Fundamentals

This page reveals some scripture references which I believe are foundational truths that every believer must know and understand before delving into the other riches of Truth in the Father's Word. I believe the Truths in these scriptures are the foundation stones upholding the integrity of God's Word, upon which believing confidence can rest, that His Word is not an elaborate enigmatic mortal-made construction. God declares that His Word is not a mortal-made philosophical conjugation, but much, much more, the revelation of His will and heart's desire for His creation, to come to know and depend upon Him as the supplier of all its needs. As in mathematics where certain basic formulas and equations must be understood first because they form the foundation upon which subsequent formulas and equations rest and are built, these vital truths must be understood first for the same reason. Let's examine 1) how mortalkind received God's Word, 2) the purpose of God's Word, and 3) the profit of God's word, to mortalkind.

Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward your holy temple and give thanks for your name, for your mercy, and for your truth. For you have magnified above all your name, your Word!

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How We Received God's Word

Hebrews 1:1 The (ho) God (theos) of old (palai), having spoken (lalēsas) many portions (polumerōs) and (kai) many ways (polutropōs) to the (tois) fathers (patrasin), in (en) the (tois) prophets (prophētais),

Hebrews 1:2 upon (ep) last (eschaton) of the (tōn) days (hēmerōn) of these (toutōn) spoke (elalēsen) to us (hēmin) in (en) a son (huiō) whom (hon) has been set in place (ethēke), heir (klēronomon) of all things (pantōn), and (kai) through (di) whom (hou) were made (epoiēsen) the (tous) ages (aiōnas);

"many portions" - Polumeros is a compound of polus - many, and meros - a part. The mind of God, His knowledge and His wisdom, came to mortalkind in many parts or portions, in stages of progressive unveiling, as He chose to reveal it to His prophets. Both "sundry times" in the KJV and "many times" in the NIV are careless errors in translation. The emphasis in God’s Word here is not upon the time when those revelations came, but upon how they came, and the size of portion of those revelations. The son of God coming in the flesh is the largest portion of revelation God ever gave about Himself. Not only did the doctrine that Jesus Christ preached become the substance of the entire new covenant writings, but it shed light upon the understanding of a huge portion of the old covenant writings as well, which without that light would have remained as unfulfilled prophetic mysteries.

"many ways" - Oftentimes God communicated through dreams, to both unbelievers and believers. Sometimes God spoke in visions, as he did with Abram in Genesis 15:1. At many times God sent messengers which sometimes appeared in mortal form, as in Genesis 18:1-. When God called Moses to help Him deliver the children of Israel out of the slavery and bondage of Egypt, God sent a messenger which appeared in a flame of fire in a bush which did not burn, as recorded in Exodus 3:1-17. In Luke 3:22, when God spoke, it was in an audible voice coming out of heaven, along with the appearance of holy Spirit in a bodily shape like a dove. God used these and many other animated ways to speak to His prophets, and His believers (pillar of fire by night, cloud by day, handwriting on the wall, movement of the branches of the trees, the agitation of the water in the pool of Siloam, etc.).

"upon the last days of these spoke to us in a son" - God's only begotten son is the latest and greatest way The Father has chosen to speak to mortalkind. God's Word records some of all that Jesus Christ said and did upon this earth before his ascension. Up until that time and continuing now still, the Father's written Word and His son Christ Jesus are the primary vehicles through which God speaks to us today. All the stages of progressive unveiling of the mind of God which came to us through Apostle Paul for example, came to him by revelation of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:12) as the head of the body (Ephesians 5:24-33). Jesus Christ as head of his spiritual body, chooses which parts of his body to energize, how he energizes them, and when he energizes them, and in these last days God speaks to His family through;

1) His written Word,
2) His son, the Word made flesh, the head of the body of Christ,
3) the body of Christ herself through the gift ministries of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers (Eph. 4:11).

"whom has been set in place" - Etheke comes from tithemi, which means not to appoint, elect, select or choose, as translators have commonly translated the word into English, BUT to set or put something in a place. In all 96 usages, it's clear that etheke, or tithemi means to set or put something in place. The illusion here is to Jesus filling the void in the seat at God's right, where God seated Jesus after His ascension, where Jesus now either stands or sits for us. He stands to make something happen, then sits when it's completed. That seat at God's right was empty for a long time.

