What's the biggest misconception Christians have about giving? That when we give
money away to a church or ministry, or to help the needy, it's gone. While
we hope others will benefit from it, we're quite sure we won't. We think
we're divesting ourselves of money, disassociating from it. Once it leaves
our hands, we imagine, it has no connection to us, no future implications relevant to our lives.
We couldn't be more wrong.
What we think we own will be rudely taken from us, some of it
before we die, and anything that's left the moment we die. But now
is our window of opportunity not to divest ourselves of money, but
to invest it in heaven. We don't have to have everything taken from
us. We can give it before disaster or death strikes. Now's our chance
to give what we can't keep to gain what we can't lose.
Questions & Resources
Can we really earn eternal rewards?
Eternal Rewards
Not Divesting, But Investing
Questions to Randy Alcorn about Eternal Rewards
Will Old Testament saints appear before the judgment seat of Christ? If not, is there a similar judgment they will appear before?
