“Friends by the Mammon of Unrighteousness”
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Better than all the friendship of the world is the friendship of
Christ’s redeemed. Better than a title to the noblest palace on earth
is a title to the mansions our Lord has gone to prepare. And better
than all the words of earthly praise will be the Saviour’s words to His
faithful servants, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34
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To those who have squandered His goods, Christ still gives oppor-
tunity to secure lasting riches. He says, “Give, and it shall be given
unto you.” “Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure
in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither
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moth corrupteth.”
Luke 6:38
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12:33
. “Charge them that are rich in this
world, ... that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.”
1 Timothy 6:17-19
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Then let your property go beforehand to heaven. Lay up your
treasures beside the throne of God. Make sure your title to the un-
searchable riches of Christ. “Make to yourselves friends by means
of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it shall fail, they may
receive you into the eternal tabernacles.” R.V.
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