Vain Babbling

1 Timothy 6:20-21

This was a serious concern that the Apostle Paul had for his young charge Timothy, a warning to him to keep far away from some of the believers who had strayed from the faith by talking rubbish and contradicting God’s Holy Bible, by vain babbling.

There seems to be such a spirit of fear in the world today, and the concerning factor is a lot of it is being spread by believers who seem to be straying from The Way, by false knowledge. Speaking more about man’s opinions, which they quote readily as the truth, and disregarding the words of Almighty God - which in fact is the absolute truth. This danger is causing many to lose heart and even to go astray!

Therefore you and I need to avoid useless gossip, which is worthless and at the end of the day just boils down to man’s opinion, with no scriptural base at all. The TPT translation puts it so clearly by saying that we need to “escape from the empty echoes of men”, and from the perversion of twisted reasoning! The TPT translation says that because of these babbling words some have even wandered from the true faith.

As followers of The Way (a term given to the early Christians), we need to be aware of the drastic changes that are taking place in society and in the world at large. But our reference needs to always be the Bible, not the latest news found in the media, on television or worse still, on the lips of negative gossip mongers. This false knowledge is making us very despondent and depressed! Sadly to say, more than half of it is blatant lies, originating from the very pit of hell itself.

So how do we overcome this situation that the world seems to be bogged down with? Well, Paul says quite clearly in Titus 1:9 (NKJV): "Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict." We do not have to argue, we just have to say to all the negative comments that are flowing out like a polluted river into innocent people’s minds: "BUT GOD!"

At the end of the day, it’s what the Bible says that counts and nothing else. Jesus promises us that He will never leave you nor forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV). Now that’s good news!

Jesus bless you,
Love Angus and Jill Buchan.