1 Timothy 1:3–4 (ESV) — 3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain
at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different
doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless
genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God
that is by faith.
NOTE: People are
always looking for that little extra, that secret knowledge from God. This can
be very dangerous since it was the very same trick that Satan used on Eve --
secret knowledge. The Gnostics were and still are a draw to people and Satan
uses it to keep people from the obvious truth, the pure scriptures. Genealogies
back then led to a focus on myths developed for various names in scripture.
Apparently, the book of Jubilees is an example of such practice. The key point
is that these fantasies keep people away from the pure simple instruction of
the word of God. If we want to grow and change to be like Jesus Christ -- if we
want to know God more deeply -- the truth, the word is right before us. We need
to read it and just as an important, we need to apply it to our lives. These
other things tickle us, but they don't change us.
PRAYER: Father,
protect us from this wasteful speculation. Open our eyes and ears to see and
hear the word of God and to allow it to change us. Forgive us for not believing
you have provided all we need in your word.
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