2 Timothy 4:3-5 — Firm Foundations!

READ THIS: 2 Timothy 4:3-5

3 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. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

WHAT’S THIS MEAN, ANYWAY?

Paul tells Timothy that a time will come when people will no longer want to hear God's Word, but instead they will want to hear whatever will let them live however they'd like to live. We sadly see this happen more often today than not. People leave churches because they don't like this or they don't like that about a sermon or worship, but God makes it clear that there is one correct way to teach and one correct way to worship... so what are they? 

When it comes to teaching, we must only rely on teaching that comes directly from God's Word. If we use anything but the Bible and the words Jesus used as our foundation, it will lead us in the wrong direction. When we worship, it has to be about praising Jesus and only Jesus. He is the only name that deserves all our praise forever!

THINK ABOUT IT:

1. Why do you think it is so important that when we teach or preach, it comes directly from God's Word?

2. Paul tells Timothy to "do the work of an evangelist," which means to preach and tell others the good news about Jesus. What is one way you can do the work of an evangelist today?

 

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Sometimes the best way to tell the difference between a lie we want to hear and the truth is to search through the Bible. Check out this website and type up what God says about any topic you can think of!