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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. |
Bible Question: Might someone be able to explain what Matthew 21:22 means? And how one is able to obtain the VERY thing being prayed for. |
Bible Answer: David :: In Matthew 6:9-13 our Lord gave to us who are His disciples some very precious insights to aid us in our prayer life. Commonly called the "Lord's Prayer" it is more accurate to think of it as a pattern for prayer that Jesus gave His followers. It is brief but it deserves intensive study and reflection, for Jesus put much in few words. In this short response to your question, I'd like to touch upon only four words that appear near the beginning of the prayer. The words are "Thy will be done." They tell us that the major purpose of prayer is to get exactly the very things we want, such as health, happiness and gobs of money, that all we need do is to "name it and claim it." Right? ...... No! Not in a million years! ...... But what it does tell us immediately is that prayer has one major purpose, and that is to seek out and find the will of God. Jesus did not teach His disciples in this brief passage that prayer is a wrestling match with God whereby we attempt to pin God down and bend His will to ours. Nor is prayer an exercise in which we bargain with God by trying to talk Him into doing something we want done in reward for "being good." Knowing God's will comes from knowing God's word and praying in the Holy Spirit of God as He leads, interceding for us in our prayers, for in our weaknesses we do not know what we should pray for as we ought. (See Romans 8:26). --Hank |