2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
When we look at Timothy we can see just from this passage his upbringing gave him head knowledge of who Christ was; and perhaps there wasn't an "aha" moment so to speak when he definitely was able to state was the day he came to saving faith.
That is just conjecture; but what we can discern is that it was likely just the Old Testament and those familiar with Christ's teachings from actually witnessing what happened to him to that would influence him; and that it was likely Paul's letters and some traditions would have been all of the "New" Testament available to him at the time.
Fast forwarding to today's tech savvy AI environment and we no doubt have a vast array of information available online regarding the Bible. In this segment I'm emphasizing living out faith through a human as being something a computer can't provide except by narrative accounts of saints who have largely passed this earthly realm.
What you won't gather is something perhaps rarely considered; that of those sins which we ALL learn from and how the Body of Christ works to strengthen one another. Suppose someone is given a Word; a specific scripture which happens to pierce the heart of another parishioner. A person may have no idea why the Lord prompts them to warn (let's say a verse about those inheriting the Kingdom of God not being fornicators; idoloters; adulterors; etc ( 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). This is an example of proper use of spiritual gifts; that is using scripture (and not some extrabiblical prophecy) to give a warning to someone. The person can apply it to whatever it is they are struggling with and then it can pierce the heart as Hebrews 4:12 indicates as a "two edged sword". Often men are viewed in a very one sided manner by a computer summary of their lives.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
When we look at Timothy we can see just from this passage his upbringing gave him head knowledge of who Christ was; and perhaps there wasn't an "aha" moment so to speak when he definitely was able to state was the day he came to saving faith.
That is just conjecture; but what we can discern is that it was likely just the Old Testament and those familiar with Christ's teachings from actually witnessing what happened to him to that would influence him; and that it was likely Paul's letters and some traditions would have been all of the "New" Testament available to him at the time.
Fast forwarding to today's tech savvy AI environment and we no doubt have a vast array of information available online regarding the Bible. In this segment I'm emphasizing living out faith through a human as being something a computer can't provide except by narrative accounts of saints who have largely passed this earthly realm.
What you won't gather is something perhaps rarely considered; that of those sins which we ALL learn from and how the Body of Christ works to strengthen one another. Suppose someone is given a Word; a specific scripture which happens to pierce the heart of another parishioner. A person may have no idea why the Lord prompts them to warn (let's say a verse about those inheriting the Kingdom of God not being fornicators; idoloters; adulterors; etc ( 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). This is an example of proper use of spiritual gifts; that is using scripture (and not some extrabiblical prophecy) to give a warning to someone. The person can apply it to whatever it is they are struggling with and then it can pierce the heart as Hebrews 4:12 indicates as a "two edged sword". Often men are viewed in a very one sided manner by a computer summary of their lives.
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