The Quest   2 Timothy 3:16-17

This post concerns the use of scripture to find the church pleasing to God.

The Quest discusses what the Bible says about a method to locate the church in which God delights. Many contradictory guides and churches, all claiming to please God, appear everywhere we look. But they contradict one another and cause confusion.

Let God provide a key through His word, 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

“All Scripture… breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God… complete, equipped for every good work.”

Consider what this scripture teaches.

Firstly, God has provided all scripture. Another passage helps understand this point, 2 Peter 1:20-21. “… that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

So, these two passages say that scriptures come from the Holy Spirit of God. Thereby, they can serve as a correct guide to finding His church.

Secondly, what can scriptures do? They can teach, reprove, correct, and train the servant to please God.

Thirdly, adhering to and obeying scripture provides a servant of God with every good endeavor in life. The writings of men cannot add anything. All we need, God has provided.

Finally, in the quest for the right church, one needs to belong to and associate with a group that teaches what the Bible says, no more and no less. That practice will please God.

So, what did we learn?

1.God inspired the writing of the Bible, the scriptures.

2.The Bible provides what the seeker needs to find a church that pleases God.

3.One needs to find a church based only on the inspired writings of the Bible.

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