⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out. ⁸ But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. ⁹ But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹¹ But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. ¹² Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. ¹³ I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession, ¹⁴ that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. ¹⁶ He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; ¹⁸ that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share; ¹⁹ laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

²⁰ Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge, ²¹which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith.

Grace be with you. Amen.

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These words comfort. These words speak real consolation to real heartaches and real sorrow. These words, when received by faith and firmly fixed before our eyes, are sufficient to bring hope to even the darkest times and deepest difficulties.

What are these comforting words of which the apostle speaks? It is the two-fold good news that death is temporary and that our life with Jesus is not.

When we face the gaping, cavernous pain of the grave — for ourselves or with our loved ones — there is nothing that could be more encouraging than to hear and to know that this is not forever. The seeming finality of death is broken to pieces by the declaration of the resurrected Christ: I will come again and bring you with me!

Only the body of God’s children is asleep. The soul that is absent from the body is immediately with the Lord. And here is the second part of Paul’s comforting message — your time with the Lord will never come to an end.

Heaven is not an extended vacation, the end of which you anticipate and dread even from its beginning. No we will be forever with the Lord! The greatest moment of our life — when we finally see our Savior and bask in his glory and perfection — is the one moment that will never have to come to an end.

Dear believer, comfort others — and comfort yourself — with these words.