Choose Wisely Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Choose Wisely-------------------------- Date: 8/11/2001 Keywords: "sound words" "treasure" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 2 Timothy 1:13-14* 13. Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. Question The apostle Paul is instructing young Timothy on how to live. How would you put the instructions in your own words?   Practical help If, when you look at the Bible, it doesn’t make sense to you, then you can’t say you are understanding "sound words." If this is the case, you need help. Find a mature Christian or pastor, and begin asking questions. Meantime, you can click here for more information. If you do understand the story of salvation and know that Paul wrote a number of letters of which his second letter to Timothy is one, then you have access to "sound words." But it’s not enough to understand sound words in your head only. You need to take them to your heart. Faith and love are "heart" things. When you understand how Jesus died on a cross for you, then you are in the realm of faith and love. They make the sounds words even more special — like a treasure, in fact. The greatest treasure you will ever discover. As verse 14 above says, all believers have the gift of the Holy Spirit dwelling within them. He will continually remind them that their hearts have been made alive when once they was dead. What does this have to do with pornography? Frankly, sound words are the antidote. Pornography promises fun and thrills but leaves you with guilt and shame. Seeking the truth of sound words can lead you into real life. Which way to go is always left to you. Choose wisely. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."