Note that Elliot references Luke 16:9 along with this great quote.
Commentator R.A. Torrey states that this passage shows the financial principle of transmutation - Money, though so often an idol in this world, when used for eternal purposes, is transformed into something of eternal value.
Yet, as he writes, "The influence of the world and the worldly spirit is deadening to unselfish giving. It exalts self-indulgence, whether in gross or refined form. It leads to covetous hoarding or wasteful spending. It blinds us to the fact of obligation, and devises flimsy pretexts for diverting the Lord's money to carnal ends. The few who learn to give on Scriptural principles learn also to love to give. These gifts become abundant and systematic and self-denying. The stream of beneficence flows perpetually — there is no period of drought."
Note that Elliot references Luke 16:9 along with this great quote.
ReplyDeleteCommentator R.A. Torrey states that this passage shows the financial principle of transmutation - Money, though so often an idol in this world, when used for eternal purposes, is transformed into something of eternal value.
Yet, as he writes, "The influence of the world and the worldly spirit is deadening to unselfish giving. It exalts self-indulgence, whether in gross or refined form. It leads to covetous hoarding or wasteful spending. It blinds us to the fact of obligation, and devises flimsy pretexts for diverting the Lord's money to carnal ends. The few who learn to give on Scriptural principles learn also to love to give. These gifts become abundant and systematic and self-denying. The stream of beneficence flows perpetually — there is no period of drought."