RAP SHEET LUKE 6:20, 24

Series: The Kingdom Way

Sermon: Security — What Do You Trust?

Scripture: Luke 6:20, 24

REVIEW

This week, we zoomed in on the first pair of Jesus’ blessings and warnings in the Sermon on the Plain:

“Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours…But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.” (Luke 6:20, 24)

Jesus immediately challenges how we define security.

He is not teaching that financial poverty earns God’s favor or that wealth automatically brings judgment. Instead, He is addressing something deeper—our internal posture.

The word “poor” points to a profound awareness of dependence on God, while “rich” points to a mindset of self-reliance.

This is about what we trust.

We saw this lived out in Abraham's life. When God called him, he walked away from comfort, security, and a clear future to follow God into the unknown (Hebrews 11:8–10). He chose dependence on God over dependence on what he could see and control. That’s the picture Jesus is painting.

To be “poor in spirit” is to recognize: I am not self-sufficient. I need God.

To be “rich” in this warning is to believe: I’ve got this. I can secure my own life.

Jesus is also introducing a NOW vs. LATER perspective.

The Kingdom of God is both now and not yet. When we trust God, we experience His peace and security today, while also living for the fullness of what is still to come.

This is where the idea of investing comes in. Just as someone who sacrifices now to invest in the future, Jesus is calling us to trust Him enough not to chase after security in this world but to “store up” what truly lasts. That kind of life brings real peace now, even while the full reward is still ahead.

This is not about earning salvation.

This is about learning to live as people who trust God as our ultimate source of security.

APPLY

This passage brings the question straight to us:

What are you trusting to make you feel secure?

We all reach for something:

• money or financial stability

• career success or control

• relationships or approval

• our own ability to figure things out

Those things aren’t the problem—the problem is when they become our source of security. Jesus invites us into something better - A life of dependence on God.

So here is the question:

What is ONE area of your life where you need to stop relying on yourself or the world and start trusting God more deeply?

Be specific. It might be:

• surrendering financial anxiety

• releasing control over a situation

• choosing obedience even when it feels risky

• turning to God instead of coping in unhealthy ways

Following Jesus means trusting Him not just for eternity—but for today.

PRAY

Use prompts like these as your group prays together:

• “Jesus, show me where I’ve been trusting the wrong things.”

• “Help me depend on You more deeply.”

• “Give me peace that comes from trusting You.”

• “Teach me to live with an eternal perspective.”

• “Thank You that You are a secure foundation I can trust.”

Take a moment to thank Jesus for inviting us into a life of real security—one that begins now and lasts forever.