The following verses give us further enlightenment about how mortalkind received knowledge and wisdom from God.

2 Peter 1:20 we knowing (ginōskontes) this (touto) first (prōton), that (hoti) every (pasa) prophecy (prophēteia) of a writing (graphēs) is caused to come to pass (ginetai) absolutely not (ou) over one’s own letting loose (idias epiluseōs),

2 Peter 1:21 because (gar) absolutely not (ou) of mortal’s (anthrōpou) desire (thelēmati) was set in place (ēnechthē) at any time (pote) prophecy (prophēteia)!

BUT (alla), under (hupo) holy (hagiou) Spirit (pneumatos) carrying [mortals] along (pheromenoi), mortals (anthrōpoi) from (apo) God (theou) spoke (elalēsan)!

"Experientially knowing this first" - (ginoskontes touto proton). Some translations may say "Above all", which Greek would be huper panta. BUT, the holy Spirit didn't say huper panta, it said ginoskontes touto proton. Many translators think they know better than God what His holy Spirit should have said. How egotistical and devilish!

Was what the holy Spirit said an error?
Were not the exact words which the holy Spirit said, not the exact words which God our Father wanted said to us?
In this verse, is ginoskontes touto proton God's Word, or is huper panta God's Word?
Or are both of them God's Word, or are neither of them God's Word?

"every prophecy of a writing" - Every prophecy written in God's Word. Not what men write and than call it "God's Word", BUT, what those mortals from God spoke, which became written down.

"comes into being absolutely not upon one's own willful releasing" - Those mortals, those prophets did not by their own will decide to invent God's Word. They served only as the holy Spirit's mouth piece, to speak what they were given/told to speak. God, by way of His holy Spirit determined what, where, when, how, and to whom God's Word would be spoken.

"because absolutely not of mortal's will was set in place at any time, prophecy." - God's will determined what, where, when, how, and to whom His Word would be spoken. The will of mortalkind had nothing to do with it except to be obedient.

"under holy Spirit carrying [them] along, mortals from God spoke" - The mortals from God were obedient to speak what the holy Spirit gave/told them to speak. God knew these mortal's hearts, that they would be obedient to speak exactly what His holy Spirit gave them to speak. God knew they would allow the holy Spirit to work within them.

How and when God's Prophets received His Word, and exactly what the holy Spirit said, was and still is entirely up to God. However, the devil is constantly trying to change what God has said, beginning way back in the garden of Eden, by trying to get Eve to question what God said, and then supplying a lie in place of the TRUTH, "You shall not surely die…" (Gen. 3:4). It was God's will which determined what, when, and how His knowledge and wisdom would be revealed in many portions to all mortalkind. Each and every portion came by God's will only, not by the will of any mortals. God Himself always chose the time, and the place, and the circumstances, and exactly what would be spoken, and by whom.

Those mortals from God were called and chosen by God, because they had believing (1 Cor. 4:2; Heb. 11:6), and obedience toward His Word (Rom. 1:5, 6:16, 16:26; 2 Cor. 10:5; Philemon 1:21; 1 Pet. 1:2). Those mortals which were prophets, said and did what the holy Spirit energizing within them told them to say and do.

Here's the chain of communication of revelation from God: God gave His Word to the holy Spirit which was upon or in those mortals of God, depending upon the dispensation of time, i.e., before or after the day of Pentecost, and that holy Spirit, either upon or in them, revealed it to their minds (John 16:13). Then those mortals of God obediently said and did what holy Spirit gave them to say and do.

Let me ask you a question. If in 2 Peter 1:20-21 it was absolutely not of mortal's will to decide what God should say, is it up to any mortal's will now to decide what God should have said? Is it up to the will of mortals to criticize God and accuse God of getting it wrong as if they know better than God? Is it up to the will of any mortal now to presume God got something wrong, and then to presume they know better than God what God should have said, and now say it for God, in spite of what God has said, and then claim it is what God meant to say, or should have said?

This is the arrogant attitude of the devil in Genesis 3. I say to you that any mortal now who believes and says he or she knows better than God what God meant to say, or should have said, is of the devil. God says exactly what he means, and He means exactly what He says. What God says is perfect, because God is perfect. The only supposed error in God's Word is not within God's Word, but within those evil mortal's own imaginations, from their own desire not to believe and do God's Word.

