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The Holy Scriptures
2 Timothy 316-17 Page 1854
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2 Timothy 316-17 All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness, so that the man of
God may be thoroughly equipped for every good
work.
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1. The Identity of the Holy Scriptures V16
The Holy Scriptures include all 66 books of the
Bible, beginning with the book of Genesis and
ending with the book of Revelation
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1. The Identity of the Holy Scriptures V16

• It includes the OT Scriptures V15

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1. The Identity of the Holy Scriptures V16

• It includes the OT Scriptures V15
• It includes all 13 of Pauls epistles

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2 Peter 316 He writes the same way in all his
letters, speaking in them of these matters. His
letters contain some things that are hard to
understand, which ignorant and unstable people
distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to
their own destruction.
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1. The Identity of the Holy Scriptures V16

• It includes the OT Scriptures V15
• It includes all 13 of Pauls epistles
• It includes the Gospel of Luke

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1 Timothy 517-18 The elders who direct the
affairs of the church well are worthy of double
honor, especially those whose work is preaching
and teaching. For the Scripture says, "Do not
muzzle the ox while it is treading out the
grain," and The worker deserves his wages."
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1. The Identity of the Holy Scriptures V16

• It includes the OT Scriptures V15
• It includes all 13 of Pauls epistles
• It includes the Gospel of Luke
• It includes the remaining 13 New Testament books

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2. The Origin of the Holy Scriptures V16
The Holy Scriptures come from God
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2. The Origin of the Holy Scriptures V16
The Holy Scriptures come from God Note Not only
do the Holy Scriptures come from God, but He has
given them to us in such a way that we can depend
on them as being
True!
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2 Peter 120-21 Above all, you must understand
that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never
had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke
from God as they were carried along by the Holy
Spirit.
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3. The Usefulness of the Holy Scriptures V16
They are Useful for Teaching us what to believe
and how to Live
For Doctrine
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3. The Usefulness of the Holy Scriptures V16
They are Useful for Convincing us of wrong
beliefs and wrong behavior
For Reproof
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3. The Usefulness of the Holy Scriptures V16
They are Useful for Restoring us to Right Beliefs
and Right Behavior
For Correction
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3. The Usefulness of the Holy Scriptures V16
They are Useful for Training us in Righteousness
For Instruction in Righteousness
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Note Verse 17 tells us that the Holy Scriptures
are useful for the four things mentioned above in
order that the man of God, ie the believer in
Jesus Christ who belongs to God may be perfect,
ie complete in the sense that he is thoroughly
furnished or fully equipped for all good works
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The Holy Scriptures