1 Timothy 1:3-4
As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus, in order that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.
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It is woefully apparent from today's bible verse written by the apostle Paul that even in the early church there was poor or even false teaching taking place. And as we read that verse it should be clear to us today that error can come in many forms and shapes. As Solomon wrote, there is nothing new under the sun. {Ecc.1:9} There is an incredible, and increasing, amount of false teaching taking place today. That is truly one of the signs of the perilous last days. {2Tim.4:3-4}

It is a fact that the Lord has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness. {2Pt.1:3} So why then are so many ‘believers’ so easily led astray by myths and fables that are not in the Word of God? The answer would have to be because the enemy, a liar by nature, can dress up those lies and make them so attractive at least to the flesh, though not to the Holy Spirit within us!

That was exactly what the serpent did in the Garden with the woman who then passed it on to her husband, Adam. {Gen.3:1-6} The enemy convinced her that she could have more, be more than what God had provided in spite of the fact that she had absolutely everything! That devil’s lies are the bait set in the snare of the trapper, snares that our Lord can deliver us from. {Ps.91:3} Unfortunately, those traps, welcomed by so many, have all too often resulted in actually making those lies revered traditions of the 'church'!

Jesus, Peter and Paul all warned us to 'be on guard’. And as it is written, in order to be and stay safe, we have to examine everything and hold fast to that which is good. {1Th.5:12} I have been blessed over many years to preach in churches of dozens of denominations, on five continents, to congregations large and small. I have tried to make it my habit to start in places where I had not been before by saying, 'You don't know me. Don't take my word for anything! Test me and if what I am saying does not agree with the Word, kick me out!'

And as we close every one of these daily posts we remind everybody to test everything by the Word of God. That certainly is the solid food, the meat of the Word as it says in the letter to the Hebrews: “But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” {Heb.5:14}

In closing I will fall back on a verse I know to be so very important to every true believer, every true disciple of the Lord:

“Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'”
(John 8:31-32)

TEST EVERYTHING BY THE WORD OF GOD