2 Timothy 4:1-4 ESV
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
It is possible to listen to the truth and yet wander off to other stories which have an appeal to the flesh. Like Eve in the Garden of Eden, the fruit from another tree can be tempting.
The sound of pleasant and smooth voices can draw us away from the voice of the Spirit. Faith in one’s self has always been the primary danger and deterrent to faith in God. It is easier to coast downward in the nature of man than to maintain the upward call of the Spirit of God. There is no limit in the upward journey, but once one bottoms out in the other direction, there’s no where else to go.
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