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301 | Pray for the Lost and Misled in Africa | Ps 12:2 | DocTrinsograce | 243228 | ||
"'Are we preachers or witch doctors?' "Mbewe acknowledged that asking such a question is 'strange for the American ear' to hear, but added that, for him, as a pastor in Africa, he believes the modern movement is taking on the image of false traditions, in which pastors are acting like witch doctors by telling people ancestral spirits are keeping God's blessing from reaching them; but if they are paid a sum of money, they will wrangle with the spirit, or demon, and cast them out. "Reading from 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and 4:1-2, he said: 'All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work -- In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage -- with great patience and careful instruction.' "According to Mbewe, in Africa, there has been a seismic shift in the popular understanding of who a pastor is supposed to be. This lack of understanding, he said, has led to a number of immoral and criminal acts being committed by pastors who've assumed the title of 'man of God,' and are using their position to spread false doctrine and take advantage of their followers." --Melisa Barnhart (2013) |
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302 | Giving All to Christ our Only King | Ps 25:3 | DocTrinsograce | 243227 | ||
Dear Ed, Amen! Christian history is always messy. In fact, if it is not messy, I rather doubt it has anything to do with our Lord Jesus Christ. Look at the Corinthians! What an utter mess in both doctrine and practice. Nonetheless, Satan meant it for evil, but God meant it for good! Watch, and as per the Apostle John, in real believers you will see the fruit of the Spirit. Not hocus pocus, but right down into their real character. You will see them growing in love with God, growing in love with His word, and growing in love with those who are actually called out of the world into His church. The evidences of the New Creature are unmistakeable. Read the epistles of Peter and the epistles of John and it will be far more clear than the mysticism of hearing voices and seeing visions. God is so marvelous... He doesn't allow us to mistake what He is doing... indeed, the only way to mistake what He is doing is by ignoring what He has said in His Word. In Him, Doc |
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303 | Questions to ask while Reading the Word | Neh 8:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243226 | ||
Dear Son, All who read this, who truly know the Lord Jesus Christ salvifically, will continue to pray for you. "The prayers of a righteous man [a man made righteous by Christ alone, not by his own efforts] avails much!" In Him, Doc |
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304 | Twisting scripture with quotes | Matt 28:19 | DocTrinsograce | 243225 | ||
Wow, Ed... you could be reformed Baptist! See the quote from our confession in post #243224. I have a dear friend from Ghana. His father was saved when he found a NT in the middle of a dirt road written in Ewe, his native language. My friend's father was a priest of a Voodoo cult. Oddly enough, only the priests new how to care and feed the various idols. When he was saved he neglected them altogether much to the chagrin of his fellow villagers; yet there was nothing they could do. My friend was extremely angry at the many new churches in Africa that teach nothing more than a new kind of witchcraft. Whereas in the past, people were at at least had their lives controlled by specific mores and ethics, now the people are being taught that nothing they do cannot be forgiven. Instead of being pointed to the Bible, they are told that they have freedom to know truth in any way that they choose! My dear friend told me that he would rather they be lost in their old paganism than lost in their new teachings. The society is not held together in the face of such permissiveness. Now they all mutter in unknown tongues and listen to their own prophetic teaching without consulting the Bible. The pastors and elders in these cults take the young women to their beds, and assure them that such behavior is just the love of Christ. God forbid! I have met other Ghanan Christians who decry the situation in exactly the same way. Meanwhile, Reformed churches, sometimes take years to catechize a believer, since there is so much that they must unlearn. This fits with the practices of the early church. As you pointed out once, the great commission involves instructing new believers in what is to be believed, understood, and obeyed. Let us pray for the poor victims of easy-believism and libertinism. God will yet be victorious, even with so many that hold to a religion without power. In Him, Doc |
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305 | What Makes a Doctrine Biblical? | Prov 13:13 | DocTrinsograce | 243224 | ||
