Originally posted by sumydid
the g-man said
[b]And it also says that "many like their ears tickled"
Can you point me to that, I want to check the context.
Because to me, (off the cuff) it sounds like it's saying that many enjoy hearing the good news, but reject the bad news. And how many quasi-Christians does THAT describe these days, eh? Countless numbe by one. 🙁 I pray in Jesus' precious name that you get well very, very soon. God bless.[/b]Sure, here a few different translations:
2 Timothy 4:3
New Life Version (NLV)
3 The time will come when people will not listen to the truth. They will look for teachers who will tell them only what they want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:3
The Message (MSG)
3-5 You're going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They'll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you're doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God's servant.
2 Timothy 4:3
J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)
3-5 For the time is coming when men will not tolerate wholesome teaching. They will want something to tickle their own fancies, and they will collect teachers who will pander to their own desires. They will no longer listen to the truth, but will wander off after man-made fictions. For yourself, stand fast in all that you are doing, meeting whatever suffering this may involve. Go on steadily preaching the Gospel and carry out to the full the commission that God gave you.
I liked this last one as it comments on the "Commission" that Christians are under that God thru his son Jesus gave us. Most don't understand this commission and this is one of the things we're talking about that many don't understand because they don't want to. Thus God does not let them see it. Their content to hear only the "milk" of spirituality and not the "meat" as the Bible describes.
This commission work is the "preaching" and "teaching" work that Jesus and all his followers did as it says above and that we have to do to honor that request from God and to hopefully help ones who are looking for the truth to find it.
Oh and thanks for the good will. I'll be fine just have a bug.