly what our Lord is saying.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. While some have determined to lay up treasures upon the earth that are temporal, Jesus here tells us to lay up those things that are eternal. Those that lay up their happiness, that rest their salvation upon things that are not seen.

Listen, this is a treasure of great value. To you that believe, this is a treasure. Now, I know to the world this is a treasure. But I'm going to talk about Christ. To them, He's not a treasure. They don't have any interest in Him. But to His disciples, we have great interest in Him. And this treasure that he says is not corruptible. In other words, it can't be contaminated. I love this. The treasure that God has laid up for us in Christ cannot be contaminated, nor can it be stolen. It's immutable. It's eternal.

And so what is this treasure? I'll tell you, it's Christ. That's who it is. Christ is our treasure. I'll tell you this, it's easy to see what temporal treasures are, but we can touch them, we can taste them, but this treasure that we have is not of the earth. It's not something we can feel or touch or taste. It's spiritual. And this treasure is Christ.

Our Lord said, go to Matthew chapter 13, Matthew chapter 13, look at this parable our Lord gave. It's a very simple one that you can understand. Anyone can really understand. His parables are very simple. They have a great meaning though. In verse 44 of chapter 13, he said, again, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a treasure hid in a field. which when a man found he hideth and for joy therefore goeth and selleth all that he hath and he buyeth the field." A very simple thing, right? A man walks out in this field and he finds some gold. He scratches the surface, he finds gold. And then he scratches some more and he finds more gold. What does he do? He goes home, he sells everything he has, buys that plot of land. That's a very simple thing, isn't it?

Well, what does he mean the kingdom of heaven? He's talking about himself. Matter of fact, in the previous chapter, he said this to the Pharisees. In chapter 12, verse 28, he says, but if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is coming to you. He's the kingdom of God. He's the kingdom of heaven. In heaven, what is the center of heaven? What is the object of everyone there? It's Christ. It's Christ. Christ is the hidden treasure. And where is He found? He is found in the field of His Word. This is where we find Him. You that believe this book is a treasure because this is how we know him. This is how the spirit reveals him to us by his word. And what do we do? We sell everything else to get this. We sell everything else to find him. I've got to have him. This word is a treasure trove. We who have by the grace of God seen this treasure, which is Christ, we have found Him to be a treasure of eternal life and salvation to our souls. Is it not reasonable then to abandon everything else? Is it just not reasonable to abandon everything else? When you've found the treasure, what are all of the treasures? They're nothing. They're nothing.

Now let us compare the treasures of Earth and the treasures of Heaven. First of all, in Christ there is the treasure of peace. How valuable is peace for God?

Now the world and all its pleasures, imagine if you could gather every pleasure of the Earth and bring it in. If you could take all of the wealth and bring it in. all of the joys and bring it in. That's what men suppose will bring them peace of mind. Man, if I could just get to this place, then I'm going to have a peace of mind. Then I'm just going to be at ease. Everything's going to be all right. And then when you get there, what do you find? You don't find peace. Because there is no peace here. Nothing we could do in this world could bring us peace with God. There's no amount of works. There's no amount of religion. There's no amount of service. There's no amount of obedience that we could perform to have peace with God. You know why? Because peace with God requires blood. We all by nature came into this world at enmity against God, not at peace. You have a brand new child coming to the world. That child is born at enmity against God. And the proof is he is not subject to the law of God, and listen to this, he can't be. No matter how hard he tries, there is no way to make peace with God. Like fingers on a chalkboard, when you tell me, when somebody says, I've made my peace with God. I want to scream, you fool. You can't make peace with God.

But here's the treasure. There is one who has made peace with God. There's one! There's one. Go to Colossians chapter 1. Behold this peace, this treasure. Colossians chapter 1 and verse 20. Scripture says, and having made peace through the blood of His cross. Isn't that wonderful? He didn't say, and having made peace possible. No. Having made peace. Listen. Through the blood of His cross. cross by him to reconcile all things to himself by him I say whether things in earth or things in heaven you were by nature at enmity against God but behold the substitute behold the Savior how great is this treasure that he made peace for I don't know about you, but I don't often feel at peace with God. I am constantly churning in my mind my sin, my frailty, my indifference, my hardness of my heart, and I think, how in the world could I be at peace with God? Christ made peace through the blood of His cross. What'd I have to do with that? Here's a treasure of that, isn't it? I didn't have anything to do with it. See, this is why it can't be contaminated. I didn't have anything to do with it. If I had something to do with it, I'd contaminate it. But because I don't have anything to do with it, it's uncontaminated. It's perfect peace with God.

