“in Season, Out of Season” - why?
Blessings Folk!!
As we have been discussing, we are to be ready in season and out of season to proclaim the truth, the Word of God.
Each of us.
Not just a select orator.
Yes, yes...there are those who have spiritual gifts of speaking, but that does not mean that others are exempt from speaking truth.
Why are we to be ready?
We touched on a portion of this during our last time together. Let’s continue…
2 Tim 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
Who is “they”?
The “church”?
The world?
We expect the world to not endure sound doctrine. By definition, they have yet to be redeemed if they are still in the world. They would not be under the doctrine - teaching - of the Lord.
I suspect that the Lord is referring to the Body of Christ - the church. Paul had been instructing Timothy in the two canonical letters, especially related to the Body of Christ and leadership.
We have arrived at a level within the Body that I think would surprise Paul.
The church today does not endure sound doctrine.
Most of our times together to examine the Word begins with “what do you think?” rather than “what does the Word say?”
So much of the “professing church” wants the following...
but wanting to have their ears tickled,
Most want to have their ears tickled.
They want to hear what they want to hear.
They do not truly care to hear the Word of the Lord.
They just want a cute religious exercise to exorcise their guilt...then a chance to do it all over again.
They are not truly interested in being transformed…
Therefore...
they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
NASU
They accumulate pastors, teachers, leaders and the like that will align with their own desires and wants.
They reject the truth.
They turn to myths.
You may know, if not, you would be amazed at how many people who profess to be believers are absolutely convinced by the lies of…
Dan Brown (the novelist)
Charles Darwin
John Edwards (not the politician)
John Spong
etc. etc.
These are deceived always wanting to hear a new truth...always wanting to know something that no on else knows...all the while they become twice the sons of hell as those they adore.
Folk, these are serious times.
More evil days are rapidly coming.
Will you stand in the truth of the Lord, or will you continue to go about pursuing the world while playing a religious game?
Let us confess, repent and press on in the glory of the Most High God.
Blessings!!
Today’s reading from the “So That’s Why” Bible consists of pp. 924-929.
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