The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
Week 3: Chapter 2 — This World Is Not Our Home
Read Chapter 2 of The Treasure Principle. Primary Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16; Philippians 3:20; 1 Peter 2:11.
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Alcorn invites us to think carefully about the nature of this world and the next — because how we view eternity will determine how tightly we grip the things of earth.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.Alcorn uses the image of a traveler or an expatriate — someone living in a foreign country, not accumulating property there because they know they're going home. How does that image land for you? In what ways do you actually live like an expatriate? In what ways do you clearly not?
2.He argues that many Christians live as if this world is their home, building and accumulating as if the permanent destination is here. What cultural forces or practical pressures make that so easy to do, even for people who intellectually believe in heaven?
3.Hebrews 11 describes the Old Testament heroes as people who 'admitted that they were foreigners and strangers on earth' and who were 'longing for a better country.' Does that language describe your interior life? What would it look like if it did?
a.Which character from Hebrews 11 do you find most challenging or inspiring in their relationship to earthly wealth and security? Why?
b.Alcorn notes that Abraham left Ur — one of the most sophisticated cities of his time — without knowing where he was going. What would the equivalent 'Ur' be that God might be asking you to loosen your grip on?
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