1 Timothy 6:3-19⁠

Every December, we launch our End of Year Giving Campaign. In this talk, we

consider how, as followers of Jesus, we are called to treat money. Paul

writes to Timothy with instruction to three groups of people: those who

have lost sight of Jesus and who are solely interested in financial gain;

those who are materially poor; and those who are wealthy. And, in this

context, he exhorts Timothy, and all three groups, to refrain from being

distracted.

Our focus is not the love of money, but to take hold of the kingdom of God.

It is only here where we are freed from the power money can exert over us

to become the generous givers we have been made to be. There is no better

use of the resources we have been given than to give them away for the sake

of the Kingdom of God. 

By Ed Flint