Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

hundred people received Christ as a result of the programs, then these souls are the spiritual fruit (Phil. 4:17), or the spiritual harvest resulting from the broadcast. The eternal reward is that every person who planted a financial gift in the offering for the camera now has eternal fruit (souls) credited to his or her heavenly account! They will be rewarded for this act of obedience at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10). Paul taught that the reason for supporting his ministry was that spiritual fruit would be credited in heaven to those who helped him reach the lost: Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account. —P HILIPPIANS 4:17 The principle of seed-faith offerings is based on the understanding of the natural law of sowing and harvest. A good seed will always produce fruit if the proper conditions are met. T HE N ATURAL, T HEN THE S PIRITUAL However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. —1 C ORINTHIANS 15:46