"Such Christians need faithful teachers to remind them that God’s favor should not be gauged from things that will perish, such as wealth, power, and victories, but from eternal benefits. For to bestow kingdoms and the wealth of the world is a small token of the majesty of God. These things God gave for the use of all when He created the world, but that gift reveals the nature of the Divine Majesty when we shall rise from the dead and live in the new world, and forever at that. Therefore it serves no purpose to say: “God is granting kingdoms. He is granting wealth. Consequently, I have a propitious God.”
One should rather say: “God gives a promise, and it deals with eternal life."
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