A lot more people appreciated the discovery of 1Tim.1:3-4!
One important job of the evangelist is to stop gnostics in the church!
Gnostics generate questionings! Questionings generate disorder!
Disorder drives devoted people fall away from salvation!
A. One advantage to know not much in Bible Greek knowledge!
1. My professor tried to train me to be good in Bible Greek!
Due to circumstances I failed to be one!
2. Suddenly I found this has become my advantage in discovering original meanings!
3. Good in Bible Greek will naturally translate this word into genealogies!
4. In this case this is what it happened!
All English and Chinese Bibles took this one! Because they are experts in Greek!
5. But for me, I am not good in Greek!
I have to look up my Greek dictionary and carefully read until I get 1Tim.1:4!
6. This time it was easy because only 6 short lines!
Yes the first line the word genealogies came up!
7. After I read down to line 6 I found the doctrine of the gnostics!
Gnostics means personal interpretation, personal understanding!
8. Then I found Apostle Peter wrote these! 1Peter 1:20-21
Knowing this 1st, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spoke from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
B. Example: Understanding John chapter 3!
1. Euro theologians came up with this simple statement à Faith in Jesus alone saves souls in the world!
2. Their main points in John chapter 3 are these 2 verses!
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life. Jn.3:16
He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: And he that believes not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abides on him. Jn.3:36
***These above were their personal interpretations!
Unfortunately they were wrong all these years!
3. We, the church of Christ take it this way!
Let us go to Acts 2:36-38 and see what Peter interpreted John chapter 3!
He was there with Jesus in person!
C. These followings help us see God is alive within us!
1. Isaiah 28:13
Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken. Isaiah 28:13
2. Yes, it is like working on a jigsaw puzzle!
The Bible is a giant bucket of pieces!
To form a picture one has to find all fitted pieces and fit them together!
***Now you know what it takes to know Bible truth correctly! 2Tim.2:15
Wonder no more!
Why Euro theologians in 1500 years can’t know Bible truth correctly!
D. Euro theologians can never understand the word works in Eph.2:9!
1. If I tell them to read Ro.3:20 they will still not understand!
2. First they will never think about link up Eph.2:9 with Ro.2:20!
3. They faint when they see this bucket jigsaw puzzle pieces!
Like the President of France said: I do not know what to do with the spreading of Covid-19!
4. Wise theologians will say: I do not know what to with this bucket jigsaw puzzle pieces!
5. Let us go ask those in church of Christ!
E. Conclusion:
1. We are the very blessed people!
For I make known to you,
brethren, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not after man.
For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but through revelation of Jesus Christ.
3. Thank God I am not an expert in Bible Greek!
4. Thank God you are humble enough to listen to what I have to share!
May God grant you good health and peace! Written October 30, 2020.