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Riches
“The exceeding riches of his grace” (Ephesians 2:7).
George Cutting shared the following.
An American millionaire, John D. Rockefeller, said … “The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.” He was only agreeing with the language of another, who said, “Though a man without money is poor, the man with nothing but money is poorer still! Worldly possessions cannot bear up the spirits from fainting and shrinking when trial and troubles come, any more than a headache can be cured by a golden crown … . ”
Saint Augustine once remarked that “earthly riches are full of poverty;” and this is certainly far nearer the mark than is the world’s notion of riches, which is something like this: that a man who has £10,000 must be twice as happy as the man who has £5,000. Never was a greater mistake made than this, yet how commonly is it believed. It is far more correct to say that money is a universal provider for everything but happiness, and a universal passport to every place but Heaven.
That is why it is so important to have “true riches.” What matters in the next life is not earthly things but what we have in Christ — eternal life, salvation, and forgiveness of sins.
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