Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and
destitute of the Truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw
thyself. But godliness with contentment
is great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content. But they that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee
these things; and follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness. Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a
good profession before many witnesses. 1
Timothy, Chapter 6, verses 5-12.
God is reminding us to stay away from people who
have corrupt minds or those who distort the Word of God. There are some who feel the proof of being a
good Christian would be having all the worldly possessions they want. Actually, there are people who believe that
way today. They feel God would want them
to have all types of nice things (possessions) and they actively pray for them. I know someone who looks at a picture of her
dream car each day and then visualizes God giving it to her. I know God said that He would take care of
our every need, but I don’t think that means we are going to eat steak and
prime rib every night because we are Christians, and we aren’t guaranteed we’ll
drive fancy cars.
In fact, a big portion of this passage talks about
how a lot of Christians get caught up in trying to attain money, status and
worldly possessions which corrupt them.
He says we are to be content with the food and the clothes we have, not
visualizing ourselves being given fancy cars, high level jobs and lots of
money. The desire for these things could
very well lead us astray.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
