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How would you explain the doctrine of election?
Brother Joe once asked a 19th C. African American preacher to explain it.
His answer?
"Brethren, it's this way.
The Lord, He's always votin' for a man.
The devil, he's always votin' against him.
Then the man himself votes to break the tie."
That preacher studied the Word.
Just what Paul urges in 2 Tim 3:14-4:5.
Let's look.
14aContinue in what you've learned.
God doesn't change.
Nor has what He expects of us.
Nor has His plan of salvation.
Learn it.
Then continue 14bin what you've become convinced of.
That's the issue.
When we 1st accept the Lord, we're on fire for Him.
Years pass, & passion fades.
How can we stay on fire?
Continue in it?
Remember.
14bYou know those from whom you learned it.
Remember those who taught us what to believe & how to act.
How to be Christians.
14bYou know... 15ahow from infancy you've known the holy Scriptures.
Remember what they taught us.
Remember all we learned from & about the Word of life.
Not tradition (no matter how much we love it), but Scripture.
How much God loves us.
How those who taught us modeled God's love for us.
Keep remembering those who taught us the Scriptures.
The ones who modeled it for us.
15bThey're able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
The faith won't change.
Remembering those who taught us encourages us to keep on in it.
Why keep studying Scripture?
16aAll Scripture is God-breathed.
God reveals Himself in Scripture.
We can't see Him.
So where else can we learn what He says about Himself?
Besides, God is all powerful, all knowing, & present everywhere.
Don't you think learning about someone like that is reason enough to study Scripture?
All of it, since it's all about Him?
But there are more reasons.
16bAll Scripture is useful for teaching.
For doctrine, explaining what's right.
16cAll Scripture is useful for rebuking.
For reproof, telling us what's not right.
16dAll Scripture is useful for correcting.
For telling us how to get right.
And 16eall Scripture is useful for training in righteousness.
For showing us how to stay right.
But don't miss that all Scripture useful.
All of it.
How so? 17To thoroughly equip the (wo)man of God for every good work.
Everyone should be studying Scripture.
Even for bad reasons.
Toward the end of his life, W.C. Fields suffered from what a lifetime of drinking had done to him.
After he took ill, a friend found him reading the Bible & was astonished.
"You're an atheist.
What are you doing reading the Bible?" Fields replied, "Looking for loopholes."
God can & often does work through His Word, even if the reasons aren't good.
Nevertheless, our reasons should be more positive.
How important is studying Scripture?
Crucial, but for a purpose.
Not just to increase our head knowledge.
How do we know?
When Paul continues, he knows these will be his last words to Timothy, & to the church.
Tradition says he was beheaded in Rome in perhaps just days after dictating these words to Luke.
Last words are important.
1aI give you this charge in the presence of God & Christ Jesus.
Wow!
And he isn't just speaking to Timothy.
These words are for us.
His point?
Don't forget that God & Jesus are always present.
Always watching us.
Why's that so important?
Someday, Jesus 1bwill return to judge the living & the dead.
It's crucial to remember that.
His return will be so sudden there'll be no chance to change anything.
1cIn view of his appearing & his kingdom, Paul's charge is urgent.
Jesus could return at any moment.
When He does, He'll start His KoG.
Now is the time to make any change in our lives that we want included when He judges our works (or lack).
Paul's charge?
One kind of work is crucial.
And it depends on Scripture.
2aPreach the Word.
Not ourselves.
Not our experience.
Not about God's Word.
Not from God's Word.
Preach God's word.
The difference?
Power.
Power in God's word isn't available anywhere else.
When?
Sunday?
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