This method of operation of the Father's holy Spirit interacting with mortals, does not and has not changed over time. Under the new covenant in Jesus Christ's blood, the specific condition of believing upon the name of Jesus to receive the holy Spirit's permanent occupancy within a mortal, has become known with the unveiling of the Great Mystery (Acts 4:10-12). But, temporary occupancy of holy Spirit within a mortal was available under the old covenant, which was based upon the extent of a mortal's believing toward Jehovah, upon His names (Psalm 99:6) and His Word.

The Purpose of God's Word

God sent His Word to mortals, in many portions, and in many ways throughout history. Jesus Christ is referred to as the "Word made flesh (John 1:14)", and so looking at the reason why God sent His son into the world, will shed much light on the purpose for God sending His Word made flesh into the world.

In God's Word, a tree (ets) (Strong's # 6086) is sometimes used figuratively to refer to a mortal person (Judges 9:8-15; Psalm 1:3; Jer. 17:8).

Jesus figuratively refers to a tree as a mortal, and the works of a mortal as his or her fruit (Mat. 7:17-19, 12:30-33; Luke 6:43-44; James 3:12).
In Exodus 15:25 a tree is used figuratively as a life-giving type of Jesus, which turned the waters of death, sweet.
In Exodus 25:10 (see also Deut. 10) the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, made of shittim wood is a type of Jesus as the head of his one body, the temple built without hands.
In Exodus 25:13 the two staves made of shittim wood which were to facilitate carrying the ark of the covenant with the mercy seat, among the people, were types of Jesus two responsibilities to lift up (nasa) our sicknesses and carry (cabal) our pains in Isaiah 53:4.
In Exodus 25:17 the mercy seat which was made of shittim wood, which was situated above but upon the ark of the covenant, which was the place about which God said, "There I will meet with thee and commune with thee from above the mercy seat (Ex. 25:22)", is a type of Jesus himself, "whom the God has set forth as a reconcilor - a mercy seat - through belief in to the blood of him (Rom. 3:25, )", and 1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 8:6, 9:15 and 12:24.

The wood and specifically how it is used throughout all of the tabernacle, is used as types to the particular facets of God's purpose for Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.

In Genesis 6:14, the ark made of gopher wood was a type of Jesus as the chief leader (archegon) of our wholeness (Heb. 2:10), bringing the believers, Noah and his family and specimens of all living things upon the earth, safely through the flooding waters of death. In 1 Kings 6:31-33, the door posts of the entrance of the temple, and the door posts and doors into the oracle, the holy of holies, was made of olive wood, a type of Jesus Christ. In John 10 Jesus is "The Door". In John 14:6 no mortal may come toward the Father if not through him (John 14:6).

In several places in the old covenant writings, the prophesied coming messiah is referred to as a "Branch (tsemach)" (Strong's # 6780), literally a young, tender sprout coming forth (Isaiah 4:2; Jer. 23:5, 33:15; Zech. 3:8, 6:12).

In Jeremiah, who is referenced as a type to Christ in at least fourteen references within his scroll, is referenced as a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter, a "tree with the fruit thereof... to be cut off" (Jer. 11:19). Here in type, the coming redeemer is referred to as a "Tree". The messiah is referred to again as a "Tree", and all mortalkind are referred to as "trees" in Ezekiel's prophecy (Ez. 17:22-24). Here we see the "sprout (tsemach)" has grown into a mighty "Tree".

In Proverbs 3:18 the wisdom and understanding of God's Word is called a "Tree of Life".
In Proverbs 11:30 the fruit of the righteous is a "Tree of Life".
In Proverbs 13;12, in the context of hope, the thing desired, or hoped for, is a "Tree of Life".
In 1 Cor. 1:30 Jesus "has become to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption", the things for which we hope!
In Proverbs 15:4 a healed tongue is a "Tree of Life".

