Matthew 6:19-24
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 10:28-31
Fear the Killing of the Soul
28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
1 Corinthians 2:9
Wisdom from the Spirit
9However, as it is written:
"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"
Jesus teaches us about the eternities...And if you believe in Jesus, then you believe that He was resurrected from the dead, by His Father and is still alive...Then you also believe that He was with God in the beginning (John 1:2), and was there with God, when He created the universe...And then you also believe that He actually prepared a place in heaven for His disciples (John 14:2-3), and they are in heaven, and alive as much as He is alive...So, when you believe in Jesus, then you believe in eternity...That makes the time we spend on earth, just the smallest of fractions, of the time we are going to live in the future...
If you actually believe that you can live forever with the Father and His Son, then that changes everything...Then nothing is more important than our soul, and the One who can destroy both the body and the soul and send it to hell... And there is Only One, who can do that...The soul is the important thing, for it shall live forever...Everything else passes quickly, and it is forever gone...The body is like a tent, and grows old and tires...Our earthly lives go by in a breath...But our souls live on, if you believe in Christianity...When we can think in these terms, then we can spend much more time on the treasures of heaven...The more we understand this, the better we live, and the closer we get to heaven each day...
The treasures we store in heaven, last and last...They are our real treasures, and they last forever...Heaven's treasures cannot be destroyed or harmed by man and man's ways...The treasures we covet on earth last at the most eighty years, ninety, if we are lucky...Those coveted earthly treasures do not follow us to heaven...The value of material things, and material wealth, if you believe in Jesus go by in a blink...When we think and realize that we can live with Him eternally, then we should understand what is valued and what is a real treasure...When we actually understand the value of the soul, then we can understand the true value of money on earth...
No man's eye has never seen, nor has man's ear ever heard, and man's mind cannot even conceive, what God has prepared for those who love Him...