{"id":90760,"date":"2021-03-12T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/certainties\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T22:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T02:34:34","slug":"certainties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/certainties\/","title":{"rendered":"Certainties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2\nTimothy 3:16, 17: \u201cAll scripture is given by\ninspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for\ncorrection, for instruction in righteousness; <strong><sup>17<\/sup><\/strong>That the man\nof God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scripture, as the prime directive of Christianity, is often overtly if not subliminally viewed with skepticism.\u00a0 This skepticism takes many forms \u2013 from the factual to observational.\u00a0 Our question has to do with humanity; specifically, are there certitudes as well as uncertainties in Scripture regarding human characteristics, traits and relationships which prove historically and universally true?\u00a0 If not \u2013 isn\u2019t such evidence of Scripture\u2019s irrelevance to modern man?\u00a0 If so, how is such incorporated into one\u2019s life and profession? \u00a0\u00a0To determine the Biblical answers, we look to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Historical Context: The Book of 2 Timothy was written by Paul in\napproximately A.D. 67, shortly before he was put to death.&nbsp; Imprisoned in Rome yet again, the apostle Paul felt lonely\nand abandoned. Paul recognized that his earthly life was likely coming to an\nend soon. The Book of 2 Timothy is essentially Paul\u2019s \u201clast words.\u201d Paul looked\npast his own circumstances to express concern for the churches and specifically\nfor Timothy. Paul wanted to use his last words to encourage Timothy, and all\nother believers, to persevere in faith (2 Timothy 3:14), trust in the Word (2\nTimothy 3:16, 17) and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:2).&nbsp; Paul encourages Timothy to remain passionate\nfor Christ and to remain firm in sound doctrine (2 Timothy 1:1-2, 13-14). Paul\nreminds Timothy to avoid ungodly beliefs and practices and to flee from\nanything unrighteous (2 Timothy 2:14-26). In the end times there will be both\nintense persecution and apostasy from the Christian faith (2 Timothy 3:1-17).\nPaul closes with an intense plea for believers to stand firm in the faith and\nto finish the race strong (2 Timothy 4:1-8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Grammatical Usage: V 16:\n\u201cinspiration\u201d or \u201cTheopneustos\u201d in the Greek means, \u201cGod breathed\u201d;\n\u201cprofitable\u201d is \u201cOphelimos\u201d meaning, \u201cto increase in the sense of having an\nadvantage\u201d; \u201cdoctrine\u201d is \u201cDidaskalia\u201d meaning, \u201cteaching or instruction\u201d;\n\u201creproof\u201d or \u201cElegchos\u201d meaning \u201ca proof or proving (not a correction)\u201d;\n\u201ccorrection\u201d is \u201cEpanorthosis\u201d meaning, \u201csetting upright\u2026specifically a\nreference to improvement of life and character\u201d; \u201cinstruction\u201d is \u2018Paideia\u201d\nmeaning, \u201ctraining not in the sense of imparting knowledge but chastening (see\nthe lesson on Chastisement \u2013 Hebrews 12:6) or disciplining\u201d; \u201crighteousness\u201d or\n\u201cDikaiosune\u201d meaning, \u201cintegrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness,\ncorrectness of thinking feeling, and acting according to God\u201d; V. 17: \u201cperfect\u201d\nor \u201cArtios\u201d meaning, \u201cfitted, complete (not morally perfect)\u201d; \u201cfurnished\u201d or\n\u201cExartizo\u201d meaning, \u201cto complete for a special purpose\u201d; \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cAgathos\u201d\nmeaning, \u201chonorable as in pleasing to God\u201d; \u201cworks\u201d or \u201cErgon\u201d meaning, \u201cevery\nactivity undertaken for Christ\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Literal Application: All Scripture is breathed of God,\ngiving the advantage to our understanding because of His supernatural\nrevelation, proving Him true in all His assertions therefore improving\nourselves personally and our lives corporately, training us through merciful\nchastisement in integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness and correct\nthinking that the disciple is prepared to complete the calling of God with\nhonor in every activity undertaken for the sake of Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Contextual Interpretation: Below are some evidences that\nthe Bible is inspired (God-breathed) by\nGod, as declared in 2 Timothy 3:16:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br> 1) Fulfilled prophecy. God spoke to men telling them of things He would bring about in the future. Some of them have already occurred. Others have not. For example, there were more than 300 prophecies concerning Jesus Christ&#8217;s first coming 2,000 years ago. There is no doubt that these are prophecies from God because of manuscripts and scrolls dated before the birth of Christ. These were not written after the fact. They were written beforehand. Scientific dating proves this.<br> <br> 2) The unity of Scripture. The Bible was written by approximately 40 human authors over a period of approximately 1,600 years. These men were quite diverse. Moses, a political leader; Joshua, a military leader; David, a shepherd; Solomon, a king; Amos, a herdsman and fruit picker; Daniel, a prime minister; Matthew, a tax collector; Luke, a medical doctor; Paul, a rabbi; and Peter, a fisherman; among others. The Bible was also written under a variety of circumstances. It was written on 3 different continents, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Yet, the great themes of Scripture are maintained in all the writings. The Bible does not contradict itself. There is no way, apart from God the Holy Spirit supervising the writing of the Bible, that this could have been accomplished.<br> <br>Contrast this with the Islamic Koran. It was compiled by one individual, Zaid bin Thabit, under the guidance of Mohammed&#8217;s father-in-law, Abu-Bekr. Then in A.D. 650, a group of Arab scholars produced a unified version and destroyed all variant copies to preserve the unity of the Koran. The Bible was unified from the time of its writing. The Koran had to be unified through the editing of men.