God first!
Loving God with everything we have, our time, money and talents, shows up in our life by the love we show to others with those gifts.
Those who embrace Jesus’ call to discipleship—including the difficulties it brings—will be saved.
It makes no sense to attempt to save our lives on earth only to lose everything when our lives quickly and inevitably pass away. The wise course is to invest our earthly resources—our time, talents, and wealth—in what is eternal. Even if we lose our lives for Jesus’ sake, that investment will produce returns for all eternity. Recognition of Jesus will be rewarded in the coming judgment. Failure to recognize Him will lead to significant loss. NKJ Bible.
Luke 9:23–27 (NKJV): Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 10:33 (NKJV): But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
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