Centered on Truth

Amos 1-3; Psalms 80; 2 Timothy 4 

“For the time will come when men [people] will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

2 Timothy 4:3, 4

What happens when the truth of God’s Word confronts our sinful desires?

We either repent and submit to the truth, who is Jesus, or we look for someone who will say what we want them to say. Much of the non-Western, first generation Church around the world has been influenced by the prosperity gospel exported through Western media. The promise of wealth, health, and power to vulnerable, poor, and marginalized people is almost irresistible. The consumer church model in the West similarly caters to people’s needs. When we center church on the Living Word of Truth, named Jesus, we avoid centering our teaching on what we want to hear.

“Lord Jesus, you are Truth and Life, for your glory.”