Got Fruit ?

Last week has really caught up with me. I’d been staying up until O-dark thirty most nights studying or on occasion reading blogs and visiting Christian sites. So many questions, so little time.

I’ve been trying to catchup on my devotionals, and the past two evenings worth have been from the 1st Book of Timothy. The short and quick of it is that the “lesson” is on the “why” and the “how” that the rich (financially) should not only give, but embrace joyously the opportunity to give. Perhaps at a later time this is something to post on but for now I’ll let you draw your own conclusions. Insert segue now…

Enough rambling though. You may (or may not, if this is your first visit) recall a recent post on the subject of science & technology that came about after having read Pistol Pete’s take on the subject; thanks to him for his recent plug of “Got-Fruit?” by the way. So I’m sitting at my desk writing out the verse that the author of the devotional is touching on for the day. The author writes his devotionals based off of the King James Version of scripture, so I reach for my KJV to make sure that what he’s written is actually in the Bible. Everything checks out. So I go into my routine:

Now, on occasion, especially if I’m reading from the KJV, I’ll read the entire chapter that the study verse is located in, such was the case last night. The study verse in this instance was 1st Timothy 6:17-18.

1st Timothy 6:17-18 (KJV)
17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

So, I read the study verse, but continued on, there are only 21 verses in the 6th chapter with chapter 19 being Paul’s summation of why it is beneficial for the rich to give. Then however it’s almost as if Paul switches his train of thought, and closes with the following:

1st Timothy 6:20-21 (KJV)
20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

Keep in mind; the church of Ephesus had a major problem with Gnosticism (Greek for “knowledge”), which basically taught that one could be saved by “knowledge”. Now maybe it was just a final and dramatic exhortation on Paul’s part, maybe an after thought.

Considering the past few days on the subject, it was rather timely that I ran across this verse, and seeing as the ‘ole memory hadn’t been purged yet, I thought I’d add an extra 2 Cents worth to the previous post.

Hope you all have enjoyed.

1 Corinthians 1:25
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.