Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | 1 Timothy 5:17 ¶ The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 5:17 ¶ The elders who perform their leadership duties well are to be considered worthy of double honor (financial support), especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching [the word of God concerning eternal salvation through Christ]. |
Subject: Why do people get it wrong? |
Bible Note: Why do people get it wrong? ____________________ NASB 1 Timothy 5:17 The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. 'In 1 Timothy 5:17 it says that the elders who work hard in the Scripture are worthy of double honor. It is hard work. Avoid superficial interpretation' (John MacArthur at www.gty.org/Broadcast/transcripts/90-157.htm). ____________________ Why wouldn’t teachers in the church correctly understand various Bible doctrines if they’re so scholarly? John MacArthur's Answer 'Well, they don’t understand--there are a number of reasons why people get it wrong. One is they are in a tradition where people have had it wrong for a long time. And so, that’s the way they grew up, that’s the tradition they’re in, and that’s what they understand. In other words, there is a predigested, passed-down system. (...) '[Teachers of unsound doctrine] can systematize their viewpoint and once that viewpoint is systematized at some point in history and passed down and passed down and refined and refined and refined, they have a scholastic system. (...) 'So, it isn’t that they’re not scholars; it’s that they tend to be in a mold or in a rut (I guess you could say) that traditionally gets passed down. 'I also think a second reason why people get it wrong--and this is true for anything--is because they don’t do the really hard work of studying the Word of God, and you have to drop your presuppositions at some point. (...) 'But, I think if people could divest themselves of their presuppositions and if they could be willing to eat a little humble pie and say, “It’s possible that I might be wrong,” and take another hard look at the Word of God, they would come to the right answers. It’s a very simple point to make, and it is this: if two people take two opposing views of something, they cannot both be right. Somebody is wrong.' ____________________ http://www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/70-19-6.htm The "Question" above was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California, and "Answered" by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr. |