Paul's final words exhort Timothy - and by extension, us - to be faithful to the Truth of the Word of God. In 2 Timothy 4:3, Paul warns: "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."
Although this reality has punctuated history on many occasions, false teaching today is pervasively perilous. Society shrinks away from calling sin, sin and evil, evil. Paul already reminded Timothy in 1 Timothy 4 that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. In fact the Bible is full of written warnings to keep us on the path of Truth. We can't embrace Truth without being immersed in God's Word.
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