Now don’t misunderstand me. How we use our wealth is a huge deal. Indeed, it’s such a reliable barometer of our faith in Christ that our eternal destiny could be revealed by it. Remember the goats in Matthew 25. Remember the rich man in Luke 16. But when I say that being rich in this age means almost nothing, here’s what I mean: being rich in this present age is nothing to be envious of, because in the end, this wealth is unbelievably short-lived. This present age is temporal, whereas the age to come is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
