From infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

The Apostle Paul to Timothy, in 2 Timothy 3:15 NIV

An early Student

  1. To whom were these words written?
    To Timothy.
  2. Who were the teachers of Timothy?
    His grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. 2 Timothy 1:5
  3. What do we learn from this?
    That God wants that His Holy Word is being thought in the homes.
  4. When did Timothy begin to know the Holy Scriptures?
    From infancy.
  5. What benefit does the Apostle Paul add to this early study?
    It made it easier for Timothy to abide in what he had learned.

An Important Study

  1. What did Timothy study?
    The Holy Scriptures.
  2. What are the Holy Scriptures capable of doing?
    They are able to make us wise for salvation.
  3. What is meant by "making wise"?
    It makes us knowledgeable of God's will.
  4. What is meant by "Salvation"
    Putting away the punishment due to sin and bringing us into eternal life.
  5. How can this power rest in a book?
    Because this book is God's Word and He is the author, origin of salvation.

An Appointed Medium

  1. How do the Scriptures exercise this power?
    Through faith.
  2. What is meant by faith?
    Trust - taking God at his Word.
  3. How do the Holy Scriptures make us wise through faith?
    When we receive them as God's message they lead us to full trust in Him.
  4. How does this text teach us that salvation is obtained?
    By reliance upon God, Who reveals Himself through His written Word.
  5. Who is the final object of our faith?
    Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Text Seventeen

Adapted from:
"The one hundred texts of the society for Irish Church Missions."
T.C. Hammond, Dublin. 1939