Solid teaching
Shout praises to the Lord!
The Lord blesses everyone
who worships him and gladly
obeys his teachings. ~ Psalm 112:1 (CEV)
But don’t let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, sure of the integrity of your teachers—why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother’s milk! There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ~ 2 Timothy 3:14-15 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
That which we learned from God's message to us is worth hanging onto because it will guide us into faith and salvation.
PRAYER:
Praise to you, our Lord and God! I'm so thankful for the way that you have been speaking into my life from way before I realized it. On the days when I am tired and drained -- I'm too ready to give up and forget about how your teaching has made my life better. Don't give up on me. Please continue to speak wonderful words of encouragement into my mind and heart. I'm going to stick with what I've learned and believed. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSVue = New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (© 2021 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)
REB = Revised English Bible (© 1989 Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press) TCEB = The Casual English Bible (© Stephen M. Miller)