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| What Is Most Important? |
During one of Jesus Christ’s most famous sermons, known as the Sermon on the Mount, He taught a powerful collection of truths about God’s law and how we can gain eternal life.
As part of that sermon and others, Jesus taught that we should focus on God first. He taught that His disciples, or followers, should not focus on collecting treasures on earth, where “moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.” Instead, we all must live righteously to build up treasures in heaven, “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:19–21).
Jesus also taught that “no man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other” (see Matthew 6:24). In other words, we cannot split our loyalty between God and worldly greed.
The rest of the Sermon on the Mount explains how we can serve God, through characteristics such as humility and honesty and through practices such as prayer and service to others.
Missionaries in your area can introduce you to the Bible and help you find the Sermon on the Mount so that you can study more of the truths Jesus taught. |
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| The House on the Rock |
Jesus ended the Sermon on the Mount with a parable of a wise man and a foolish man (see Matthew 7:24–27).
The wise man built his house on a rock. And when storms came and the house was pounded by wind and rain and floods, it did not fall, because it was anchored to a strong foundation.
The foolish man built his house on sand. And when the rains and the winds and the floods came, the house fell down, because it had been built on a weak and shifting foundation.
Likewise, those who build their life on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ’s gospel will stay strong in the storms of life. |
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