Matthew 6:24 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… I. THE IMPOSSIBILITY of serving both. 1. Because of their opposite interests. 2. From the different objects they have to advance. 3. From the nature of the flesh and the spirit. II. THE PROPRIETY OF GIVING GOD the preference. 1. He has the first claim upon you. He your Creator. 2. Consider the relative character of the service. One your life and joy, the other servitude and death. III. IMPROVEMENT. 1. The infinite importance of having singleness of heart in matters of religion. 2. How necessary to examine our hearts that we may know whom we serve. 3. What an awful idea the subject gives us of worldly-minded possessors. (J. E. Good.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
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