(Matthew 6:24) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
1. There are two masters: God and possessions (money, or the things money can buy)
2. There are two types of serving:
a. Love, to love dearly and be fond of
b. Devotion, to stay in the same room as, to hold to
3. There are two types of non-serving:
a. Hate, to detest and have hatred toward
b. Despising, to think little of, or have nothing to do with
4. Serving means to yield obedience to
5. There is no middle ground, it is either one or the other at any given moment
6. There is no possible way to serve God and possessions at the same time and same way
7. One master is visible, and one master is invisible
8. We are always serving one or the other at any given moment
9. Being indifferent to God is the same as hating God; they are both non-service
10. Being in love with God is the same as holding to, or staying near God; they are both service
11. If God requires service to him at all times, and I can not serve two masters; there must be a way to serve God by serving an earthly boss. When I am doing what an earthly master says because God says I should submit to my earthly authority, I am serving God as long as the earthly master does not require me to disobey a command from my heavenly Master.
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