Jesus Christ is the wisdom and understanding of God the Father. Jesus Christ is not only the fruit of God's righteousness, he was made to become our righteousness for us! Jesus Christ was in the beginning, and still is now, the thing hoped for. The false believers said and did those things which they saw of their father, the devil. They sought to kill Jesus, and they were liars (John 8). Jesus tongue was whole, while their tongue was corrupted. Jesus spoke only those things which he saw beside his Father, the Truth. See Isaiah 53:9 also (there was no deceit in his mouth). This identifies Jesus Christ as the physical embodiment of Tree Of Life, who was, is, and is to come!

In the beginning, in the garden, two trees were set before Adam; the Tree of Life in the middle of the garden, and the Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil (Gen. 2:9). Essentially, these two trees are now standing before mortalkind today, God's Word (Jesus), the Tree of Life, and Satan's Word, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the fruit of which each mortal must decide for his or herself, of which tree will they, by their own free will, choose and eat.

The opportunity Adam had to eat of the Tree of Life, all mortalkind has now at this present time. Will they eat Truth unto eternal life, or will they eat lies unto destruction and death? The knowledge of "good and evil" was offered to Eve as recorded in Genesis 3:4-5, which was a lie, when the devil said, "You shall not surely die"! The fruit of the Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil is something like rat poison, which is made up of about 99% corn meal, which is good for rats. But the 1% strychnine causes their death. In Revelation 22:2,14, in the new Jerusalem, Jesus Christ is the "Tree of Life".

John 10:10a The (ho) thief (kleptēs) cause himself to come (erchetai) absolutely not (ouk) if (ei) not (mē) in order that (hina) he may steal (klepsē), and (kai) he may sacrifice (thusē), and (kai) he may destroy (apolesē) [the sheep]!

The first recorded action of the Thief, Satan, the devil, is as a serpent in Genesis 3:1-24, stealthily slithering in to steal the opportunity for immortality from the first mortal, Adam, thus condemning him and all his posterity to death. Adam could have ate from the Tree Of Life at any time up until when he sinned against God, it was not put out of bounds (Gen. 2:16-17). See John 8:44, as father of lies.

John 10:10b I (egō) came (ēlthon) in order that (hina) they may hold (echōsi) life (zōēn), and (kai) they may hold (echōsin) [life] beyond (perisson) [these things]!

In the Greek, the very emphatic conjunction BUT (alla), is virtually always used in a dramatic juxtaposition such as this, comparing the subjects of the giving of Truth, Life and Immortality versus the stealing away of it resulting in death. But since it is so conspicuously missing here in John 10:10b, "BUT (alla), I came in order that...", I consider this omission of the word as a figure of speech of absolute Ellipsis, because it should be supplied from the nature of the extreme contrast between the dual subjects. The presence of this figure of speech helps flag this statement of Jesus' purpose, as one of, if not the most important axiom and Truth in God's entire Word.

The thief refers to the devil, Satan, and his devil spirit realm. Their main purpose is to steal from, sacrifice and destroy mortals, especially believing ones, because the devil and his demon spirits hate God and His son Jesus Christ. The next time something bad happens to us, let's not blame God and His son Jesus Christ for what Satan and his devil spirits try to do to us. If we want to learn how to get God's hand of protection over us and our families, then we need to start learning about either entering into, or actively participating in our covenant relationship with Him through His son Jesus Christ, and learn our covenant responsibilities. There are covenant responsibilities we must keep, that trigger and set into motion the Father keeping His covenant responsibilities back to us. Mortals must enter into this covenant relationship with the Father, otherwise they have no right to expect anything from Him. You enter into this covenant relationship, made available through Jesus' shed blood, through receiving the new birth above, baptism in the gift of holy Spirit from Christ Jesus.

How many of us are consciously aware and understand how that we are in a covenant, a binding contractual relationship promising immortality, with God the Father, which was signed, sealed and delivered to you in Jesus' shed blood?

The second part of John 10:10 says that Jesus Christ came that "they", you and I, the believers who believe, may hold life and hold it beyond whatever the devil may do to us, just the opposite of what Satan and his devil spirits want for us. If Jesus Christ came that we could have life abundantly, and Jesus always did the Fathers will (John 4:34, 5:30, 6:38), and he always went about healing and delivering those believers who were sick and oppressed, and to give us eternal life, then it must be the Father's will for us to have an abundant life, both now and in the future!

