2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17
D. Living in God’s Word, scriptures, which are able to
3:14-17 make thee wise unto salva-
tion through faith which is in
Christ Jesus.
16 All scripture is given by 3 Scripture is inspired by
1 A believer must live in the 14 But continue thou in the inspiration of God, and is God
Scripture things which thou hast profitable for doctrine, for 4 Scripture is profitable to
learned and hast been assured reproof, for correction, for man
of, knowing of whom thou instruction in righteousness:
hast learned them; 17 That the man of God 5 Scripture perfects a man
2 Scripture makes a per- 15 And that from a child may be perfect, throughly & equips him for every
son wise unto salvation thou hast known the holy furnished unto all good works. good work
BELIEVER’S LIFE & WALK: BASIC ESSENTIALS
D. Living in God’s Word, 3:14-17
(3:14-17) Introduction: Christians have always stressed the importance of the Bible or of the Scripture. Why? What is the
importance and value of Scripture? This passage explains, declaring in no uncertain terms: the godly mark of a believer is
that he lives in the Scripture.
1. A believer must live in the Scripture (v.14).
2. Scripture makes a person wise unto salvation (v.15).
3. Scripture is inspired by God (v.16).
4. Scripture is profitable to man (v.16).
5. Scripture perfects a man and equips him for every good work (v.17).
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(3:14) Scripture—Study—Teachers, Godly: believers are to live in the Scriptures. Timothy had been taught the Scrip-
tures all of his life. When he was only a child, his mother Eunice and his grandmother Lois had rooted him in the Scrip-
tures (2 Tim.1:5; 3:15). They were both strong believers in the Lord. Paul had also grounded Timothy in the Scriptures. But
note a most critical point:
⇒ it is not enough to have learned the Scripture.
⇒ it is not enough to be assured that the teachings of Scripture are true.
⇒ it is not enough to know that your teachers teach the truth.
Timothy knew all this. He had learned the Scriptures and he had found the Scriptures to be true. The claims and promises
of Scripture had worked in his own life. Timothy also knew his teachers; their lives bore testimony to the truth of Scripture.
But this was not enough.
Note the word “continue” (mene). It means to abide, dwell, remain, and stay in the Scripture. Simply stated, Timothy had
to live in the Scripture—live, move, and have his being in the Scripture. And more, he had to live out the Scripture—
continue to walk and live in the truths of the Scripture. He had to do what Scripture said.
Thought 1. Note four significant points in this verse.
1) A person is to learn the Scripture.
2) A person is to be assured of the Scriptures, apply them to his life, and experience the truth and assurance of
them.
3) A person is to know his teachers—make sure that they teach the truth of the Scripture.
4) A person is to continue in the Scripture: abide and dwell, remain and stay in the Scripture. He is to live and
move and have his being in Scripture.
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(3:15) Scripture: Scripture makes a person wise unto salvation. If man needs anything, he needs wisdom, wisdom about
how to be saved. Death and every other evil imaginable rushes about and floods the world of man. The strongest among
men are swept about and drowned by...
• drugs • crime • lawlessness
• disease • accident • immorality
• broken homes • loss • broken health
• bad habits • enslavements • lusts
• pride • conceit • indulgence
• license • power • prejudice
• selfishness • extravagance • discrimination
• greed • gluttony • drunkenness
• envy • jealousy • murder
• war • death • gossip
• murmuring • grumbling • emptiness
• loneliness • purposelessness
There is no end to the evil that is drowning man and his world. What man and his world need is wisdom, the wisdom to
save himself and his world. Is such a wisdom available? This is the glorious message of this verse, “Yes!” The Holy Scrip-
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