Shunned

2 Timothy 2-Part 8
Avoid worthless, foolish talk that only leads to more godless behavior. This kind of talk spreads like cancer, as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus. They have left the path of truth, claiming that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; in this way, they have turned some people away from the faith. 2 Timothy 2:16-18 NLT


LET IT GLOW

Avoid worthless, foolish talk; shun profane and vain babblings; avoid worldly and empty chatter; keep away from empty, unholy talk; avoid irreverent, empty speech-different versions of the same thing, same verse. The King James Version uses the word shun means to turn one's self about for the prupose of avoiding something. Vain babblings are empty discussions of useless matters. (Thayer's Lexicon)

Have you ever had a person shun you? I have. Not only did they turn around when they saw me, but they walked away in the other direction. Now that's quite obvious that they are avoiding me.

Paul is telling Timothy and us to avoid and keep away from such practices. Why? They produce even more ungodliness.
Do I shun the things that are wrong or do I participate in them?


LET IT GROW

False belief produces foolish behavior. 1 Corinthians 14:28 says,"If any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant." There are some things and some people you just don't debate. (Liberty Bible Commentary)

These two men mentioned in verse 17 strayed from the truth, saying that the resurrection had alread occurred, which caused some to stray from the faith.

"An approved workmand knows that false doctrine is dangerous, and he will oppose it. Paul compared it to gangrene. Much as gangrene spreads, infects, and kill other tissue, so false doctrine spreads and infects the body of believers, the church. This infection must be exposed and removed," stated Warren Wiersbe in his book Be Faithful.

Swindoll's New Testament Insights on 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus says:

To illustrate his point, Paul named two men he had 'cut out' of the congregation-events Timothy probably witnessed. In years past, Hymenaeus joined the popular heretic Alexander (4:14, Acts 19:33) in teaching that the gospel didn't require obedience (1 Tim.1:18-20). Later, he joined Philetus to promote a twisted concept of resurrection, either that it was spiritual only or that it had already occurred. Because Greek philosophy, which permeated Ephesus, discounted bodily resurrection as absurd, false teachers probably adapted Christian doctrine to ease the tension. Greeks would have found mere spiritual resurrection very much to their liking-not very different from their own beliefs, in fact.

John 11:25-26 says, Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrecton, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: An whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?

In order for me to not be led astray, I need to study the Word of God so I can know the Truth.


LET IT GO

Watch what I say.

Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

Know the Truth.