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False Teaching and True Riches 1 Timothy 6:3-10
Some people will teach what is false and will not agree with the true teaching of our Lord
Jesus Christ. They will not accept the teaching that produces a life of devotion to
God. They are proud of what they know, but they understand nothing. They are sick with
a love for arguing and fighting about words. And that brings jealousy, quarrels, insults,
and evil mistrust. They are always making trouble, because they are people whose
thinking has been confused. They have lost their understanding of the truth. They think
that devotion to God is a way to get rich.
Devotion to God is, in fact, a way for people to be very rich, but only if it makes them
satisfied with what they have. When we came into the world, we brought nothing. And
when we die, we can take nothing out. So, if we have food and clothes, we will be
satisfied with that. People who want to be rich bring temptations to themselves. They are
caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. These things
ruin and destroy people. The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have
turned away from what we believe because they want to get more and more money. But
they have caused themselves a lot of pain and sorrow.
As Christians how easy is it to slip into ways that lead us into conflict with our Lord
by seeking material gain and for Churches not to have Jesus at the centre but
money?
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