Appy, by God's grace, I live overwhelmingly as you teach. Things have long ago lost their allure. If it's functional somehow toward my aiding The Kingdom or helpful to someone in a Kingdom ministry way, fine. Otherwise, I'm just not that interested any more.
Certainly all those verses--that's Scripture and Truth.
But it's not quite the whole counsel of Scripture, imho.
And, I even think that we've lost sight of some very key parts of authentic Christianity when we fail to notify folks that God calls us to take up our cross daily . . . that it's no bed of roses but more a road of suffering in a list of respects . . .
But that's not the whole story, either.
Abandonment is a key spiritual quality too few know much about in our era . . . though I'm finding more whom God has pressed through or is pressing through such a sieve.
Jesus also calls us to HIS ABUNDANT LIFE in all the respects that can mean IN HIM AND IN HIS PRIORITIES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.
Making it sound like Christ said MONEY was the root of all evil
INSTEAD OF: THE LOVE OF money is the root of all evil is a distortion of the truth . . . a deception, too.
His abundance is not the abundance of this world. It is the abundance of a joyful life. As Paul says, I have learned to be satisfied in want and in plenty. Too many Christians only seem to find satisfaction in plenty.
In reality, Satan makes a much better Santa Claus IMHO. He decieves us into loving the things of this world and measuring our success by them. I made a lot more money and had a lot nicer stuff when I lived in Satan's back pocket.