Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Timothy 6:11-19
by: Nick Kersten.
In his last words of this letter to his protégé, Timothy, Paul reminded him to persevere and live a life of hope and quality because of the hope that is in Christ. To us, this passage can be an encouragement to trust in the promises of the Lord. In addition, Paul gave Timothy a command for the rich and self-dependent to live lives of good deeds—without relying on their material possessions to save them. Paul reasoned that a life of good deeds stores up treasures for the coming age, echoing Jesus’ teachings (Matthew 6:19-20).