<br> <br> 3) The Bible presents its heroes truthfully with all of their faults and weaknesses. It does not glorify men as other religions do about their heroes. When you read the Bible, you realize that the people it describes have problems and do wrong just as we do. What made them great was that they trusted in God. One example is David. David is described as \u201ca man after God&#8217;s own heart\u201d (1 Samuel 13:14). Yet, David committed adultery (2 Samuel 11:1-5) and murder (2 Samuel 11:14-26). This could have been left out of Scripture to hide these details of David&#8217;s life. But God included these things.<br> <br> 4) Archaeological findings support the history recorded in Scripture. Though many unbelieving people throughout history have tried to find archaeological evidence to disprove what is recorded in the Bible, they have failed. It is easy to say that Scripture is untrue. Proving it to be untrue is a different story. It has not been done. In fact, in the past the Bible contradicted the current \u201cscientific\u201d theories, only to be proven later to be in fact true. A good example is Isaiah 40:22, which declared that God \u201csits on the circle of the earth\u201d long before scientists claimed the earth was flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Bible\u2019s claims of being from God should not be understood as arguing in a circle or by circular reasoning. The testimony of reliable witnesses &#8211; particularly of Jesus, but also of others such as Moses, Joshua, David, Daniel, and Nehemiah in the Old Testament, and John and Paul in the New Testament &#8211; affirm the authority and verbal inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. Consider the following passages: Exodus 14:1; 20:1; Leviticus 4:1; Numbers 4:1; Deuteronomy 4:2; 32:48; Isaiah 1:10, 24; Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 11:1\u20133; Ezekiel 1:3; 1 Corinthians 14:37; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:16\u201321; 1 John 4:6.<br> <br>Also of interest are the writings of Josephus, an historian who recorded much of the history of Israel during the first century. In this he records some events which coincide with Scripture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Considering\nthe evidence given, we have no choice but to accept the Bible as being from God\n(2 Timothy 3:16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Scriptural Comparison:&nbsp; If 2 Timothy\n3:16 is true, then Scripture should certainly speak to both the certitudes and\nincertitude\u2019s of human existence which, in fact, it does:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Seven Things that are Uncertain<\/strong>: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Beauty\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting\u2026.\u201d \u2013\nProverbs 31:30 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Men&#8217;s Promises\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDo not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there\nis no salvation.\u201d \u2013 Psalms 146:3 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riches\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhen you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth\ncertainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.\u201d \u2013\nProverbs 23:5 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Future\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDo not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what\na day may bring forth.\u201d \u2013 Proverbs 27:1 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friendship\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come,\nfor you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I\nam not alone, because the Father is with Me.\u201d \u2013 John 16:32 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYet you do not know what your life will be like\ntomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then\nvanishes away.\u201d \u2013 James 4:14 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earthly Glory\n<ul>\n<li>For, &#8220;ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY\nLIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS\nOFF\u2026.\u201d \u2013 1 Peter 1:24 (cf. Isaiah 40:6-8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Seven Comforting Certainties that Encourage the Believer<\/strong>: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Sure Promises\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His\npeople Israel, according to all that He promised; <a>not one word\nhas failed of all His good promise, which He promised <\/a>through Moses His\nservant. \u201c \u2013 1 Kings 8:56 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sure Foundations <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTherefore thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220;Behold, I am\nlaying in Zion\na stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly\nplaced. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.\u201d \u2013 Isaiah 28:16 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sure Reward\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to\none of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you,\nhe shall not lose his reward.&#8221; \u2013 Matthew 10:42 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assured\nAcceptance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,\nand the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.\u201d \u2013 John 6:37 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divine Love\n<ul>\n<li>For I am\nconvinced that neither death, <a>nor life, nor angels, nor\nprincipalities, nor things <\/a>present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor\nheight, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us\nfrom the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\u201d \u2013 Romans 8:38, 39 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assured\nImmortality\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFor we know that\nif the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from\nGod, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.\u201d \u2013 2 Corinthians 5:1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eternal Anchorage <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThis hope we\nhave as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which\nenters within the veil\u2026\u201d \u2013 Hebrews 6:19 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Seven Sobering Certainties that Face the Unrepentant Sinner<\/strong>: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Certainty of\nExposure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;But if you\nwill not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin\nwill find you out.