Sermon Tone Analysis

It is Inspired (16)

Let’s break these verses down and start with “all scripture”

It literally means “every scripture,” or “every passage of scripture.”

Take a look at v.15.

Paul is referencing the OT scriptures here.

They are ALL God-breathed.

Well, what about the NT?

Is it scripture since Paul wasn’t talking about that here?

Take a look at 2 Peter 3:16

Peter not only shows that he is aware of Paul’s writings, but he also classifies them in the same category as the OT scripture.

Let’s look at a couple more NT examples to show us that these are indeed scripture.

Here, Paul is quoting Jesus’ words in Luke 10:7 and is calling them scripture.

Paul says this of his own words:

So, since we establish the NT writings in the same category as the OT, being scripture, we are then okay to say that this verse here in 2 Timothy can and does refer to ALL SCRIPTURE.

Friends, remember, all scripture is inspired.

The table of contents aren’t scripture.

Neither is your commentary on the bottom, middle, or the sides of the page.

Neither is the chapters nor verses, nor the maps.

Scripture in itself is inspired by God.

Be careful with translations.

In your study, do the best you can to get a good modern translation you can read everyday and buy several others to reference as you study.

People always have one problem or another with translations.

Check out some of the names people call our favorites:

(NIV) Nearly Inspired Version

(KJV) The King Junk Version/Kingly Jargon Version

(NASB) New Apostate Standard Bible

(HCSB) Heavily Controlled by Southern Baptists

(ESV) Extra Spiritual Version

(CEV) Close Enough Version

(NLT) New Liberal Translation

(NJKV) Not the King James Version

(GNB) Gender Neutered Bible

People get all fired up about what translation to read or not read, but forget in their argument that they themselves are using a translation.

Moreover, they are using a specific language translation.

I’m not going to get into it, but if you’d like more information on this, please check out Duvall and Hays, Grasping God’s Word chapter 9 or

Fee and Stuart’s How to Read the Bible For All It’s Worth.

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God’s Word is inspired.

When Moses says “In the beginning God created,” He did.

When God wrote His commandments in stone, they weren’t suggestions.

When Jesus said “Repent and believe the Gospel,” we too must do this!

God’s Word is inspired.

It is Profitable (16)

The NIV uses the word “useful.”

We hold a high view of scripture because it’s useful, or profitable.

Why is it useful?

God’s Word tell’s us if we continue reading:

For Teaching

As Christians, this is why we need to base our teaching upon scripture.

Be nervous when you hear, “you won’t find this in the Bible, but God revealed this to me.”

Run!

Be someone who asks lots of questions.

Where is that in the Bible?

Is that passage talking about that?

Am I being obedient to that Biblical teaching?

The word for “teaching,” brings with it this idea:

To know, to cause to learn, or to cause to know.

There is a purpose behind the teaching.

How many of us get up in the morning, get dressed, eat breakfast, take our vitamins, grab our car keys, get in the car and then have no where to go?

Nobody!

We do all that stuff with purpose!

If we didn’t have “purpose” we’d stay home in our PJ’s.

Can I let you in on a secret?

There are times when I preach or teach and I can sometimes tell when people are just coming with no purpose.

If this is true, when we’ve taken the time out of our day to stop and read a portion of God’s Word, we’ve put clothes on and got ourselves to a Bible study, or we are attending a preaching event, why wouldn’t we expect to be taught???

For Rebuking

We hold a high view of scripture and know the Word is profitable because it’s what we use for rebuking.

To rebuke is to tell someone they’ve done wrong.

What’s the American word we sometimes misuse in place of “rebuking?”

Judging

Let’s look at a Biblical example of rebuking:

The word doesn’t simply mean that you are telling someone that you don’t like what they are doing, you are telling them that they are in sin.

It’s not wrong to rebuke a believer.

It’s loving to tell them fornication is wrong.

Stop it.

It’s loving to let them know gossip hurts their witness.

It’s the right thing to lovingly say, “those FB posts are inappropriate.”

In fact, it’s what Matt.

18:15 teaches

For Correcting

This word literally means, “the placing right again.”

Correction helps believers grow in Godly behavior.

For Training

Warren Wiersbe says that rebuking shows what is not right, correcting shows how to get right, and training shows us how to stay right.

It Equips us (17)

Briefly I’d like to break down this verse, because it’s important in our discussion on “holding a high view of scripture.”

“man of God”

Paul is referring to Christians here.

Christians are supposed to understand that ALL scripture is profitable.

What’s the problem then?

We kinda expect lost people to hold to this.

Some Christians are simply ignorant or immature, picking and choosing scripture.

Some who call themselves Christians, are not.

Do you claim to be a “man or woman of God?”

“may be thoroughly equipped”

Your translation may say “adequate, complete, or capable.”

The word “thoroughly” carries with it the idea of being proficient.

The word here for “thoroughly equipped” is a rare Greek word, used only here and in Acts 21:5.

4 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days.

They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.