2 TIMOTHY 3:10\u201317<\/b><\/p>\n
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness<\/i><\/p>\n
(2 Timothy 3:16)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
When Paul wrote to Timothy about the Scriptures, he was obviously referring to the Old Testament. Possibly, he also had in mind those New Testament books that had been written, but the \u201cBible\u201d for the early church was the Old Testament. Thus, while 2 Timothy 3:16 applies to the whole Bible, its first application was to the Old Testament.<\/p>\n
The Greek word translated \u201cGod-breathed\u201d is theopneustos<\/i>. In a classic study of this verse, the great nineteenth-century theologian B. Warfield showed that this word does not merely mean \u201cinspired.\u201d The word does not mean that God breathed something into<\/i> the authors of the Bible so that it was written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit\u2014although this is indeed true. Rather, theopneustos<\/i> means that God \u201cbreathed out\u201d the Bible. The Bible is completely composed of His very words, spoken with His breath, and thus breathed out by Him. (This is not to be confused or equated, however, with the mechanical dictation theory in which God supposedly by-passed the human agency of the actual writers.)<\/p>\n
Thus, Paul told Timothy: \u201cAll of the Old Testament is breathed out by God\u2014all of it.\u201d I wonder what our attitude would be toward the Old Testament if we really believed it contains the revelation of God.<\/p>\n
What does Paul go on to say about the Old Testament? To begin with, he said it is to be used. We are not to neglect it because God intended it to be useful. Paul then gave us four ways to use it. First it is to be used to teach us about God\u2014His nature, character, standards of righteousness, promises of redemption, plan of salvation\u2014everything we need to know.<\/p>\n
Second, Paul said the Old Testament is to be used to confront and rebuke sin. Third, he said the Old Testament is to be used to correct and point the way of righteousness. And fourth, he said the Old Testament is to be used to train people in righteousness, for realigning their lives according to the will of God.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Genesis 3\u20135<\/p>\n
Matthew 2<\/p>\n
When people learn that Scripture is to be used to confront and rebuke sin, their first thought is how this can be applied to others. Remember, however, Jesus taught us to remove the log from our own eye first. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal sin in your own life that needs to be confronted and rebuked.<\/p>\n
For further study: Exodus 34:1\u201335 \u2022 2 Peter 1:12\u201321<\/i><\/p>\n
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