Good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings. We're going through the Bible,

verse by verse, and today we are in 1st Timothy and the sixth chapter. And our text is going to be

verses 17 through 19. I'm sorry if I'm laughing. It's one of those things where you had to be there.

But hey, really excited to let you know before we get started here that the new site at

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for you there online. All right, let's get started.

1 Timothy chapter 6. We're going to begin in verse 17. We left off in verse 16 last week.

And we're just going to get to verse 19. We're not going to quite finish the chapter

and with it the book today. I think you'll see why here in a moment. So for those of you that are

here, if you're able, I'll ask you to stand. You can follow along as I read. If not, where

you're seated is fine. And those of you online can follow along as well.

The Apostle Paul is writing to a young pastor, Timothy, and he says, verse 17, command those who are rich

in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope in wealth,

which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything

for our enjoyment. Command them, verse 18, to do good, to be rich in good

deeds, and to be generous, and willing to share. In this way, verse 19, they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age,

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