| Treasure | Scriptures | Context | Topics |
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| Blessed - to be envied - are disciples who are reviled, persecuted, or falsely accused for Christ's sake. | Matthew 5:11 | Matthew 5:11-12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples who undergo persecution will be rewarded by Him in heaven. | Matthew 5:12 | Matthew 5:11-12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who live as citizens of God's kingdom have always been reviled, persecuted, and spoken of falsely. | Matthew 5:12 | Matthew 5:11-12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ Jesus fulfilled the Law and Prophets. | Matthew 5:18 | Matthew 5:17-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| The Word of God will stand through time. | Matthew 5:18 | Matthew 5:17-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who break God's Word and teach others to do the same will be least in the kingdom. | Matthew 5:19 | Matthew 5:17-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who do God's Word and teach others to do it will be called great in God's kingdom. | Matthew 5:19 | Matthew 5:17-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| The righteousness from Jesus Christ in salvation is the only key to bring one entrance into heaven. | Matthew 5:20 | Matthew 5:17-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who express attitudes of anger without a cause or belittling speech are under the judgment of God. | Matthew 5:21-22 | Matthew 5:21-22 | In God's Kingdom |
| To anger or offend others are actions that disturb one's relationship with God. | Matthew 5:21-22 | Matthew 5:21-22 | In God's Kingdom |
| Pure worship of God is preceded by a pure conscience. | Matthew 5:21-24 | Matthew 5:23-26 | In God's Kingdom |
| Offenses known or remembered need to be made right. | Matthew 5:21-24 | Matthew 5:23-26 | In God's Kingdom |
| God's children are to make right - including pay all agreements. | Matthew 5:25-26 | Matthew 5:23-26 | In God's Kingdom |
| Having a clear conscience and clear relationships provides a clear experience in worship of God. | Matthew 5:23-26 | Matthew 5:23-26 | In God's Kingdom |
| A mind or attitude to lust for a woman is sinful in the eyes of God. | Matthew 5:27-28 | Matthew 5:27-32 | In God's Kingdom |
| A disciple is to yield his or her entire body and mind to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. | Matthew 5:29-30 | Matthew 5:27-32 | In God's Kingdom |
| God intends for marriages to remain with husbands and wises loving one another. | Matthew 5:31-32 | Matthew 5:27-32 | In God's Kingdom |
| The taking of oaths by God's children is unnecessary. | Matthew 5:33-37 | Matthew 5:33-42 | In God's Kingdom |
| The word of a Christ-follower with YES or NO is to be all that is needed - an oath is no more. | Matthew 5:33-37 | Matthew 5:33-42 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ-followers need not return evil for evil, but instead minister grace to those who do evil to them. | Matthew 5:38-42 | Matthew 5:33-42 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ-followers may even extend grace to persons who demand something or request something by giving MORE than requested or demanded. | Matthew 5:40-42 | Matthew 5:33-42 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples of Christ are to love their enemies and persecutors - even praying for them and ministering good to them. | Matthew 5:43-44 | Matthew 5:43-48 | In God's Kingdom |
| God is gracious to the saved and the unsaved. | Matthew 5:45 | Matthew 5:43-48 | In God's Kingdom |
| If Christ-followers treat only Christ-followers well (in love) what reward is there for this? | Matthew 5:46-48 | Matthew 5:43-48 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ-followers are to treat saved and unsaved graciously. | Matthew 5:46-48 | Matthew 5:43-48 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ-followers are to be well rounded - complete or mature - as God in lovingly and graciously caring for all men. | Matthew 5:48 | Matthew 5:43-48 | In God's Kingdom |
| Motive for ministry makes all the difference in the determination by God if any reward will be given by Him to the minister. | Matthew 6:1-4 | Matthew 6:1-4 | In God's Kingdom |
| If ministry is done for show - to be seen by others - then the audience is the only reward. | Matthew 6:1-4 | Matthew 6:1-4 | In God's Kingdom |
| God will reward openly what is done in His name privately. | Matthew 6:3-4 | Matthew 6:1-4 | In God's Kingdom |
