03/12/2025
Child of God, notice the sequence of Jesus' promise. He doesn’t say, “Believe so that you will not perish, and later I will add eternal life.” He says the opposite. You believe, and He gives you eternal life, and by the presence of that eternal life, you do not perish. Eternal life is the foundation, not perishing is the result.
Here is the mystery many miss: God determines that you will live forever, but He does not determine how you will live in that forever. Your eternal existence is guaranteed by His gift, but the quality of that eternal existence is shaped by your giving. His generosity made your forever possible but your generosity influences what that forever becomes.
So, while giving does not buy salvation, it builds the lifestyle you will enjoy in eternity. You will live forever because God gave. But you shape the condition of that forever by what you give.