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Uncertain Riches

1 Timothy 6:17

Paul instructs the rich not to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God. The warning is not against wealth itself. It is against transferring ultimate confidence to something that can evaporate. Riches are uncertain. God is not. Hope belongs with the latter.

How you’d preach it

Wealth is real and useful. It is also unstable and must not become the object of trust.

  • Greed
  • Fear
  • Generosity

1 Timothy 6:17

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