Precious Provision
Book of 2 Timothy 3
This Lesson will
show us that according to the Word of God, we are in the last days of
the Church Age. Remember the New Testament is written to the Church,
even though we are still to become familiar with both the Old
Testament and the New Testament.
We may also realize
that our Lord knows this world is headed for trouble and He does want
the church to work even harder at this time and not get caught up in
all the distractions that are going on.
It amazes me that
politicians use distractions, so they can ignore what they were put
in office to do!
Everything going on
in the politics of today are a distraction from the truth of what
needs to be done!
We know that the
Lord is soon coming to free the Redeemed and take them on home to
Heaven. For all those who may disagree, the return of Christ is
mentioned more than 300 times just in the New Testament! The Lord
will return just as He has said He will!
Christ will return,
and His return will be a literal, physical event! Jesus will return
in the same way and the same place from where the disciples saw Him
leave. This will be about seven years after He will lay claim to His
Church.
Act 1:11 Which also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Before these things
can happen, the great falling away and our last chance to get busy
for the Lord, we will experience what the Holy Spirit calls,
"perilous times".
*****2Ti 3:1 This
know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
As Christians we
must be well aware of where we are on God's celestial clock!
God knows the church
will see some hard times before the Lord returns to take us all home.
Now the Church will
not go through the seven-year Tribulation period, but we will witness
that period, called the last days of the Church Age!
The pulpits of the
Church must preach of this perilous season that we have entered
because all the Word of God must be preached!
We may even be
witnessing the closing out of the time of preaching the "Gospel"
of Jesus Christ, during the Church Age!
The Church Age began
at the Lords Death and was guaranteed by His Resurrection from that
death to "New Life"!
It is these days
that will soon be coming to an end, and then the Lord will begin His
work with the Jews as He promised!
These difficult
times we are seeing, will not be about the treacherous things we are
witnessing in our world.
These times will not
be described as a loss of provisions, since these things are in the
hand of God and He makes some serious promises that He will never
break about providing our needs.
These times will not
be about great wars that will continue to happen latter or of this
profane world.
No, these last days
will be the days that wickedness that have now come to the forefront
in all the societies of this world!
We could say
wickedness and has come out of the closet and is now in full view
throughout this world!
Peter had these
words:
2Pe 3:3 Knowing
this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking
after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying,
Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation.
John had these
words:
1Jn 2:18 Little
children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist
shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that
it is the last time.
This Scripture has
never been truer than it is now!
There are many today
that say our world is not that bad but, they have approved evil and
rejected the Church in every way they can.
We live in a nation
that is divided according to the Word of God, those who declare the
truth of God's Word and those who will accept any and all types of
immorality, calling it freedom.
Even some who are
evil themselves, do also detest the evil that is seen today!
We must always
remember that we are only better than any of those by the "Grace"
of God!
By that same "Grace"
they can be our equals in the Church!
The good thing that
we must keep in mind is, that the Lord could come at any moment to
get His Bride!
We have seen the gay
lifestyle, rejected by the true Church because it is condemned by the
Word of God. As God says this lifestyle is just sin as all sin is and
all sin is condemned by the Word of God!
The only sin that
will keep the sinner from receiving the free gift of salvation, is
the sin of rejecting the work of the Lord Jesus Christ to pay the sin
debt of all humanity.
So, what we are
seeing is, that we are beginning to live in a godless world that will
come in its entirety after the Church is removed by the Lord.
It is only the
Church filled with the Holy Spirit that can hold back the evils of
this world, if our "faith" remains!
Listen as the Holy
Spirit describes our societies in today's era. We should be afraid to
preach these same words with vigor!
*****2Ti 3:2 For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2Ti 3:3 Without
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good,
2Ti 3:4 Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 Having a
form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away.
There is no doubt
that the Holy Spirit gave these words to Paul to describe the world
we live in today!
We live in a world
where most every human wants to please their own happiness "at
the expense of all others"!
The Word of God will
never change!
2Co 5:14 For the
love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one
died for all, then were all dead:
2Co 5:15 And that
he died for all, "that they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves", but unto him which died for them, and
rose again.
In the days of Paul,
he had witnessed many of these sins in his travels, especially in the
Greek and Roman societies of that day!
Never has these
Scriptures written to Timothy been truer, than they are today! We
truly live in a wicked godless world!
Many of those who
have the power to change things, do not want to for some unrealistic
goal they have of changing America from a free society to some
socialist society, knowing that most of the nations that have done
the same, have all failed but maybe two who are communist.
