2 Timothy 3
Chosen Bible Study Reading Plan Season 1, Episode/Week 3, Day 4
3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God p may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 2 Ti 3.
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Theme(s): Sinful nature of man, the blessings of Scripture
Best Verse(s): 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God p may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Command to Obey: continue in what you have learned
Sin to Avoid: --
Promise to Claim: Scriptures make you wise for salvation; All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training
Application to Make: --
Something New About God: Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, the Scriptures make us wise about this.
Reflection: My job is not to teach the Bible, my job is to teach people to follow Jesus using the Bible as my sole authority. I must know God's law (the Bible), Do God's law and then I will be a Christian. But the Bible is not simply Basic Instructions For Life on Earth, it reveals God. It shows us who God is, what is character is, and facilitates having a relationship with God. It allows me to have faith in Jesus Christ which is salvation. Therefore I will read and journal on Scripture every morning.
