July 7, 2025 4:00 am
Jesus Christ is the embodiment of truth, and studying the Bible is vital for salvation. Paul's letters to Timothy emphasize the importance of knowing and believing the truth, warning against false teachers who resist it.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. The truth. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. Second Timothy 4.4. This is the last of 11 occurrences of the truth in Paul's two letters to Timothy.
He was not writing about the importance of being truthful in general, but about a specific body of factual information concerning Jesus Christ and its vital importance. Thus, the truth was a very important theme in both of Paul's letters to this young pastor, and by implication, to all God-called pastors. Paul first speaks of the knowledge of the truth required for salvation, then of his own teaching as the truth in Christ, then of the Church of the Living God as the pillar and ground of the truth, and of Christians as those who believe and know the truth. He stresses the importance of studying the Bible as the word of truth, and also that true repentance requires the acknowledging of the truth. Paul also warns of false and covetous teachers who are destitute of the truth, and who, therefore, concerning the truth, have erred.
There will even be false prophets who resist the truth and are reprobate concerning the faith. As a result of the teachings of these false teachers, there will be many so-called seekers of truth who are ever learning, yet who seem never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. The reason they never find the truth is because they turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables. The fact is that Jesus said, I am the truth, and also that thy word is truth. For any who would say with Pilate, What is truth?
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