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NASB | 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God's truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold, |
Subject: CBA Survey of Biblical Principles |
Bible Note: I thought this might be interesting for some of you. It is the results of a survey given at the 1996 Christian Broadcasters Association. I changed the percent sign to a capital P so that it would properly post. No matter where you stand on these questions, I thought it would be insightful for us all. In Him, Doc 1. Can you name the Ten Commandments? Only 5P of the respondents could name all ten. Most could not even name half. 2. What Does the Apostle Paul mean by the term "justification?" Only 7P responded with the correct answer (or at least "were in the ball park") Agree or Disagree? 3. Justification is the process by which I am made holy by God's Spirit (a summary of the Roman Catholic teaching) 71P agreed, 26P disagreed, 3P unsure 4. The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9) 59P agreed, 40P disagreed, 1P unsure 5. The issue God cares about is the direction of the heart, not the content of theology (from Clark Pinnock's book, A Wideness In God's Mercy) 75P agreed, 19P disagreed, 6P unsure 6. There is no one righteous, no one who seeks God, there is no one who does good (Rom. 3) 65P agreed, 35P disagreed 7. We sin because of the outside influence and enticements of the world which corrupts our good nature (a summary of the heretic Pelagius' teaching) 23P agreed, 75P disagreed, 2P unsure 8. Salvation is for those who do absolutely nothing to help save themselves, but simply trust in a God who justifies wicked people (a summary of Rom. 4:5) 54P agreed, 44P disagreed, 2P unsure 9. A Christian is someone who is simultaneously a saint and a sinner (Martin Luther's famous quote; basically one of the hallmarks of Protestantism) 74P agreed, 26P disagreed 10. We are saved by Grace after all that we can do (Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism) 42P agreed, 57P disagreed, 1P unsure 11. Even our good works are sinful and repugnant to God (Is. 64:6) 48P agreed, 44P disagreed, 8P unsure 12. No one can come to Jesus unless enabled to do so by the Father (John 6:65) 72P agreed, 26P disagreed, 2P unsure 13. The test of truth is whether or not it works on a practical level (William James - Pragmatism) 31P agreed, 64P disagreed, 5P unsure 14. Babies are sinful and under the wrath of God from birth (the doctrine of original sin, Ps. 51) 32P agreed, 61P disagreed, 7P unsure 15. God will not deny his grace to those who do what lies within their power (a medieval Catholic slogan) 54P agreed, 44P disagreed, 2P unsure 16. People are basically good (Pelagianism) 34P agreed, 66P disagreed 17. Philosophy is useless and theology is worse (lyrics from the rock band Dire Straits) 32P agreed, 65P disagreed, 3P unsure 18. Faith is essentially the same as "making Christ master" in one's life (J. Gresham Machen's description of liberalism in the 1920's) 71P agreed, 25P disagreed, 4P unsure 19. "Putting into practice the principles of Jesus" is how one becomes right with God (Another phrase from liberalism Machen was critical of in the 1920's) 42P agreed, 55P disagreed, 3P unsure |
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