I 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! 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, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. [2Ti 4:1-5 NKJV]
The time will come when people will not endure Sound Doctrine. They will want to follow the newest fad in what passes for Christianity (they have itching ears) at the time, whether it be gnosticism, millenialism, or some form of synergism. If they do not like what one preacher has to say, they will simply go and find one who agrees with them. People will be deceived by Satan, and they will deceive themselves by wanting to be in control of their own destiny. People will believe anything you tell them, except that God became man, came down from heaven to live with us, as one of us. They will not believe that this God-man will carry our sins and take the punishment that we could not have endured, all because he loves us.
This is the sad truth, we humans will never willingly put up with sound doctrine. Yet, some us of have been fortunate enough to be converted. Even though many others will not believe, we still have the responsibility to preach to them. Even though we will certainly not be successful in every attempt, we must still “do the work of an evangelist”. We must continue to spread the good news to all possible. We must preach the Word both in and out of season, we must tell about Jesus saving work on the cross of Calvary. It it too precious of a message not to be shared.
SOLI DEO GLORIA
