DEPRIVED OF THE TRUTH
Rollin Wilson, Jr
Scripture Reading:
[Timothy 6:5
" ... destitute of
the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw
thyself."
From this verse comes a
seed of thought I'm sure many of us have questioned before,
"supposing that gain is godliness." Job wondered why the
wicked prospered and the righteous suffered. Oft the believer
wonders why such-and-such a denomination prospers when its adherents
see and stand for so little Pauline truth. If ever a generation, in
the history of the church, based "truth" on results
produced (gain), it's today. I speak of the so-called "evangelical
camp" of theology. They reason something like this: unless you
can show results (in the form of numbers, converts, decisions,
workers, etc.) your validity (godliness) is in question.
Now, we say we have the
truth; let us guard then, that we fall not into the category of
those (destitute of the truth) who equate gain with godliness. Paul
learned to count "gain," as "loss for Christ"
(Philippians 3:7). Again, we are not to see "gain," but
rather the "loss of all things." Where were Paul's masses
(gain) of converts in Asia (II Timothy 1:15) near the end of his
ministry?
This is a hard pill for
the flesh to swallow, not always to see results (as man counts
results). Perhaps this area of "the truth" is most
difficult for some "grace folk" to see. Surely the fault
does not lie with the truth, nor the special dispensation of it by
Paul. This then, is no time to rely on method, approach or strategy
nor a shift (or drift) from the preaching of Christ according to the
revelation of the Mystery (Romans 16:25). Too often we try to make
our niche in the service of the Lord appear "gain." Let's
be faithful, telling it as it is. This, beloved, is the truth!
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