“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a
great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away
from the truth and turn aside to myths.”
The
time has come! What Paul warned Timothy to be aware of, was that there
would come a time when people would refuse to hear the Word of God. We
are certainly living in a day and age when people want to be
entertained rather than taught. The word doctrine in the Greek is: didaskalia. It means to instruct or teach.
Have
you noticed that in the past several years there has been a dramatic
increase in books and movies that deal with mythical creatures and even
present them as being real.
Isn’t
it strange that the very people that deny the Bible as being the Word
of God are the very ones who support the myths as being true. These
people
often accuse Christians of being out of step with reality and reject
our teachings.
What
do we do a situation like this? I think Paul makes it very clear that
our task as believers is to be faithful in proclaiming the truth. Yes,
there are many who will reject it and reject us as well, but we are to
stay at the task until Jesus Comes!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
- - - Pastor Cecil
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