Sermon On The Mount – God’s Sufficiency

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SERMON ON THE MOUNT

GOD’S SUFFICIENCY

MT.6.25-34

Matthew 6:25-34 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for

your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for

your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,

and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for

they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet

your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his

stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the

lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do

they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his

glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to

day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,

O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought,

saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?

or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things

do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth

that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first

the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things

shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought

for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things

of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

I TAKING THOUGHT FOR YOURSELF

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye

shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on

A. MAN’S VANITY

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Psalm 39:6; Psalm 60:11; Psalm 108:12; Psalm 127:1-2; Zech. 10:2;

Matthew 15:9; Romans 1:21; Job 38

B.YOUR LIFE IS MORE THAN FOOD & DRINK.

Is not the life more than meat,

1. THE BIRDS

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither

do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father

feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Job 35:11; Psalm 50:11; Jeremiah 8:7; Matthew 10:29-31;

C. YOUR BODY IS MORE THAN CLOTHING

and the body than raiment?

1. THE LILIES (CREATION’S BEAUTY)

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin

Psalm 19:1; Psalm 97:6; Isaiah 35:1; Acts 14:7; Romans 1:20;

2. SOLOMON’S THREADS

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was

not arrayed like one of these.

1 Kings 10:4-7; 2 Chron. 9:4-6; 2 Chron. 9:20-21;

II WHERE IS MOST OF YOUR FAITH?

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day

is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more

clothe you, O ye of little faith?

A. IN RELIGION?

Genesis 4:1-5; Leviticus 10:1-3;

B. IN WEALTH?

Mark 10:17-22;

C. IN YOUR CHURCH?

Matthew 24:1-2;

D. IN YOUR WORKS?

Luke 18:10-13;

E. IN YOUR GOODNESS?

Psalm 53:1-3;

F. IN CHRIST?(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Mark 11:22; John 3:14-15; John 5:24; John 6:28-29; John 11:25;

John 12:46; John 20:31;

IIIYOU SHOULD SEEK GOD

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and

all these things shall be added unto you.

A. SEEK HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

Deut. 4:29; Psalm 105:4; Isaiah 55:6; Hebrews 11:6;

B. DON’T WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall

take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto

the day is the evil thereof.

Eccles. 2:26; Matthew 13:22; Luke 21:34; 1 Cor. 7:32; Philip.

4:6; 1 Peter 5:7;