How Scripture Profits Us (Part 2)
Paul wrote to Timothy, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
Last week I wrote about the expression, "All Scripture." This week I consider the term, "profitable for teaching," which is also part of 2 Timothy 3:16.
Profitable for teaching--read Hebrews 5:11-6:2: "Concerning him [Melchizedek] we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washing and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment."
Profitable for teaching--read James 3:1, 13-18: "Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that such as we will incur a stricter judgment.... Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing, But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."
Profitable for teaching--read 1 John 4:1-6: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
Profitable for teaching: read Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Many folks read a chapter of Proverbs each day, every month. Ecclesiastes can be read a chapter a month, for twelve months. James can be read a chapter a day, Monday through Friday.
But we profit from Scripture only according to the time and commitment we put in to reading, studying, and submitting to it.
As I heard recently, we do not sit in judgment of Scripture, Scripture sits in judgment of us.
Last week I wrote about the expression, "All Scripture." This week I consider the term, "profitable for teaching," which is also part of 2 Timothy 3:16.
Profitable for teaching--read Hebrews 5:11-6:2: "Concerning him [Melchizedek] we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washing and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment."
Profitable for teaching--read James 3:1, 13-18: "Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that such as we will incur a stricter judgment.... Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing, But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."
Profitable for teaching--read 1 John 4:1-6: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
Profitable for teaching: read Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Many folks read a chapter of Proverbs each day, every month. Ecclesiastes can be read a chapter a month, for twelve months. James can be read a chapter a day, Monday through Friday.
But we profit from Scripture only according to the time and commitment we put in to reading, studying, and submitting to it.
As I heard recently, we do not sit in judgment of Scripture, Scripture sits in judgment of us.
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