This is not eisegesis - a rather new and exciting word to me personally. The chapter (2 Timothy 3) does speak primarily of morality and truth:
v.7: "always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth."
The truth is not some ephemeral concept that changes with the whims of man. Jesus Christ said He was the way, the truth, and the life. Truth is based on God alone. Truth is determined by God and for God in all things; therefore, truth also applies to science, history, and the Bible.
The very next chapter (2 Timothy 4) says in v. 3-5:
"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry."
Whether we know or acknowledge the truth, truth does not change. Because God is not a man that He should lie and all scripture is God-breathed, then we must interpret everything, including science, through scripture AND through God.
Remember, I do not have the answers. This is much more broad than young/old earth creation or evolution or anything else. I know the Bible is interpreted many different ways but any way that we think is correct must align with scripture. This includes science.
Sheila
"D. F. Siemens, Jr." <dfsiemensjr@juno.com> wrote:
Sheila,
This verse speaks primarily, if not totally, of morality. It mentions nothing about scientific or historical correctness in the modern sense. It is taken as a proof text for infallibility, but this is eisegesis.
Dave
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 06:59:29 -0800 (PST) Sheila Wilson <sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net> writes:
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Sheila McGinty Wilson
sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net
Received on Wed Dec 31 16:16:27 2003
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