2Ti 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

There is a stricter judgment for those who teach…

Jas 3:1
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.

There is so much sloppy teaching/preaching in the church today.
Positions of man and denominationalism reign supreme.
The simple Truths of the Word are avoided or used as a pretense to say something of man.
Slothfulness and laziness prevail.
There is no excuse for such.

Where is this attitude?

Act 6:4
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

If one is not willing to study and learn the Word, then one should not be speaking “in the name of the Lord.”

God will hold us accountable.
Those who speak.
Those who listen.

There is no excuse.

We know what will happen…

2Ti 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Much tickling of the ear is happening.
Much turning aside to myths.
Much rambling of words that sound righteous and godly, yet are emptiness.
Much denial of sound doctrine.
Much accumulation of “teachers in accordance to their own desires.”
Determine today:

• Know the Word
• Speak the Word
• Teach the Word
• Be ready in season and out

2Ti 4:1-2
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.

Do not lead the Body astray…