And because of this, I want to give you some effects of this. Go to Romans 8. Look at the effects of this peace. Because he made peace, look what happens. Look at Romans 8. Paul says in verse 31, For what shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Now, if he made peace and there's peace, then who can be against us? Who could disrupt this peace? Who would nullify the blood of Christ? Who would make the blood of Christ of none effect? Who? No one. He that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him freely give us all things? And what are these things? Look at this. Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It's God. to justify it. There's a treasure, isn't it? You see what his blood produced? His blood produced justification. God spared not his own son, delivered him up to Saul. And now then, because of that, nobody can charge me. Do you charge yourself? I do, all the time. But yet, really, is there any charge to be laid since God justified me?

Look at this. Who is he that condemneth? It's Christ that died, yea, rather is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. This peace was made, and yet, recognizing we are still living in this body of death, he intercedes for me. Now does he intercede just when I deserve it? Well, when is that? And yet know this, that there is none that can condemn me. You understand that? Nobody can charge you and nobody can condemn you. Why? God justified you, Christ died, yea rather, is risen now, even now, constantly interceding for us. So there's what? There's constant peace.

So then the question comes, who shall separate us from the love of God, sin, Christ, Jesus? Now, who's going to do it? This is a treasure, my friends, that is enduring and is not dependent upon us. Where's the treasure? It's in Christ. It's in Christ.

Secondly, look at this, Christ is an eternal treasure. Not only made peace, but I want you to know this, that our treasure, Christ, is an eternal treasure. Now, again, this text testifies of this, that there's nothing here lasting. Nothing. There's no treasure of man. that is going to endure. None of it. The world may offer its pleasures and gold and fame, but it all has an expiration date. Remember the rich man in Luke chapter 12? The rich man, how God blessed him. God blessed his crops. God blessed his wealth. And this man, he had so much that his barns couldn't hold it. And he did the only rational thing that most of us would do. Well, we've got to tear these down. We've got to build bigger ones. We don't have enough to store all this stuff. We've got to store this up. And as we store it up, what do we say? Oh, now, my soul, you have much good laid up for many years. Eat, drink, be merry. What did God say to that man? Now, the world calls him a genius. calls men like Elon Musk a genius. Okay. He's got a lot of money. He's got a lot of stuff. You know, that's going to last as long as his breath. And then what? God said, thou fool, this night thy soul is required. See, the treasures of earth are not lasting.

But notice what Christ said. Go to John chapter 10. Look what he says to his people. Look what he says to you and me who are his sons. John chapter 10, verse 27. He said, my sheep, the one I lay down my life for, my sheep, they hear my voice, and they follow me. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. Notice what he says. And I give unto them what? Eternal life. I give unto them eternal life. You that believe, listen to me. You have eternal life. You have it because he gave it. Now, how did he give it? Freely. He had to. There was no other way to give it to me. I had nothing to merit it. He said, I give unto them eternal life. And this is the result. They shall never perish. They shall never perish. What about this uncertain time that we live in? This life is so full of uncertainty. What about that? Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. The Father which gave them me is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."

Friends, what Christ has given you is eternal. It's eternal. It is not the most wonderful thing to know that this life is not all there is. We're all closing toward the end of it, aren't we? As we're going, the path's getting narrower. Aren't you glad to know that at the end of this life is really the beginning of your life? That's when it really begins, when we fully experience what Christ has given us.

Paul said this in 2 Corinthians 5, he said, therefore, we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. Isn't that true? Right now we're absent. I don't see Him with my eyes. I can't hold Him with my hands. So how do we live? Paul says, for we walk by faith. That's how we live in this world, by faith. See, I've not touched my treasure. John did. You know, you read John, he said we had touch and with our hands handled the Word of God. John touched it. We don't get that. We're not gonna get that. Not in this life. So we walk by faith.

