¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20

The Trinity is a mystery beyond mysteries. God is three and yet God is one. A doctrine such as this is complex and beyond us in many ways.

Nevertheless, the Bible does teach that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are the same in essence, power, and glory. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are declared as God, given worship, and given glory in the Holy Scriptures. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are shown to us a Creator and Sustainer in Holy Writ. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are co-eternal, co-equal, and co-powerful. These few points are sureties we can hold to in all of life. 

Hallelujah! The Lord God Almighty reigns. He is able and worthy!

Tony French

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

My hope is built on nothing less,
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness,
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace,
In ev’ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Tony French

Written by Edward Mote & William Bradbury

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Mathew 6:22-24

In this passage of Scripture, it seems to best to understand v. 22-23 from a spiritual perspective. Jesus words are best understood by thinking of the “spiritual eyes” of our hearts rather than the physical eyes in our heads. Therefore, we learn here that the condition of our spiritual eyes is very important.

When our spiritual eyes are clouded by greed and the love of money, it affects the totality of our relationship with God. The love of money will lead to eyes which are unable to see from a spiritual or heavenly perspective. This can lead to a disastrous downward spiral. We have often observed people who commit crimes or abandon their families as a result of greed and vice. The Christian is not invulnerable to sin of greed and must avoid it at all costs.

No wonder Paul said that “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”  (1 Timothy 6:10) Jesus implores us here to serve God and not money. He simply states that we cannot serve both. So, who are you serving, God or money?

Tony French

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 6:19-21

The Savior contrasts earthly riches and heavenly riches in this passage.  And the contrast is very stark indeed.

Earthly riches are temporary. They only last for a season. Earthly riches are susceptible to decay and can be stolen. Earthly treasures may have a place in our lives but they are terrible foundations on which to build one’s life.

Heavenly riches, by contrast, are eternal and lasting. They cannot be touched by earthly sin, greed, or power. We lay up riches in heaven by serving God, trusting Him, giving to His church, loving others, and through many other acts of worship and service.

Where is your treasure? It is it in heaven or on earth? Remember Jesus Words—“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  

Tony French