BIBLE STUDY – COUNTING
Thursday, October 15, 2015
2Timothy [ESV today] 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who
has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2Timothy 3:12-17 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse,
deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned
and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from
childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to
make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is
breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,
and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work.
Another Bible
study tool is counting the number of times a topic is referred to.
People that use a
public platform are shrewd, programmed and prepared in using this emphasis tool
when speaking or being interviewed. It is also a useful discernment tool that works
well in listening to or reading individuals and parties words. (Example: In a recent
debate involving 5 important people one significant national topic was mentioned
14 times yet a current critical international issue was not mentioned at all.)
Jesus, as He
walked this earth, was all-wise God Incarnate. (Jn.1:1-3; Phil.2:5-9) He didn’t
speak unprepared chatty casual remarks. He could do nothing of Himself. (Jn.8:28)
As He was and is and always will be, so is the Word! (Isa.40:7-8; 41:4; 48:12; Rev.1:8,
11; 21:6; 22:13)
An exercise: Of
which did Jesus speak of most often, heaven et al, or hell et al?
And then there’s
the question of do I speak of hell et al at all?
EBB4
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