✝ Daily Encouragement (9/4/24) "Always Learning"
Published: Thu, 09/05/24
Updated: Thu, 09/05/24
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Thursday, September 5, 2024 
Harvest
time!
Trucks
lined up on
the tractor
trail across
from our
house. This is
the trail
where
Brooksyne
often walks
the dogs.
" Always Learning" Message summary: Are we learning and fully acknowledging the Truth?
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We
surely live in
the most
“educated”
period in
human history
in regard to
the amount of
people who
have attended
or are
attending
formal
educational
institutions.
Following
his graduation
from college
a young man
expressed
that
his generation
was the most
“academically
qualified” in
comparison to
all previous
generations.
However
formal
education or
having many
advanced
degrees does
not
necessarily
lead to a
knowledge of
the truth. In
fact for many
it has
shattered
their faith in
the truth of
the Bible.
They may
indeed be
academically
qualified but
not qualified
in the supreme
way: qualified
to share in
the
inheritance of
the saints in
light (Colossians
1:11-13).
Always
learning can
be a
commendable
trait whether
young or old
but of
infinitely
greater
importance is
coming to the
knowledge
of the truth!
Today’s Bible text is from Paul’s second letter to Timothy. He is writing of conditions in the last days in which he describes as perilous. Among the conditions of people’s hearts is deception. Among the characteristics of both deceivers and the deceived is that they are “always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth". Another version states, “always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth".
Could
it be that the
philosophy of
their day was
much like ours
now – making
truth relative
so that it
conforms to
our preferred
outlook and
resulting
lifestyle,
rather than
accepting
truth as
originated
from Holy
Scriptures and
conforming to
its absolutes.
Information abounds as well as the means to acquire it. Just consider what the internet has done regarding the accessibility of information. The Amplified Bible translates this verse, “They are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth".
The
emphasis and
capitalization
of “Truth” is
significant.
Paul is not
merely
speaking in a
general sense
as to what is
true and what
is not, but
rather the
supreme truth
of God’s
revelation in
Christ. Many,
many are
indeed always
learning and
attaining
knowledge without
coming to the
knowledge of
this truth.
In the first two chapters of Romans we see three ways depravity has impacted man's response to the truth: suppression, exchange, and disobedience (1:18,25;2:8). My, these are surely responses that abound in our day. May it be said of us in regard to our response to the truth that we are learning and fully acknowledging the Truth. If we are doing so we will grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! (see 2 Peter 3:18). Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
The
harvester
directly in
front of our
house. The
machine chops
the corn and a
chute loads it
in the truck
(look
carefully to
see the stream
of chopped
corn being
dumped into
the truck.
This corn is
for silage
which will
feed the dairy
cows on the
large Brubaker
farm just east
of us. We had
a very dry
summer which
resulted in
the corn being
stunted in its
growth which
is a loss for
the farmer. As
they would
say, there are
prosperous
years and then
there are
challenging
years.
Yesterday
I shared a photo
taken Tuesday
late afternoon
of the corn
canyon trail
across from
us. Here's the
same view after
the harvest
with our house
in the upper
left.
This
morning's view
from our front
porch.
The
next step in
the cycle of
land use will
be the
application of
organic
fertilizer
(manure) and
then they will
plant rye
which will
grow over the
winter and be
harvested in
the spring.
This
morning
longtime
friend Mark
Pulliam
stopped by to
visit. Mark
met us in the
late 90's when
we all worked
for
Marketplace
Chaplains and
he was one of
our trainers.
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Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources "All I Have Is Christ" Listen on YouTube Sovereign Grace Music
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