Nobody is going to be rewarded in heaven by how material rich you were on the earth. The story of the rich man and Lazarus in Abrahams bossom makes that abundantly clear.
Luke 16:19-24
"19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
You will be rewarded for how much you were of help to others. Now, if you personally believe that to be in the best position to be of practical help to others you need material things to enable you do that it is a kind gesture and that is the root of God's desire to prosper a person.
Your desire, therefore, is not to love just in word and thought but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth"
Pastor Poju Oyemade
Nobody is going to be rewarded in heaven by how material rich you were on the earth. The story of the rich man and Lazarus in Abrahams bossom makes that abundantly clear.
Luke 16:19-24
"19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
You will be rewarded for how much you were of help to others. Now, if you personally believe that to be in the best position to be of practical help to others you need material things to enable you do that it is a kind gesture and that is the root of God's desire to prosper a person.
Your desire, therefore, is not to love just in word and thought but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth"
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