Luke 12:33 KJV
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.
I have noticed
that as I have grown up, I have worn out my pants in different places:
- When I was a child it
seemed like I always wore them out in the knees
- When I was an
ironworker I always wore them out in the seat (from scooting on the iron -
a sort of mark of shame for an ironworker. But we all had worn seats)
- It seems like my pants
always wear out now in the right pocket
That is where I
keep my keys, a pocket knife and whatever small change I might have
In those days
of the Bible, there would have been no pockets in the pants. They carried their
money in a bag. Jesus was literally telling them to find a safer place for
their money than in their pants pocket. That place, Jesus said, was heaven.
- It was not in the bags
they carried around in their day
- It was not in the
pockets of our modern-day pants and
- It isn't in the banks,
even if they are FDIC insured
the only place
a person may place their money and know it will be safe for them eternally is
in heaven things.
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