Your Treasure and Your Heart

Luke

Tax Collector Levi/Matthew (Luke 5)

—He gets it

Women financially support Jesus’ ministry (Luke 8)

—They get it

The Religious Elite and the Good Samaritan (Luke 10)

—The Samaritan gets it/the religious elites don’t get it

Rich fool (Luke 12)

—He does not get it

Prodigal Son (Luke 15)

—He doesn’t get it/then he does

Rich Young Ruler (Luke 18)

—He doesn’t get it

Chief Tax Collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19)

—He gets it

Joseph of Arimathea (Luke 23)

—He gets it

Acts

Barnabas (Acts 4)

—He gets it

Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5)

—They don’t get

Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8)

—He doesn’t get it

Dorcas (Acts 9)

—She gets it

Lydia (Acts 16)

—She gets it

Slave girl (Acts 16)

—She gets it, but her owners do not

Ephesian converts (Acts 19)

—They get it

Barnabas (Acts 4) vs. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5)

Rich Young Ruler (Luke 18) vs. Zacchaeus (Luke 19)

 Questions:

Have I answered Jesus’ call?

Am I trying to serve two masters?

Do I see everything as a gift from God?

Am I putting too much trust in riches?

Am I putting profit before Jesus?

Have I cheated anyone?

Do I care about the poor?