"Your understanding of scripture is a bit simplistic, you should study to show yourself approved. You will be held accountable for the misunderstanding you spread."
Hi Chris,
Here are few interesting words from Mr. DLL the wise scholar of modern Judaism. DLL finds that Christ and His Church--Christianity-- lack depth and spirituality, so he goes to find his depth and spirituality in modern antichrist Judaism. How can any true Christian who is filled with the Holy Spirit--has God living in him--- a want-to-be anything but in the Body of Christ. We are living in strange and dark days. Want-to-be memebers of modern antichrist Judaism rather than in the Body of Christ---the Christian Church.
After spending an hour of my valuable time in a work of love collecting Scriptures to show him his error, he repaid me with ridicule and hate.
To: DLL (19938 )
From: Emile Vidrine
Wednesday, Aug 5 1998 1:13AM ET
Reply # of 22945
"2Ti 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.
As a child Timothy had only the OT."
Hello DLL,
Let us examine your allegation under the bright light of Scripture and Church history.
The second epistle of Timothy was written approx. 66 A.D. Timothy was the youngest
ordained disciple of Paul. Most scholars estimate his age at the writing of 2Tim. at or
about 20 years old. That would make his birth at approx. 46 A.D. Timothy was born in
the city of Lystra(Acts 16:1) in the province of Lycaonia next to Galatia. The Church
was established in Lystra during Paul's first missionary journey(Acts 14:55,6).
This means that Timothy's mother and grandmother were probably converted during
Paul's first or second missionary journey. The date of Paul's first missionary journey is
approx. 45 A.D. The date of the second missionary journey is approx. 50 A.D.
Several epistles and possibly two of the Gospels were already circulating by the early
50s. The Gospel had been preached during two missionary journeys in the Church of
Lystra. Timothy's mother and grandmother had both heard and probably read part of
the New Tesatament while Timothy was still a baby. This would mean that Tomothy
grew up with a knowledge of both the Old Testament Scriptures as well as the New.
Your allegation that, "As a child Timothy had only the OT.", is contradicted by the
Scriptural and historical evidence. A simple reading of the Scriptures and a little
knowledge of Church history shows that Timothy had both the written Old Testament
and the oral(and probably written) New Testament as a child. From the time he was a
baby the Gospel was being preached in the Church of his parents in Lystra. Timothy, at
a minimum, heard the Gospel preached from a very early age.
May Christ give you the strength to know and accept the truth when you see it. I have
not abandoned you yet, young soldier of the Cross.
In the love of Christ,
Emile
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