AND, their own
people have little or no freedoms left!
Any time we put
ourselves before the written Word of God and the God who wrote it, we
have made our own selves to be gods with no power!
It is very evident
that we are seeing the last days of the Church and the Lord said to
His Bride to make herself ready and strive for perfection!
It is the day of
people who turn to and fro not knowing which way to go, and confusion
brings tension and tension brings division!
Self-love is when
someone has made themselves god and feel like nothing matters but
having their own style of pleasure themselves.
They will be lovers
of money and their possessions and cling to those things as if to
change, would be their end!
They will covet more
and more!
What did King
Solomon find?
Ecc 5:10 He that
loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth
abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Have you noticed all
the people who either have a job or do not have a job, but they have
the time to go protest and carry around signs either showing what
they stand for? Most of those signs cannot be read and certainly not
understood but they still brag about the evil they are doing?
Many of these people
must have things their own way, while at the same time denying those
same rights to those who oppose them!
All those from both
sides who look down on others, are also the blame for what is going
on in our nation today.
Pride is a deadly
act to follow and it will normally lead to destruction!
Have you ever seen
such a time, where people will slander those who do not think like
they do? This is our world today!
That so-called
millennial bunch, will do anything to grab attention but in the end,
they will not accomplish anything for their own beliefs. The
politicians will abandon them after they get their vote just as they
have always done!
Tell me how much the
lives of our black brothers improved under the previous
administration. Who made gains? Not our black brothers and sisters.
Those of LBGT may
have become free and come out of the closet but a rainbow of colors
on the White House has not helped them at all because they did not
get real help from the previous administration. Who made gains? Not
those who claimed this evilness!
The only thing we
have seen that is real is "hatred" has begun to run deep in
our nation!
The only ones who
prospered were Planned Parenthood who is not only in the business of
killing unborn babies but have the nerve to sell internal organs from
these murdered babies who are not considered to be humans. Who are
those filthy sinners who made gains off unborn babies!
How many doctors,
brain surgeons, or all types of valuable people did not get a chance
because they were aborted?
We must understand
that to one certain party, aliens, illegal immigrants and a few
others are nothing but votes in an attempt to gain control of
congress and never letting it go to fill their own pockets and those
of their friends. (Look at the Clintons who had less than a million
dollars when they left the White House claiming to be broke, who are
now multimillionaires.
Those who are
promoted by a certain group of people have just made merchandise of
those who are illegally in our nation and are just as much slaves who
are made merchandise and they are too blind to see it.
Sorry for venting
here.
Even some of these
will show a form of godliness but they will still deny the true power
of our Savior who has life within His own self!
As Christians we
need to flee from any association with these groups but pray for them
and witness to them "Gospel" if we get the opportunity.
*****2Ti 3:6 For of
this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly
women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
2Ti 3:7 Ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
In the day of Paul,
the women would be at home more or less secluded, while their
husbands would be at work or whatever they did to provide an income.
These false teachers
used fraud and deceit to creep into these homes while the fathers
were not at home. Their entrance into these homes was much like a
weasel going about its business. Weasels are unclean animals, coming
out of their burrows in the ground only at certain times of the day.
We should always be
aware that the coming of the antichrist will be like Satan, as Satan
first attacked the woman and not the man!
This not saying that
every woman would be vulnerable. It is just saying that Satan can
spot those who are vulnerable to his unique style of deceit.
We have already been
observing that corruptness and compromising has begun to take center
stage in what at one time was steadfast observance of the Word of God
and this cannot be denied except by those who are guilty of these
things.
This is not only in
America but worldwide!
We should understand
that the keeping and the teaching of the children and the teaching of
the lady’s classes is all that the Lord has offered to the precious
ladies of the Church as the Church is to operate just as the
Christian home and family is to operate.
With the false
ministries of today, the ladies have been offered roles in the Church
that the Lord has said no to but we see more of every day now even
including gay ministers and female ministers that have taken away the
fact that the Church is just an extension of the Christian family in
which the Lord is the head, with the father being next, then that
mother who also is to put the Lord before that husband but she is to
follow after that husband in the order of things in the family, in
the home, and in the church.
Those false leaders
in the church have begun to teach their own truth disguising it as
the truth of God which it is far from being true!
We have seen in many
places that these false preachers along with their teachers have
begun to take over one church after another.
