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They're so heavenly minded that 
they're no earthly good. 

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Have you heard this line before?
Let's talk about why it's oh so 

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wrong on this week's episode of 
Liberty at Home. 

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Hey now, welcome to this week's 
episode of Liberty at Home 

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brought to you by the Liberty 
Baptist Church of Easton and 

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powered by Easton Community 
Access Television. 

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I'm your host, Pastor Adam 
Rivero, here to bring you 

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another 5 minute episode of 
biblical truth and 

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encouragement. 
And today, as always, we're 

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broadcasting from the beautiful 
town of Easton, MA, where the 

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leaves are falling everywhere 
and even people with Boston 

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accents are saying it's fall 
y'all. 

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Today we'll be reading a portion
of the Sermon on the Mount as we

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consider that old saying that 
they're so heavily minded that 

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they're no earthly good. 
So join me in Matthew chapter 6 

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as I read beginning in verse #19
it says lay not up for 

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yourselves. 
Treasures upon earth, where moth

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and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves breakthrough and steal. 

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But lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where 

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neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do 

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not breakthrough nor steal. 
For where your treasure is, 

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there will your heart be also. 
Our language has been affected 

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by the Bible far more than many 
people realize. 

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There's a host of common phrases
that have been used so often 

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that many people don't even 
realize they originated from the

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Bible. 
Have you ever been at your wit's

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end trying to finish something 
at the 11th hour? 

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Hey, it's just a reminder that 
you have feet of clay. 

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You don't have to see the 
writing on the wall to know that

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many of these phrases, and many 
more like them, are all biblical

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in origin. 
On the other hand, there's a 

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litany of phrases that seem to 
come from the Bible but can't be

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found anywhere within the pages 
of this holy book. 

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While cleanliness is next to 
godliness, you won't find it in 

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the Bible, nor will you see the 
spurious line God helps those 

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who help themselves, or even the
famous maxim God won't give you 

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more than you can bear. 
And that one's a personal pet 

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beeve of mine that will save for
another episode in the future. 

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And then there's the phrase I 
know you've heard before. 

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They're so heavenly minded that 
they're no earthly good. 

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While this expression may have a
spiritual ring to it, it's very 

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ideas faulty. 
The premise that someone could 

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be so dedicated to their faith 
that they are of no functional 

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youth on earth is a strange one.
Plus, let's be honest, how many 

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people have you ever met that 
would even fall into this 

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category in the 1st place? 
So rather than dwell on that old

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saying, I want to reverse the 
order of this phrase to give us 

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a different thought to consider.
As a Christian, I believe it's 

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possible to be so earthly minded
that we're no heavenly good. 

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See the difference? 
Now consider my reasoning for a 

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moment. 
The Bible tells us that we're 

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pilgrims here on this earth, 
travelers who are here for a 

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time so brief that James chapter
4, verse 14 compares it to a 

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vapor. 
Although our time in this life 

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is short, in light of eternity, 
it's easy to become infatuated 

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with the things of this life, 
well outright ignoring the 

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things of eternal importance. 
In today's text from the Sermon 

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on the Mount, Jesus explained 
the error of being earthly 

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minded and not giving any 
thought to the life to come. 

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Now, I don't know many 
Christians who are so heavily 

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minded that they can't figure 
out how to walk and chew gum at 

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the same time. 
Yet I believe many Christians 

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would have to admit how 
difficult it is to put the words

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of Jesus into practice. 
Lay not out for yourselves 

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treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust up corrupt, and where 

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thieves breakthrough and steal. 
But lay up for yourselves 

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treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth 

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corrupt, and where thieves do 
not breakthrough nor steal. 

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So how do we develop the mindset
where laying up treasures in 

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heaven is a priority? 
How do we break out of the mold 

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of living for the day-to-day 
with no consideration for things

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that are heavenly good? 
I believe the best way to do 

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this is to give our greatest 
effort and attention to the 

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things that have everlasting 
importance, like focusing less 

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on accruing wealth and focusing 
more on giving it. 

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Soak up less of the 24 hour news
cycle and feed yourself with the

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eternal Word of God instead. 
Talk to fewer people about the 

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latest game on TV and spend more
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the gospel. 
Paul illustrates this so vividly

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in First Timothy 48 by saying, 
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little, but godliness is 
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having the promise of the life 
that now is and of that which is

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to come. 
It's not that exercise or 

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finances or the news or even 
leisure is immaterial. 

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Quite the contrary, however, 
Paul reminds young Timothy not 

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to miss eternal issues of real 
importance at the expense of 

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more temporary ones. 
Friend, if all this talk of 

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heavenly things makes you feel 
like you're at your wit's end, 

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don't distress. 
By avoiding an earthly mindset, 

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believers in Christ will 
actually find life more joyful, 

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more liberating, and more 
fulfilling than they ever 

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dreamed possible. 
So where is your mind today? 

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It's a worthy question when I 
pray we can all answer correctly

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before the 11th hour. 
And you know, Speaking of the 

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clock, it seems that it's time 
to call it a day for this week's

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episode of Liberty at Home. 
And while we may be out of time 

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for today, there's never a bad 
time to visit Liberty Baptist 

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Church. 
You can find us at 800 

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Washington St. across from 
Easton Pool and Spa here at 

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Easton. 
And we meet every Sunday 

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morning, Sunday night, and 
Wednesday night. 

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Check us out on YouTube, 
Facebook, Instagram, all the 

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podcast platforms or at my 
libertybaptist.org. 

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Well, don't forget that where 
the Spirit of the Lord is, there

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is Liberty. 
I'm Pastor Adam Rivero and I'm 

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signing off from get another 
episode of Liberty at Home.