{"id":1660,"date":"2014-08-18T06:43:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2014-08-18T06:45:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T12:45:29","slug":"sermon-on-the-mount-treasures-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1660","title":{"rendered":"Sermon on the Mount: Treasures in Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #373737;\"><span style=\"color: #373737;\">In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a><span style=\"color: #373737;\">. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a><span style=\"color: #373737;\">). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3nN9-C1yKU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:\u00a0But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:\u00a0For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/matt\/6.19-21?lang=eng#18\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 6:19-21<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother\u2019s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam\u00a0is\u00a0in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother\u2019s eye.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide\u00a0is\u00a0the gate, and broad is\u00a0the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait\u00a0is\u00a0the gate, and narrow\u00a0is\u00a0the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither\u00a0can\u00a0a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:\u00a0And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:\u00a0And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/matt\/7.1-27?lang=eng#primary\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 7:1-27<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the difference between asking, seeking, and knocking?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know that God hears and answers your prayers?\u00a0How do you know that &#8220;every one that asketh receiveth&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>What good gifts has your Father in Heaven given you?\u00a0What treasures are you laying up for yourself?<\/li>\n<li>What are the fruits of your labor? Would you describe your life as one of &#8220;fruitfulness&#8221; or one of &#8220;busyness&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>How has your foundation helped you weather the storms of life? What are you doing to strengthen your foundation?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>Click <a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\">here<\/a> for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1660\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,11,25,19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climb","category-endurance","category-jesus-christ","category-new-testament","category-obedience","category-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}