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The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down  /  Chapter 5, Changing Our View of Mammon  /  Discussion Questions
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Jesus commands, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,” and grounds it in “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”; what does this suggest about how God views the heart’s loyalty, and what kinds of “treasure” today most reliably pull a Christian’s heart away from God?
Another way to ask: Jesus says our heart follows our treasure. What does that show about what God wants our loyalty to be, and what “treasures” today most often pull Christians away from God?

Direct Answer Based on David Bercot’s teaching, God treats the heart’s loyalty as tied to what we store up and protect; if our “treasure” is on earth, our heart will drift there and away from single-minded service to God. “Treasure” today includes not just money, but the whole lifestyle of possessions and security that demands our time, worry, and devotion.

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  • Jesus’ command is absolute: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth.”
  • The reason is internal loyalty: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
  • Loyalty is exclusive: “No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and Mammon.”
  • Bercot explains that jobs/business must be “relegated to a secondary place” if we remain in the Kingdom.
  • He says earthly treasure pulls us into fear and maintenance: if we “own treasure here on earth… we will fret about maintaining it, and… worry about losing it.”
Discussion Follow-ups What possessions or goals take most of your attention and anxiety? If your schedule shows your “treasure,” what does it reveal about where your heart is aiming?

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