Becoming People of Truth

Text: 2 Tim 3:14-17

CIT: How should Timothy live in light of the crooked world? He should continue in the Scriptures.

CIS: The source of Truth is God’s Scriptures. We must believe and obey.

SO: Prove - Disbelief/Disobedience of the Scriptures is like disbelief/disobedience of God.

Intro:

Have you ever been tempted to lie?

Disney World - Chef’s Kitchen

Sometimes it can be easy to go with what’s false and difficult to go with the truth

Transition: Today, let’s look the standard for Truth for us Christians.

Pray

Text

2 Timothy 3:14–17 ESV

14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Context:

Author issues

Church Structure

Tradition/Recieved

No really Paul

Recipient

Issues of Date

In prison

Seems to mention places that are not accounted for in Acts

Post Acts

Genre - Personal Letter to Tim for encouragement

This Scripture is Inspired by God

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Exp:

What else did God breath into? What happened

Spiration

Specifically Referenceing the OT

What Word did God speak in the OT?

2 Pet 3:16 “16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.”

Ill:

CPR Breathes no longer required 30/2

App:

There’s no portion of the Scripture that is not inspired. How should that change the way you take it? Explain/Prove/Apply

God’s Words are Always True

2 Timothy 3:14 ESV

14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

Exp:

God Never Lies -

Titus 1:2 ESV

2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Hebrews 6:18 ESV

18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Numbers 23:19 “19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”

Numbers 23:19 ESV

19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

2 Samuel 7:28 ESV

28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

If God cannot life, and the Scripture is God’s word, then there’s nothing in there that isn’t true.

Ill

FSS Bible Study - Sys Theology paradoxes - Make Something Heavier … Is there anything that he cannot do.

App:

So when you feel like what God says what should you do?

Seek clarity on what he said?

Wait

Disbelieve

Others?

The Saints must Live By His Word

2 Timothy 3:15–17 ESV

15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Exp:

The Scriptures are not just to be believed. The also require a living faith.

Timothy grew aquainted with it in child hood.

He also was able to use it as a pastor to

Teach

Rebuke

Restore

Train

The Scriptures, were enough for Timothy to be complete at the the task he was called to.

Ill

Putting together an ikea thing, not understanding the directions, and finding out you didnt get all of the boxes. Ikeas in Phil

App

The Scriptures are sufficient for us.

Disbeleif/obedience is like disobedience to God.

If we are to become people of the truth, we must become mature in grappeling with the Scriptures.

There will be things that challenge us but God’s words are true.

We must learn and obey God’s Word.