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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness]. |
Bible Question: How can someone learn the scriptures unto salvation if he is mentally or psychologically incapacitated? Will he go to hell? |
Bible Answer: Dear wry, Salvation is not a matter of mental states or psychological ability. It is not something that takes place in the emotions or the will, although it impacts all of these things (Romans 5:5; 1 John 3:21, 24). It is a work (Hebrews 5:9) and gift of God (Ephesians 2:8) whereby at a time of His own choosing (Ephesians 1:10), those that belong to Him (Ephesians 1:4), though dead in sin, are made alive (John 11:25). It is a mysterious work (John 3:8), one whose exact machinations we will never fully understand. (Use the search command for the words "ordo salutis" for those things that are revealed in the Word.) Certainly, under normal circumstances there is a definite -- although not exhaustively quantifiable -- set of truths that a believer must necessarily comprehend in the process of salvation. However, that process is a spiritual one, not a mental one (1 Corinthians 2:14). It seems apparent that this is why some people who are "mentally challenged" can exhibit obvious evidences of regeneration, and why others do not have any clear memory of the salvation experience yet manifest lives of love and obedience to the Lord. God inevitably and certainly saves those who are His own, working when, where, and how He pleases for their benefit and His glory. (see John 3:3, 5, 6, 8) In Him, Doc |