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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. 2 Timothy 4:2 http://www.dailybiblestudy.org
2 Preach [kerusso] the word; [logos] be instant [ephistemi] in season, [eukairos] out of season; [akairos] reprove, [elegcho] rebuke, [epitimao] exhort [parakaleo] with [en] all [pas] longsuffering [makrothumia] and [kai] doctrine. [didache] KJV-Interlinear
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. NASB In this verse and in verse five, there are nine imperatives or requirements, (preach, be ready, reprove, rebuke, exhort) and in verse 5 (be sober, endure, do, fulfill). Preach means to herald, proclaim, publish, instruct. And the subject is Bible doctrine, the word. Not gossip, not politics, not social reform, but the content of the scriptures. Be ready means to be prepared, be alert as a soldier that is on alert and ready to move out at a moments notice, dressed, loaded, geared up. In season and out of season, carries the connotation of convenience, or when it is convenient and when it is not convenient, when life is satisfying and when life is distasteful, when things are going right and when things are not going well, in good times and in bad. Reprove and rebuke mean just that. Reprove means to criticize or bring an error to ones attention, that is to identify the sin, and rebuke means to convict the person or identify the sinner. Exhort means to encourage. And these things are to be done with patience and tolerance. People are not easily taught. People are not easily receptive. People can be defensive and opinionated and argumentative and even belligerent or abusive. People can be resentful and defiant. But the instructor needs to instruct from doctrine not from retaliation or favoritism or judgment. And what is to be taught and from what source is the message? Bible doctrine, the content of the scriptures, the principles and mandates and such that truth teaches. And guess what? Even though Paul is telling Timothy to do this as an instructor, he is also telling us all, everyone, to conduct our lives in the same manner. We are to learn what sin is, what our own flaws are, how to deal with them and with God and with other people and with life's circumstances. We are to realize that this is the devils world and that things will not go well everyday of our life. We will have good days and we will have bad days, and we cannot pout and blame God and cry over spilt milk and only love God when things are good, and whine when things are bad. We just studied the other day, one of the certainties of life, which is trouble. We are all going to face problems and we all need to learn to deal with them or to live with them and to get around them where possible, but with honor and integrity, and not by means of dishonesty or deceit or whining. You are to learn and then apply Biblical principles to your own life.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
