May 1, 2020

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”  1 Timothy 4:1 NIV

Often as I write these short devotionals, I think about why I am writing them. Today in fact I was unsure as to a topic, I was praying that the Spirit would impress upon me a verse and this one in Timothy came to me.  I do this for a twofold reason, first I started it for my children. Second, for anyone else that would care to read it.  The reason I write this for my children is partially laid out in the verse.  

We know that false teachers will come out of the church in the later times. They will teach things that are not in the Bible and how will my children know unless I take time to teach them the truth.  These teachers that come out of the church, they will abandon the truth, not that they ever had accepted the truth, oh they had a knowledge in their heads, but it had never made a life changing impact on their hearts.  They had heard the truth but never accepted the truth.  They will come with deceiving doctrines that will sound so good that if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect.  So, to help safeguard my family and whoever else may read this, I write these posts.  I pray that God uses them in your lives each day to strengthen your knowledge of the truth and love for Him that gave the truth.