2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires;
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There are today, as Jesus said there would be, more and more who would come 'in His name' and would mislead many. {Mat.24:5,11} While many people today may believe, may even be taught, that it is being judgmental to point out those who are teaching error in the church today it should be obvious from Scriptures such as today's verse that the Lord does not think that is the case. Indeed, the Lord Jesus Himself told us to beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. {Mat.7:15} We are instructed by the apostle Paul to examine everything carefully and to hold fast to that which is good. {1Thes.5:21}

God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah long ago saying that the prophets of that day were speaking false and foolish visions and had not exposed the iniquity of the people! {Lam.2:14} God’s word tells us that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. {Ecc.1:9}

David, a man after God's own heart prayed that the righteous would smite him in kindness and reprove him because it is oil upon the head, and prayed that he would not refuse it. {Ps.141:5} A disciple must be disciplined! And we know that the Lord disciplines those whom He loves {Heb.12:6} and exposes wolves in sheep's clothing to protect those whom He loves!

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor in Germany who stood unwavering in his faith in the face of Nazi terror. He was jailed for warning Germany that they were becoming an idolatrous cult worshiping Hitler, the Fuehrer. Adolph did not like that one bit! He finally had Bonhoeffer executed in 1945 for this unwavering stance. That faithful brother wrote: "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act.”

The Word of God is living and active {Heb.4:12} and it lives in you and I. That God breathed life giving Word, profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, {2Tim.3:16} must be alive and active in us! And, we must remember first and foremost that it is the love of God that He has poured into us, {Rom.5:5} a love that makes it possible for us to 'endure sound doctrine' and to follow the wonderful instruction of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount:

"You have heard that it was said, you shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:43-45)

BE FAITHFUL TO THE END WHATEVER THE COST