Where's Your Treasure
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.
Matthew 6:20
Leaving this earth and going to heaven is not a popular thought in the contemporary church. The increasing emphasis on success, prosperity, and personal problem–solving reflects our earthbound perspective.
It’s also hard for us to comprehend a future heavenly reward. In this materialistic age, we rarely experience delayed gratification. Almost anything we want, we can have immediately. We don’t even need money—we can use a credit card. We don’t have to build anything—we can buy it. And we don’t have to go very far to get it.
The lack of interest in heaven is the other side of the preoccupation with this world. Heaven is virtually ignored by modern evangelicals. There is little preaching or teaching on the subject, but there are mammoth amounts of material available on prospering in this life. To pursue Christ with the same passion as Paul, we must focus on the world to come.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 164). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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Matthew 6:20
Leaving this earth and going to heaven is not a popular thought in the contemporary church. The increasing emphasis on success, prosperity, and personal problem–solving reflects our earthbound perspective.
It’s also hard for us to comprehend a future heavenly reward. In this materialistic age, we rarely experience delayed gratification. Almost anything we want, we can have immediately. We don’t even need money—we can use a credit card. We don’t have to build anything—we can buy it. And we don’t have to go very far to get it.
The lack of interest in heaven is the other side of the preoccupation with this world. Heaven is virtually ignored by modern evangelicals. There is little preaching or teaching on the subject, but there are mammoth amounts of material available on prospering in this life. To pursue Christ with the same passion as Paul, we must focus on the world to come.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 164). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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