Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Commentaries
Bell's Commentary on the Bible Bell's Commentary
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These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
Bibliographical Information
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on 2 Timothy 3". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cbb/2-timothy-3.html. 2017.
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on 2 Timothy 3". "Bell's Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/
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Verses 1-13
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A former school bus driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a $10 bribe to ignore two students as they sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. - The bus was equipped with a 911 panic button to alert authorities to problems, but Bolen never triggered the device during the assault in January. The bus drivers name was Lacey Jane Bolen, 26, of Goose Creek, she pleaded guilty Wednesday.
As the fishermen cleaned their fish, they flung the offal to the pelicans. The birds grew fat, lazy, and contented. - Eventually, however the offal was utilized, and there were no longer snacks for the pelicans. When the change came the pelicans made no effort to fish for themselves. They waited around and grew gaunt and thin. Many starved to death. They had forgotten how to fish for themselves. The problem was solved by importing new pelicans from the south, birds accustomed to foraging for themselves.They were placed among their starving cousins, and the newcomers immediately started catching fish. Before long, the hungry pelicans followed suit, and the famine was ended. Bits and Pieces, June 23, 1994, p. 17 (Galaxie Software. (2002; 2002). 10,000 Sermon Illustrations. Biblical Studies Press.)
Verses 1-13
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A former school bus driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a $10 bribe to ignore two students as they sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. - The bus was equipped with a 911 panic button to alert authorities to problems, but Bolen never triggered the device during the assault in January. The bus drivers name was Lacey Jane Bolen, 26, of Goose Creek, she pleaded guilty Wednesday.
As the fishermen cleaned their fish, they flung the offal to the pelicans. The birds grew fat, lazy, and contented. - Eventually, however the offal was utilized, and there were no longer snacks for the pelicans. When the change came the pelicans made no effort to fish for themselves. They waited around and grew gaunt and thin. Many starved to death. They had forgotten how to fish for themselves. The problem was solved by importing new pelicans from the south, birds accustomed to foraging for themselves.They were placed among their starving cousins, and the newcomers immediately started catching fish. Before long, the hungry pelicans followed suit, and the famine was ended. Bits and Pieces, June 23, 1994, p. 17 (Galaxie Software. (2002; 2002). 10,000 Sermon Illustrations. Biblical Studies Press.)
Verses 14-17
Lord, Your Word is durable - outlasting all its critics, surviving allthe attempts of its enemies to exterminate it.
It is miraculous in its results - transforming the lives of those who read and believe
it.It is marvelous in its harmony - agreeing in all its parts, written over a period of 1600 years, by about 40 different authors.
It is Fabulous in its preservation - maintaining its accuracy and reliability down through the centuries.
Q: What is its theme? (the Word) [every vs of the 176 vss speak of it, except 1-3]
Q: What is unique about that Psalm? [it uses the 22 letters of the Heb alphabet; in effect saying, the Word of God is everything from A to Z]
Make Us – wise for salvation;
Teach Us – what’s right;
Show Us – what’s wrong;
Correct Us – How to be right;
Instruct Us – How to stay right;
Complete Us – for eternity;
Equip Us – for every good work.
If you are asleep, let it WAKE you,
If you are a backslider, let it WARN you,
If you are defiled, let it WASH you.
If you are disobedient, let it WHIP you.
If you are uncertain, let it WITNESS to you.
If you are unsaved, let it WIN you!
Verses 14-17
Lord, Your Word is durable - outlasting all its critics, surviving allthe attempts of its enemies to exterminate it.
It is miraculous in its results - transforming the lives of those who read and believe
it.It is marvelous in its harmony - agreeing in all its parts, written over a period of 1600 years, by about 40 different authors.
It is Fabulous in its preservation - maintaining its accuracy and reliability down through the centuries.
Q: What is its theme? (the Word) [every vs of the 176 vss speak of it, except 1-3]
Q: What is unique about that Psalm? [it uses the 22 letters of the Heb alphabet; in effect saying, the Word of God is everything from A to Z]
Make Us – wise for salvation;
Teach Us – what’s right;
Show Us – what’s wrong;
Correct Us – How to be right;
Instruct Us – How to stay right;
Complete Us – for eternity;
Equip Us – for every good work.
If you are asleep, let it WAKE you,
If you are a backslider, let it WARN you,
If you are defiled, let it WASH you.
If you are disobedient, let it WHIP you.
If you are uncertain, let it WITNESS to you.
If you are unsaved, let it WIN you!