Hi, Ed... You're right, no earthly authority fully aligns itself behind divine authority. Nonetheless, God is gracious to have given us His word, and assured us that in seeking Him we shall find Him. Our confession asserts that, "The purest churches under heaven are subject to mixture and error; and some have so degenerated as to become no churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan; nevertheless Christ always hath had, and ever shall have a kingdom in this world, to the end thereof, of such as believe in him, and make profession of his name. (1 Corinthians 5; Revelation 2; Revelation 3; Revelation 18:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 12; Matthew 16:18; Psalms 72:17; Psalm 102:28; Revelation 12:17)" 1689 LBCF 26.3 I love this effort to study the word and examine the teaching of various men here and there throughout the world. Some we find instruct us very well in the word, others we find are less helpful. Our study is an important thing, blessed by our Lord, who is involved directly in that activity, granting grace to the humble and resisting the proud. In Him, Doc |
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306 | Hysterical, Sensational, Sentimental | Mic 3:11 | DocTrinsograce | 243223 | ||
Hi, Ed... I agree. This was particularly true of Manichean heresy. Here is what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say: Babylon was still a center of the pagan priesthood; here Mani became thoroughly imbued with their ancient speculations. On Sunday, 20 March, A.D. 242, Mani first proclaimed his gospel in the royal residence, Gundesapor, on the coronation day of Sapor I, when vast crowds from all parts were gathered together. "As once Buddha came to India, Zoroaster to Persia, and Jesus to the lands of the West, so came in the present time, this prophecy through me, the Mani, to the land of Babylonia", sounded the proclamation of this "Apostle of the true God". He seems to have had but little immediate success and was compelled to leave the country. For many years he traveled abroad, founding Manichæan communities in Turkestan and India. When he finally returned to Persia he succeeded in converting to his doctrine Peroz, the brother of Sapor I, and dedicated to him one of his most important works, the "Shapurikan". Peroz obtained for Mani an audience with the king and Mani delivered his prophetical message in the royal presence. We soon find Mani again a fugitive from his native land; though here and there, as in Beth Garmia, his teaching seems to have taken early root. And further... The key to Mani's system is his cosmogony. Once this is known there is little else to learn. In this sense Mani was a true Gnostic, as he brought salvation by knowledge. Manichæism professed to be a religion of pure reason as opposed to Christian credulity; it professed to explain the origin, the composition, and the future of the universe; it had an answer for everything and despised Christianity, which was full of mysteries. It was utterly unconscious that its every answer was a mystification or a whimsical invention; in fact, it gained mastery over men's minds by the astonishing completeness, minuteness, and consistency of its assertions. In Him, Doc |
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307 | Giving All to Christ our Only King | Ps 25:3 | DocTrinsograce | 243220 | ||
"On 11 May 1685, Margaret Wilson and Margaret MacLauchlan were drowned in the Solway Firth at Wigtown for attending conventicles and refusing to take the oath against James Renwick's Apologetical Declaration. Growing up, Margaret Wilson (18), and her brother and sister had often had to hide from government troops because they wouldn't go to hear the Episcopal ministers. One day, however, Margaret and her sister Agnes (13) were finally caught. Their father managed to get his younger daughter released, but he couldn’t save Margaret. She was to be drowned with an older woman, Margaret McLaughlin. The soldiers tied them both to wooden stakes in the water. The younger Margaret was tied nearer to the shore so would see the older woman die first and be persuaded to give up her beliefs -- so she wouldn’t die as well. As the older woman was drowning, the soldiers asked the younger Margaret what she thought of her now. Margaret Wilson replied 'I see Christ wrestling there.' Then, just when she herself was about to drown, the soldiers lifted up her head and asked her to pray for the king. She answered 'God save him if He will, for it is His salvation I desire.' However when they asked her take the oath [of loyalty to the head of the church as law required], she said 'I will not, I am one of Christ's children, let me go.' The soldiers then pushed her head down under the water again until she died. Just before she died, Margaret had sung from Psalm 25: "'My sins and faults of youth do thou, O Lord, forget: After thy mercy think on me, and for thy goodness great. God good and upright is: the way he'll sinners show. The meek in judgment He will guide, and make His path to know.' "The two Margarets are just two of many, many people who paid the ultimate price because of their love for the Lord Jesus Christ." --Reformation History |
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308 | Questions to ask while Reading the Word | Neh 8:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243219 | ||
