2. Profitable For Correction 2 Timothy 3:16

3. Progressives Insist On: Accentuating the positive – Grace and truth (Jn. 1:17; re. Rom. 6:1) – Gospel, not doctrine (1 Cor. 15:1-4; re. Jn. 7:16-17; Acts 2:42) – Spirit, not the letter (2 Cor. 3:6; re. 2 Cor. 3:3; Rom. 7:6)

4. Progressives Insist On: Ignoring anything negative – Where is the balance? (Rom. 2:4-11) – Does it matter? (2 Thess. 1:7-10) What about Matthew 4:17?

5. Correction Is Good For Us Notice 2 Timothy 3:16 – Scriptures are “profitable for correction” – “Correction” means “a restoration to an upright or right state” (Thayer)

6. Sometimes correction, though necessary, isn’t always appreciated – Pharisees (Matt. 15:1-14, esp. 12) – Jews & Stephen (Acts 7:51ff) – The Corinthians did not receive Paul’s unknown letter well (1 Cor. 4:21) The progressivism at Corinth needed correction (1 Cor. 11:17-20, esp. 23-26)

7. Correction And/Or A Reminder Today churches have progressed away from the gospel message – Some kind of socially involved “Christ Club” – An institution to relieve the economically disadvantaged – Provide wholesome entertainment and secular education for children

8. Correction is needed in such cases – “The power of God to salvation” (Rom. 1:16) – “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15) – “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth” (1 Thess. 1:8)

9. “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; hear Him” Matthew 17:5

10. “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; hear Him” Matthew 17:5 Believe in Jesus (John 8:24) Repent of sins (Luke 13:3) Confess Jesus (Matt. 10:32) Be baptized (Mark 16:16) 2 Timothy 4:8