According to the Cambridge Dictionary<\/strong>, a fable<\/em> is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, fables are not the pure Word of God<\/strong>\u2014they mix truth with fiction, leading people away from sound doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs I urged you\u2026 that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.\u201d<\/em> Lesson:<\/strong> God\u2019s Word edifies. Fables cause confusion and division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paul continues with a solemn command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word!<\/strong> Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine\u2026 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables<\/strong>. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.\u201d<\/em> \ud83d\udccc Notice the contrast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, \u2018The just shall live by faith.\u2019\u201d<\/em> What is a Fable? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a fable is: \u201cA short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact.\u201d In other words, fables are not the pure Word of God\u2014they mix truth with fiction, leading people away from sound doctrine. Paul\u2019s Warning to Timothy \u201cAs I urged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j423community.com\/j423apps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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1 Timothy 1:3\u20134 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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2 Timothy 4:1\u20135 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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Romans 1:16\u201317 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"