Beggars Throughout Eternity

Yesterday at DSC, we had a guest preacher, Matthew Ellison. Matthew is the leader of an amazing missions organization called 1615. (www.1615.org). If you are a church leader I would greatly encourage you to check out what they do and how they could serve you.

Here is a hard and sobering quote from his message yesterday:

Robert Murray M'Cheyne, a Scottish pastor who died at the age of 29 in 1843 spoke of the mercy and generosity of Christians as evidence of the new birth. He loved the poor in his parish, and he feared for those who did not look for ways to show them mercy:

He once said to his congregation:
"I am concerned for the poor but more for you. I know not what Christ will say to you in the great day...I fear there are many hearing me who may know well that they are not Christians, because they do not love to give. To give largely and liberally, not grudging at all, requires a new heart; an old heart would rather part with its life-blood than its money. Oh my friends! Enjoy your money; make the most of it; give none away; enjoy it quickly for I can tell you, you will be beggars throughout eternity!"