Re: Verse reading–1 Timothy 6:3-19 (day five)
“For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.”–v 7.
A popular phrase. Describes a limited resource situation. “More for me will mean less for you.” And vice versa. At the end of the game, gains and losses always equal zero. Life is like that. Over time, all that we have accumulated will be surrendered back. Early gains will exactly equal later losses. Old Joke. . . rich man dies. Q-“How much did he leave?” A-“All”. The only exception to this rule is the soul. A relationship with God, deeds done in service to Him, these go with us out of this present age into the next. These are the “treasures” that Jesus encouraged us to send ahead.–Matthew 6:19. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”—Mark 8:36. It doesn’t! Apart from Christ and a walk of faith, life is a zero-sum game.
