2 Timothy 3:10
10 But [de] thou [su] hast fully known [parakoloutheo] my [mou] doctrine, [didaskalia] manner of life, [agoge]
purpose, [prothesis] faith, [pistis] longsuffering, [makrothumia]
charity, [agape] patience, [hupomone] KJV-Interlinear
10 But you
followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, NASB
The word ‘but’ sets out
a contrast between those whose spiritual lives are not functioning properly,
and those whose spiritual lives are.
The dysfunctional
spiritual person is an imitator of an unbeliever, and the spiritual life of the
dysfunctional believer, other than being saved, does not amount to much, if
anything.
Wicked is as wicked
does, and when the individual picks and chooses the Biblical principles they
will abide by, while rejecting those principles that they do not agree with,
then their spiritual life is destined to failure from the get-go.
For those who reject
outright, Gods mandates and principles, their destiny is rather obvious.
Likewise it is with those who modify for their own definitions, various
Biblical principles, as it is with those who compromise, or excuse, or are
indifferent toward truth.
The written word on the
page is of no use unless it is committed to ones daily life. And, you cannot commit to something unless
you know and understand it, and then of course believe it.
You cannot be on both
sides of the fence at the same time, and flip-flop in both places without
repercussions.
And so, doctrine,
manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, are all terms
that point to the life of the faithful believer who is in compliance with Gods
will.
Doctrine begins the process. Doctrine is taught and
doctrine must be learned. You cannot
know anything unless you are first taught, and you cannot learn anything unless
you want to learn.
Your manner of life is your mode of living. You learn doctrine and then you apply it to
your daily life. You cannot preach
freedom and then pursue socialism or some other form of non-freedom
philosophy. You cannot promote the
spiritual life and then pursue your own defined spiritual purpose. You cannot preach obedience and then reject
authority. You cannot have a double standard where God is concerned.
Your purpose in life must be in accordance with
Gods will, in accordance with truth, be in accordance with Gods purpose with
your life. You cannot have a secondary
agenda. You cannot reject your role,
your function in life just because you do not agree with what God has placed in
your life.
Your faith is based on facts and reality. Faith is not a wish or a hope based on chance
or luck. Faith is based on knowledge and
understanding and wisdom and confidence.
Longsuffering, looks at life and realizes that life
in this devils world will throw lots of trash and curves and hard knocks at
you. None of them are fair. But your objective is not in this life, but
in the next. So you persevere, and stick
to your spiritual guns, and you get through it all. If you get knocked down, you get up and you keep
on getting up.
Charity here is identified by the Greek word, ‘agape,’
which refers to the principles of truth.
And that is how your life should function. You cannot live by truth and some other
philosophy simultaneously. There is no
room for compromising truth, no room for bending the rules, no room for living
on the grey or dark side, even if just for a little bit.
And patience is just that. You must be tolerant of all sorts of things
that go on in life and in this world. Most
people will not see life as you do. Most
folks will not see the flaws of their own beliefs. But you cannot force them to
see things your way, and you cannot make them learn their errors.
Unfortunately people have to learn the hard way,
but you should not judge or condemn or use ‘I told you so,’ approaches.
The world has a great deal of latitude in morals and
such. The Bible is the straight and
narrow path of truth.
The world in its broad path has virtually no
options or opportunity. The Bible with
its straight and narrow path, has unlimited options and opportunities.
Bad decisions eliminate opportunities. Good decisions produce many opportunities.
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