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Profitable For Correction. 2 Timothy 3:16. Progressives Insist On:. Accentuating the positive Grace and truth (Jn. 1:17; re. Rom. 6:1) Gospel, not doctrine (1 Cor. 15:1-4; re. Jn. 7:16-17; Acts 2:42) Spirit, not the letter (2 Cor. 3:6; re. 2 Cor. 3:3; Rom. 7:6). Progressives Insist On:.
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Profitable For Correction 2 Timothy 3:16
Progressives Insist On: • Accentuating the positive • Grace and truth (Jn. 1:17; re. Rom. 6:1) • Gospel, not doctrine (1 Cor. 15:1-4; re. Jn. 7:16-17; Acts 2:42) • Spirit, not the letter (2 Cor. 3:6; re. 2 Cor. 3:3; Rom. 7:6)
Progressives Insist On: • Ignoring anything negative • Where is the balance? (Rom. 2:4-11) • Does it matter? (2 Thess. 1:7-10) • What about Matthew 4:17?
Correction Is Good For Us • Notice 2 Timothy 3:16 • Scriptures are “profitable for correction” • “Correction” means “a restoration to an upright or right state” (Thayer)
Sometimes correction, though necessary, isn’t always appreciated • Pharisees (Matt. 15:1-14, esp. 12) • Jews & Stephen (Acts 7:51ff) • The Corinthians did not receive Paul’s unknown letter well (1 Cor. 4:21) • The progressivism at Corinth needed correction (1 Cor. 11:17-20, esp. 23-26)
Correction And/Or A Reminder • Today churches have progressed away from the gospel message • Some kind of socially involved “Christ Club” • An institution to relieve the economically disadvantaged • Provide wholesome entertainment and secular education for children
Correction is needed in such cases • “The power of God to salvation” (Rom. 1:16) • “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15) • “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth” (1 Thess. 1:8)
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; hear Him” Matthew 17:5
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; hear Him” Matthew 17:5 2 Timothy 4:8 Be baptized (Mark 16:16) Confess Jesus (Matt. 10:32) Repent of sins (Luke 13:3) Believe in Jesus (John 8:24)