John 6:39 But (de) this (touto) is (estin) the (to) desire (thelēma) of the one (tou) having sent (pempsantos) me (me), in order that (hina) everyone (pan) which (ho) He has given (dedōke) to me (moi) I may not lose (mē apolesō) [anyone] out (ex) of it (autou), BUT (alla), [in order that] I may stand [him] up (anastēsō auto) in (en) the (tē) last (eschatē) day (hēmera)!

These are the believers, the parts of his one body. A part or portion of God's will, and therefore a part or portion of Jesus' purpose is to stand us up in the last day!

John 6:40 But (de) this (touto) is (esti) the (to) desire (thelēma) of the (tou) Father (patros) of me (mou) in order that (hina) anyone (pas), the one (ho) observing (theōrōn) the (ton) son (huion) and (kai) believing (pisteuōn) into (eis) him (auton) may have (echē) ageless (aiōnion) life (zōēn). And (kai) I (egō) shall stand him up (anastēsō auton) in (en) the (tē) last (eschatē) day (hēmera).”

"observing the son" - Viewing a spectacle as a spectator, viewing with attention of mind to studiously contemplate. Theoreo is used of a continued and lengthened looking. If I were present, watching and hearing Jesus as he spoke and healed all those who were oppressed, I would have been gawking! Since they heard and saw things they never heard and saw before, maybe theōrōn could be translated as gawking in those passages.

John 6:44 Absolutely not one (oudeis) can inherently power himself (dunatai) to come (elthein) toward (pros) me (me) if perhaps (ean) not (mē) the (ho) Father (patēr), the (ho) [Father] having sent (pempsas) me (me), may draw (helkusē) him (auton)! And (kai) I (egō) shall stand him up (anastēsō auton) in (en) the (tē) last (eschatē) day (hēmera).

"should draw him" - From older form of the word helkō, to drag like a net (i.e., dragnet).

Jesus Christ says that the Father, his Father draws believers to him! I've never heard anyone teach that. The Preachers and Pastors I've heard don't tell mortals that it is the Father that is drawing them to His son Christ Jesus, thus allowing those mortals to conclude the inference that it is the Preachers and Pastors who are drawing them, thus robbing God of the glory through bringing it to themselves. Jesus Christ always gave the glory to his Father. God has put out a dragnet to draw all those who believe unto His son Jesus. It is written, "...you being ignorant (agnoōn) that (hoti) the (to) benevolence (chrēston) of the (tou) God (theou) leads (agei) you (se) into (eis) repentance (metanoian)? (Rom. 2:4)"

John 6:45 It is (estin) being written (gegrammenon) in (en) the (tois) prophets (prophētais), ‘And (kai) they shall cause themselves to be (esontai) all (pantes) ones taught (didaktoi) of God (theou).’

Everyone (pas), the one (ho) having heard (akousas) alongside (para) the (tou) Father (patros), and (kai) having learned (mathōn), he causes himself to come (erchetai) toward (pros) me (eme).

"And they shall cause themselves to be all ones taught of God" - All who? ALL the ones the Father draws to His son Jesus Christ, shall ALL be ones taught of God. Of who? Did it say of seminary school? Did it say of Chicago Divinity School? Did it say of the Vatican? Who does the Word of God say is going to teach them? GOD! Did I hear some professor taking credit for teaching them? I must be hearing things. What makes God's Word come together in a mortal's head is God's Spirit working in them, and don't you forget it! Without the Spirit of God mortals can't learn anything spiritual about God and His creation. NOTHING! A mortal with God's Spirit energizing in him can learn everything about his Father, the God, professor or no professor, divinity school or no divinity school, it doesn't matter. Apostle John says that the God is going to teach them, ALL of them. And God taught John, He working in and through His Spirit in John, and in and through His Spirit in Jesus Christ.

The ability of believers to have "ears to hear" and to learn, comes from the Father. He is the ultimate source of all holy spiritual things. When Jesus sat by the sea and taught in parables, his disciples later asked him, "Why in parables do you speak to them?" They were concerned about why Jesus was deliberately making it difficult for some other mortals who were present, to understand his meaning. Jesus' answer was;

Matthew 13:10 And (kai) having come toward him (proselthontes), his (hoi) disciples (mathētai) enunciated (eipon) to him (autō), “Why (ti) in (en) through (dia) parables (parabolais) do you speak (laleis) to them (autois)?”

