1 Timothy 6.2-19 | Godliness with Contentment | Jeremy Cobb (7.20.2025)

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How does your relationship with money reveal the state of your walk with God?

The episode is a sermon from First Baptist Church in Zeeland, Michigan, part of a summer series called 'For His Glory.' Pastor Jeremy Cobb opens by reading 1 Timothy 6 and explains the letter's context as Paul writing to young pastor Timothy. He introduces the main theme: how to engage money and wealth for God's glory, framing it as a spiritual barometer. Cobb discusses cultural obsession with money and the human tendency to claim possessions as 'mine,' using a Finding Nemo reference. He delves into the biblical text, highlighting false teachers who see godliness as material gain and contrasting it with true godliness with contentment. The sermon breaks the passage into three parts: looking down at possessions, looking up to God, and instructions for the rich. Cobb warns that desiring wealth leads to temptation and destruction, citing gambling as an example. He emphasizes fighting the good fight by fleeing evil and pursuing righteousness through faith in Jesus. For the rich, he advises against arrogance and hope in uncertain wealth, instead urging generosity and good works. Cobb shares insights from commentators like Doug Mangum and Todd Twist, and references Dave Ramsey on money as a magnifier. He concludes with five practical points on stewardship, generosity, and obedience, ending with the story of Stanley Tam, who gave his U.S. Plastic Corporation to God, funding global gospel ministry.

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A clear, pastoral sermon on the worship questions beneath money, contentment, and cheerful giving.

Contentment becomes the central worship question here, with 1 Timothy 6 placed against the promises money tends to make: power, security, pleasure, meaning, and purpose.

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You want to examine what money promises before it starts promising to run your life.

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