This page concludes our study of Matthew chapter 6 as we continue to look at the Sermon on the Mount. There are more Bible quizzes and puzzles for you.

Main Points

Overview of Matthew 6

Matthew chapter six is mostly about attitudes toward money, whether it be our motives for giving money away, or our devotion to storing it up. Once we grasp the certainty that God will bless us with everything we need, if we will cast our cares upon him and serve him wholeheartedly, then life becomes not only bearable but exciting and fruitful.

Our motives for practising religion, our anxieties about the future, our willingness to forgive wrongs committed against us, are all things that depend very much on our outlook toward money and worldly possessions. Attitudes toward money and possessions affect our relationships with other people, our relationship with God, and the way we see ourselves and our future.

Not least among the things affected is our service to God and the treasure we lay up with him in heaven. In short, if we have the wrong attitude toward mammon, then we are in danger of losing eternal life with God.

Eternal life ought to be the first and foremost thing in our lives. Even the necessities of life, such as food and clothing, are less important than eternal life. As for accumulating wealth beyond the provision of life’s reasonable needs, that is hardly compatible with devotion to Christ, his kingdom, and his righteousness.

You cannot serve God and mammon. That is Jesus’s judgment of the matter. His attitude is: choose you this day whom you will serve. It cannot be both, and those who try to serve both, play a dangerous game. Jesus reminds us, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Mtt 6:21). In this connection he even counsels those who have too much treasure on earth to sell their possessions and give to the poor (Lke 12:33-34).

Quick Quest

No need to type the answers, just guess the answer, then use the question mark button to display the correct answer.

Match each of the following items to a point below. (Matthew 6)

1. Lilies of the field
2. Your life and tomorrow
3. Treasures on earth
4. Birds of the air
5. Hypocrites and heathen
6. Your stature
7. This day
8. God and Mammon

Deep Thought

These questions are for you to think about and discuss. Other parts of this lesson may help you with the answers.

What can we do so as not to be anxious? (Look at Php 4:6-7)

According to Jesus, we should not being anxious about tomorrow, we should seek first God’s kingdom, and we should trust in God’s providence. Does this mean that we should not give attention to providing our daily needs? (Look at 1Tm 5:7-8, 6:7-8, 2Th 3:10-12).

A person says, "I put my job first, not because it makes me rich --that is just incidental-- but because of the good that I do, and the difference I can make to the world. My work is for the benefit of others, therefore my work is God’s work. So, in putting my job first, I am putting God first." Can you comment?

How much material provision do we need, and how much should we seek? How much is too little, and how much is too much?

Puzzles

Unjumble the words

There are seven key words from the Lord’s example prayer jumbled up in square below. Words range from 4 to 10 letters long. Ignore every X. Click center for solution

F	X	H	X	O	M	T	A	X
X	R	A	E	T	X	A	X	I
L	N	E	T	X	L	S	O	P
X	A	H	X	D	S	O	S	T
X	G	X	E		W	S	P	X
X	E	X	X	N	X	M	X	X
X	X	X	R	X	I	X	L	X
X	L	X	K	X	N	D	E	V
A	I	X	T	X	E	W	H	E

Crack the Code

Replace number in each code below with letters to make a word. The number represents a verse in Matthew 6 where the word can be found. Example: b22y = body (Look in verse 22). No need to type the answers, just guess, then press the query button to reveal the correct word.

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