Jesus lays out three basic principles that would transform our lives if we only applied them. In summary they are:
1. Our possessions are to be used as a tool to further God’s
kingdom here on earth;
2. They are given to us as a test to see how much responsibility we will be given in heaven;
3. They serve as a trademark to those around us that we are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wesley K. Willmer in God and Your Stuff (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2002) 13.