Series: Sermon On The Mount
Do Not Be Anxious
Matthew 6:25-34
1. Background
• Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7): Serving God rules out serving money (6:19-24).
• A repeated command and a key reminder: Assured of God’s care, pursue His kingdom and conquer anxiety.
• A repeated command and a key reminder: Assured of God’s care, pursue His kingdom and conquer anxiety.
2. Do Not Be Anxious (30)
• the “world’s trinity of cares”:
• look at the birds…(food)
• consider the lilies…(clothing)
• the ineffectiveness of anxiety
• look at the birds…(food)
• consider the lilies…(clothing)
• the ineffectiveness of anxiety
3. Do Not Be Anxious (31-33)
• a Gentile obsession
• The Father’s knowledge
• antidote: a prioritized pursuit
• kingdom and righteousness
• The Father’s knowledge
• antidote: a prioritized pursuit
• kingdom and righteousness
4. Do Not Be Anxious (34)
• facing your future
• tomorrow “personified”
• what we’re not promised
• tomorrow “personified”
• what we’re not promised
5. So what?
• Seize present privileges and remember that He who creates is He who sustains.