February 15 | Daily Devotion | How Can I Endure In Love For Jesus Until The End? | Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenFebruary 14, 202416mWatch on YouTube

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Summary

The speaker argues that a Christian's devotion must be exclusively to Christ, warning against the spiritual 'harlotry' of prioritizing money or worldly attractions over God. He emphasizes that according to Jesus' teaching, one cannot serve two masters—God and wealth—and that true discipleship requires proving faithfulness through financial struggle, as God tests believers in this area before granting ministry.

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How can I endure in love for Jesus until the end?The church is called to be a faithful bride to Christ, maintaining exclusive love for Him without looking longingly at the world, much like a faithful spouse.

You cannot serve God and wealthJesus teaches in Luke that no servant can serve two masters, specifically identifying the two competing masters as God and wealth, not God and Satan.Luke 16:13

Having the spirit of a harlot by loving moneyJust as a spouse cannot claim to love another man while loving her husband more, a Christian cannot claim to love Jesus more while still loving money.

Why our churches never take collectionsFollowing the example of Jesus and the early apostles, the churches associated with the speaker have never taken a single offering in decades.

Proving God's faithfulness with zero in the bankAfter leaving a high-paying job in the Navy and giving away his savings, the speaker experienced years of intense financial struggle and testing.

Refusing to get into debtLiving without borrowing money, taking vacations, or using credit cards prevents a believer from following another Jesus who compromises with debt.

God tests a man in the area of money before giving a ministryMany fail to receive a ministry from God because they fail the financial test by borrowing, begging, and failing to repay debts.

Trusting God for land without asking anyoneWhen needing funds to secure a land purchase for a growing fellowship within a strict deadline, the believers refused to send appeals and received an anonymous check for the exact amount.

Proving the same principle in the poorest villagesThe practice of having self-supporting churches without taking offerings was extended to the poorest villages in India where no churches had existed for millennia.

Enduring in love until the end by stopping the love of moneyTo endure in love for Jesus until the end, believers must completely renounce the love of money and trust their Father in heaven.

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