Matthew 6 25 272/25/2024 ![]() Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father. One scholar put it this way: “Worry about the future is wasted effort, and the future of reality is seldom as bad as the future of our fears. 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. Besides, things often do not turn out as we feared. ( Matthew 6:27) Focusing on our worries will not extend our life by even a fraction of a second, let alone improve it. “Who of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span?” asked Jesus. Jesus gave a compelling reason for avoiding undue anxiety: It is pointless. Matthew 6:2527 New Century Version (NCV) 25 So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Why? Some reference works suggest that when people worry a great deal, their sympathetic nervous system is in a constant state of activation and that this condition “is associated with medical problems that include ulcers, heart disease, and asthma.” Is it practical today? We are wise to heed Jesus’ advice. That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. ( Philippians 2:20) But when Jesus said, “never be anxious,” he was advising his followers to avoid undue worry-an excessive fear of tomorrow that can take the joy out of living today.- Matthew 6:31, 34. It is normal and proper to be concerned about our material needs and the welfare of our loved ones. According to one Bible dictionary, the Greek verb rendered “to be anxious” can refer to “the natural reaction of man to poverty, hunger and other troubles which befall him in his daily life.” Anxiety often involves being worried about things that may take place in the future. ( H) 33 But seek first his kingdom ( I) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.What does it mean? Jesus spoke those words in his Sermon on the Mount. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you-you of little faith? ( G) 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. This verse shifts the discussion from one of money to one of worry. Matthew 6:25 is the twenty-fifth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor ( F) was dressed like one of these. 'Sermon on the Mountain' (1896) by Károly Ferenczy (18621917). ![]() ( C) Are you not much more valuable than they? ( D) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life ? ( E)Ģ8 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. ![]() In these verses, Jesus addresses how the one who is a kingdom citizen should conduct himself in relation to material possessions. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. We are looking at the end of Matthew 6, specifically verses 19-34 that deal with the subject of the believer and his material possessions. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ( B) about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear.
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