Analysis Of Timothy 3 : 7 ( Kjv )

Notably, people are disinclined to fix what is not broken, only when faced with an obstacle do they act. For example, in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s desire for the love of Daisy Buchanan was the impetus for his quest to live an affluent life through any means possible. He would not have taken advantage of his resources if not faced with the complication of how to procure Daisy’s attention. In brief, without a challenge people will be unable to find a way to utilize their talents.

Ephesians 3:14-21 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with the power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in

This book review is from the readings of Biblical Inspiration by Howard Marshall. The book is published by Regent College Publishing located in Vancouver, and British Columbia published the book in 2004. The book is braces around the interpretation of the Bible, and the inspiration of the Bible in our lives of today. There are many questions that are brought up the book, and these include: Is the Bible infallible? How do we interpret the Bible today? is its inspiration believable in and biblical criticism believable? All of the different opinions on biblical issues equivalent to these bring up issues and questioning within the community. It is Marshall’s goal to try and produce a statement that is concrete of what the Bible says in our lives today.

     Indeed, we toil the best of our days, and “fritter away our lives by detail. ( )”, in order to earn the perishable items we acquire by destroying the ever resilient gift we have been given. We all live “meanly, likes ants… ( )”, and we forget to stop and look at our lives from a different perspective. In fact, our minds are constipated with thoughts we entertain to feel important, and do the job, to once again achieve greatness through our “things.” Our lives are so complex for such unjust reasons, and we all ponder the question that a wise man once asked, “why, should we live with such hurry and waste of life? ( )”

There are numerous forms of viewpoints and lessons that are setting individuals apart from Christ in this modern day. Chapter 2 verses 5

Christian ought to examine himself and seek to bear his own sins. As motivation to do good, Paul

Textual-“The Faith, in that wild frontier, is like a buried treasure; they guard it, but they do not know how to use it to their soul’s salvation. A word, a prayer, a service, is all that is needed to set free these souls in bondage. I confess I am covetous of that mission. I desire to be the man who restores these lost children to God.” (p. 207).

In doing so, we can discover that final authority is not in and of scripture itself but of the Triune God who is the Author of scripture. The second obstacle to consider is that many have dismissed scripture as a book of Israelitic & Christian stories. Wright contends that these stories are told to inform us of “internal dynamics” of the past so as to engage us in the present for transformation into Christ-likeness. (p.25). Thirdly, Wright asserts that the question of scripture’s authority should not be viewed as a list of rules where God condescends to man. Rather, scripture should be received as God’s purpose to save and renew the entire world by authorizing the church—God’s agent in the world—with His mission through the work of the Holy Spirit. Thus, it is imperative that biblical scholars “see the role of scripture not simply as being [informative about or revelatory of God’s truth] but as a means of God’s action in and through us.” (p.28)

Humans have a tendency to build a wall of pretense around themselves in an effort to have a social standing among their peers. This wall, however, does not stand up to God. He knows what goes on in the hearts of men. And while to everyone else it may seem as though a person may be leading an honest and faithful life, God can see just how much fruitful that person is. After all, in the end – all the believers will be taken to Heaven while the nonbelievers will wither away – just like the fig

In this teaching we are going to look carefully at some Greek words that have been incorrectly translated as forever, everlasting, eternity, etc., but should have been translated as age, age-lasting, age-during, etc. Once these Greek words are correctly understood, then God's purpose of the ages in Christ, will be opened up to us and the coming ages will be more clearly seen. With the correct understanding of these Greek words, we will have to rethink some of the most damaging doctrines that have entered the church. We find that heresies have entered into the Church over the centuries and have become mainstream doctrines. If we truly desire the truth of God's word no matter what the truth turns out to be, then we must test everything in the

Paul, one of the apocalyptic writers of the New Testament, received God’s message not from man, but “through revelation of Jesus Christ,” (Galatians 1:12). In other words, he never met Jesus in the flesh, but rather through a spiritual vision. Paul establishes his authority and writes to the Galatians criticizing the people who just meet the needs of the established Jewish law as opposed to having true faith in God. For this new time in history, Paul reshapes the social contours of what people saw in salvation and eternal life in preparation for the second coming of Christ through tremendous disruption. The notion of being saved under the law on judgment day became no longer logical. In Galatians, Paul employs the dichotomies of human versus

This research paper will examine the bible verse First Timothy 6:6-7.This paper will tell the background history,of not only the verse but the background information about the place the verse is talking about and the person who wrote it/ the people receiving it. This paper will also talk about the genre of the book/verse and compare it to some of the old testament. To conclude, I will reflect on this verse and the explain why it is relevant for modern life. The Book 1st

The passage, Romans 3:21-27, cannot thoroughly be understood by reading it once, or perhaps even twice, because of the complexity of what Paul says. Additionally, the text cannot rightly be understood on its own or without the context. Therefore, through looking at the historical background involved, the literary techniques and devices used, and the theological implications of the text, a clear interpretation of the text will develop; leading to the conclusion that righteousness in the eyes of God is not something that can be attained through the law, rather mankind is made righteous through faith in Jesus Christ.

Although 1 Timothy 2:8-15 is the central text which all scholars consults when it comes to the debate on a woman in office, Philip Payne also suggests that we need to shift our eyes and examine 1 Timothy 3:15. Historically, church fathers received the content of the letter as an universal manual for the Church order. Thus, many church fathers and scholars affirmed prohibition of women in office. However, Phillip Payne suggests that the content of 1 Timothy is focused far wider than simple regulative principles. Rather, Payne goes back to his central understanding on 1 Timothy and suggests that it was a series of temporal instructions for the individual, Timothy, to counter false teachings. Payne provides two major reasons behind his claim.

Torrance states, “The New Testament kingdom is both present and future” (Torrance & Walker, 2009, p. 404). Understanding that concept is not only perplexing, the idea of articulating it when in conversation with a nonbeliever, or a believer for that matter, is most challenging. The obvious place to begin then is to go straight to God’s Word. Of course, we look to the Gospels, and also the Epistles; Paul’s letter to the Romans in particular, overflows with the hope which undergirds Christian faith and living is the hope of the resurrection and the dead and the renewal of all creation” (Ware, 2009, p. 130). However, critical to the conversation is the fact that this hope is grounded in Old Testament Scripture and, as Ware continues, “ the prophetic expectation of the coming reign of Israel 's God” (2009, p. 130). It begins with the creation, and through the pure acts of God throughout the Old Testament narratives, the emphasis of hope lies in the future (Torrance, 2009). Nevertheless, as this essay will demonstrate, the New Testament emphasis is that of the present and the future, but not yet fully consummated. It will discuss the how the restoration of creation is both a physical existence and spiritual existence, and finally, how these will impact the present kingdom-works of Christians.