For instance, many
who have called themselves Baptist for years are filling the pews of
the Jehovah's Witness, because they never had proper discipling in
the places of worship where they had attended.
We should understand
that the false preacher will always have some new notion or some new
practice that will lead those who trust them deeper and deeper into a
false religion that they simply will not recover from.
The false preacher
will always deny the power of godliness, which is the one thing that
is the mark of the true Church!
The false preacher
will teach a works doctrine that has always been denied by the Lord.
We have no work to
do in order to be saved and we have no works to do to keep us saved!
Do not ever believe this lie straight from Hell!
God will expect for
us to work after our salvation, but it has nothing to do to keep our
salvation. We are expected to be witnesses of the "Gospel"
of Jesus Christ, the God of the Bible.
This one thing ,
"Jesus Christ the God of the Bible", is the stumbling block
for many just as God has said!
*****2Ti 3:8 Now as
Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the
truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
2Ti 3:9 But they
shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all
men, as theirs also was.
We should
understand, these who would preach and teach a false message are not
just going to be afraid and run whenever we know the truth of their
message.
The members of the
average church will not have the knowledge of the Word of God to
counter act the deceiving message from them.
Jannes and Jambres
were the sorcerers and magicians that went against Moses.
Exo 7:10 And Moses
and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had
commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his
servants, and it became a serpent.
Exo 7:11 Then
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians
of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exo 7:22 And the
magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's
heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had
said.
Exo 8:7 And the
magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon
the land of Egypt.
Exo 8:18 And the
magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but
they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
We had better
understand that Jannes is not to be got rid of with a laugh, nor
Jambres with a smile of indifference. Those of the same that exist
today are a source of constant danger, and their presence in the
professing Church does more to paralyze its testimony than all the
outward opposition and persecution it has ever met.
They will be hard to
unseat even when they are found out to be nothing more than cheap
magicians.
When Satan
entrenches himself into the church, we will see power like we have
never seen, and these are the things that will take place in the
great falling away of God's people.
Only when these
things begin to happen in those houses of God that have defended the
"Grace" of God continuously, will they will be sent from
the church after much damage.
A deceiving so
called Christian, will fade away at the continuous bombardment of the
truth of God!
Those who have a
form of godliness, will always deny the power of God and in the end,
saying only man can have such power.
We must know that it
is only by the power of God that His truth will always come to the
front with its life saving "Grace"!
We can say what we
will, but every age since Noah has felt like it was the new age and
saw more life and truth that the previous one.
This has been true
for true science and technology and medicines but not true in human
life and human behavior!
The truth of human
behavior is that it becomes more sinful than the previous generation!
God says, "be
sure your sin will find you out", every false teacher and false
preacher will be exposed in the day Christ returns.
2Th 1:7 And to you
who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall
be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he
shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all
them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in
that day.
There will be some
in the Church that will go up in the Rapture and leave that false
preacher behind, with those who have trusted him!
Now let's compare
the true God called Pastor.
*****2Ti 3:10 But
thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, charity, patience,
2Ti 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium,
at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord
delivered me.
When Timothy was
chosen to be the Pastor of Ephesus, it was because Paul knew that
besides age, Timothy was much like the Apostle Paul.
Timothy had followed
the godly example that was the Apostle Paul!
Paul had lived a
godly life and Timothy had followed in His footsteps!
This is what
discipling is all about!
The doctrine that
Paul taught was the "Apostle's Doctrine" given to them by
the Lord Jesus Christ!
This is the same
doctrine that must be taught today, with even more vigor for we are
certainly in the last days of the Church Age!
Godly people will
follow godly preachers!
Godliness is based
upon the truth of our Substitute, The Lord Jesus Christ!
1Ti 3:16 And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was
manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up
into glory.
No person can live
godly unless he learns godliness.
No person can teach
godliness unless he follows godliness in others.
To be a disciple of
the Lord is to follow the godly practices of the Lord!
We can understand
that Paul practiced what he preached while he still acknowledged that
he was far from perfect!
The greatest example
of the Apostle Paul was that he lived what he preached, and we should
expect this from every Pastor and not only him but we ourselves.
It is a fact that
many young pastors who have answered the call of God may acknowledge
those who discipled them but most of them prefer to go their own way
and most of them will get discouraged and quit on God.
To all those who
have godly examples then they need to follow them as they grow in the
"Gospel".
Php 4:9 Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen
in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
God has set some
people in our lives to learn the good from!
God will also set
some people in our area, so we can know what not to do!
