UNSOUND TEACHING REBUKED
By Jon D. Bekemeyer
Scripture Reading: I
Timothy 1: 3
Our text for today makes
it quite clear why Timothy was left in Ephesus: "That thou
mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine." There
was in Ephesus, as there will be in any Christ-honoring church,
efforts to promote false doctrine to entice believers away from the
truth. With such there is to be no tolerance, but rather bold,
outright confrontation. Timothy was not to reason with the false
teachers, nor was he to seek to establish a "dialogue." He
was to charge them; that is, he was to give an authoritative
commandment that the promotion of false doctrine must stop.
Many complain that such
an approach to the ministry is narrow-minded; and to that charge,
faithful ministers of the Gospel must plead guilty. There is only
"one faith" (Ephesians 4:5). If it is narrow-minded to
believe that God has spoken, if it is narrow-minded to believe that
God has given a distinctive message for the Dispensation of Grace,
if it is narrow-minded to emphasize that we are expected to know
what that message is, then let us all be narrow-minded.
The reason many are
unsettled regarding doctrine, is that they do not understand where,
in the Bible, doctrine is to be found. Efforts to amalgamate the
Kingdom to the Body and Law to Grace are futile. Out of desperation,
many determine that there are no absolutes-anything goes.
When such an attitude is
prevalent, the ministers of Satan thrive. Paul warned the
Corinthians of those who "corrupt," the Galatians of those
who "bewitch," and the Colossians of those who "spoil."
Let us also heed these warnings.
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