Lesson 2160

(Lesson 2160)(11-07-17)  2 Timothy 2:22-26 
    “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”

    In today’s lesson, Timothy was instructed to teach the true doctrine of Jesus Christ and to avoid those who would try to cause confusion and dissension in the church.
    We, the children of God, are to be “gentle” in our communication of God’s word so as to allow the lost to make the right decisions concerning their own souls salvation without feeling pressured into possibly making the wrong choices. There are many preachers today, who sadly appear more interested in simply making the sale and running up attendance numbers than they are in securing the eternities of those they claim to teach.
    God’s word will sell itself, pure and undistorted, if it is presented in the manner that Jesus gave to His chosen teachers.~