Luke 12:32-34
Treasure in the Bank of Heaven
32: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33: Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
32: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33: Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- The fear of the little flock or those who are seeking the Kingdom of God, is that they have not done enough to be saved. The previous verses (Luke 12: 22-31) have clearly told us that God knows that there is nothing we can do to save ourselves. He must do the work of saving us. Now God, through Jesus, is reassuring us that we should have no fear, that God wants to give us the kingdom or heaven. We are not to sell what we have and give to the poor to earn heaven. We are to sell or teach others about Jesus so that they can be saved. They will be saved and they will be our treasure in heaven. Soul winning must be where our heart is. In proverbs 23:23 the Bible says Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom and instruction and understanding. If we put our money in a bag, the bag will get old and the money will fall out of the bag and be lost. If we store our money in a bank, the bank will fail and our money will be lost. Clearly we must use our money to do good while we can. We are to sell that ye have and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not (Luke 12:33) When we use our money to do good for others the kingdom of heaven records our deposit and that bank will never fail! If we hoard our money, the thief, Satan, will not only use our money for his purposes but, like a moth destroys a garment, he will destroy our character!