All Scripture is Godbreathed Truths from 2 Timothy

All Scripture is God-breathed Truths from 2 Timothy

All Scripture is God-breathed • All scripture? • Genealogies? • Numbering the people? • Genocide? • All scripture is useful but all scripture isn’t equally useful

All Scripture is God-breathed • It’s really a library • Written over 1500 years • Many different writers • When Paul was writing it was the Old Testament • It’s not always easy • ‘I just believe it literally’ • Matthew 5: 30 • ‘His letters contain some things that are hard to understand’ • 2 Peter 3: 16 • ‘Bad theology costs lives’

All Scripture is God-breathed • It is not God-dictated • “they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” 2 Peter 1: 21 • “We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable” v 19 • It carries the imprint of the human authors as well • Luke: Mark 5: 25 -26, Luke 8: 43 • John: John 20: 3 -4 • Moses: Numbers 12: 23 • It’s why we have four gospels • Four perspectives • Four audiences

And is useful for… • The Bible has authority where it claims it: • • Teaching Rebuking Correcting Training in righteousness

Six Keys to Interpretation 1. What did it say to the original hearers? • 1 Corinthians 11: 4 -6 2. What was the context? • Philippians 4: 13 3. Compare scripture with scripture 4. Be prepared to listen 5. “God said” = “That’s how things work” • Spiritual Laws: Exodus 34: 6 -7 6. If it doesn’t look like Jesus it isn’t God • He is the image of the invisible God • Read the Old Testament through the light of the New

How I changed my mind… • The Widow’s Mite • An example of selfless generosity even when it hurt • Apply the principles • What did it say to the original hearers? • Compare scripture with scripture • What was the context?

You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me John 5: 39