1 Timothy 1:5-6
Paul told his spiritual son Timothy to rebuke people who teach false doctrine. Until recently, I thought false doctrine would be something CRAZY that everyone who heard would be aware of. You know, something really obvious. At very least, I knew that “I” would never be accused of such a horrendous act….untill I read the end of verse 6. One of the signs of false teaching is the appearance of “meaningless talk” of truth that does not transform the heart.
How many times have I heard the truth, been inspired by it, and responded with excitement that only ended in me merely “talking” about what I heard instead of being transformed by it?
We were born to be people who have received the revelation of Gods perfect love. Even more, we were born to embody it, not just talk about it. How “false doctriny” of us to speak of this life-altering LOVE, to brag about this ground-shaking LOVE, to sing about this magnificent LOVE…and yet never be changed by it.
Let’s open up our heart even more. Let us encounter this LOVE in a way that leaves us completely transformed.
This is a prayer of mine: “God, I don’t want to hear the truth of your words and merely ‘talk’ about it with people. I want to hear your words and let them reach deep into my heart and affect me.”
-pat
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I love reading what you all say here because it really makes me think. You’re right; how can we talk about and know something so wonderful…yet never let it shine through our lives to everyone around us?
Talking the Talk of Truth and letting the Truth transform us. ☺
We should NOT only KNOW Truth and TALK Truth.
We MUST SEE and DO and LIVE it.
John 14:12-13 ~ “I tell you the TRUTH, anyone who has faith in me WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. He will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring GLORY to the FATHER.”
Wow..This is soo true. Once again this is something that seems like it was made for me. There’s all this talk about God’s love & I tell every1 about how amazing & impacting he is when I haven’t even had an encounter. PREACH IT PAT! Keep these blogs coming because wether or not you know this you are speaking to others in a great way! You’ve opened my eyes for like the 100th time lol
keep it up! God bless!
Kelly santana
I know exactly what you mean. That’s something I have a problem with. I feel like I only ever “talk” about God’s love. Sometimes I don’t even “talk” at all. I really need to stop “talking” and start living! <3
I truly understand how you feel about that Pat. I think when we talk about the Bible, we talk about it, but with no animation, like it’s nothing new. There’s no excitement to it. We need to step back, and let it really sink into our head once again what Jesus did for us. We may talk about Jesus’ ressurection, not be animated about it, and we don’t even realize it. Sometimes I also think that we find ourselves committing “false doctrine” through worship also. When we sing, we either think we need to sound good, or maybe we don’t even think about what the actual lyrics are saying at all. We just sing the song itself, without any meaning. It’s good to just sometimes really think about what you’re singing, and then the impact of the song really comes into play. To just remind yourself that it doesn’t matter what you sound like, or just singing the song because you’re supposed to, but to sing it with actual meaning, like it’s the first time you’re singing it, and when telling people about God’s good news, to say it like you are saying it for the first time.
Thanks for consistently updating your posts. seriously, so consistent. i love it
I was a battle cry this past weekend and it was my first time hearing unhindered and the song Desperate Is absolutly amazing. It makes me just want to fall to my knees and worship where ever I am. I learned one thing this weekend I will have no fear of being open about who I am in public anymore and I am The daughter of the almighty king, father, and holy one. I am His and He is mine. shout out to unhindered thank you for share that awesome weekend with me and my brothers and sisters in christ it was a great blessing to me and my youth group. I’m truly blessed in the lord.
WOW! What you said really makes me think about people and God’s word.