Bible Study January 10, 2025
2 Timothy 2:14 – 19
A Worker Approved by God
14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. 19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
How do we know what is right and how to do it? We simply follow the instructions. Sometimes they seem so simple they are humorous. As an example we have this bottle of shower soap with these instructions: “Apply body wash and massage into a fragrant lather. Rinse and feel refreshed.” To me this is rather obvious. I’m uncertain what else you might do with this bottle. However, I know you have seen the warning on a hair dryer “Do not use in the shower.” Possibly because someone did use it in the wrong place.
The greatest source of instruction for any human being is the scriptures .
The Bible was written by about forty main contributors, though the exact number is disputed. The Old Testament had thirty contributors and the New Testament ten contributors. The Bible containing sixty-six books was written over a period of about 1,500 years by people from different backgrounds, including scholars, shepherds, kings, and commoners.
Yet we look around at nature, see the change of seasons, see the beauty of a sunrise or sunset and many believe it just happened.
The context of the scripture above was for Timothy not to spend a great deal of time with the false teachers in Ephesus because it does no good. Rather Timothy was to teach the Scriptures to the Ephesian Church. Believers need to be equipped to deal with the heresy they encounter. It is the same as federal agents being able to identify counterfeit currency we should be able to identify counterfeit theology.
If a church body does not align with the scriptures and when confronted refuse to accept them they you should consider moving on to a new body where the scriptures are taught under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
Look at what your church believes, what it teaches and be certain you are not sitting under counterfeit theology.
God Bless.
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