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blindly believe everything you are
taught. Check it out for yourself
and compare it with God’s Word
to see if that is really what God
says.
Itching Ears
Timothy was a pastor. According
to 2 Timothy 4:2, what did Paul
tell Timothy to preach? (Circle the
correct answer.)
a. His own ideas
b. Whatever he felt like
preaching
c. The Word (the Bible)
d. Whatever
the
people
wanted him to preach
e. Whatever would please the
people and make them
happy
People need God’s Word whether
they like what it says or not!
Sinners need God’s Word just like
sick people need medicine. Some
medicine tastes good and some
medicine tastes terrible, but no
matter how it tastes, the sick
person needs to take the medicine
so that it will give your body what
it needs. God’s Word is what the
sinner needs.
In 2 Timothy 4:3, we learn that the
time will come when people will
not
want
S__________
D________________.
Sinners will not want the medicine
found in God’s Word that can
make them healthy. These people
have "itching E___________" (2
Timothy 4:3).
This means that they only want to
hear nice things preached. They
only want to swallow good-tasting
medicine, even if what they really
need is the bad-tasting medicine.
They do not want teachers who
will tell them the truth. They want
teachers who will tell them what
they want to hear.
Many people today do not really
want to know what God says in
the Bible. The next time you see
people going to different churches
on Sunday, see how many of them
are carrying Bibles in their
hands. How many of them who
do carry a Bible will thoughtfully
read it, study it, understand it, use
it, and do what it says?
We Can Expect Mockers
Notice what Peter tells us in 2
Peter 3:3: "Knowing this first, that
there shall come in the last days
S___________________.
The word "SCOFFERS" means
"MOCKERS—those who make
fun." These mockers will make
fun of our Lord’s promise that He
will come again. They will say,
"Where is the ________________
of His _________________?" (2
Peter 3:4).
In the days of Noah, do you think
there were mockers? Do you think
people made fun of Noah?
Perhaps they said, "Where is this
rain that Noah promised? We
don’t see any rain! Noah, you are
a fool to build an ark where there
is no water!" But when the door of
the ark was shut, and when it was
too late to enter, and when the rain
started coming down and getting
deeper, how many people do you
think
were
still
laughing?
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Test Your Bible Knowledge
Read the following statements that a person might
make. If the person is
b
elieving God’s Word, put
the letter
B
in the space. If the person is
n
ot
b
elieving God’s Word, put the letters
NB
in the
space:
Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Matthew
16:16).
Jesus Christ was the greatest man who ever
lived, but He was not God.
Adam was the first man, but he evolved from
ape-like creatures.
Man was created directly by God and did not
evolve from lower forms of life (Genesis 1:27).
God is a loving God and He would never send
anyone to hell.
Those who refuse to believe in Christ will
perish (John 3:16).
There are many ways to get to heaven, and all
the religions in the world are teaching men the
same truth about God.
Jesus is the only way to heaven and those who
want to get to God must go through Him (John
14:6).
The Bible is true because God cannot lie (John
17:17; Titus 1:2).
The Bible has some nice stories in it with some
good lessons for us, but the Bible also contains
many mistakes and factual errors.
To be born again, a person must live a good
life and keep the Ten Commandments.
To be born again, a person must admit that he
is a sinner and must call out to God and ask
God to save him (Luke 18:13; Rom.10:13).
Jesus is coming again (John 14:3).
The early Christians thought that Jesus would
come again. However, they must have been
wrong because it has been about 2,000 years
and He has not come yet.