Matthew 6
Matthew 6:25-30
O you of little faith?
This passage of scripture comes from the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus has left the crowd, and is now in the mountains teaching the Twelve Disciples. This specific passage is Jesus talking about how we should not be worried about our needs, because God knows our needs and takes care of us. Therefore our human anxiety for our physical needs is invalid, because Jesus explicitly tells us that we have no reason to worry. In Matthew 6:30 Jesus asks a question which can easily be mistaken for a statement. He asks “O you of little faith?” So what looks like Jesus saying that you have little faith actually is Jesus asking why we have such little faith? In verses 26-30a Jesus talks about how God takes care of the birds and the fields. In the second half of verse 26 he asks, “Are you not of more value the they?” (Referring to the birds). This is a rhetorical question Jesus is saying that we are more valuable than the birds. We know that we are of more value than the animals because in Genesis 1:28 God gives us dominion over the animals. If God takes care of the birds how much more will he take care of you? Half way through verse 30 Jesus asks, “Will he not much more clothe you?” In Genesis 1:29 God gives us the plants and the trees of the earth. If God clothes the fields, Will He not clothe you more than the fields? It is the same as when he gives man dominion over the animals now he has given us the plants also. This shows us once again that we are more valuable than the plants and animals. Also in verse 29 of Genesis 1 God shows that he sources our food. If you read on though in Matthew 6:33 Jesus references that if we seek first the kingdom of God then all these things would be given to us (food, water, and clothing). Which when we look back at Matthew 6:25, food, water, and clothing are the three things he says not to be anxious about. The main point of this passage is that if God has taken care of the birds, and the
O you of little faith?
This passage of scripture comes from the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus has left the crowd, and is now in the mountains teaching the Twelve Disciples. This specific passage is Jesus talking about how we should not be worried about our needs, because God knows our needs and takes care of us. Therefore our human anxiety for our physical needs is invalid, because Jesus explicitly tells us that we have no reason to worry. In Matthew 6:30 Jesus asks a question which can easily be mistaken for a statement. He asks “O you of little faith?” So what looks like Jesus saying that you have little faith actually is Jesus asking why we have such little faith? In verses 26-30a Jesus talks about how God takes care of the birds and the fields. In the second half of verse 26 he asks, “Are you not of more value the they?” (Referring to the birds). This is a rhetorical question Jesus is saying that we are more valuable than the birds. We know that we are of more value than the animals because in Genesis 1:28 God gives us dominion over the animals. If God takes care of the birds how much more will he take care of you? Half way through verse 30 Jesus asks, “Will he not much more clothe you?” In Genesis 1:29 God gives us the plants and the trees of the earth. If God clothes the fields, Will He not clothe you more than the fields? It is the same as when he gives man dominion over the animals now he has given us the plants also. This shows us once again that we are more valuable than the plants and animals. Also in verse 29 of Genesis 1 God shows that he sources our food. If you read on though in Matthew 6:33 Jesus references that if we seek first the kingdom of God then all these things would be given to us (food, water, and clothing). Which when we look back at Matthew 6:25, food, water, and clothing are the three things he says not to be anxious about. The main point of this passage is that if God has taken care of the birds, and the