By: J.O. Lawal
Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 15, No. 09
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am delighted to welcome you to the month of July 2026. My prayer is that God will keep you humble all the time to embrace sound doctrine through faith in Christ Jesus, so that you will not become a victim of the lies of the devil in any area of your life, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
One of the things we are told in the bible about the last days is that they are days in which many who called themselves believers in Christ Jesus will not want to accommodate sound doctrine. Look at what Paul says about this:
“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (2 Tim 4:3-4NIV)
Did you see that? The last days are days in which people will not put up with sound doctrine. They are days in which people will turn their ears away from the truth to stories that cannot edify them. They are also days in which there will be many bible teachers who, as Aaron did to the Israelites in the wilderness, will be teaching people what their itching ears want to hear, giving them what they want and not what they need. (Cf. Exodus 32)
But why will people who are known to be Christians not want to put up with sound doctrine or be running away from the truth that is meant to set them free? One main reason is that their hearts are not fully devoted to God. So, they are not serving Him because they have come to realise that it is the right thing for them to do. Rather, they are doing so because of what they hope to get from Him. That is why they keep going from on church to another church and from one prayer mountain to another prayer mountain.
Now will that make their lives better? No! It will not make their lives better because what they are doing can only give Satan more opportunities to mess their lives up through false pastors, prophets, evangelists and apostles. And there are many who have been victims in this manner and are not even bold enough to share their ugly experiences.
In any case, if you don’t want to become a victim of the lies and wickedness of the devil like them, don’t run away from the truth. Truly, the truth is not always sweet to hear. But if we will accept it and act on it, it will eventually make life sweet for us. I pray that God will daily strengthen you to embrace His truth, however bitter it may seem to your ears, so that all that concerns your life may be made sweet. Amen.
Have a lovely July 2026.
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