The document emphasizes the importance of separating from harmful influences and individuals to ensure growth in grace and preservation of sound doctrine in Christianity. It advises against engaging with those who ask poorly framed questions and encourages decisive actions to maintain clarity in faith. The key messages include the need to eliminate distractions and avoid seeking popularity or praise.

1. The Pastoral Letters
2 Timothy
Lesson Seventeen: D.E.E.D.

2. I. DISCARD
I do not recommend hatefulness
against them, but I do
recommend decisive and even
radical separation from them.

3. II. ELIMINATE
Too many people choke on
those bones!

4. III. ESCAPE
Who doesn’t desire to be:
•Popular
•Important and
•Praised

5. IV. DODGE
The passage suggests that we avoid
questions asked by people who have
not learned how to properly frame and
ask a question.

6. What we are trying to do as
Christians is
• Grow in grace and
• Preserve sound doctrine
We need to separate from anything that
prevents those from happening

7. What we are trying to do as
Christians is
• Grow in grace and
• Preserve sound doctrine
We need to separate from anything that
prevents those from happening