1 Timothy 6:20-21 “…O Timothy, guard and keep the deposit entrusted [to you]! Turn away from the irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge and spiritual illumination. [For] by making such profession some have erred (missed the mark) as regards the faith. Grace (divine favor and blessing) be with you all! Amen (so be it)…”
We need to be so careful with what kind of talk we listen to and the kind of things we ourselves are speaking. Is it just ‘irreverent babble’ and ‘godless chatter’? Is it just worldly notions disguised as knowledge and ‘spiritual illumination’?
It’s so easy to get caught up in the speech and mindset of the world around us. We have to be aware of the subtleties of this. It may not sound wrong on the surface, but it is just worldly phrases. We end up off track when we continue to be sucked into this kind of worldly nonsense. Especially in this day and age, we need to be on guard and not be entertained by all of this.
Worldly notions and worldly ways hinder God’s amazing grace.
