1 Timothy 6:3-10 ERV
3 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.
4 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.
5 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. 6 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. 7 When we came into the world, we brought nothing.
And when we die, we can take nothing out. 8 So, if we have food and clothes, we will be
satisfied with that. 9 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. 10 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.
In our passage, Paul ties believing incorrectly about doctrine with an inability to be
satisfied with what we have? Why do you believe that is true? Do you think that it has affected you?
Paul tells us that people who want to be rich and setting themselves in a trap through temptation? How have you seen that lived out in your own life?
How can you prepare yourself better so that you won’t have to bear the pain and sorrow
that will come to those who focus on earthly wealth?