God has given to us
Jesus Christ and He is to be our example. If we know an elder who is
following Christ, then he too can be an example for us to follow such
as the Apostle Paul.
Joh 20:21 Then said
Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me,
even so send I you.
Most every Christian
understands the wrong meaning of patience.
Patience is not the
spirit that just sets back and puts up with trials of life, taking
whatever this world throws at them quietly.
Patience is standing
up and meeting the trials of life head-on. Patience is actively going
out to conquer and overcoming those things that hinder us.
Rom 8:36 As it is
written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in
all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved
us.
What does the Lord
say?
Luk 21:19 In your
patience possess ye your souls.
We cannot get saved
and then do nothing, it is sin to not get into the war with evil!
Thank goodness the
Lord has a good hold on to my soul because I would just lose it
again!
*****2Ti 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium,
at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord
delivered me.
Notice Paul does not
stress all the times he was persecuted, he only mentions those that
Timothy has seen with his own eyes or he at least knew about.
In Antioch the city
government had tossed Paul out of their city.
In Iconium some from
the government and a large mob tried to arrest Paul causing him to
flee for his own safety.
In Lystra another
mob stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, leaving him for
dead.
But our miracle
working God, the Lord Jesus Christ, saved Paul out of all these
things and we already know that God is no respecter of people.
He still has the
power to save and help every disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Throughout all these
things Paul remained faithful to the work of the Lord, this is the
truth of what godly patience is all about!
We cannot escape the
fact that we are going to suffer some persecution.
We cannot escape the
fact that Satan will send some of his followers to hinder us as we go
about serving Christ!
We cannot escape the
fact that we are aliens in this world and for a world to be so
tickled to meet some alien, they will treat them no better than they
will the Christian.
God simply says to
just come out from them and be separate and be patiently working
until He comes to take us home.
We will not be able
to avoid persecution on some level before we go home to meet the
Lord!
*****2Ti 3:12 Yea,
and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution.
When we refuse to
walk the paths of this world, we will get noticed and we will not be
liked!
The world we live
subsidizes sin and when we speak of sin in a negative way it will
only make those in the world mad even if it is the truth!
We already know this
world we live in, does not want to hear the truth!
We will be
persecuted by most all those, that reject the Lord Jesus Christ.
We live in a world
that have decided to make themselves to be gods and they want to live
by their own ways and hate all those who are different!
We live in a world
where many so-called places of worship have compromised the Word of
God, so they can be friends to the world.
We live in a world
that is deceived by its concept and belief in the One true God!
Joh 16:2 They shall
put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever
killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Joh 16:3 And these
things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father,
nor me.
God is not some
Supreme Grandfather who will cause no harm to those that reject Him
but that He will not accept everything they do.
They just cannot
understand the "Love of God" but He is also "just”
and He demands "righteousness" from us all!
In fact, not only
this but God demands "faith"!
Heb 11:6 But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
Remember God said
persecutions and hatred for all those who believe is only going to
get worse. This does not mean that God will not save us out of them
all as He did for Paul, but the world as a whole will continue to get
worse!
*****2Ti 3:13 But
evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being
deceived.
We must understand
if we look out at the world today and then again tomorrow we will see
a world that has gotten worse.
The world has gotten
worse because the church is full of evil men and seducers and have
quenched the Holy Spirit, who is the power of the true Church.
These evil men
pictured here may have a form of godliness but who actively oppose
righteousness and morality that God calls for from all those who
claim the Lord Jesus Christ.
These seducers are
those are imposters and deceivers in the church, who are hypocrites
calling themselves Christian.
Many of these join
the church just to be able to take advantage of the true Christian.
In another place God calls them "tares".
We must remember
that God has already judged the lost and they are already sentenced
to eternal death.
God says the church
will be judged first and these evil men and seducers will receive
their evil reward that day.
We should see that
these things are waxing worse and worse on each passing day.
We could say, well
it is easy to see this happening in Rome but in truth every so-called
denomination has allowed these things to happen!
Before you choose a
denomination, choose Jesus Christ and only attend a place of worship
where the Love of Christ Jesus still abounds.
What was the same
for Timothy and the Church at Ephesus, is the same for every church
today! I choose Jesus Christ!
1Jn 3:23 And this
is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he
that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath
given us.
This is the only way
to be acceptable to God the Father, and we must never be confused.
Confusion brings with it death!
