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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: Why are there disagreements... |
Bible Note: kalos; In my last reply, I mentioned one of the reasons why believers do not arrive at the same conclusions regarding the meaning of Scripture. Another reason is one I will now mention because I personally experienced it. When I first became a believer, I was a new born baby in Christ, I thought as a spritual baby in Christ thought. As I continued in the faith, my understanding of Scripture increased. Then I arrived at a point where some the things I previously thought were Scripturally accurate were now found by me to be Scripturally inaccurate. I had to depart from my previous thoughts about what I initially thought Scripture said, because my understanding was imperfect. What I am trying to say is that in the Christian community, we have believers at various levels of spiritual maturity in their faith. Experience tells me this is another reason we don't all draw the same conclusions about Scripture. Spurgeon once was quoted as saying: "we read Scripture with the simplicity of a child, and whatever we find therein to state it; and if It may not seem to agree with something we have hitherto held, we are prepared to cast away every doctrine of our own, rather than one passage of scripture." I think if each of is honest with ourselves we will see that we have had to adjust our thinking about the meaning of certain Scripture as we have matured in the faith. I know I have had to. Grace to you New Creature |