Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

# 47: Imagination time….

You’re in heaven, clothed in white, safe, secure and cheerful. No stress, no fatigue, no disturbances. Angels, angels everywhere. As you stroll through remarkable vistas, you pass many brothers and sisters in Christ. One, a complete stranger, catches your attention at the same time he catches yours. There is an immediate bonding between you. This stranger, you see, is in heaven (instead of that place we get squeamish thinking about) because of your response to Christ’s Great Commission. He somehow knows it was your obedience that brought him Christ’s salvation and this eternal paradise. You rejoice together, giving enthusiastic praise onto “the King of kings and Lord of lords”.

This (imaginary) encounter was not a chance happening, but arranged by Jesus Himself, and many similar encounters take place, one after another. All these redeemed saints are your “treasures in heaven”, a consequence of your response to Christ’s Great Commission. You had let others finance the pastor’s illicit salary. You let others build and expand and maintain very expensive and wasteful evangelicalism.

And now let your imagination jump to the judgment seat of Christ. You hear those words every evangelical wants to hear but few will: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”