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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. |
Subject: Logic: The Means to Rightly Divide |
Bible Note: Hi, Brother Tim... Because of common grace, all men are able to use logic and arrive at valid conclusions. Obviously, though, there are people all around us that believe all kinds of erroneous things. Sometimes this is because of faulty reasoning. (That's why a large part of the study of rhetoric is concerned with logical fallacies.) Sometimes this is because there are presuppositions that are invalid. Sometimes this is simply because people don't take the time to think -- in fact, they don't want to think! As believers, our presuppositions are very different from atheists. Therefore, it is to be expected that our conclusions differ. "Why do the heathen rage?" Because they don't want to be told what to do! As a believer, we start with "Be it unto me according to Thy Word." In Him, Doc |