2 Timothy 4:2-4

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.  For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.  And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

Christ’s ambassadors are called to stand ready, armed with love, truth, correction, rebuke, and encouragement as the Holy Spirit leads. The integrity of the gospel should be taken seriously. Paul says in Galatians 1:6-7, “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.” This is a warning and encouragement to those who preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. There is great responsibility! The tragedy is those who are being deceived by false teachers and believing lies. Luke 11:11 says, “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?” Jesus is life.