2 Timothy 3:7-9 (ESV Strong's)
always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
Truth - The Key To Growth
Paul is writing to Timothy so that he will grow in the faith. He had earlier, in this little letter, told him:
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV Strong's)
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
God’s Word is truth and we are to rightly “handle” the truth. Paul warns Timothy that many will not “handle” the truth correctly, especially in the “last days”. Paul even talks of two (Jeanne’s and Jambres) who did not handle the truth right. Paul uses this word “truth” a number of times in this letter to Timothy. Here is what we learn:
1. We are to “handle” the truth right, as a worker who is not ashamed.
2. There are some who have “swerved” from the truth. (2Timothy 2:17-18 (ESV Strong's)
and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.)
3. There are to correct those who wander, for they might come to the knowledge of truth (2 Timothy 2:25 (ESV Strong's) “... correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, ...”.)
4. As above, some never arrive at truth.
5. Some will turn away from even listening to the truth. (2 Timothy 4:4 (ESV Strong's)
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.)
Jesus said, “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life ...”. God’s Word and His Son is Truth. We are to listen to it and not resist it. Those that do are in line for certain shipwreck. Follow and obey God’s truth.
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