I hope to come to you quickly. But I’m writing these things to you so that if I’m delayed, you’ll know how you should behave in God’s household. It is the church of the living God and the backbone and support of the truth. Without question, the mystery of godliness is great: he was revealed as a human, declared righteous by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached throughout the nations, believed in around the world, and taken up in glory. The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some people will turn away from the faith. They will pay attention to spirits that deceive and to the teaching of demons. They will be controlled by the pretense of lying, and their own consciences will be seared. They will prohibit marriage and eating foods that God created—and he intended them to be accepted with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have come to know the truth. Everything that has been created by God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected. These things are made holy by God’s word and prayer. (1 Timothy 3:14 — 4:5, CEB)
I always read these passages and wonder, are they talking about me? Have I turned away from the faith, and am I leading people away with a spirit that deceives and the teaching of demons? Or am I leading to faith and away from this?
I look at the next sentence and know in my heart that I am truthful to the understanding that I have, and I do not willfully lie to get someone to do something. Nor do I seek to control others, but only myself.
Today, we are seeing the workings of the US government in trying to stop marriage. They and state-level governments are working to take away the rights of people to be legally married, or to even exist as God created them. “Everything that has been created by God is good.” Everyone created by God is good and to deny anyone of their created being as a child of God is a spirit of evil and the teaching of demons.
So, who has turned away from God?
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