Nothing But the Truth

DEVOTION
2 TIMOTHY
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
2 Tim 2:15-19
16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
NIV
Avoid godless chatter, profane useless discussions in other words. This is right up my alley. I have such a difficult time with useless discussions, or small talk. What is the point? But this is specifically talking about teachings that are in that category. Teachings which seem to have some sense of spirituality but in reality are nothing more than useless chatter. I am not sure I know anyone in these days that have gotten into that type of condition. Maybe some of those big time, TV and Radio guys might fall into that realm, but I do not listen to them so I cannot be sure. This does also speak to the issue of my making sure I never ever get off track, but stay right on with the truth if the scriptures. True, those men of the past did not have the inspired record of God’s word as I do today. All that was being taught was from word of mouth and it could well be something else than truth. Men were evil and self-serving saying things in order to draw to themselves crowds of followers. What, I think that applies to today as well. There certainly men today who preach words in order to draw crowds to themselves. But just because of that, are they evil? If they are telling people what people what to hear instead of the real truth, than yes, they are engaged in godless chatter and are evil drawing people away from the actually truth of God. They may not be teaching the resurrection has already come, but like Rob Bell, he is teaching heaven is already on earth. Isn’t that the same thing? And what about those who teach it is absolutely Godly to store up as wealth as you can. In fact that is what some of those TV guys are all about, fleecing the flock, taking in great sums of money for they own fame and fortune, glorifying their own self and agenda. Useless chatter, becoming more and more ungodly, is a horrible thing. I will not subscribe to any of that kind of teaching, nor will I engage in it either. Do I want to get the truth God has revealed to me in the hearts and minds of others? Sure, but that is up to God and how he is directing me. I simply have to make sure I always stay with the truth of God, and never get into profane useless chatter. Maybe that is way those TV guys are so big, their false teachings spread like gangrene, infecting the minds of people with fine sounding words. I will not, if fact I think what I preach and teach and write about is not a very popular concept. It is the truth, but not popular. But I will continue on with the truth, nothing but the truth.