We will continue to
see repeatedly men who use religion for their own selfish purpose
which begin with a livelihood and profession and continue with
compromising the Word of God to keep the pews filled and their own
pockets full!
The Apostle Paul had
great concerns for these things happening and they have.
Act 20:29 For I
know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in
among you, not sparing the flock.
Act 20:30 Also of
your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw
away disciples after them.
Act 20:31 Therefore
watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to
warn every one night and day with tears.
Act 20:32 And now,
brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which
is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
There is only one
answer, and this is to remain in Jesus Christ!
2Jn 1:7 For many
deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
2Jn 1:8 Look to
yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but
that we receive a full reward.
Jesus Christ is the
foundation of the Church and the Church cannot stand without its
foundation!
*****2Ti 3:14 But
continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been
assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
2Ti 3:15 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.
We must learn by the
Scriptures and never let go.
We must never accept
a new version of the Scriptures just because someone says it is
easier to read. They are only easier to read because they have
removed some of the truth!
We must always know
the Scriptures enough to prove every teacher and every Pastor and
those who preach against the truth of the Scriptures run them clean
out the door and get someone who clings to the truth of God.
We cannot call
ourselves disciples of Jesus Christ unless we abide in His truth and
without Jesus you cannot get to Heaven. It is just that simple!
Joh_8:31 Then said
Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 14:6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7 If ye had
known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye
know him, and have seen him.
It is only the Word
of God that can make each of us wise unto salvation.
I certainly cannot
understand why anyone would go against the Word of God and still say
they are Christians. Christianity is the perfect wisdom of God!
God says to learn
the Scriptures.
God says we can be
assured that the Scriptures will apply to our lives.
God says make sure
your teacher is teaching the truth of God.
God says we are to
live in and by the Scriptures.
God says it is only
by the Scriptures that we will become wise enough to be saved!
Then God says the
sooner we get started the better off we will be. I will be quite
honest, if you do not fall in love with the unchanging Word of God
then you need to have your head examined!
It is only by the
wisdom of God that we can know salvation and to ignore the Word of
God brings death!
We are to never pick
and choose like the Bible is a lunch buffet and discard the things we
do not like!
*****2Ti 3:16 "All"
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the
man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Notice that word
"all". It is not a mistake! God means what He says, and God
says what He means!
To all those who
pick and choose the Word of God like it is a food buffet, what do
they do this Scripture? If the salvation message is true then so is
this message from the Holy Ghost Inspired, Inerrant, Word of God.
Why do so many just
want to die in their sin for rejecting the Word of God?
Some say that Paul
was only speaking of the Old Testament Scriptures and that be great
if that was all, but Paul had already realized the importance of
Church Doctrine and this Second Book to Timothy are the last written
words of the Apostle Paul.
There may be many
who disagree but just maybe they have not realized that the New
Testament teaches us the fulfillment of the Old Testament!
There is no doubt in
my mind that God "breathed" out the Scriptures to all those
who caused this love letter from God to be given to us!
God is saying it is
the Scripture that is inspired and not the writer who in a sense,
allowed God to use their hand, left or right to pin down all the
Scriptures, New and Old!
We must understand
that it is the same Holy Spirit who will open our eyes to the truth
of God.
2Pe 1:20 Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
2Pe 1:21 For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
There is no doubt in
my mind that God has preserved and protected His Holy Scriptures down
through all the Ages!
If we want a
personal relation with the Sovereign God of all creation then all the
directions we need to know about Him, He has written down for us.
Therefore, the Scriptures are so profitable for doctrine, which means
the Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ!
We must acknowledge
that God wants us to know as much about Him as we can and most of our
world will not read and study the Word of God which has the answer
every question that can be asked in this world concerning "life"!
God also makes known
the results of those who reject His Words. These words are just as
true as all those concerning life and life eternal.
It bugs me that so
many want to know the secret to long life, yet they reject the one
and only method of "eternal life"!
The truth is the
Holy Spirit will lead us in only one direction and this is toward the
Lord Jesus Christ!
Joh 16:13 Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Joh 16:14 He shall
glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
It is these words
Inspired by the Holy Spirit that will equips us to work toward
equipping us to do the Work of the Lord, until He returns!
God says we are not
only to read the Word of God, but we must study the Word of God,
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit who caused it to be written!
Deu 17:19 And it
(the Word of God) shall be with him, and he shall read therein all
the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to
keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
It cannot get much
plainer than these words written in the Book of Deuteronomy!
Amen.
