Tuesday, April 22, 2025

PT-2 "Continue in God's Word" (2 Tim. 3:13-17)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/22/2025 9:06 AM

 

My Worship Time                                                            Focus:  PT-2 “Continue in God’s Word”

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                               Reference: 2 Timothy 3:13-17

 

            Message of the verses:  13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (KJV).

           

            In yesterday’s SD the Lord seemed to be prompting me to write some things that were on my heart, and I did not get very far in looking at these verses from the end of the third chapter of 2 Timothy.  Now I have made the decision to look at Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe’s commentary to aid me in looking at these verses at the end of 2 Timothy chapter three.  His commentaries are not as lengthy as John MacArthur’s commentaries, but Dr. Wiersbe has things to say many times that just bless my heart.  I have heard it said of Dr. Wiersbe’s commentaries that “he puts the cookies on the shelf where you can reach them,” and I certainly agree with that statement about him. 

 

            One more thing before we begin to look at these verses and that is the Focus, “Continue in God’s Word” is the main point on these verses, and then later on we will look at five sub-points as we continue looking at these verses.

 

            Dr. Wiersbe writes:  “Timothy had been taught the Word of God from the time he was a child.  Some people are prone to say, ‘Well, I needed the Bible when I was younger; but I can do without it now that I’m older.’  How wrong they are!  Adults need the guidance of the Word far more than children do because adults face more temptations and make more decision.  Timothy’s grandmother and mother had faithfully taught him the Old Testament Scriptures.  (The word whom in 2 Tim. 2:14 is plural, referring to these women; see 2 Tim. 1:5.)  Timothy was to continue in what he had been taught.  We never outgrow the Word of God.”  I totally agree with this last statement that Dr. Wiersbe writes, in fact I have found out in my time of being a believer that I certainly need it more the older I get.  You see I did not become a believer until I was almost 27 years old, and I have to say to my shame that I did a lot of living the first 26 years of my life, especially in my teen years, so as memories of those years come to me from time to time I certainly need the Word of God to cause me to get those memories out of my mind.

 

            Dr. Wiersbe goes on in his introduction to these verses:  “This is a good place to admonish Christian parents to teach their children the Bible.  In our home, my wife and I used Kenneth Taylor’s Bible Stories with Pictures for Little Eyes; in fact, we wore out two copies!  What a joy it was to see our older children who had learned to read share the stories with the younger ones and help them answer the questions.  Little by little, the children graduate to older Bible story books and then to Bibles of their own.  We were fortunate that our Sunday School included a Bible memory program.  As soon as your child is born, surround him with the Word of God and prayer.  You will not have this opportunity after he grows up.

 

            “In this paragraph, Paul made some important statements about the Scriptures:”

 

            This is where we will end this introduction as tomorrow, Lord willing, we will begin to look at the first of five sub-points, and I will probably look at the first two sub-points.  In this section of 2 Timothy we have two verses that many have put to memory:  16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works”

 

Spiritual meaning for my Life Today:  Continue to remember the importance of Scriptures in my life, as when I go through different battles in my life the Scriptures are the best place to get the help to see me through those battles, and since my wife has found out that she has cancer, I need the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to speak to my heart in order to be able to fight to get us through this very difficult challenge, but God is Faithful!

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:  Fight the good fight so that the Lord will receive glory as He sees us through this difficult time in our lives.

 

4/22/2025 9:39 AM

 


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