Sound Choices by David Jeremiah

Wednesday, April 4 Sound Choices    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. 2 Timothy 4:3, NIV     Last fall LifeWay Research released a study showing that less than half of U.S. evangelicals “strongly agree” with core biblical tenets. About the same time, another study showed that most people in Western nations no longer believe in heaven or hell.

Recommended Reading: Joshua 1:8

In his final epistle, Paul told Timothy to continue in the things he had learned, for all Scripture is inspired by God. The time will come, Paul said, when people will not endure sound doctrine but will accumulate teachers who will say what they want to hear (2 Timothy 3:14–4:5).    Now more than ever, we must study God’s Word—carefully, daily, systematically, thoroughly. The more our culture rejects Scripture, the more we must advance sound doctrine. Sitting at the feet of the Savior through Bible study changes our worldview, champions the truth, and rejects the status quo of culture.    Give to the Bible attention with intention…. Perhaps there is so little attention in Bible reading today because there is so little intention. Henrietta Mears in What the Bible Is All About