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Paul told Timothy to instruct people not to teach false doctrine or pay attention to myths and endless genealogies
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Myths are legends that people tell that are obviously not found within the Scriptures.
It reminds me of something else Paul said to the Corinthians
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Nothing beyond what is written.
We are to place our faith in “nothing beyond what is written.”
We are to place our confidence in “nothing beyond what is written.”
We are to give our greatest allegiance to “nothing beyond what is written.”
We are to take pride in “nothing beyond what is written.”
We are to boast about “nothing beyond what is written.”
I will give my life to “nothing beyond what is written.”
This was a saying that was common in Pauls day, and I believe it should be a saying that we make common again in ours.
Paul told Timothy that one of his main responsibilities was to guard true doctrine and refute and correct false doctrine because the consequences are grave.
False doctrine can have eternal consequences over people’s souls.
Paul said that false doctrines promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.
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So you see that true doctrine teaches what is God’s real plan of salvation which operates by faith.
We are saved by faith, not by works.
We are not saved apart from faith, or before we have faith, we are saved by and through faith.
Faith is the means that God has chosen to give us the choice of accepting Him or rejecting Him.
He did not chose a plan of salvation that operates by works, He chose a plan of salvation that operates by faith.
He said that goal of our instruction, or the goal of our doctrine is love
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This is the goal of our instruction --
Love that comes from a pure heart
Love that comes from a good conscience &
Love that comes from a sincere faith
Only when we have these things, a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith will we make the greatest impact in the world we live in.
Paul goes on to warn about those who turn away from sound doctrine because of their own sinful desires
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Paul says that in pursuing our own desires that God has declared sinful we turn away from sound teaching/doctrine.
We abandon what God has said to be true and we declare what we believe to be true instead and we declare God to be wrong, and anyone who follows Him is wrong as well.
But Paul was not shaken by what people thought about him.
Paul was not shaken by the many many many people who abused, beat, and tried to kill him.
He knew that God was good and loving and merciful, and he pressed on in sharing that good news with everyone, who wanted to hear it or not, in order that they might be saved.
He went on:
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That’s what Christmas is all about.
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Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the worst of them.
That is the attitude we must all have if we are to reach this world.
To live peaceably in the world, to pray for our government leaders, to love everyone, and to align our hearts with God’s heart.
A few sentences later he goes on to say
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God wants everyone to be saved, Everyone!
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And that is why it’s so important to guard the teachings of God, true doctrine.
He commanded Timothy again:
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Guarding the doctrine is one of the primary responsibilities of an Elder.
Because it is true doctrine that results in a church body made up of people who love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith that will honor God the most.
In Paul’s second letter to Timothy he said this
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This is the attitude we must have with those who oppose us.
With those who disagree with what we believe and hold dear.
With those who hate us and can’t tolerate us.
This is how we are to communicate the gospel with them.
Why?
So that they may escape the trap of Satan and be released from his captivity and be saved, which is what God wants of every person on this planet who has ever lived and who ever will.
We will finish by looking at one more thing that Paul told Timothy.
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Paul understood very clearly and was very concerned with the church being led astray not only by the desire of the Pastor who was in the ministry for the wrong reason, but also by the church body itself.
Jesus said many things that we don’t want to hear.
But aren’t we glad He came to say them anyways?
He told us that we can’t live any way we want to live.
He told us that we don’t get to declare what is right and what is not, only he does.
He told us we must turn from sin and change how we live, and we didn’t like that, but aren’t we glad he came and said those things anyway?
Even though we would have rather lived however we wanted, are we glad he came and told us we can’t, because by coming, he died, and by dying, he rose from the dead, and by doing that for us, we can live forever with him with no pain, or sorrow, or heartache ever again, and without Him dying for us, we would be without hope forever.
So even though there are many who don’t want to hear the name of Christ this Christmas, and will instead opt to say happy holidays, and make Christmas all about Santa and giving gifts to others, we know the greatest gift of all was from God who gave His Only Son so that whoever would believe in him would not perish, but have eternal life.
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