Priorities

  1. Introduction
    1. Priority - sequence, order, a preferential rating
    2. Deuteronomy 6:1-9
  2. What should be first?
    1. Mat. 6:19-34 [seek the kingdom first]
    2. Mat. 19:28-30 [forsake all for Christ]
      Matt. 19.28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
      Matt. 19.29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
      Matt. 19.30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
    3. Phil. 3:4-11 [all things loss of Christ]
    4. Col. 3:1-24 [do all on the name of Christ]
    5. Gal. 5:14-6:10 [love]
    6. I Tim. 6:6-14
  3. Things we place before God.
    1. People Jam. 4:1-10
    2. Wealth Mar. 8:34-38
      Mark 8.34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
      Mark 8.35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
      Mark 8.36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
      Mark 8.37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
      Mark 8.38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
    3. Work Ecc. 2:4-11
    4. Entertainment Ecc. 2:1-2
      Eccl. 2.1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
      Eccl. 2.2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
    5. Education (wisdom) Ecc. 1 :16-18
      Eccl. 1.16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
      Eccl. 1.17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
      Eccl. 1.18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
    6. Time Ecc. 3:1-8
  4. Examples
    1. Bad
      1. Lot's wife Gen. 19:17-26
      2. Rich man Mat. 19:16-30
      3. Judas Jon. 12:3-6 Mat. 26:14-16
        John 12.3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
        John 12.4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
        John 12.5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
        John 12.6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

        Matt. 26.14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
        Matt. 26.15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
        Matt. 26.16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
    2. Good
      1. Job Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

        Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
        Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
      2. Paul I Cor. 9:20-27
  5. Conclusion Ecc. 12:13-14
    Eccl. 12.13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
    Eccl. 12.14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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