Equipped to All Good Works
Slopsema meditates on 2 Timothy 3:17 to emphasize the primacy of Scripture in equipping covenant children to perform good works, grounding his discussion in the biblical concept of the "man of God." The article stresses that parents bear the responsibility to raise their covenant children—themselves little men and women of God—through Scripture instruction, catechism, and Christian education as they mature in redemption and sanctification.
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. II Timothy 3:17 The apostle Paul instructs Timothy to continue in the things that he had learned from his mother and grandmother. These godly women had, from Timothy's childhood, taught him the Scriptures, which are able to make one wise unto salvation. They are able to make one wise unto salvation because they have been given by inspiration of God and thus are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,...
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