"The Need for Sound Doctrine"

2 Peter 2:1-3, 10-13, 2 Timothy 4:1-3

It is essential that we surround ourselves with sound doctrine.  The Church has become a melting pot for delusions of grandeur, heresy, and poor biblical teaching.   We can become easily mislead by the latest and greatest idea.  We can become complacent with watered down Christianity that does not urge us to live a righteous life but compels us to sin as often we want.

2 Peter 2 tells us that false teachers will come and use the Word of God for their advantage.  Those that follow them will give in to sin and malign God's Word (2 Peter 2:1-3).  These people will meet their end and have to answer for their actions ( 2 Peter 2:10:-13).  These teachers look to cause others to stumble and sin,  they are inspired by wickedness and evil.  But we as Christians have to learn how to rightly handle and teach God's Word so we may distinguish God's Truth from the devil's lie.

We can only know what heresy is and what it is not by studying the Word ourselves.    We must stop being "spoon feed" in church and start to open the Bible for ourselves.  The Word does not tell us to rely on someone else to rightly handle God's Word, it clearly says that responsibility is totally dependant upon us (2 Timothy 2:15).  We are to study His Word and be ready to explain it at any given minute ( 2 Timothy 4:1-2).  Because we live in a time when Christians do not want sound doctrine instead they want someone to confirm their feelings, approve of their sin, and tell them that Hell is a myth (2 Timothy 4:3). This cannot and should not be.

I urge you all to grab a ESV Study Bible and read it.  I do not normally endorse things but the ESV Study Bible is biblically sound and offers great insight to God's Word.  But I wholeheartedly urge you to pray that the Holy Spirit will open your eyes as you read His Word and that He will you give understanding  (Psalm 119:18, Proverbs 4:5).  But this takes commitment, I encourage you to read God's Word to read God's Word everyday and not just on the big screen at your church on Sunday.  Read it for yourself and grow in the Lord.  Be the voice that speaks up when heresy is running rapid.  Be the one who shows others truth when they presented with lies.   Be a student of God's Word and watch the impact it has on you and those around you.


Stay focused, you can do this!


"In His JOY!"