Focus on God’s truth, and avoid foolish arguments!

Paul says in 2 Timothy 2:22-24, “Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations, since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels. A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.”

Our time on this earth is far too short to waste time in petty arguments. We should rely on the presence of the Holy Spirit within us to discern when someone implements useless disputes into a discussion surrounding meaningless controversies.

Paul also encourages us in Titus 3:5-9 surrounding Christ living within us when he said, “He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life according to our hope (His guarantee). This is a faithful and trustworthy saying; and concerning these things I want you to speak with great confidence, so that those who have believed God [that is, those who have trusted in, relied on, and accepted Christ Jesus as Savior,] will be careful to participate in doing good and honorable things. These things are excellent and profitable for the people. But avoid foolish and ill-informed and stupid controversies and genealogies and dissensions and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.

May we continue to learn to be good stewards of our time, and how we can best honor the Lord in everything we say and do.