For the Love of the Truth We are instructed to contend earnestly for the faith (Jude 3). Immediately after the apostle urged Timothy to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11), he exhorted him to fight the good fight of faith (v. 12), and to guard what had been committed to his trust (v. 20). The love promoted by the New Testament is not a free-styled, all-embracing, blind acceptance of every wind of doctrine for the sake of conversation. It is, in fact, just the opposite. Biblical love always goes hand in hand with truth. Thats why false doctrines and those who teach them are condemned in no uncertain terms. Jesus said: Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Paul said: If any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! Peter said: It has happened to them [false teachers] according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” John said: If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds. Jude said: But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:26:46 +0000
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