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"and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (v.15). How does Scripture help us toward being saved?  Both OT and NT comprise 'special revelation'. They contain the truths about God's redemption that are used by the Holy Spirit to save an individual. "Special revelation is rooted in the redemptive plan of God, is addressed to man as sinner, can be properly understood and appropriated only by faith, and serves the purpose of securing the end for which man was created in spite of the disturbance wrought by sin.  In view of the eternal plan of redemption it should be said that this  special revelation did not come in as an after-thought, but was in the mind of God from the very beginning...It is a knowledge that is not rationally demonstrable but must be accepted by faith." (Berkhof) In contrast, 'general revelation' is a "revelation of t...

From 2 Timothy, would you say that Paul put his own teaching on level with Old Testament Scripture? Why or why not? 1:11.  for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 1:13-14.  Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14  By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. 2:2. and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 3:10, You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 3:14, But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 3:16, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.   Our answer is "yes". Because:  Paul sees himself as an 'apostle...

  “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7  Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8  For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9  I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10  All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11  And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12  While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scriptur...

  7. On what has Timothy based his personal convictions? (3:15-17) " and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17  that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." (2 Tim 3:15-17) Since he was a child, Timothy has based his personal convictions on the OT writings, which have prepared him for salvation in Christ Jesus. No one can be saved through the OT alone at this time. The Jews of the OT looked forward in faith to Christ’s work on the Cross, even though they would not have seen Him clearly. In contrast, the Jews of today have already rejected their true Messiah (Rom 9-11). There is the implication that it is an advantage to grow up in a Christian home (1 Cor 7:14, Mal 2:14-15) There is also the truth th...

  Winnie is now Cell Cohesion I/C! KBBQ on 6/5/21  Qin's belated birthday celebration today :)