\u201d \u2013 Numbers 32:23\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nDisappointment <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;For their\nvine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the\nfields of Gomorrah;\nTheir grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter.\u201d \u2013 Deuteronomy 32:23\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nLeaving Earthly Possessions <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFor we have\nbrought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.\u201d \u2013\n1 Timothy 6:7\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nDeath <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNo man has\nauthority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of\ndeath; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver\nthose who practice it.\u201d \u2013 Ecclesiastes 8:8\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nJudgment <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For God will\nbring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or\nevil.\u201d \u2013 Ecclesiastes 12:14\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nSeparation from the Righteous <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;But when\nthe Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will\nsit on His glorious throne.\u00a0 All the\nnations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one\nanother, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put\nthe sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.\u201d \u2013 Matthew 25:31-33\n<ul>\n<li>Certainty of\nBanishment from the Divine Presence <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThese will pay\nthe penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from\nthe glory of His power\u2026\u201d \u2013 2 Thessalonians 1:9 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A\ncritical point to the application of Scripture to the Christian\u2019s life is found\nin Hebrews 5:14:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>But solid food is for the mature, who by\nconstant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Peter referred to young\nChristians as &#8220;newborn babes,&#8221; admonishing them to &#8220;long for the\nspiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto\nsalvation&#8221; (1 Peter 2:2). Paul used the same metaphor and extended it\nthus, &#8220;I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not able to bear\nit; nay, not even now are ye able; for ye are yet carnal&#8221; (1 Cor. 3:2,\n3).&nbsp; The metaphor of children and\nfull-grown men is also used in Ephesians 4:13,14 where Paul admonished his\nreaders to attain the stature of &#8220;full-grown men&#8221; &#8211; no longer\n&#8220;children.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">From the passage it is\nplain that <strong>spiritual maturity is not\nsimply a matter of time.<\/strong> Many who have been Christians many years may be in\nthe condition of these Hebrew Christians. <strong>True\nspiritual growth is the result of prayer, study, meditation, faithfulness,\ndiligence, exercise, and the successful struggle against temptations.<\/strong> The\nneed for spiritual maturity is implicit in the confusion of the complex and\nsinful world in which people live. Matters of right and wrong do not always\nappear as checkerboard squares of black and white, there being many gray areas\nwhere the proper discovery of what is right and wrong can be a far more\ndifficult matter. The great loss to the spiritual infant is that he may be\nmisled, an eventuality that becomes certain unless he attains some degree of\nspiritual maturity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The church needs\nfull-grown people, people who are not blown about by every wind of doctrine,\npeople who have triumphed over the flesh, people of deep and loving\npersonality, able to comfort the weak and the discouraged and prepared to stand\nagainst all obstacles whatsoever. The pity of the present age of the church is\nseen in congregations of spiritual infants, uninstructed in the weightier\nthings of the true faith, and indeed utterly ignorant of them, incapable of\nrecognizing the most arrogant heresies, even those that deny the Lord, and\nstill, after so many years, possessing only the most elementary knowledge of\nChristianity.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is no less critical\nin the professional lives of Christians, especially those involved in any form\nof counseling.&nbsp; The ability to understand\nthe Scriptures in order to make the appropriate application requires discernment,\nwisdom, experience, personal integrity, knowledge and a commitment to\nuncompromised application. \n\nConclusion: It\nis easy to get side-tracked in the Christian life. We have to keep our eyes on\nthe prize\u2014being rewarded in heaven by Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:8) which necessities\nrighteous living on earth. We must strive to avoid both false doctrine and\nungodly practices. This can only be accomplished by being grounded in our\nknowledge of God\u2019s Word and firm in our refusal to accept anything that is\nunbiblical.&nbsp; This, in turn, requires a\npersonal commitment to the Word of God as our final authority in life confident\nthat, because of the Word of God, we are equipped to deal with any situation or\npersonal matter in a righteous and upright manner brining glory to Him and His\nsufficiency to others.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Timothy 3:16, 17: \u201cAll scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; 17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.\u201d Scripture, as the prime directive of Christianity, is often overtly if not subliminally viewed with skepticism.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,534],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Certainties - Grace Evangelical Free Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Certainties - Grace Evangelical Free Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2 Timothy 3:16, 17: \u201cAll scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; 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