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INTRO
Memories at First Baptist- youth, children, preaching.
One of the earliest passages I remember impacting me, while I was first interning.
These verses were some of the most important to me, early in my ministry here.
TRANSITION
Many of you may be tempted to do the same thing with Jesus.
You go to church, maybe listen to a little Christian music, pray for your meals.
And that’s about it.
You look back on your life, and that’s how it’s been for years.
Never growing much.
ILL: Tuning up mower.
I neglected it, until a few years ago.
Many of you may be tempted to do the same thing with Jesus.
You go to church, maybe listen to a little Christian music, pray for your meals.
And that’s about it.
You look back on your life, and that’s how it’s been for years.
Never growing much.
One of the biggest ways God intends to grow you is through His Word.
God's desire is for Christians to make His Word central to their lives, in study and in application, so we may be fully equipped to do His work.
Why? Qualities of Scripture
EXPOSITION
2 Timothy was Paul’s last letter, written in a dungeon likely awaiting death.
Final words to Timothy, a young pastor he had trained.
Timothy was a lifelong believer, as you will see in the passage.
Read and explain, continue reading through 14.
1.
The Safety of Scripture (vv.
13-14, 1-6)
EXP: The ways people were deceived in Paul’s day were not much different than how we can be deceived today (v.
2-5, cover each item).
We can also be deceived by our own fleshly desires.
AVOID THESE PEOPLE! (v.
5b-6)
EXP: The ways people were deceived in Paul’s day were not much different than how we can be deceived today (v.
2-5).
We are
ILL: “Worm their way” Window salesmen who came to our house.
APP: People will try to deceive you: Pull you down, get you involved in sin.
Your flesh will try to entice you.
In those moments, you must remember “what you have learned and firmly believed” (that was for Timothy).
What had he learned?
Scripture.
They are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Jesus.
We see the safety of Scripture, because in God’s Word there is spiritual safety.
ILL: Alarm system on home to protect from intruders.
We must continue to hold on to the Word of God to protect ourselves from spiritual intruders.
APP: Do you want to be able to withstand temptation?
Want your family to have peace?
Want to be certain you, your children, your spouse aren’t deceived by false teachers who are teaching something about God that isn’t true?
Hold on to Scripture and teach them to cling to Scripture.
There is power and safety in the Word of God.
2. The Source of Scripture (v.
16a)
EXP: “Inspired by God”- Movie “inspired by a true story” very loosely reflects how the story really was.
They take some liberties.
This particular wording doesn’t really do justice to the original Greek “God-breathed.”
It’s source is God.
It is true.
When the writers were writing, it was perfect.
It has the power to change life.
ILL: Let’s pretend you have no knowledge of God.
You know absolutely nothing about Him.
I choose 40 of you at random to write down thoughts and teachings about God-
who He is, His characteristics, what He has done, etc.
What are the odds of what you write agreeing and not conflicting with one another?
Let’s take it to another level:
- Over 40 different authors, from all walks of live (kings, shepherds, tax collectors, priests, doctors, fishermen), and most of them had never met because the Bible was written over a period of 1500 years.
3 different continents, 3 different languages, yet everything agrees.
How amazing God is.
APP: Because God is the source we can be certain that the Bible is true and reliable.
Because God doesn’t change, His Word doesn’t change.
As true and powerful as it was for Timothy and others, it is just as true and powerful for you.
3. The Purpose of Scripture (v.
16b-17)
EXP: Because it is inspired by God, it is true.
Because it is true, it is profitable.
In what ways?
Teaching (Scripture must be your basis for teaching and learning, not your opinions.)
Rebuking (to point out errors).
ILL: Children saying “don’t do that.”
vs. saying “dad said not to do that.”
Why does it carry power behind it?
Because of who holds the authority.
God holds authority to rebuke us, and He uses Scripture to do so.
EXP: Correcting (restores you to the right paths.)
Similar to rebuke, but in a positive way.
God doesn’t just say, “Don’t do that.”
Instead, God reveals who you are, who He can make you to be, and the sacrifice He paid for that transformation.
ILL:
Training in righteousness (When you read the Word of God, it changes you.
The Spirit works in your life.
As you read you begin to think, with these same eyes I’m reading these words with…I did that particular sin.
With these same hands I’m using to turn these pages, I could do that for God.) It’s nearly impossible to pick up Scripture, read it with an open heart, and walk away unchanged.
God's desire is for Christians to make His Word central to their lives, in study and in application, so we may be fully equipped to do His work.
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