Truth & Righteousness - Week 4: Friday

Matthew 6:31-33

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Commentary

St. Augustine of Hippo | Sermon On The Mount 2.16.53
When he said that the [kingdom of God and His righteousness] is to be sought first, Jesus clearly intimates that the other [things] is to be sought later—not that it is to be sought at a later time but that it is to be sought as a thing of secondary importance. He showed that [righteousness] is to be sought as our good, that the [rest] is to be sought as something needful for us, but that the needful is to be sought for the sake of the [true] good.

Questions

• How can materialistic goods help us in service of the ultimate good, righteousness?

• What word or phrase really stood out to me that I should consider memorizing?