Hi, sonofmom... It is always a pleasure to see you posting. You have posted correctly! Any sound hermeneutic takes into account the genre of the text under exegetical examination. There are passages of many different genres in the Scriptures that include things like narrative, pedagogic, prophetic, poetic, epistolary, etc. Even the gospels are a unique genre -- part sermon and part history, etc. You are right that parabolic interpretation is a special kind of teaching. Way back in 2005 I posted some notes on parables. See #157835 if you are interested. I culled together those points from my hermeneutics class in seminary. What a blessing it was! (By the way, the little book by Gordon Fee entitled "Reading the Bible for All Its Worth" can be enormously helpful in using good guidelines to the proper interpretation of the Word. He is a Pentecostal professor, well recognized for his skill in this area. Reformed schools all over use his text.) Yes, the preacher you mentioned made a number of fundamental errors in his interpretation of the parable of the treasure in the field. Without a proper education in the interpretation of literature, those kinds of folks come up with all kinds of bizarre messages. That fellow missed the entire point of the parable. You were very right to be on your guard. These kinds of things were quite common in church history. Unfortunately, some of those servants of the Enemy were very clever. Today they end up sounding silly. This is not because the Enemy himself is silly. Quite the contrary. What we have today is many gullible listeners, in search of men who will tickle their ears. Thus, the teacher doesn't have to be very sophisticated in his misdirection. Enter 157835 in the box that says Word(s) or ID# on the upper right hand side of your screen. Take a look at my notes on parables there and let me know what you think. I was going to conclude by congratulating you in the wisdom that allowed you to detect the Enemy. Indeed, that is a blessing. But the one we can really be proud of is as you intimated, the Holy Spirit. I am proud of what He is doing in your life! He brought you a long way, ma'am. That also made me mindful of how dependent we are on the Holy Spirit to help us in the study of the word. Our Confession, the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, right up in the first chapter concerning the Holy Scriptures, puts it this way: "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down or necessarily contained in the Holy Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelation of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word, and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; Galatians 1:8,9; John 6:45; 1 Corinthians 2:9-12; 1 Corinthians 11:13, 14; 1 Corinthians 14:26,40)" 1689 LBCF 1.6 What a marvelous blessing it is that He grants grace to those who sincerely seek Him. In Him, Doc |
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309 | Questions to ask while Reading the Word | Neh 8:18 | DocTrinsograce | 243212 | ||
What is surprising? (Grace surprises sinners) If we aren't surprised, perhaps complacency has set in. We fail to assume grace. What is uncomfortable? (The Word is a mirror) If we aren't uncomfortable, then our viewpoint is probably wrong. What does this mean? (The Word is truth) We must begin from a starting point of humility. What is meant in the context of all Scripture. Scripture is rational, it never means one thing one day and another thing another day. The OT is to be used to guide our understanding of the NT... The NT is to be used to enlighten, and in subordination, to the study of the OT.. What is the particular significance of each separate passage? Consider figures of speech, metaphors, and proverbs Be caught up with God's glory! |
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310 | Hysterical, Sensational, Sentimental | Mic 3:11 | DocTrinsograce | 243211 | ||
"The life of many religious people, I fear, in this age, is nothing better than a continual course of chasing after novelties. They are always morbidly craving fresh excitement; and they seem to care little what it is -- if they only get it. All preaching seems to be the same to them; and they appear unable to 'see differences' so long as they hear what is clever, have their ears tickled, and sit in a crowd. Worst of all, there are hundreds of young unestablished believers who are so infected with the same love of excitement, that they actually think it a duty to be always seeking it. Insensibly almost to themselves, they take up a kind of hysterical, sensational, sentimental Christianity -- until they are never content with the 'old paths;' and, like the Athenians, are always running after something new!" --J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) I wonder what dear Godly men like Ryle would say of our day? |
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311 | What Makes a Doctrine Biblical? | Prov 13:13 | DocTrinsograce | 243208 | ||
"The basic question at stake is, 'What makes a doctrine biblical?' That question is of course important to Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants alike, but it is particularly important for us Protestants, affirming as we do sola scriptura. What I would like to do here is articulate an appropriate theological method that is faithful to sola scriptura in a robustly theological and historical manner (which, by the way, is how the Reformers originally articulated the idea). In contrast to a stark biblicism that sees theology as essentially an individual project whereby the reader exegetes a handful of passages and then makes theological conclusions, this method is, I think, more careful to understand that theology is not autonomous, it is not presupposition-less, it is not a-historical, it is not merely a matter of proof-texting or collecting a handful of texts, and it is not unmoored from other Christians reflection throughout space and time." --Dr. Matt Emerson (June 15, 2016) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC https://secundumscripturas.com/2016/06/15/what-makes-a-doctrine-biblical/ |
