Eternal Investments

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? - MATTHEW 6:25-27

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” - MATTHEW 6:19-21

Storing up Treasures on Earth vs. Storing up Treasures in Heaven

ON EARTH
Earthly investments are temporary.
Money, fame, possessions, security, success, power, and influence.

IN HEAVEN
Heavenly investments are eternal.

HEAVENLY INVESTMENTS
- Time
- Talent
- Treasures (money/tithing/offering)

Tithing is investing for eternity. If Jesus is your #1 then you’ll invest in eternity. You save for eternity by being generous to God now.

BIBLE VERSES ABOUT REWARDS IN HEAVEN

James 1:12
Matthew 16:27
Matthew 5:12
2 Corinthians 5:10
Revelation 22:12
Matthew 25:21
Luke 12:33-34
Revelation 2:10
Matthew 6:4
1 Corinthians 3:8
1 Timothy 6:17-19
1 Corinthians 2:9
Matthew 6:6
2 Timothy 4:8
Matthew 25:14-30
1 Peter 5:4
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
1 Thessalonians 2:19
Revelation 21:4
Matthew 6:19-21
1 Corinthians 3:12-14
Matthew 5:17-19
Jeremiah 17:10
John 14:2
Matthew 25:46
Matthew 6:20
2 Timothy 4:7-8
Luke 18:22
Luke 6:35
1 Peter 1:4
Luke 6:23
Revelation 3:11
2 John 1:8
Romans 6:23
Philippians 3:14
Romans 8:18
1 Corinthians 9:25
Daniel 12:3
Isaiah 40:10
Revelation 2:7
1 Corinthians 9:24-25
Matthew 6:1-34
1 Corinthians 15:58
Matthew 6:18
Philippians 3:20
1 Corinthians 3:12-15
Genesis 15:1
Revelation 4:10
Hebrews 11:6
Revelation 20:6
Revelation 2:17
Colossians 3:23-24
Revelation 3:21
Matthew 25:23
Psalm 18:20
Hebrews 11:26
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
Matthew 6:2
1 Thessalonians 4:17
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Matthew 5:11-12
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
Matthew 19:29
2 Timothy 2:11-12
Matthew 19:21
Revelation 3:5
Hebrews 11:16
1 Corinthians 3:15
1 Corinthians 3:10-15
Hebrews 12:2
Matthew 10:41-42
Revelation 22:1-21
Revelation 4:10-11
Revelation 4:4
Revelation 4:2
1 Corinthians 3:14
Matthew 6:16-18
Matthew 5:19
Colossians 3:24
John 3:16
Matthew 19:28
Isaiah 64:6
Revelation 20:12-13
Revelation 3:12
1 John 3:2
Hebrews 10:34
1 Timothy 6:18-19
Ephesians 2:8-9
Luke 6:22-23
Matthew 6:19
Revelation 2:26
2 Corinthians 12:2
1 Corinthians 15:42-44
Luke 12:33
Proverbs 11:18
Romans 11:6
Revelation 2:11
Luke 15:7
Revelation 21:7
Philippians 4:1

WHAT HEAVEN WILL BE LIKE
- Heaven is a place
- We will have bodies
- We will have jobs
- We will receive rewards

Storing up Treasures in Heaven is Investing in Your Eternity.

HOW TO INVEST IN YOUR ETERNITY

1. Stop Comparing, Start Celebrating

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” - MATTHEW 6:22-23

Spiritual Principle = Have an Eternal Perspective
Do you celebrate the achievements of others?

2. Build a Legacy Based on Relationships instead of Possessions

24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” - MATTHEW 6:24

Spiritual Principle = Have Eternal Priorities
Relationships will carry on to Heaven, but your stuff won’t.

3. Give and Receive Generously

1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” - MATTHEW 6:1-4

Spiritual Principle = Give in Secret
Believers are called to freely give to others, while expecting nothing in return and knowing our investment is in eternity, not the temporary.

33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - MATTHEW 6:33-34

There will never be a “perfect” time to start being generous and investing in eternity. Start now.