![]() In the New Testament scriptures, Timothy was an early Christian evangelist, the son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, referred to by Paul as “my true son in the faith”. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. ![]() 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. ![]() I’m deeply concerned in today’s world that’s where most of the churches are …they deny the value of repenting and turning away from sin and instead they “preach or tickle” the ears of their congregations with what they want to hear, therefore they’re leading them to believe that as long as they say they’re Christians, that’s all that they have to do…that they don’t need to repent and that God is going to grant them every wish or desire including wealth.Ģ Timothy 4:2-5 (KJV) Preach the word be instant in season, out of season reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. What does it mean to be double-minded? The definition of double minded according to the Miriam Webster Dictionary: 1 wavering in mind : undecided, vacillating a double– minded man unstable in all his ways 2 : marked by hypocrisy : insincere.Īs you can see from the language of James in this scripture, he wasn’t talking to true believers and followers of Jesus, he was obviously talking to people who were content in their sin or people who were trying to walk on both sides of the fence claiming to be followers of Jesus, but still hanging on to their sin and not wanting to change. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people! James 4:8 (KJV) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.
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