Guarding Sound Teaching

Truth is always changing, or so our world would tell us. Truth is subjective. What’s true today may not be true tomorrow. Certainly human philosophy changes with each generation. Scientific knowledge increases and evolves. However, there are absolute, unchanging truths. These truths rest not in human minds but in the mind of our Creator God. God is unchanging. His truth is unchanging. His Word is unchanging. The unchanging truth of God as revealed in His Word forms the body of what Paul refers to as “sound teaching.” In the changing atmosphere of the Roman Empire in the first century, Paul knew that God’s truth was secure. He encouraged his protégé Timothy to continue to guard sound teaching—the truth about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings of scripture. We, too, have a responsibility to guard sound teaching as followers of Jesus Christ. It’s worth standing up for sound teaching, the truth of God’s Word. After all, sound teaching provides spiritual stability in a world of chaotic change.