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1 Timothy 1:3-7 (NIV):
"As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm."
Continuing on with the top 10 things we learn about false teachers from this passage...
7. False teachers have turned to meaningless talk.
Not only have false teachers wandered away from love, a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith, but they have also turned to meaningless talk.
This point speaks back to number 2--they devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies.
False teachers have replaced love, a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith with meaningless talk.
False teachers are all talk and no action. They endlessly debate meaningless things, but when it gets down to it, they are doing nothing tangible for the cross of Christ.
Love is not an attitude to hope for. Love is not a feeling to navel-gaze about. Love is not a mental concept to be debated. Love is not an abstract force from a nebulous Source. Love is ACTION! Love has a Name! Love died for us! Love is an action word! Love = serve.
If my love doesn't do something tangible to help those around me, then it's not God's love. It's just meaningless talk.
What am I doing tangibly--physically--to show God's love to a dying world? What am I doing in the world to show God's love in a tangible way--"in such a way"?
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