1 Timothy 6:20-21
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”— which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.
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What we, all true believers in God Almighty through His Son Jesus Christ, have been given is truth! For Jesus IS the truth. {Jn.14:6} And, the knowledge of Him is indeed the great treasure that we carry in our earthen vessels just as Paul wrote. {2Cor.4:7}

We have had the eyes of our hearts opened and been entrusted with God's life-giving word that we might faithfully proclaim the excellencies of Him who called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. {1Pt.2:9} Satan, a liar by nature and the father of lies, {Jn.8:44} will do everything that he can to prevent you from doing that. He will often bring persecution—which also often has the opposite effect, not stopping the Word from going forth, but rather increasing it. Persecution is often the fertilizer that makes the church grow!

That old devil, being a master of pride, will attempt to stifle you and I, and anyone else who believes and shares the truth of God's Word. He may try to accomplish that simply by saying that we look foolish if we actually believe those ‘old fashioned’ ideas. We need to remember that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever {Heb.13:8} and that the Lord's mercy and compassion are new every morning. They never cease {Lam.3:22-23}, they never get old, out of date, or wear out! The actual fact of upsidedowness (warning: that may not be a real word) was in Jesus’ own family thinking He had gone mad and the scribes saying that He was demon possessed. {Mrk.3:21-22}

All of the people who place their trust in worldly wisdom—which is earthly, natural and demonic as James wrote, {Jas.3:15} will come to know that Jeremiah the prophet was exactly right when he said that all mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. {Jer.51:17} Don't fear any fiery ordeal that comes upon you {1Pt.4:12} and don't give the devil an opportunity by letting him see your heart filled with 'worldly and empty chatter.

Remember that your words reveal what is in your heart for the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. {Mat.12:34} As the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome and for us to hear, God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. {Rom.5:5}

As Jesus said,
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” (John 15:18-19)

BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND THE STRENGTH OF HIS MIGHT