Matthew 13:11 But (de) he (ho) [Jesus] having been caused to Judge away (apokritheis), he enunciated (eipen) to them (autois), "Because (hoti) it has been given (dedotai) to you (humin) to know (gnōnai) the (ta) mysteries (musteria) of the (tēs) Kingdom (basileias) of the (tōn) Heavens (ouranōn), but (de) to those (ekeinois) it has absolutely not been given (ou dedotai)!

Apparently, the teaching which Jesus did in the context of Matthew 13:11, was not for all who heard him speaking, but for his disciples only! What this means is that Jesus deliberately chose not to openly explain "the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens" to the unbelievers who were present. Because, what is not given, and by whom? Jesus' complete answer is in the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. But, this again illustrates the doctrine of Jesus Christ, that mortals who have not been given "ears to hear" and "eyes to see" from alongside the Father, cannot understand and learn (manthanō) spiritual things, and they therefore will not come toward Jesus Christ. Jesus chose not to give spiritual understanding to those unbelievers present who did not have ears to hear and eyes to see. If Jesus would have openly spoke it plainly, some unbelievers present would have considered what he said as even more foolish, and it would have cast Jesus and his disciples into an unnecessary role of greater foolishness in the eyes of the unbelievers. Those with God's Spirit energizing in them either immediately or eventually understood and learned what God taught working IN and THROUGH His agent, Jesus Christ.

"to know" - Jesus' disciples were to know (gnōnai) the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens through participation and practical application of that knowledge.

Notice that Jesus teaches that the kingdom contains heavens (ouranon), plural! That's correct translation. Apparently the translators of the Authorized Version (AV), New International Version (NIV), and Revised Standard Version (RSV) and a ton of other translations (i.e., their translators) couldn't read Greek well enough to determine whether the source language word was in the singular or plural! That ought to cause alarms to go off in your head!

Ask yourself these questions; If the translators are willing to deliberately forge the English translations on a theological/doctrinal issue about "heaven" or "heavens", then...:

On what other doctrinal issues are they forging the translations?
How often does this happen?
What are those other doctrinal issues?
Might denominationalism have something to do with it?
Might the adversary, the devil have something to do with it, who was thrown out of those heavens?

Jesus didn't think the subject of the (ton) heavens (ouranon) plural, was too difficult of a subject for his disciples. After all, the Father gave them "ears to hear" and "eyes to see" which to some extent must remove difficulty in understanding spiritual things, don't you think?

The main purpose of God's Word is for you and I to understand and learn spiritual things, to become knowledgeable of how to obtain wholeness from the penalty of sin which is sickness and death, and for us to understand and believe in the loving mind and heart of the God. Satan and his demon spirit realm DO NOT want us to know about this. This is the most valuable prize that Satan and his devil spirit realm can steal from us! If Satan would have understood that the staking, death, resurrection, and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ would have made available the pouring out of the gift of holy Spirit to mortalkind starting on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-41), Satan NEVER would have allowed Jesus Christ to have been killed (1 Corinthians 2:8). This is why the Father had it kept a secret, the Great Mystery!

What was the purpose of the Law? It was to teach Israel believing, which would have made them righteous (Rom. 4 & 4)!

This knowledge leads to the second most valuable prize Satan and his devil spirit realm tries to steal from us, which is our physical life now here on earth. If he can't kill you, he will do all he can to destroy your life to make you constantly miserable, to try and stop you from learning the Truth of God's Word. The first two most important purposes for God sending his Word to us, are the two most important things Satan tries to steal from us,

1) eternal life with the Father as His children,

2) an abundant life now.

These are the most important purposes for God sending His Word, the God-blown scriptures, in many portions, in stages of progressive unveiling, and in many ways. First, that we may have eternal life with the Father as His children, and secondly that we may have an abundant life now while here on earth waiting for Christ's return, by becoming transformed by the God-blown scriptures into a finished mortal, one perfectly outfitted toward every good work.