But what is our confidence? Our confidence is we are confident and I say willing rather to be absent from the body. Why? Because then we'd be present with our treasure. Then I could touch my treasure. Then I could hold my treasure. I could see my treasure, which is Christ the Lord. And listen, this is where mock doesn't corrupt and thieves don't break through.

Go to 1 Peter and read this with me. I want you to see how lasting this thing is, how enduring. with what Peter says about our inheritance. He said, in verse four, let's read verse three, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again to a living holy, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. Are you going to miss it? Are you going to somehow not obtain it? No. Who are kept? This is why you're gonna get it. This is why you're gonna have it, because you're kept by the power of God through faith. Listen, unto salvation ready to be revealed.

I only see my treasure by faith. I only see Christ by faith. But this treasure I have is laid up for me. And it's eternal. He made peace, and what a treasure that is. And this peace is eternal. It's eternal.

The third thing is Christ's treasure is a treasure that satisfies. You know what one thing everything in this earth has in common is this, it cannot satisfy. It's readily proven, as Solomon said, he that hath silver is not satisfied with silver. Are you satisfied, or do you just continue to go home and sit there? You don't need anything else? You don't want anything else? You don't have any desire? I don't know, I can't go home five minutes without looking on Amazon for something. I mean, you're always wanting something. You know what it never does? It never satisfies. It promises, but it just never satisfies.

You know, the only thing that can satisfy the soul is Christ. And He satisfies it with mercy. Because that's what a man needs. More than anything else, that's what a man needs. He needs mercy from God. And there's no place to find mercy except in Christ. There's no place else. A man's gonna receive mercy from God except in Christ. And notice what he satisfies us with. He satisfies us with righteousness. Isn't that what you need to meet God? You need right. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. You need righteousness. You know what Christ does? He satisfies us with righteousness. When a sinner comes to Christ, that's the first thing he knows he needs. He's guilty. He needs righteousness.

And then God teaches us we can't ever attain it by law. And this is the treasure. Christ obtained my righteousness all by himself. All by himself. Now what Paul says in Romans 3, 22, he says the righteousness of God. manifested by the law and the prophets. He said, even the righteousness of God, which is by the faith of Jesus Christ. That's where it comes from. Where's your righteousness come from? Mine comes from Him. What do you have to do with it? Nothing. What do you have to add? Nothing. I don't have to add anything to that treasure. It's perfect all by itself. And then, by grace, He gives it to me. It's mine. His righteousness becomes mine.

They're not satisfied. He said, blessed is he which hunger and thirst after what? Righteousness, for they shall be full. You realize that that new man doesn't need any more righteousness? So everything you do is not adding anything to that righteousness. We want to do righteous, right? You that believe, you want to serve, you want to honor God, but you know this, not anything's added to that. It's full. What can you add to a full cup that doesn't fall out? It's full. And this is this thing that satisfies the soul of the believer. His blood satisfies me. His blood. John says, cleanseth us from all our sins. I love that. He said, not only he cleansed me, that's kind of comforting. He's already cleansed me, but what about right now? Oh yeah, He's cleansing you right now. And you know, what about tomorrow? Well, He's going to cleanse you tomorrow. That blood satisfies.

And fourthly, Christ is a treasure for one group of people only, for sinners. Christ is only valuable to sinners. When those Pharisees said this, they said, He's a friend of sinners. They thought they were making fun of Him. You know who liked to hear that? Sinners. Sinners. Aren't God's elect people made up of sinners? I know God chose a people, loved them, gave them to Christ. I know Christ redeemed them. When they were all born in this world, they were born sinners, just like everyone else.

