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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: Bible Observation How to's |
Bible Note: EdB, Many times we seek theological answers using a scientist perspective (010101...); if something is not readily crunchable or digestible we resort to the old "prove it!" method. There are many things in the Bible that are confusing. And many things that are not readily written. Some believers have a problem with the Bible's lack of clear and definitive titles, names and quotations. One particular group would say as you say that the idea of a Trinity or Three Persons in God is extensional to the Bible since not once is there a single notation of the word trinity or of God deliberating through the prophets that He is God in three Persons. When we search the Bible for the Truth we cannot just read a single passage such as the one where Jesus says that "...no one knows, not even the Son of Man, only the Father..." and seek to find understanding on this simple passage alone. Were it so, then the logical reasoning would be that Jesus is not God since God is Omniscient. We must ask why did Jesus say this? But to crealy understand we must also ask who is jesus? What is His purpose? Clearly it is not to reveal the completeness of the Truth--John the Baptist called him the Lamb of God! Then the questions begs... What is the Lamb's purpose?, to reveal the complete Truth? Further, we must listen to Jesus other statments: "the Father and I are one," "I AM," "I give my life freely and I have the power to recover it again," "I came so that all may have life, and have it abumdantly," "you believe in the Father, believe also in me," "I am the alpha and the omega..." So Ed, it is true that there is no direct Biblical text that states that Salem is Jerusalem. But we must read all of the Bible and compare the various text: Who is the Great King, the High Priest, the Great City, what was God's promise to David, what city would be forever the city of joy, of God's kingdom? Then there's the fact that Melchizedek does represent God as High Priest, that the lineage of priesthood belonging to Aaron is not that of Melchizedek and Jesus, that this High Priest is also a king, that there are two lines of authority that were never merged in Israel (the King and the High Priest), that consequently only Jesus and Melchizedek share these distinctive titles, that Abraham--moved by the Holy Spirit no dubt, offered to Melchizedek the tenth of all his plunder, and finally that that which took place happened hundreds of years before the priesthood and kingdom was brought to the people of Israel. Again, there are many truths not set in clear and precise text. But the Bible is God's tool and the Holy Spirit, who is God, guides us to understanding. We must not seek the Truth as the Jews, Greeks and the Gentiles--one time Jesus told them that there would be no other sign given to them then that of Jonah! Here's a little query: Malachi 3:1 vs. Matthew 11:10, why is there a change of expression. Why does Jesus not quote the passage word per word? Maran atha! |