I think in eternity we will all be given according to our abilities and according to our faithfulness,

varying capacities for glorifying, serving, and worshiping God.

I believe our eternal reward will be in some way determined by the level of faithfulness we have had here.

Welcome to Grat You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

On today's broadcast, John is going to mix things up a bit.

Instead of walking you verse by verse through a passage of scripture, He's going to field questions from his home church

about the Bible and the Christian life. And maybe these are questions you've wrestled with as you've

studied God's word. Questions like, what happens to babies when they die? Or do Christians receive

varying degrees of rewards in heaven? And what should you say to someone who thinks he can lose his salvation?

Those are just a few of the practical issues John is going to look at.

So let's get started.

Here's John to begin the Q&A session.

My name is Roxanne Bartouche.

And the question I have is Matthew 542. Give to him who asks of you and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. Does that mean we give to everybody that asks of us?

I think that's a general principle, yes. Give to him who asks of you. The assumption is that he's not trying to take advantage of you.

The assumption is that the need is real, that the need is genuine. What you're really asking is, if I see a beggar, do I give money to a beggar?

That's not the point. There's a general principle, and that is the principle that when someone has need, legitimate,

genuine need, and they come to you and ask for that need to be met, and you have the resource

to do that, then you should do that.

Let me just say this.

One of the principles that I operate on as I travel around the world is never to give

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