| One must believe that God is and God is the truth in order to believe a reward will come from God for ministry done in secret. | Matthew 6:1-4, Hebrews 11:6 | Matthew 6:1-4 | In God's Kingdom |
| Praying to be seen or for recognition by men obtains at best the recognition by men. | Matthew 6:5 | Matthew 6:5-8 | In God's Kingdom |
| God waits for His children in the secret place of prayer. | Matthew 6:6 | Matthew 6:5-8 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples need to believe - MUST BELIEVE - God will receive their secret or private prayers. | Matthew 6:6 | Matthew 6:5-8 | In God's Kingdom |
| Repetitious prayers to God are vain. | Matthew 6:7 | Matthew 6:5-8 | In God's Kingdom |
| God knows my needs before I pray. | Matthew 6:8 | Matthew 6:5-8 | In God's Kingdom |
| God wants His disciples or children to focus on the relationship with Him as Father. | Matthew 6:9 | Matthew 6:9 | In God's Kingdom |
| Salvation in Christ is about a relationship with Father. | Matthew 6:9 | Matthew 6:9 | In God's Kingdom |
| Our Father's name is to be hallowed, respected, and revered. | Matthew 6:9 | Matthew 6:9 | In God's Kingdom |
| The residence of God is heaven. | Matthew 6:9 | Matthew 6:9 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ teaches His disciples to pray for God's kingdom to come - people to be saved under Christ's kingship. | Matthew 6:10 | Matthew 6:10 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ's disciples are to pray for God's will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. | Matthew 6:10 | Matthew 6:10 | In God's Kingdom |
| God's will is not automatically done on earth - all is not God's will. | Matthew 6:10 | Matthew 6:10 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples look to God to meet their daily needs. | Matthew 6:11 | Matthew 6:11 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are to ask God for today's need not for a material abundance. | Matthew 6:11 | Matthew 6:11 | In God's Kingdom |
| We need life sustenance today because today is the only day we are promised. | Matthew 6:11 | Matthew 6:11 | In God's Kingdom |
| We need bread - not a party cake with icing, sprinkles, and candles. | Matthew 6:11 | Matthew 6:11 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who receive forgiveness from God are to give forgiveness to those who have wronged them. | Matthew 6:12 | Matthew 6:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples of Christ are spiritually sensitive - conscious of sins committed against God and others. | Matthew 6:12 | Matthew 6:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are aware of and want to be forgiven for sins they've committed. | Matthew 6:12 | Matthew 6:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Retaining an offense against others - not forgiving them - will prevent you from knowing new forgiveness from God. | Matthew 6:14-15 | Matthew 6:14-15 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples must know that forgiving others of offenses is part of an on-going relationship with God. | Matthew 6:14-15 | Matthew 6:14-15 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples of Christ don't try to show or appear to be fasting - making an appearance of suffering for a show. | Matthew 6:16-18 | Matthew 6:16-18 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples will fast and pray to themselves - not publicly. | Matthew 6:16-18 | Matthew 6:16-18 | In God's Kingdom |
| God sees what His children do for Him and to Him in private and responds appropriately. | Matthew 6:16-18 | Matthew 6:16-18 | In God's Kingdom |
| Christ-followers are to invest in eternal matters - matters which pay eternal dividends. | Matthew 6:19-21 | Matthew 6:19-21 | In God's Kingdom |
| Building up treasures on earth keeps one's heart focused on earthly matters. | Matthew 6:19-21 | Matthew 6:19-21 | In God's Kingdom |
| One's heart will be focused on where his or her treasure resides. | Matthew 6:19-21 | Matthew 6:19-21 | In God's Kingdom |
| What one looks at or focuses on effects the entire person. | Matthew 6:22-23 | Matthew 6:22-24 | In God's Kingdom |
| If one focuses on that which is good - of eternal significance, the whole person will be full of light. | Matthew 622-24 | Matthew 6:22-24 | In God's Kingdom |
| A man's focus or service cannot be divided between God and earthly attractions. | Matthew 622-24 | Matthew 6:22-24 | In God's Kingdom |