The Profit Of God's Word

2 Timothy 3:16 Every (pasa) writing (graphē) [is] God-blown (theo-pneustos), and profitable (ōphelimos) toward (pros) teaching (didasklian), toward (pros) reproof (elegchon), toward (pros) correction (epanorthōsin), toward (pros) child-training (paideian) in (en) the (tēn) Righteousness (dikaiosunē),

"God-blown" - Theo is from theos meaning God, and pneustos is from pneo, meaning blowing wind. Pneo is used eight times in the Greek text, and in every context refers to the wind blowing. Believers are not to be blown and carried about by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14), especially mortal-made religion, but blown and carried about by only God-blown doctrine, His Word, which alone is the standard for believers to follow for their believing and practice of righteousness.

"profitable" - Sometimes we come to God as the last thing we try, when all other attempts to fix our life and make our life worth living have failed. If we're searching for answers in our life, if we need healing, mental or physical, if we need to be loved, if we need peace and joy back in our life, all these things are available. We may be at the point in our lives sometimes where each day is a life or death struggle for survival. God can and will deliver us, because His God-blown scripture is profitable.

"teaching" - instruction in God's ways, spiritual ways, in the way of Jesus Christ.

"reproof" - to open God's Word and point out with the finger those Truths which he has spoken, to prove what is wrong from right.

"correction" - to set back upright again, in proper position or state to function right.

Which is…

"child-training" - The knowledge of God's God-blown Word in our minds trains us as God's children. God's Word is sharper over every double-mouthed knife… it cuts all the crap out of our heads, and gives us a sort of spiritual lobotomy, so we can think through things better, have a sounder mind (2 Tim. 1:7), a mind that can make right decisions which will profit us and those around us. Let's look at Hebrews 4:12 a moment, which is another verse alluding to medical/health care practices as was Mat. 4:4;

2 Timothy 3:17 in order that (hina) the one (ho), a mortal (anthrpos) of the (tou) God (theou) may be (ē) fit (artios), having become outfitted (exērtismenos) toward (pros) every (pan) good (agathon) work (ergon).

"in order that" - all the things God's Word does for us, which summary of those things we briefly read about in 2 Tim 3;16 and Hebrews 4;12, is in order that the PROFITABLE results of the living and energized Word of God occur within us… that

"a mortal of the God may be fit (artios)" - The child-training in the knowledge of God's Word makes us spiritually fit. It gets us in shape spiritually to do the work of the Lord, as apostle Paul was preparing Timothy.

"having become outfitted" - We are to become outfitted in the knowledge of God's Word. To become outfitted implies putting on the whole outfit, which is all of God's Word. The Father wants us to become spiritually outfitted so that we are prepared to do any and every good work which the Father may have us to do, in our spiritual walk.

1 Timothy 4:8 Because (gar) the (hē) bodily (sōmatikē) exercise (gumnasia) is (estin) profitable (ōphelimos) toward (pros) little (oligon), but (de) the (hē) piety (eusebeia) is (estin) profitable (ōphelimos) toward (pros) all things (panta), holding (echousa) promise (epaggelian) of the (tēs) life (zōēs) now (nun), and (kai) of the one (tēs) being about to come (mellousēs).

"bodily exercise is profitable toward little" - The implication is that we need to "work out" with God's Word more. Work out more studying it, meditating upon it, instilling it into our minds, until we become so outfitted with God's Word that our knee-jerk reaction to life's events is to think, say and do God's Word in any and every situation.

"piety" - Eusebeia, from a compound of eu "well", and sebomai "devout" or "devoted", i.e., "well devoted". This is where "Christianity" by and large has misjudged the level of the "bar" in my opinion, and simultaneously why "believers" may not be seeing the results in their lives from the living and energized Word of God. The Word of God is living and energized, so our failure to see results from it in our lives is not a failure on God's part. It is because the level of the living and energized Word of God in us may be too anemic. If all I know in God's Word is John 3:16, then I'm a profound mental weakling in God's Word! Through a figure of speech, the suggestion is that we become more pious, more well devoted toward God's Word, through the idea of doing mental exercise, mentally working out with God's Word to put the knowledge and understanding, and subsequently the believing of it into our minds.

"piety is profitable toward all things" - All things, anything and everything which is going on in our lives now. Our piety toward God's Word is profitable toward all those things. May the profit of piety be unto us according to our believing. If we don't believe God's promise here, to literally act on it, to continue to build our piety through the knowledge and understanding of God's Word, then may the promise be unto us according to our believing. If we don't act, then we shall absolutely not receive this promise. WHEN is this promise available to us who believe? Read the last part of the verse again…

"holding promise of the life now, and of the [life] coming." - All of God's great and precious promises throughout His Word are available to us now, and in the life coming, if we believe and determine to become pious toward His Word.

