The aged apostle Paul, in the very last letter he wrote bore he went home to be with Christ, said to Timothy,
“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.” 2 Tim. 3:15.
Timothy had godly mother and grandmother and they taught him to love the Word of God, but you see it was not being their child that saved him. They were persons of faith, but it was not because they had faith in Christ that could save Timothy. It was his own faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that saved him.
When he was grown to be a man, he was very useful in the work of the Lord, and much loved and value by Paul, as we see almost every time Paul speaks of him (Rom. 16:21; 1Cor. 16:10; Phil. 1:1; 2:19-22; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:5).
Paul tells us that the Christian can find all the instruction he needs for his work in the service of God in those very same Scriptures that Timothy had known front a child. The Lord Jesus tells us to “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES ... ..THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME.” John 5:39.
The Lord wants to have a people in this world who will confess Him before men, and prove that they are not their own, but His, for He has bought them with His precious blood—He has died for them, that they should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him, then living Lord and Master in heaven.
“Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s.” 1 Cor. 6:19, 20.
ML 08/18/1940