Message from Scripture: 8/24/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from 2 Tim. 3:16-17; “Every Scripture is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that God's man may be equipped and completely ready for every good work.”

 

In this passage from God’s word, Paul reminds Timothy of why he needs to be a continual student of Scripture. It is source is divine, coming directly from the Father. It is profitable, meaning helpful, useful, advantageous when it comes to living life in Christ. This is true because it teaches us what is right, what is wrong, how to get right, and how to stay right. The end result of such is we become equipped, or complete. The term carries the thought of that in which all the parts are complete or whole, what they are supposed to be, so that they might serve their intended purpose. That purpose is for us to be completely fit for living in Christ, engaged in good works, in contrast to those that are worldly, sinful.

 

Every day we have the opportunity to serve Christ and live for Him. We are not to be sluggards spiritually, to bury our talents as Jesus said in Matt. 25:25. By committing God’s word to our minds and hearts, we can better recognize the opportunities that exist around us for doing good, to make an impact in the lives of others, to show Christ in what we say and do (Col. 3:17). How else can a sinful world see there is a better way? How else can others know there is a kind of life that leads to eternal life, rather than eternal condemnation?

 

We can do this if God’s word is active and alive within us. It will lead us in right paths, and reflect the image of Christ to those around us. No wonder the psalmist said, “Consider how I love your precepts; LORD, give me life according to your faithful love. The entirety of your word is truth, each of your righteous judgments endures forever” (Psa. 119:159-160). Let’s go out to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, according to the will of God, for it leads us to life. God bless.

 

Robert