What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 1:13, NIV 1984).
My Musings – It doesn’t (shouldn’t) stop there. “And the things you have heard me say …entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.” (2 Timothy 2:2, NIV 1984).
“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, ‘Why stay here until we die? Let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans.’ When they reached the edge of the camp, not a man was there, for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a great army. So, they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents…and ran for their lives. The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp and entered one of the tents. They ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothes. Then they said to each other, ‘We’re not doing right. This is a day of good news, and we are keeping it to ourselves…Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace'” (2 Kings 7:3-9, NIV 1984, condensed).
My Advice – Good news is meant to be shared (“you have heard”). And shared again (“teach others”). To keep it to ourselves is “not doing right.” “A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14–16, NIV 1984).
Take your lamp and light other lamps, so that they, in turn, might light other lamps too. So that “it gives light [the Gospel] to everyone in the [world].” That is a “pattern of sound teaching.” A form or model proposed for imitation.
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