One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.
The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.
The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ's return, both of which are imminent.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington [the White House.]
The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an expressly Western problem, the promises of this false teaching are often deeply rooted in Western materialism and worldly wealth. Teachers focus on a temporal reward as evidence of God's blessing, often ignoring the greater issues of justice, reconciliation, and redemption so needed in the world today.
Disciples of Jesus Christ understand that compared to eternity, our existence in this mortal sphere is only “a small moment” in space and time. They know that a person’s true value has little to do with what the world holds in high esteem. They know you could pile up the accumulated currency of the entire world and it could not buy a loaf of bread in the economy of heaven.
I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.
Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things.
Everlasting life is a jewel of too great a value to be purchased by the wealth of this world.
It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity.
