“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Our Lord hammers this warning three times over because worldly cares so easily snare us. The sin is not prudent thought but disquieting, tormenting care that splits the mind and lodges the heart on earth. He commands it as Sovereign and speaks it as Comforter to those who will hear.
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Commenting on Matthew 6:25-34
Verse 34. For Remarks on Chapter 6, , end of verse. (q) "the things of itself"
Eastern wealth lay in costly garments, easy prey for moths. Rust eats away. Thieves break in. Our Lord teaches plainly: earthly treasures are perishable, precarious, consumed by forces beyond our control.
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Commenting on Matthew 6:19-34