2 Timothy 3:14
14 But [de] continue [meno] thou [su] in [en] the things which [hos] thou
hast learned [manthano] and [kai] hast been assured of, [pistoo] knowing [eido] of [para] whom [tis] thou hast
learned [manthano] them;KJV-Interlinear
14 You,
however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of,
knowing from whom you have learned them; NASB
Continue means to keep
on. It is a command to keep doing what
you have been doing.
Learned means intentional
learning, to pursue, to strongly desire.
Become convinced and
assured, means that which cannot be compromised, cannot be diluted, that which
cannot be changed out of habit or convenience or debate. Namely convinced in truth.
Knowing, means with
certainty, with authenticity, and not from hearsay or invented sources.
And whom, is a
reference to the legitimate sources of doctrine from which you learn that
doctrine.
The overall topic of 2
Timothy, is ‘sound doctrine.’
There is far too much
false doctrine out there in the world. Much
of which runs very close to truth, but is twisted even just a little bit,
making it false. There is much too much
false doctrine out there, which can be easily used to convince that it is
legitimate, because it just seems right or ok, or reasonable, or of no harm to
anyone.
And so Paul is
reminding us all, that we need to keep our guard up, that we need to keep on
learning, that we need to keep on learning from legitimate sources of doctrine. And we need to keep on learning doctrine
because that is the ultimate source of knowledge and wisdom, and advancement in
our spiritual life.
And in contrast to
this, are the efforts that people put into emotional or works approaches to
their spiritual lives, or compromised approaches to their spiritual lives, or invented
approaches to their spiritual lives. And
certainly eliminating all things that elevate ones sins or sin nature, or human
good approaches, or elevates the things that people really want in life, and
thus making them a higher priority than the mundane task of studying and
learning.
And all too often the
idea of studying and learning and growing up, due to that process, is
uninteresting and not fun and boring, because it does not excite the emotions,
does not entertain, does not impress, and quite frankly takes too long.
So people naturally
gravitate to the quick and the enticements and the popular approaches to what
they believe is a more open experience with God, because doing something gives
one a greater sensation of accomplishment, than just reading and learning in an
academic setting.
And unfortunately when
the legitimate learning process of a daily study is ignored, and replaced with
something else, then the end result of error is not generally discovered until
it is too late in ones life, if it is discovered at all.
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