2 Timothy 3:14-15 But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them;… I. THE GLORIOUS PURPOSE WHICH GOD INTENDED HOLY SCRIPTURE TO ACCOMPLISH. To "make them wise." The very statement of such an object is fitted to commend the book that is to accomplish it to our appreciation and our love. What is there, that can be compared with wisdom? It is the greatest acquisition that immortal man can make. But to be made wise "unto salvation" must be the supreme end and aim of all wisdom, worthy of the name. For if man be pregnant with immortality, to have meetness for heaven must be the chief end of man during the days of his pilgrimage here below. Salvation "through Christ Jesus." The end so glorious, how sure and simple the way! "Faith which is in Christ Jesus." II. THE SUFFICIENCY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GLORIOUS OBJECT. "Inspiration of God": have you weighed the expression? What thanks we owe to our gracious Father, that He has not left us an imperfect, mutilated, shifting, and uncertain standard, but has given us a standard that in itself remains complete and unchangeable as His own eternal throne! III. THE FITNESS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PURPOSE EVEN IN ONE OF THE LITTLE LAMBS OF THE FLOCK OF CHRIST. The Word of God is of all the books that the world contains the most suited to a child's mind and a child's heart. "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes; even so Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." (H. Stowell, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; |
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