They Will Not Endure Sound Doctrine
People react to truth quite differently from one another. Sometimes we even
refuse to accept the obvious if we do not like it - like the overweight smoker
who is told by his doctor he had better quit smoking and lose some weight. When
the doctor asks, “Now, what are you going to do about it?” He replies, “ I am
going to find another doctor… one that smokes and is overweight.”
Yes, we can always find an expert who will tell us what we want to hear - a
politician or a philosopher or a preacher. And there are those who will gladly
change those parts of Scripture that we may not like… and this is nothing new.
Back in Isaiah’s day 700 years B.C. there were people who rejected his message
from the Lord choosing instead the false prophets who told them what the
Scriptures call “smooth things.” (Isa. 30:10). Paul one time asked, “Have I
become your enemy because I tell you the truth?” (Gal. 4:16). The Scriptures
also tell us “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but wanting to have their ears tickled they will accumulate teachers in
accordance with their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth,
and will turn aside unto myths.” (2 Tim. 4:3,4).
God’s word is truth. Anything which contradicts it is false. Build your hopes
and life on the one sure foundation… on the rock; the words of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
By Jon W. Quinn
The Final Page
From Expository Files 19.10; October 2012
