1st Timothy 1:6. “From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;”
TURNED ASIDE. Why all the aggressive talk over silly things that have no reason? What makes people so defensive, unreasonable, and territorial? Something has invaded the minds of those who argue unrelentingly. A mind willingly opened to wrong teaching from persuasive men.
What are we to do when “useless” arguments arise over trivial matters? How can we deal with the subtle, divisive “little chats” people want? Go back to the “end of the commandment” and let it intrude. Charity out of a pure heart has greater power than “jangling.”
Avoid the self-opinionated man who demands you to agree. Stop! Again, consider the power of charity. Watch his face and eyes; what really do you see? Shifting motions or openness that desires to be understood?
“O All-knowing God, there are those who have a lot to say, and yet when they are done, people wonder what axe they are grinding. Please keep me from being quick to move from the safe place of charity to the unsafe place of unexplained change. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”
The Christian Gospel doesn't suppose that we just add a religious flavor from time to time to our worldly walk. A child of God does not fit in a society that rejects the Savior who condemned sin with a death sentence, and then paid the price of the sentence Himself. The fact that "Christ died for our sins" draws little more response than, "O yes, we all know that." A sense of deliverance and appreciation of the sacrifice Christ made for us on the cross has little attraction to them. The spiritual sickness that is around, spread by false teaching, creates a lethargy towards the preaching of the Gospel publicly. People attend assembly meetings if there is nothing else going on. Bible reading is at best, very cursory and usually is without any desire for "studying to show thyself approved unto God."
It comes too often, this attraction to "fables and endless genealogies." The only thing to do, when it becomes obvious that we have been made the object of such a satanic attack; deal with it decisively and quickly. Timothy may have been a bit hesitant, but the apostle Paul "charged" him to "charge" others that they only teach the doctrine of God - sound doctrine. All other doctrine was to be rejected immediately and permanently. No matter what others may say or do, we must commit ourselves to be faithful and true to God and His word. The saints of God need to be guarded against any teaching that is not "sound doctrine."