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312 | Twisting scripture with quotes | Matt 28:19 | DocTrinsograce | 243207 | ||
Dear Ed, Here are a couple more phrases that would be worthy of definition. ad hominem circumstantial and ad hominem abusive In our day we hear these fallacies from politicians whenever they open their mouths. We ought to be particularly concerned when these are used by teachers and ministers. Our Lord did rightly say through Jeremiah, "For you will no longer remember the oracle of the LORD, because every man's own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God" (v23.36). I often think as I hold my Bible: I have Deuteronomy 4:2 in my left hand and Revelation 22:18-19 in my right hand. If that in itself is not enough to cause us to tremble, then what of these words spoken by our Lord Jesus: "The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil. But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (Matthew 12:35-37) That being true of the careless words, what then of the carefully chosen words? The end never justifies the means in matters of our Lord, the Word Himself (cf Matthew 13:52). The other passage that frequently comes to mind in this context is Peter in his second epistle: "Therefore [in our confident expectation of coming glory v13], beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." (2 Peter 3:14-18) Those three words seem to stand out: untaught, unstable, and unprincipled; all tied, like cement overshoes, with "to their own destruction" (cf Jude 4). Contrariwise, we are to be apply dilligence so as "to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation" (v14). Lord, may we never be the former! Rather grant us the grace to "So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:12-13). In Him, Doc |
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313 | Twisting Everything That is Straight | Mic 3:9 | DocTrinsograce | 243205 | ||
"The usual way of arguing against one of the doctrines of grace is first, to misrepresent it so badly that no serious student of the Scripture would ever embrace it; then totally demolish it with arguments that have nothing at all to do with the issue. In matters of controversy, this practice is sometimes referred to as 'burning straw dummies.' "A little honest investigation and serious study of the issues involved would cause the opponents of these truths to be far more reticent to speak against doctrines about which they understand so little. "Charles Spurgeon, addressing this very matter one hundred years ago, asked, 'Why do they earnestly set themselves to confute what no one defends?'" --Randy Seiver (1993) |
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314 | God's Impassibility | Mal 3:6 | DocTrinsograce | 243204 | ||
"The divine generation must not be compared to the nature of men, nor the Son considered to be part of God, nor the generation to imply any passion whatever; God is not as man; for men beget passibly, having a transitive nature, which waits for periods by reason of its weakness. But with God this cannot be; for He is not composed of parts, but being impassible and simple, He is impassibly and indivisibly Father of the Son." --Athanasius (298-373) |
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315 | The Erosion of the Gospel | Luke 1:37 | DocTrinsograce | 243202 | ||
"Unwarranted confidence in human ability is a product of fallen human nature. This false confidence now fills the evangelical world; from the self-esteem gospel, to the health and wealth gospel, from those who have transformed the gospel into a product to be sold and sinners into consumers who want to buy, to others who treat Christian faith as being true simply because it works. This silences the doctrine of justification regardless of the official commitments of our churches. "God's grace in Christ is not merely necessary but is the sole efficient cause of salvation. We confess that human beings are born spiritually dead and are incapable even of cooperating with regenerating grace. "We reaffirm that in salvation we are rescued from God's wrath by his grace alone. It is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that brings us to Christ by releasing us from our bondage to sin and raising us from spiritual death to spiritual life. "We deny that salvation is in any sense a human work. Human methods, techniques or strategies by themselves cannot accomplish this transformation. Faith is not produced by our unregenerated human nature." --The Cambridge Declaration (1996) |
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316 | Harmonizing the Word Hermeneutically | Deut 19:21 | DocTrinsograce | 243201 | ||
Oy vey iz mere. Scriptures on your assertion that only the magisterium are of sufficient wisdom to understand Scripture and dole it out to the masses. Scriptures that support your denial of the Clarity of Scripture. Of course, I cannot imagine that you have any... so never mind. |
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317 | Who is Like You O Lord | Ex 15:11 | DocTrinsograce | 243200 | ||
