Titus 2:1
“You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.“
Titus 2:1 NIV
The idea behind this verse has to do with right living, not just right thinking. The New Living Translation promotes the kind of living that reflects right teaching. We can’t escape it. The Bible is a book that tells us how to live. It is the height of hypocrisy to say that we believe its truth if we ignore how it tells us to live our lives. We don’t always like it, but we always need to hear how God expects us to live.
Like us, these young pastors of the early Church were urged to hold fast to the faithful Word of God which was taught by Paul and Christ's other apostles so that they were enabled to exhort and challenge all who contradicted the sound teachings of the Word of truth.
And if anyone advocated a different doctrine which did not agree with the sound words of Scripture, Paul described such as one as, Conceited, understanding nothing, and having a sick interest in disputes and arguments.
False doctrine leads us astray from the truth of the glorious gospel of Christ and sets us adrift from the secure moorings of scriptural facts.
It infects and contaminates the spiritual Body of Christ in the same way that germs and viruses seriously infect or injure our physical bodies. Paul describes these false teachers as, Idle talkers and deceivers who distort the Word of truth and subvert whole households for dishonest gain.
There are those within the professing Church that pour scorn on the teaching of sound Biblical doctrine which they foolishly consider inappropriate in our post-modern society. They offer a watered-down, ear-tickling social gospel with seeker-friendly teachings which distorts biblical truth and denys the Lord Who bought them. They profess to know God and can deliver motivational speeches, but in their lives they deny the Lord Jesus by twisting truth which disqualifies their profession of faith.
And so we, along with young pastors like Timothy and Titus, are warned of the dangers of importing false doctrine into the Church and feeding on the lies of false teachers. Rather, we are encouraged to speak that which is consistent with sound teaching. Let us stand fast in the truth of the glorious gospel of Christ and take to heart this serious warning from Paul to preach the Word, rightly divide the Word, exhort and convict those who contradict and distort the Bible, and let the Word of truth dwell in our hearts richly my
For the Word of God is living and powerful and it is the only plumb-line for sound doctrine, Biblical truth, and spiritual growth!!!
Father, thank You for this day and for the breath of life found in Your Word. Lord, let Your abundant blessings be my friend and family’s portion today. Lord, we praise and thank You that You have given us Your Word and that in it we have all we need for life and Godliness. Lord, give us discernment to recognize and renounce false teachers and unbiblical doctrines. Help us to hold fast to that which is good and wholesome and which is consistent with sound doctrine. Lord use us to be the touch of Your love to all today.
Father, we love You. Amen !
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