“For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears; (4) And they shall turn away their ears from the
truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3 – 4
God promised that the time would come when people no longer “endure
sound doctrine”, that time is now. We live in the time when sound doctrine is
no longer desired, in fact it is hated.
People, even some calling themselves “Christians” no longer desire sound
doctrine. If they are taught the Sovereign Grace of God then it angers them and turns their hearts from God to anger.
However, if you read the bible correctly God is absolutely Sovereign in everyway
and in everything. People can deny it, they can reject it, they can even be angry
when they hear it, but God never changes He is the same yesterday, today, and
tomorrow. “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews
13:8 Some folks may be surprised to know that before anything, anything at all
was created, only God existed. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.” Genesis 1:1 God, this He did by Himself, He actually created everything in existence by Himself. God
needs no help, He uses angels, people, and everything else as He chooses, even
if we are not willing He makes us willing. God
does not need us, nor anyone or anything else, for anything. God did not create something He cannot control;
therefore, we must understand that God controls everything in creation. He
controls the weather, the sun, moon, stars, and everything else in creation. He
controls the Angels, and people as He chooses. When Paul said “…by the grace of
God I am what I am...” 1 Corinthians 15:10 he meant everything he was, it
was God that made him a saved man, a preacher, and an apostle. God created
tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes all by Himself and for Himself. God made
Satan and evil for Himself, and He gets glory from it all. “Thou art worthy, O
Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things,
and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11 So as you
can see God controls all things, but if you tell many people this truth it will
make them angry. Salvation is another hated subject by the I will “not enduring
sound doctrine” folks, they hate God salvation and love their own. Bible doctrine
says that God saves sinners and sinners cannot save themselves. Ephesians 2:8 –
10 Jesus Christ died for them, His blood cleanses them from their sins, He was
buried and rose again on the third day. God said He uses the gospel to save
sinners but the I will “endure sound doctrine” crowd rejects this truth for a self-made
salvation. The church history is another teaching that the I don’t “endure
sound doctrine” crowd like. The bible plainly teaches that Jesus Christ Himself
started the church during His earthly ministry, but these people say it was
started by the Catholics, but the Catholics did not even exist until 311A.D. By
the very definition, the church was called out by Jesus Christ Himself in Matt.
Chapters 4-5 assembled together on the mountaintop for their first service
which was preached by Jesus Himself. The first church settled in Jerusalem until
God allowed it to be scattered and others where started.
These are just a few examples of the untruths being taught a
believed by the I will “not endure sound doctrine” people who teach doctrine
that serve-self rather than God. Romans 1:25 God calls them blind and says they
are leading the blind, and they all will wind-up in a ditch together. Matthew
15:14 “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the
blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” God also said they “And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth” because they do not know truth,
they do not understand the bible, they have no desire for truth. They can build
buildings, congregation sizes, and bank accounts, but true doctrine they do not
know, understand, or teach.
