{"id":3655,"date":"2014-03-03T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2014-03-06T10:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:49:43","slug":"itching-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/itching-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"ITCHING EARS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 4:3-4<\/p>\n

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For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The time has come!<\/strong> What Paul warned Timothy to be aware of, was that there would come a time when people would refuse to hear the Word of God<\/em>. We are certainly living in a day and age when people want to be entertained rather than taught. The word doctrine<\/em> in the Greek is: didaskalia<\/em>. It means to instruct<\/em> or teach<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Have you noticed that in the past several years there has been a dramatic increase in books and movies that deal with mythical creatures and even present them as being real.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it strange that the very people that deny the Bible<\/em> as being the Word of God<\/em> are the very ones who support the myths as being true. These people often accuse Christians of being out of step with reality and reject our teachings.<\/p>\n

What do we do a situation like this? I think Paul makes it very clear that our task as believers is to be faithful in proclaiming the truth<\/strong>. Yes, there are many who will reject it and reject us as well, but we are to stay at the task until Jesus Comes!<\/p>\n

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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