"Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
2 Timothy 2:14-16 (NKJV)
Trivia can be defined as facts about something, or someone, that are not well known and usually not very important. For example, in my own life, it is a fact that so far, I have traveled with 19 different airlines. That is something that most people do not know about me, but it is not really very important. In your own life, when was the last time you mentioned something to someone that was a little known and possibly unimportant fact about yourself? We usually only focus on what is relevant and really important, and that is the way it should be.
Technology is wonderful, but what we get through technology is not always so wonderful. Today, there are many ways for us to hear all kinds of teaching and preaching, which is generally good, but unfortunately much of what is available to us is not very good. Anyone can create a video of some kind and post it for all the world to see, and anyone can write something that is available all over the Internet, but that does not mean that it is good and worth listening to. In fact, much of what is available is not really spiritually beneficial, and it is often more trivial than helpful.
In the letters to Timothy and Titus, Paul warned them both about getting involved in questionable teachings, obviously wrong doctrine, and trivial things that simply do not matter. Paul's encouragement for Timothy and Titus also applies to us. We do not need to become experts at doctrinal trivia, but we should focus on clear, biblical truth that really matters. Sound teaching from God's Word is something that will build us up spiritually rather than just entertain us mentally. We need to focus on major Bible truths, and not minor or questionable issues.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
2 Timothy 2:14-16 (NKJV)
Trivia can be defined as facts about something, or someone, that are not well known and usually not very important. For example, in my own life, it is a fact that so far, I have traveled with 19 different airlines. That is something that most people do not know about me, but it is not really very important. In your own life, when was the last time you mentioned something to someone that was a little known and possibly unimportant fact about yourself? We usually only focus on what is relevant and really important, and that is the way it should be.
Technology is wonderful, but what we get through technology is not always so wonderful. Today, there are many ways for us to hear all kinds of teaching and preaching, which is generally good, but unfortunately much of what is available to us is not very good. Anyone can create a video of some kind and post it for all the world to see, and anyone can write something that is available all over the Internet, but that does not mean that it is good and worth listening to. In fact, much of what is available is not really spiritually beneficial, and it is often more trivial than helpful.
In the letters to Timothy and Titus, Paul warned them both about getting involved in questionable teachings, obviously wrong doctrine, and trivial things that simply do not matter. Paul's encouragement for Timothy and Titus also applies to us. We do not need to become experts at doctrinal trivia, but we should focus on clear, biblical truth that really matters. Sound teaching from God's Word is something that will build us up spiritually rather than just entertain us mentally. We need to focus on major Bible truths, and not minor or questionable issues.
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