Just because a person gives all they have into the ministry does not make them a good steward. It does not even promise kingdom victory. If that was the case the scripture text ... I Cor. 13:3 is in error and God does not err.
I Cor. 13:3
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the state to be burned as a Martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.
Paul was making a point here. Works ... Operating in Gifts ... abasing one's self to the point of death, or giving all one owns, can still leave a person bankrupt.
Eph. 2:8-10 amplified
For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;
Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
We are a people saved by grace through faith ... not by works, service, humility or our natural monetary supply. ~ Eph. 2:8-10
God loved us ... he gave ... we believed and received!
That is the Good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God gave ... we were benefited.
Heaven offered a gift of God ... that we might through receptivity of that gift receive life and that eternal, all that heaven (God) has to offer!
Oh, what a plan, oh what a planner.
O what a gift ... O what a giver!
Love God ... Love one another! This is today's requirement.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
What ever you need in life comes through the light of faith and flame of love, if you are able to believe and receive it!
