Why We Need God's Word
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2 Timothy 3:1-5, 13-17
2 Timothy 3:1-5, 13-17
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To understand the standard God call us to.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
Paul wrote this 2,000 years ago, but it describes our culture today:
lovers of self: People are generally self-centered and look out for themselves
Lovers of money: People often are materialistic and struggle to live within their means.
Boastful, proud, and conceited: a simple scroll through your social media news feed highlights people’s high view of themselves
Demeaning, irreconcilable , slanderers, brutal, traitors, and reckless: people are often harsh and speak unkind things of others to make themselves feel better
Disobedient to parents
ungrateful
unholy
We tend to think of the last days as to “the end of the world”
But, Paul writes in Acts 2:17
“ ‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
is literally until Jesus’s return.
2. God’s word shows us how to be saved and sanctified.
while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
The moment we submit to the Lordship of Jesus, and invite him into our hearts is our moment of salvation.
Have you done that? Not just pray a prayer, but get off the throne of your life and allow Jesus to rule over it.
I can literally scroll through some of your social media accounts and say that answer is no for some of you.
Sanctification= becoming more like Jesus everyday.
diving in his word
making a big deal out of prayer.
If Jesus prayed, should we not pray?
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR PRAYED.
If we are to become like Jesus, we are to emulate our Savior.
3. God’s word equips us,
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
His word equips us to:
teaching
rebuking
correcting
Training in righteousness