2 Timothy 2:14-18
Have you tried walking on mud? The other day I was walking on mud while trying to prepare a garden. It was a slippery mess. I did not have a good stable base on which to stand. Beside sliding my shoes gradually picked up more and more mud. Now along with lacking proper footing my walking became uneven, almost stumbling from the uneven mud built up on my shoes. Just as mud on the shoes lead to instability in walking, so also does false teaching and adopting of its falsehood lead to a spiritual life that is not stable. As Paul writes his second letter to Timothy, he seeks to communicate how he can be a leader who faithfully follows the truth found in God’s word the Bible. However, in chapter 2, there were some men who turned from the truth and ruined their faith (16-17). Paul writes to challenge Timothy to warn and thus protect his audience from false teaching (14) by promoting spiritual health in the church through his teaching of God’s truth. Timothy was to be a man who sought his approval from God and taught what God approved from the word of God (15). He was to be like a workman who labors in his study to understand the Bible and then labors in his persistent teaching of accurate truth to his audience. Timothy was to avoid what is not true and teach only what is true. For us today we need to look for ways to bring God’s truth and the message of salvation through Jesus into every conversation. Like Timothy, we need to be diligent in the truth by spending time reading and absorbing the truth of Scripture to bring spiritual stability to our lives and spiritual help to others who have lost their way.
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Have you tried walking on mud? The other day I was walking on mud while trying to prepare a garden. It was a slippery mess. I did not have a good stable base on which to stand. Beside sliding my shoes gradually picked up more and more mud. Now along with lacking proper footing my walking became uneven, almost stumbling from the uneven mud built up on my shoes. Just as mud on the shoes lead to instability in walking, so also does false teaching and adopting of its falsehood lead to a spiritual life that is not stable. As Paul writes his second letter to Timothy, he seeks to communicate how he can be a leader who faithfully follows the truth found in God’s word the Bible. However, in chapter 2, there were some men who turned from the truth and ruined their faith (16-17). Paul writes to challenge Timothy to warn and thus protect his audience from false teaching (14) by promoting spiritual health in the church through his teaching of God’s truth. Timothy was to be a man who sought his approval from God and taught what God approved from the word of God (15). He was to be like a workman who labors in his study to understand the Bible and then labors in his persistent teaching of accurate truth to his audience. Timothy was to avoid what is not true and teach only what is true. For us today we need to look for ways to bring God’s truth and the message of salvation through Jesus into every conversation. Like Timothy, we need to be diligent in the truth by spending time reading and absorbing the truth of Scripture to bring spiritual stability to our lives and spiritual help to others who have lost their way.
For More See 2 TIMOTHY
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