| More than the birds of the air and the lilies of the fields, God cares about His disciples or children. | Matthew 6:25-34 | Matthew 6:25-34 | In God's Kingdom |
| The focus of Christ-followers is to be God's kingdom and following His kingship. | Matthew 6:33 | Matthew 6:25-34 | In God's Kingdom |
| Anxiety in God's children about daily necessities is (1) wrong and (2) reflects a lack of trust in God. | Matthew 6:25-34 | Matthew 6:25-34 | In God's Kingdom |
| An attitude of judgment and condemnation toward others is not spiritually healthy for disciples of Christ. | Matthew 7:1-5 | Matthew 7:1-5 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples should examine their own life instead of examining and condemning others. | Matthew 7:1-5 | Matthew 7:1-5 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples must approach others humbly for the purpose of reproach. | Matthew 7:1-5 | Matthew 7:1-5 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are to avoid treating as common or worthless what is actually holy - belonging to God. | Matthew 7:6 | Matthew 7:6 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are to avoid giving what is 'kingdom' valuable to those who will treat it as garbage under their feet. | Matthew 7:6 | Matthew 7:6 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are to use discernment before tossing spiritual valuables to an audience. | Matthew 7:6 | Matthew 7:6 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples are instructed to persist in prayer to the Father. | Matthew 7:7-11 | Matthew 7:7-11 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who persist in prayer to the Father will be answered by the Father. | Matthew 7:7-11 | Matthew 7:7-11 | In God's Kingdom |
| The Father will give good things to His children who persist in seeking such from Him. | Matthew 7:7-11 | Matthew 7:7-11 | In God's Kingdom |
| The best gifts - good gifts - come from above - heaven. | Matthew 7:7-11, James 1:17 | Matthew 7:7-11 | In God's Kingdom |
| Treat others as you want them to treat you. | Matthew 7:12 | Matthew 7:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| This principle of interaction with others is what is proclaimed in the law and the prophets. | Matthew 7:12 | Matthew 7:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| Disciples of Jesus Christ live with others on their mind and heart. | Matthew 7:12 | Matthew 7:12 | In God's Kingdom |
| The 'way' of the LORD Jesus is narrow and difficult. | Matthew 7:13-14 | Matthew 7:13-14 | In God's Kingdom |
| Few find the 'way' of the LORD Jesus. | Matthew 7:13-14 | Matthew 7:13-14 | In God's Kingdom |
| Most people on earth do not enter the narrow way that leads to life in Jesus Christ. | Matthew 7:13-14 | Matthew 7:13-14 | In God's Kingdom |
| The 'way' to destruction and the 'way' to life are not similar. | Matthew 7:13-14 | Matthew 7:13-14 | In God's Kingdom |
| By examining the fruit produced by a life you will know the real inward source of that life. | Matthew 7:15-20 | Matthew 7:15-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| The fruit of a life reveals what is within that life. | Matthew 7:15-20 | Matthew 7:15-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| Good fruit doesn't grow on a bad tree; God-glorifying fruit doesn't grow out of an unsaved person. | Matthew 7:15-20 | Matthew 7:15-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| God's children produce God-honoring fruit. | Matthew 7:15-20 | Matthew 7:15-20 | In God's Kingdom |
| Those who believe in Jesus Christ - doing the will of God - will enter God's heaven. | Matthew 7:21-23 | Matthew 7:21-23 | In God's Kingdom |
| Some who acknowledge the LORD and do various religious activities in His name are NOT of the LORD and will not enter God's heaven. | Matthew 7:21-23 | Matthew 7:21-23 | In God's Kingdom |
| Eternal life is about those who 'know' the LORD. | Matthew 7:21-23, John 17:3 | Matthew 7:21-23 | In God's Kingdom |
| Jesus will reject those who are NOT in personal relationship with Him. | Matthew 7:21-23 | Matthew 7:21-23 | In God's Kingdom |
| The teachings of Jesus in Mathew 5-7 provide a firm foundation for life when applied daily to the same. | Matthew 7:24-27 | Matthew 7:24-29 | In God's Kingdom |
| It is foolish to hear the sermon on the mount and refuse to apply its truths to life. | Matthew 7:24-27 | Matthew 7:24-29 | In God's Kingdom |
| The teaching of Jesus and those filled with Jesus will be authoritative, competent, and potent. | Matthew 7:28-29 | Matthew 7:24-29 | In God's Kingdom |
