Store the Inexhaustible Treasure and Credit in Heaven that will not Decay

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In Luke 12:22–34, Yahushua launches into an explanation that the disciples need to be dependent on Yahuwah who provides all things in the right manner for each person and not be anxious about material/earthly things.⁵⁶ The disciples must place their belief and faith in Yahuwah first and foremost above all things. And it should be noted that Yahushua’s instruction to the disciples is not limited to those who are wealthy but also to those who are poor.⁵⁷ Sin and impurity affect both the rich and poor alike, thus causing the need for repentance, a turning away from sin and a turning towards Yahuwah. Yahushua concludes his explanation with the following verses: “Sell your belongings and give alms (eleēmosynēn).

Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart (kardia) be.” Instead of building newer and bigger earthly barns for themselves to store up earthly treasures which have no real credit in the Kingdom of Yahuwah, the disciples are urged to store the inexhaustible treasure and credit in heaven that will not decay or be stolen in the moneybags of those who need alms, like the poor, the widows, and the orphans. And Yahushua’s final sentence in this explanation highlights the placement of one’s treasure and the placement of one’s heart, which indicates the center of one’s existence. Is one’s heart filled with the sin of greed and ultimately evil and impurity? Is one’s heart concerned with one’s own fruit? One’s own earthly treasures? Then one’s treasure is earthlybound and will not bear good fruit in what really matters – eternal life and heavenly treasure.⁵⁸ If one’s heart is rich in Yahuwah, If one’s heart is filled with care for the poor⁵⁹ Then one’s treasure is a heavenly inheritance that cannot be destroyed or stolen, and one’s treasure will bear good fruit. And with a heavenly treasury, one finds a purity of the heart that cannot be found in exterior things and that can only be found in a lasting faith in the mercy of Yahuwah. As Yahushua reminded his disciples: “Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). The mercy one bestows on others is the measure of the mercy one will receive from Yahuwah.