But notice this in Romans 5, Paul says this, Romans 5, 6, he said, for when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for whom? The ungodly. Who needs this treasure? The ungodly. Paul said, but God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ. He loved us even when we were unlovable. He did not wait for us to do anything to love us. This world will never love you. If you love Christ, I promise you this, they will not love you. But to us who are sinners, who are saved by the grace of God, Jesus Christ is the everlasting treasure. Would to God that sinners would come and believe. You know, we're here to call sinners, aren't we? Christ said, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

I like that parable when he said that the king had made a wedding feast for his son and the others who thought he told them to come and they made excuse. Why? They didn't value him. They didn't value his son. They didn't need him. And so what he said, he said, go to the poor. Go to those that have nothing and tell them to come. Can you imagine the delight of a person starving to death when a The king would have sent his servants and said, hey, come to the feast. You know why he was happy? Because he had need. The only kind of people that have need is a sinner.

I like that hymn, I think Joseph Hart wrote it, he says, a sinner is a sacred thing for the Holy Ghost has made him one. No one knows they're a sinner until the Spirit of God makes you one, reveals it to you. And then when He reveals it, Christ becomes a treasure. He becomes of great value. The pearl of great price for my soul. Because in Him is forgiveness of sins, and that's what a sinner needs. Forgiveness of sins.

And to you that have come to Him, listen, there is therefore now no condemnation of those who are in Christ Jesus. You sinners that believe on Christ, there is therefore now no condemnation. And now no condemnation. And now no condemnation. And you go on and on and on. There's no condemnation ever. And to you, sinner, that's a treasure. It's a great value to you.

So then you that believe in Christ, is it not reasonable then to set aside all other treasures? That's what our Lord's telling us to do, isn't it? Don't set your affections on the things of the earth. Why? You'll be disappointed. They'll fly away. Instead, set your affection on me. Look to me is what he said. Look to me. I'm the treasure of heaven. If you have me, there is nothing that can take it away. There is nothing that can remove it or contaminate it or corrupt it if you have it.

And notice what he says this. What's the evidence that Christ is our treasure? He tells us. Look at 21. Look at verse 21 in your text. Go back there real quick. Verse 21, look at what he said. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. You cannot divide a man's heart from what he values. If we set our heart and affection on the things of the world, then that's where our treasure is.

I know that there are many who make professions of faith and have no interest in the treasures of heaven. No interest in Christ. The Virgin said they come, they sit and pay their seat rent. But they have no love for Christ. Make no mistake, wherever man spends his time, his money, and his interest, that's where his treasure is. I know this is convicting to God's people. It is. But I tell you this, it's not just talking about setting aside all your earthly things. That's not what he's saying. Men have tried to do that for years. They'd go sell all they had to be a monk and live in a monastery. You know what they didn't leave? They didn't leave their self-righteousness. That was their treasure. They wouldn't leave that.

What he's saying is this, we must hold all the things of earth loosely, and Christ must be first. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And then don't worry about these other things. Don't worry about this. Can you do anything? Nobody worries more than me. In this congregation, nobody worries more than myself. Yet what can I do by worrying to better my situation? It's useless, isn't it? Have you found worrying to be useless? It's just useless. It makes me anxious. It does cause more problems than it helps.

Jesus said, take no thought for tomorrow. Listen, it's going to take thought for itself. You found that out? You got thoughts for tomorrow, and they just don't go the way you think they are? Oh, it has its own thoughts for tomorrow. No. Set your heart on Christ. When we do that, the cares of the world begin to melt.

Soul, are you weary in trouble? No light in the darkness you seek. There's light for a look at the Savior and life more abundant and free. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face. and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace.

May God help us to set our affection on Christ. He's a treasure like no other. He's the treasure of peace. He's the treasure of eternal life. He's the treasure of forgiveness of sins. He's the treasure. As a matter of fact, we are heirs and joint heirs with Him. What a treasure!

Now, what can separate us from Him? He said, no. Your treasure is in Me. Moth and rust will never corrupt. Ephesians will not break through the steep.

Give us grace to set our hearts upon Christ. I pray God help us. Let's stand and be dismissed in prayer.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your tenderness and mercy. Oh, give us our strength. Help us to set Christ above all things. put aside the things of earth and time, and by faith lay hold of Him who is all our treasure and life. I pray that you would call some poor sinner, some needy sinner, to look to Him and be saved. Find Him and be all they need. I ask this of Jesus Christ.