What God is like to Him I serve? What Saviour like to mine? O never let me from Thee swerve, For truly I am Thine. My thankful mouth shall speak Thy praise, My tongue shall talk of Thee; On high my heart O do Thou raise For what Thou'st done for me. Go worldlings to your vanities, And heathen to your gods; Let them help in adversities And sanctify their rods; My God He is not like to yours Yourselves shall judges be; I find His love, I know His power— A succorer of me He is not man that He should lie, Nor son of man to unsay; His word He plighted hath on high, And I shall live for aye. And for His sake that faithful is, That died but now doth live, The first and last that lives for aye, Me lasting life shall give. --Anne Bradstreet (July 8, 1656) |
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318 | Taking Care of Veracity in Statistics | Ps 34:13 | DocTrinsograce | 243198 | ||
"A denomination is defined in this Encyclopedia as an organized aggregate of worship centers or congregations of similar ecclesiastical tradition within a specific country; i.e. as an organized Christian church or tradition or religious group or community of believers, within a specific country, whose component congregations and members are called by the same denominational name in different areas, regarding themselves as one autonomous Christian church distinct from other denominations, churches and traditions. As defined here, world Christianity consists of 6 major ecclesiastico-cultural blocs, divided into 300 major ecclesiastical traditions, composed of over 33,000 distinct denominations in 238 countries, these denominations themselves being composed of over 3,400,000 worship centers, churches or congregations." (Barrett et al, volume 1, page 16, Table 1-5) So we have, according to Barrett's Encyclopedia: "a denomination is defined as existing within a specific country there are 33,000 total of these 'Christian denominations' in 238 total countries These 33,000 are subdivided into '6 major ecclesiastico-cultural mega-blocs,' and ordering them by denomination size we have (I am rounding up or down slightly for convenience, using year 2000 figures): Independents (about 22000) Protestants (about 9000) 'Marginals' (about 1600) Orthodox (781) Roman Catholics (242) Anglicans (168) So the 33,000 number is from the total of these 6 mega-blocs: 22,000 plus 9000 plus 1,600 plus 781 plus 242 plus 168 equals around 33,000 That's where the 33,000 figure comes from. If you count the "mega-bloc" of 'Protestants' only it is 9000 / 33000 or 27 percent of the total. However, if you combine Protestants with Independents and Anglicans it is 94 percent of the total or 31,000 . We will see .. that most (about 97 percent) of the 'Independent' churches are indeed Protestants. ... All of the information ... is found on pages 16-18 (volume 1) of the World Christian Encyclopedia (2001, 2nd edition). --Richard N. Ostling, Associated Press, 19 May 2001 "While the World Christian Encyclopedia does refer to 'only' 9000 or so denominations as 'Protestant' the source also includes 22,000 or so denominations as 'Independent' and if you look at the names of these 'Independent' groups above, you'll see most of them are clearly Protestant (the 'Apostolic', the 'Charismatic', the 'Full Gospel', the house or home churches, the pentecostals, probably all the TV/radio Christians, and all the independents of other Protestant denominations listed, etc). None of these are Catholic or Orthodox, but there appear to be some renegade Orthodox, Anglicans, and schismatic Catholics among the 'Independents.' The largest of these Independent Christians are 'White-led charismatic' (17,478,000 members [year 1995], in 2,856 separate denominations [year 2000]), 'African independent pentecostal' (18,943,000 members [year 1995], in 5385 separate denominations [year 2000]), and 'African neocharismatic of mixed traditions' (1,500,000 members [year 1995], in 3333 separate denominations [year 2000]). These three are all Protestant (neither Catholic, nor Orthodox) and account for more than half (53 percent) of the 22,000 'Independent' denominations." See the whole article here: http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm That really is a great article. Check it out and see who are creating the most diverse congregations. |
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319 | Harmonizing the Word Hermeneutically | Deut 19:21 | DocTrinsograce | 243197 | ||
No, the beef would be some solid Scriptures on which to base this opinion of yours. You're being less persuasive with each post that lacks Biblical support. | ||||||
320 | Objective Clarity of the Word | Ps 119:130 | DocTrinsograce | 243190 | ||
"...the Scriptures give satisfactory light to the mind upon every subject of which they treat; and speedily communicate more useful knowledge to the simplest believer, upon the most important topics, than the acutest philosophers have been able to develop through successive ages." --"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge" by Canne, Browne, Blayney, and Scott (1880) "The main thing is the plain thing and the plain thing is the main thing." --Alistair Begg (2015) The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. (Psalms 119:130) To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity; To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion. (Proverbs 1:3-4) "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you." (Proverbs 1:22-23) You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:14-15) You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:14-17) But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Peter 1:20-21) Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:14-16) |
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