2 Peter 1:3 as (hōs) of the (tēs) divine (theias) inherent power (dunameōs) of him (autou) has gifted (dedōrēmenēs) us (hēmin) [with] all things (panta) which (ta) [are] toward (pros) life (zōēn) and (kai) piety (eusebeian), through (dia) the (tēs) experiential knowledge (epignōseōs) of the one (tou) having called (kalesantos) us (hēmas) to his own (idia) glory (doxēs) and (kai) superiority (aretēs),

"the divine inherent power of Him has gifted us" - If the divine inherent power of Him has gifted us, i.e., we've received the baptism in the gift of holy Spirit from Christ Jesus, the new birth above, then should we expect that the gift itself might somehow be related to the power of God? Could the gift actually be divine power from God? If it is, as it absolutely is, then power for what? Could it be the power to learn and understand God's Word? Could it be the power to put the living and energized Word of God within us, where it can follow its course and bring forth its results, the budding and growth of our new man within us, Christ (Col. 1:27)? It gives us the ability to be child-trained by God the Father.

This written Word in 2 Peter 1:3 is another huge declaration of the PROFIT of God's Word. The profit of God's Word is stated so many different ways in God's Word, how can we miss it. God has made a gift to us of all things which are toward life and Godliness. This is part of the PROFIT of God's Word. Now how do we receive it from God? We receive this PROFIT from God through gaining the experiential knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and superiority. We receive this profit through our piety toward God's Word. Jesus Christ made known the Father. Therefore, gaining experiential knowledge about Jesus Christ will give us experiential knowledge about God our Father, who is the one having called us to His own glory and superiority.

"superiority" - This is not in the sense of supposed genetic superiority of one race over another, which is the board game the devil has set up to steal, kill and destroy mortalkind, but this eclipses the physical realm entirely, comparing it to the spiritual realm in the sense that the Spirit, the divine inherent power of God is superior to the ability of the flesh, or fleshly bodily exercise of any kind upon this earth. This divine inherent power of the Spirit is part of the PROFIT of God's Word of which we've been gifted. Taking up our "cross" of responsibility (Luke 9:23; 14:27) and following after Jesus Christ was never meant to be only a social mores as modern "Christianity" has become for so many so-called "Christians".

Jesus said…

John 10:9 I (egō) am (eimi) the (hē) door (thura).

Through (di) me (emou), if perhaps (ean) anyone (tis) may enter in (eiselthē), he shall be kept whole (sōthēsetai).

And (kai) he shall cause himself to enter in (eiseleusetai), and (kai) he shall cause himself to go out (exeleusetai), and (kai) he shall find (heurēsei) a pasture (nomēn).

John 10:10 The (ho) thief (kleptēs) causes himself to come (erchetai) absolutely not (ouk) if (ei) not (mē) in order that (hina) he may steal (klepsē), and (kai) he may sacrifice (thusē), and (kai) he may destroy (apolesē) [the sheep]!

I (egō) came (ēlthon) in order that (hina) they may hold (echōsi) life (zōēn), and (kai) they may hold (echōsin) [life] beyond (perisson) [these things]!

"I came in order that they may hold life, and they may hold [life] beyond [these things]!" - I don't believe that the PROFIT of God's Word can be summed up and stated any better than how Jesus Christ says it here. If Jesus always did his Father's will, then it must be God's, our Father's, will for us to hold life in us beyond the attacks and effects of the devil, the "thief"! Jesus says this is why he came.

Summary of the Profit Of God's Word:

Review the points in;

2 Tim. 3:16-17
Hebrews 4:12
1 Tim. 4:8
2 Peter 1:3
John 10:10

I believe this serves as a good summary of HOW we received God's Word, the PURPOSE of God's Word and the PROFIT of God's Word. During our lifetime, as our outward mortal perishes, we have the privilege to renew the inward "man" day by day (2 Cor. 4:16; oh, more profit!) with God's Word which holy mortals of God spoke under holy Spirit carrying [them] along, to become more completely "jointed out" unto all good works!